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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 12 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 12 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 12 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 Tuesday 12 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 12 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to reply to the letter of 6 April 2009 from the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen sent on behalf of Northern Joinery Ltd of Whitworth in Rossendale. | | (274801) | 2
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Tescos, (b) Asda, (c) Sainsbury's, (d) Morrisons, (e) Waitrose and (f) The Co-op on the introduction of (i) a revised Groceries Supply Code of Practice and (ii) a supermarket ombudsman. | | (275079) | 3
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275210) | 4
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275263) | 5
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will reply to the letters of 23 February and 30 March 2009 from the hon. Member for Forest of Dean on loan guarantees for small businesses, reference FD5310. | | (274689) | 6
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions the Secretary of State has had with LDV on restarting production at its plant in Birmingham. | | (275148) | 7
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Secretary of State plans to respond to the letter of 20 February 2009 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East on the difficulties encountered by small businesses in Glasgow. | | (275151) | 8
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the rate (a) per minute and (b) per three minutes charged to a caller to a number operated by his Department and its agencies beginning with (i) 084 and (ii) 03 is. | | (275145) | 9
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average duration of a call to a telephone number beginning with (a) 084 and (b) 03 operated by his Department and its agencies was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (275146) | 10
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on event management services in each of the last three years; and whether any such services were supplied by external providers. | | (274962) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 11
N | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to rectify the system fault which has affected its on-line tax return system; for how long he expects the system to be unavailable; what estimate he has made of the number of applications for tax rebates which will take longer to process as a result of the fault; and if he will make a statement. | | (274802) | 12
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and (b) representatives of the tourism industry before reaching decisions on the changes to the Furnished Holiday Lettings scheme announced in Budget 2009. | | (274682) | 13
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was generated from remote gaming duty in 2008-09. | | (274684) | 14
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275193) | 15
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the effect on house prices of the stamp duty land tax holiday for properties costing up to £175,000. | | (275236) | 16
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the number of people using Individual Savings Accounts of the measures announced in the Budget 2009. | | (275237) | 17
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275246) | 18
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to encourage banks recapitalised from the public purse to pass on recent reductions in the Bank of England base rate when lending to small and medium-sized businesses. | | (275240) | 19
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government has taken to ensure that the terms and conditions placed on loans to small and medium-sized businesses by banks recapitalised from the public purse are reasonable. | | (275241) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 20
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether there is a statutory duty on schools to designate a child protection teacher. | | (275235) | 21
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the number of schools with a designated child protection teacher; and if he will make a statement. | | (275269) | 22
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has received a proposal from Gloucestershire County Council to change the status of Coln House Special School. | | (274946) | 23
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on capital expenditure on physical educational facilities in schools in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and what recent estimate he has made of such capital expenditure in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2011-12. | | (275189) | 24
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275208) | 25
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275260) | 26
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of registered IP addresses from which ContactPoint will be accessible. | | (274724) | 27
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (274950) | 28
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on event management services in each of the last three years; and whether such services were supplied by external providers. | | (274961) | 29
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children went missing from care homes in each local authority area in each year from 1999 to 2003. | | (275226) | 30
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were in care in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years. | | (275234) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 31
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agency paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275209) | 32
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agency paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275262) | 33
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many members of the Cabinet Office's security staff have (a) been suspended, (b) been dismissed and (c) resigned in the last eight months; and for what reasons in each case. | | (275267) | 34
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions the Cabinet Office's head of departmental security has invited the Director-General of the International Bodyguard Association to assess his Department's security in the last three years. | | (275268) | 35
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the resignation of Damian McBride from his position as a special adviser had immediate effect. | | (274987) | 36
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date each Minister in the Cabinet Office was informed of the emails sent by Damian McBride to Derek Draper. | | (275144) | 37
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in households with a net income of less than £130 a week in (a) North West Cambridgeshire constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK in each of the last five years. | | (275242) | 38
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) men and (b) women in each age group in each local authority area in England and Wales were made redundant in each of the last five years. | | (275266) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 39
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) her Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275207) | 40
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275259) | 41
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 128W, on energy performance certificates, how many fixed penalties have been imposed on landlords in each month since the provisions of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive took effect in England. | | (274958) | 42
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the size of right to buy discounts as a percentage of average social property prices in each year since 1997. | | (274959) | 43
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Buckingham of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 128W, on energy performance certificates, from which organisation her Department has commissioned research relating to the implementation of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. | | (275179) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 44
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representation from local authorities there is on the Tourism Advisory Council. | | (274683) | 45
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275206) | 46
