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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 13 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 13 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 13 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 13 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 13 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward proposals for Government support for trade credit insurance for exports in line with those for domestic trade. | | (273228) | 2
N | Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction or removal of trade credit insurance on the exports of small and medium-sized enterprises. | | (273229) | 3
N | Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps are being taken by the Export Credits Guarantee Department to provide Government support for short-term trade finance for exports. | | (273230) | 4
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to reply to the letter of 13 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Wycombe concerning his constituents, Houshab and Nitesh Patel of Biofuel Refineries, regarding unfair overseas competition in the biodiesel trade. | | (275507) | 5
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of the 678 equal pay claims upheld at an employment tribunal in 2007-08 related to the employer with the greatest number of cases reaching an employment tribunal in that year. | | (275376) | 6
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many employers had equal pay claims upheld against them in 2007-08. | | (275377) | 7
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average time taken by his Department to (a) acknowledge and (b) respond to letters from hon. and right hon. Members was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275444) | 8
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275351) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 9
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pound sterling coins he estimates are in circulation in the United Kingdom. | | (275608) | 10
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 420W, on hon. Members: correspondence, what the reasons are for the time taken to respond to the correspondence; and if he will make a statement. | | (275174) | 11
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the effect on (a) prize levels, (b) good causes' revenue and (c) taxation revenue of a change to the taxation regime for the National Lottery from lottery duty to gross profits taxation. | | (275410) | 12
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many and what proportion of computers in his Department malware was detected in 2008. | | (275395) | 13
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he expects to write-off relating to tax credit overpayments made in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (275379) | 14
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families (a) in the UK and (b) in Amber Valley with outstanding tax credit overpayments from 2003-04 and 2004-05 had an income at the time of overpayment of (i) up to £5,000, (ii) £5,000 to £10,000, (iii) £10,000 to £15,000, (iv) £15,000 to £20,000, (v) £20,000 to £30,000, (vi) £30,000 to £40,000, (vii) £40,000 to £50,000 and (viii) over £50,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (275380) | 15
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have outstanding tax credit overpayments originating in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 (i) in the UK and (ii) in Amber Valley; and if he will make a statement. | | (275381) | 16
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to increase public sector employment in deprived areas. | | (275477) | 17
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effects on the (a) public purse and (b) economy of the UK's membership of the EU for the 2009-10 financial year. | | (275484) | 18
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend the regulatory regime applying to the banking sector following the economic downturn. | | (275555) | 19
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projections have been made for (a) stamp duty land tax and (b) housing sector corporation tax receipts in each of the next two years. | | (275661) | 20
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether each of the banks in which the Government has a shareholding makes it their policy to offer mortgages to buyers seeking to participate in shared (a) equity and (b) ownership schemes. | | (275662) | 21
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275337) | 22
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs offices are planned for closure in the next 12 months. | | (275485) | 23
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role (a) the Financial Services Authority and (b) his Department has had in the transfer of depositors' money from Icelandic banks; what procedures have been followed; and what safeguards there are for depositors' money. | | (274690) | 24
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the hon. Member for Totnes' letters of 3 March and 21 April 2009 on Mr Ian Bramble of Kingsbridge, regarding Mr Bramble's concerns as a financial adviser. | | (274691) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 25
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what data fields there are in each record on the National Register of Unaccompanied Children. | | (275469) | 26
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether a privacy impact assessment was carried out on the National Register of Unaccompanied Children. | | (275470) | 27
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions his Department had with the Information Commissioner on the (a) design and (b) implementation of the National Register of Unaccompanied Children. | | (275471) | 28
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what data sources are used to populate the National Register of Unaccompanied Children. | | (275472) | 29
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what disclosures of data held on the National Register of Unaccompanied Children have been made to (a) agencies, (b) individuals and (c) researchers without direct access to the Register in each month since its inception. | | (275473) | 30
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) persons and (b) bodies have authorisation to access the National Register of Unaccompanied Children directly. | | (275474) | 31
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions he and his predecessors have intervened in a school which is in special measures in each of the last five years; and what the name of each such school was. | | (275172) | 32
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which academy sponsors have withdrawn from the academy process (a) before and (b) after signing an expression of interest. | | (275173) | 33
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on the merits of transferring the multi-professional education and training budget from that department to the Higher Education Funding Council for England. | | (275654) | 34
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children in care have not been assigned a legal guardian; and if he will make a statement. | | (275450) | 35
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers who have not had a Criminal Records Bureau check; and if he will make a statement. | | (275451) | 36
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons a teacher may not be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check; and if he will make a statement. | | (275452) | 37
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 414W, on special educational needs, what funds have been allocated to each stream for 2009-10; what formulae are used to attribute funds to non-maintained special schools from each stream; by what means non-maintained special schools became eligible for the School Travel Grant; and how many non-maintained special schools are eligible for the School Travel Grant. | | (275389) | 38