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275258) | 47
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has paid BMRB Social Research in respect of its work in the Taking Part Survey in each of the last three years. | | (274729) | 48
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public swimming pools (a) closed and (b) opened in England in 2008. | | (274730) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 49
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275205) | 50
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275261) | 51
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to change to Faslane the homeport of (a) HMS Trenchant, (b) HMS Talent and (c) HMS Triumph; and when each vessel will have its mid-commission major maintenance period. | | (275219) | 52
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average percentage shortfall against requirement for the infantry rank of (a) private and (b) lieutenant colonel was in each year since 2003. | | (275225) | 53
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the contract for the St Athan military training academy was signed. | | (275227) | 54
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many white fleet contract cars his Department owns. | | (275228) | 55
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian vehicles owned by his Department are based at each of its estates. | | (275229) | 56
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training facilities for landmine detection and clearance are available to members of the armed forces (a) in the UK and (b) overseas. | | (275230) | 57
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of landmine detonation in each theatre in each of the last 12 months. | | (275231) | 58
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) 2 Para, (b) 3 Para, (c) 7 Para and (d) 9 Para are out-of-date parachutists under the two-year military parachutist in-date rule. | | (275232) | 59
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the through-life running cost per aircraft of the Tranche 3 Eurofighter in each year of operation. | | (275270) | 60
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military veterans there are resident in each local authority area in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland. | | (275180) | 61
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of service of personnel opting for voluntary outflow from the armed forces was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275181) | 62
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of servicemen and women leaving the armed forces in each of the last seven years had combat experience. | | (275182) | 63
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between experience of combat and evidence of psychological wounding. | | (275184) | 64
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between levels of psychological wounding of service personnel and the number of contacts with the enemy. | | (275185) | 65
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the Battlemind programme; and what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing it for the UK armed forces. | | (275186) | 66
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing psychometric testing for the armed forces in order (a) to assess each serviceman or woman's vulnerability to psychological wounding from exposure to combat and (b) to screen servicemen after combat operations for changes in their personality which may be attributed to psychological wounding. | | (275187) | 67
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (274949) | 68
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome of his Department's challenge was to the inquest verdict in the case of Ronald Georg Maddison which the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State announced in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 December 2004, Official Report, column 168WS; and if he will make a statement. | | (274726) | 69
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2008, Official Report, column 927W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, what the established procedures for the gifting of equipment to Iraq are. | | [R] (274639) | 70
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the chairman of each war pension committee. | | [R] (274685) | 71
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of each war pension committee in the last year for which figures are available. | | [R] (274686) | 72
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases were handled by each war pension committee in the last year for which figures are available. | | [R] (274687) | 73
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review the functions of the war pension committees. | | [R] (274688) | 74
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what locations will be included in the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Submarine Dismantling Project; what timetable he has set for the conduct of the assessment; and against what criteria the assessment will be made. | | (274640) | 75
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of the replacement of such property. | | (274945) | 76
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse (a) in total and (b) in interest incurred of the period between the originally announced completion date for the Royal Navy aircraft carriers and the most recent estimate of the completion date. | | (275188) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 77
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 since its creation. | | (275204) | 78
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275257) | 79
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary in his Department plans to reply to the email of 31 March from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on a replacement low carbon buildings programme. | | (274636) | 80
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which companies Eaga plc has removed from the approved supplier list for the Warm Front scheme in (a) North West Cambridgeshire constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK since the introduction of the scheme. | | (275238) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 81
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 381W, on tourism: rural areas, how much of the £35 million was devolved to each of the regional development agencies. | | (274944) | 82
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275203) | 83
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275256) | 84
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 31 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Carey. | | (275149) | 85
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (274948) | 86
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for farming-related research and development in real terms in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (274951) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 87
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies on Eastern Europe of the outcomes of the recent Eastern Partnership summit; and if he will make a statement. | | (275147) | 88
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on allegations of human rights abuses in the conflict in that country. | | (275081) | 89
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the International Criminal Court on the status of Sudanese President al-Bashir. | | (275082) | 90
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates he had (a) discussions and (b) meetings with the European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region on the situation in the region in the last 12 months. | | (274803) | 91
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates he had (a) discussions and (b) meetings with the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus on the situation in the region in the last 12 months. | | (274804) | 92
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates he had (a) discussions and (b) meetings with the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia on the situation in the region in the last 12 months. | | (274805) | 93
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates he had (a) discussions and (b) meetings with the European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan on the situation in that country in the last 12 months. | | (274806) | 94
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates he had (a) discussions and (b) meetings with the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East peace process on the status of the process in the last 12 months. | | (274807) | 95
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275202) | 96
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275255) | 97
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding has been allocated from the Strategic Programme Fund to assist (a) the Afghanistan counter-narcotic strategic priority and (b) other projects involving Afghanistan. | | (274942) | 98
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (274947) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 99
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS facilities have been (a) closed and (b) had a reduction in the number of services provided since May 1997. | | (274638) | 100
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to make swine influenza information distributed by the Government accessible to deaf people who use British Sign Language. | | (274725) | 101
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions his Department will make to ensure that deaf and hearing-impaired people have access to the same information as hearing people in respect of the National Flu Helpline. | | (274940) | 102
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275201) | 103
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275254) | 104
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that immunosuppressive people with a prescription for influenza vaccine have access to the vaccine; and if he will make a statement. | | (274943) | 105
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treatment of veterans with psychological wounding. | | (275183) | 106
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the implications for manufacturers of supplements containing (a) botanical ingredients, (b) glucosamine, (c) creatine and (d) other ingredients of the implementation of proposals to extend the scope of the EU Food Supplements Directive. | | (275152) | 107
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the adequacy of maternity services in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire. | | (275264) | 108
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the standard of out-of-hours primary care provision in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (275265) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 109
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision will be made in the case with Home Office reference G1082747; and if she will make a statement. | | (274727) | 110
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of its section 17 budget Gloucestershire County Council has spent in relation to the case with Home Office reference G1082747; and if she will make a statement. | | (274728) | 111
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made towards the introduction of a specific measurement of commercial (a) robbery and (b) burglary. | | (274956) | 112
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings of the National Retail Crime Steering Group there have been since February 2008. | | (275078) | 113
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275200) | 114
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275253) | 115
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) legal aid and (b) other costs incurred in respect of Article 20 of the Extradition Treaty in each case in which a British national has been extradited to the United States since 1 January 2004. | | (275211) | 116
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 23 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs N Akhtar. | | (275150) | 117
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the establishment of the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre; and what its running costs have been in each year since its establishment. | | (274960) | 118
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition her Department uses of household products in respect of the granting of animal testing licences; and if she will make a statement. | | (274952) | 119
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animal testing licences were granted for the testing of houshold products in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (274953) | 120
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what species of animals have been used in the testing of household products under licences issued by her Department in the last five years; how many animals of each species have been so used; and if she will make a statement. | | (274954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 121
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in each year since its creation. | | (275199) | 122
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275252) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 123
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to facilitate international support for the Global Framework for Action for water and sanitation in the next 12 months. | | (274939) | 124
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what priority is accorded to the provision of (a) water and sanitation and (b) health and education in his Department's decision-making processes on aid distribution. | | (274941) | 125
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid he has made available to Sri Lanka for 2009-10; and to which projects such aid (a) has been and (b) is to be allocated. | | (275080) | 126
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275198) | 127
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275251) | 128
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will assess the merits of increased use of satellite imagery to monitor the humanitarian conditions of those affected by natural disasters. | | (273837) | 129
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will raise at the United Nations the potential for increased use of satellite imagery better to monitor the humanitarian situation of those affected by natural disasters. | | (273838) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 130
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure his Department has incurred on the provision of legal aid for cases involving extradition to the United States in each of the last five years. | | (274731) | 131
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of local government expenditure of his decision to reduce the budget for family legal aid. | | (274732) | 132
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his response to the consultation on the law on damages; what the reasons are for the time taken; and if he will make a statement. | | (274733) | 133
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) suspected and (b) viable explosive devices or components have been found in each prison in England and Wales in each of the last 12 years for which figures are available. | | (275142) | 134
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reports he has received on a controlled explosion at HMP Ranby on 1 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (275143) | 135
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275197) | 136
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275250) | 137
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many titles in England and Wales were stored on HM Land Registry records on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (275153) | 138
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms to prevent fraud are used by HM Land Registry. | | (275154) | 139
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much compensation has been paid by HM Land Registry in respect of property fraud in each of the last 10 years. | | (275155) | 140
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for offences of property title theft in respect of (a) mortgaged, (b) non-mortgaged and (c) vacant properties in each of the last 10 years. | | (275156) | 141
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for offences of fraud in relation to property leases in each of the last 10 years. | | (275157) | 142
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of land registration records which contain inaccuracies. | | (275158) | 143
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) title registries and (b) deeds for properties which have been altered by fraudulent means in each of the last 10 years. | | (275159) | 144
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future provision of electronic services by HM Land Registry. | | (275160) | 145
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for offences of property transfer fraud there have been in each of the last 10 years. | | (275161) | 146
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for offences of mortgage fraud there have been in each of the last 10 years. | | (275162) | 147
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the procedure is for the alteration of a record held by the Land Registry. | | (275163) | 148
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training on detecting fraudulent activity is provided to Land Registry employees. | | (275164) | 149
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what electronic security risk assessment was carried out prior to the establishment of the Land Register Online website. | | (275165) | 150
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what risk assessment has been undertaken in respect of the Land Registry's proposed electronic funds transfer service; and what anti-fraud measures will be in place under this service. | | (275166) | 151
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Land Registry plans to commence its electronic funds transfer service. | | (275167) | 152
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for offences related to property fraud there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (275168) | 153
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of property fraud in each of the last 10 years. | | (275169) | 154
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to inform (a) an individual owning an interest in property and (b) legal representatives of an individual owning an interest in property to a suspected incident of property fraud in respect of that interest. | | (275170) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 155
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275196) | 156
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275249) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 157
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much (a) the Olympic Delivery Authority and (b) her Office spent on consultancy fees in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (274955) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 158
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275195) | 159
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275248) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 160
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what data on the views of the general public were used by the Boundary Committee for England in formulating its options for consultation on the future structure of local government in Suffolk. | | (275178) | 161
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much funding from the public purse had been spent by the Boundary Committee for England on the structural review of Suffolk local government on the latest date for which figures are available; and how much such funding is available for that review for the remainder of the 2009-10 financial year. | | (275190) | 162
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reasons the Boundary Committee for England did not select the East Suffolk/West Suffolk/Ipswich pattern as a formal option for consultation in its structural review of Suffolk local government. | | (275212) | 163
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reasons the Boundary Committee for England's March 2009 consultation on preferred patterns for the future of local government in Suffolk proposed an additional public service village in Stowmarket in the rural authority in the pattern B option; and for what reasons such a village was not proposed in the pattern A option. | | (275220) | 164
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what proportion of town and parish councils which expressed a view on the Boundary Committee for England's structural review of Suffolk local government expressed support for one of its preferred patterns without modification. | | (275221) | 165
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what ratio of residents to councillors is used in the business case for the pattern (a) A and (b) B option under consideration in the Boundary Committee for England's structural review of Suffolk local government. | | (275222) | 166
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many of the responses to the Boundary Committee for England's July 2008 consultation on the structure of local government in Suffolk expressed the view that Lowestoft should remain part of Suffolk. | | (275223) | 167
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Boundary Committee for England has determined Lowestoft to be (a) an urban area and (b) a market town. | | (275239) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 168
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Windsor of 3 November 2008, Official Report, columns 49-50W, what progress has been made on the introduction of electronic motor insurance certificates; and if he will make a statement. | | (274957) | 169
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275194) | 170
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275247) | 171
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies are required under the terms of their franchise agreements to introduce smart ticketing. | | (273833) | 172
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements regarding smart ticketing he will place on the operating company awarded the South Central franchise currently under tender. | | (273834) | 173
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on delivering the commitments made in the 2007 White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Railway on smart ticketing; and if he will make a statement. | | (273835) | 174
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) provisional and (b) full driving licences were issued in each year since 1998. | | (273836) | 175
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding stakeholders have committed to the Rushenden Link Road project. | | (274799) | 176
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the funding stakeholders for the Rushenden Link Road project are. | | (274800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 177
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275192) | 178
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (a) all staff and (b) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 179
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in interest to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (275191) | 180
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (275244) | 181
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of parents with care with a child maintenance entitlement who are (a) not receiving maintenance payments and (b) receiving less that their full maintenance entitlement. | | (274721) | 182
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was owed in arrears of child maintenance payments in each quarter of each of the last two years; what recent progress has been made towards the payment of such arrears; what priority the payment of such arrears has in the work programme of the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission; whether such targets have been set for the reductions of levels of such arrears; and if he will make a statement. | | (274722) | 183
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents who owed child maintenance (a) received prison sentences, (b) received suspended prison sentences, (c) had their driving licences removed and (d) had their houses or other assets sequestered in the last year for which figures are available. | | (274723) | 184
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Minister of State for Pensions plans to reply to the email of 13 March from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the Winter Fuel Allowance and a constituent. | | (274637) | 185
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the pensions of former employees of STC/Nortel Networks of Paignton, South Devon are protected by the Pension Protection Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (274963) | 186
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed housing benefit in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) the East of England in each of the last 10 years. | | (275224) | 187
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage change in the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance in each local authority area in England and Wales was over the last 12 months. | | (275233) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 188
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest assessment is of the adequacy of maternity services in (a) Gravesham and (b) England. | | [Question Unstarred] (274113) |
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