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, by what date he expects a usability review of each integrated children's system and related local authority infrastructure and implantation system to have been completed. | | (275397) | 39
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, from how many local authorities the Social Work Task Force took documentary evidence as part of its work on the integrated children's system. | | (275398) | 40
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether local authorities will have discretion to opt out of the national integrated children's system recommended by Lord Laming in his report on Safeguarding Children. | | (275399) | 41
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 478-81W, on the youth inclusion programme, which (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools are situated on each estate. | | (275596) | 42
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools are taking part in the youth inclusion programme in each local authority area. | | (275650) | 43
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were placed on adult mental health wards in each of the last five years. | | (275651) | 44
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent assessment is of his Department's progress in meeting its target of having no children placed on adult mental health wards by 2010. | | (275652) | 45
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average spending per pupil was in (a) mainstream primary schools, (b) mainstream secondary schools, (c) special schools, (d) pupil referral units and (e) academies in each local authority in each year since 1997. | | (275653) | 46
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has made a recent assessment of the standard required to achieve a pass mark in social work degree examinations for those who work with children. | | (275684) | 47
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Rotherham have enrolled in Sure Start in each year since 2003. | | (275354) | 48
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have received Government funding for adoption target levels in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available; and how much Government funding was granted in each such year. | | (274811) | 49
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what criteria he uses to assess whether the playing field of an (a) existing and (b) closed school is surplus to the needs of the local community; and if he will make a statement. | | (275633) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 50
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he plans to answer Question 270079 tabled on 17 April 2009, about special advisers; and if he will make a statement. | | (275605) | 51
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in which parliamentary constituencies the (a) number and (b) proportion of people out of work was greater in the latest month for which figures are available than in the equivalent month of 1997. | | (275446) | 52
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if his Department will commission research on the relationship between levels of public spending and levels of deprivation across the UK. | | (275545) | 53
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275352) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 54
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps her Department has taken to monitor the performance of local authorities. | | (275412) | 55
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many and what proportion of computers in her Department malware was detected in 2008. | | (275394) | 56
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many and what proportion of computers in fire stations malware was detected in 2008. | | (275401) | 57
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her latest estimate is of the cost of the South West fire control centre project. | | (275442) | 58
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide (a) guidance and (b) assistance to (i) regional and (ii) local organisations in relation to town centre regeneration projects. | | (275447) | 59
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the merits of transferring social housing stock from local authority to registered social landlord control. | | (275482) | 60
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwellings there are in the South West region, broken down by local authority area. | | (275542) | 61
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish a summary of the responses to the consultation on Changing Council Governance Arrangements. | | (275544) | 62
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent research her Department has commissioned on links between home ownership and social mobility. | | (275556) | 63
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 447-8W on housing: low incomes, what the average percentage equity stake purchased by a buyer has been in each year in which each of the schemes has been operational. | | (275561) | 64
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by (a) the Tenant Services Authority and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessor bodies on reimbursable staff expenses in each of the last three years. | | (275562) | 65
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of high street mortgage lenders which do not offer mortgage terms to buyers purchasing under shared ownership schemes. | | (275563) | 66
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date details of (a) the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme and (b) the Mortgage Rescue Scheme were added to the Directgov website; and if she will make a statement. | | (275564) | 67
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many buyers participating in the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First Time Buyers Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy schemes have increased their shares in the home subsequent to their initial purchase. | | (275565) | 68
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to be able to publish data on HomeBuy Direct sales. | | (275566) | 69
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on HomeBuy Direct sales; and if she will make a statement. | | (275567) | 70
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which HomeBuy agents have suspended applications for MyChoice HomeBuy. | | (275568) | 71
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the MyChoice HomeBuy budget for each region for 2010-11 has been allocated; and if she will make a statement. | | (275569) | 72
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to her Department of the (a) Homebuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First Time Buyers Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy schemes has been since the beginning of financial year 2009-10. | | (275570) | 73
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average weekly rent paid by a household living in a (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord dwelling was in each of the last three years. | | (275571) | 74
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average age of a dwelling owned by a (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord was in each of the last five years. | | (275573) | 75
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Rent to Homebuy providers there are in each region. | | (275574) | 76
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for support under the Rent to Homebuy scheme have been received in each year since the scheme was established. | | (275575) | 77
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding will be available for the Rent to Homebuy scheme in each of the next three years. | | (275576) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant dwellings in each region were (a) local authority-owned, (b) registered social landlord-owned and (c) privately-owned in each of the last five years. | | (275577) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what amounts were transferred from one region to another with respect to the regional allocations for the National Affordable Housing Programme in each of the last three years. | | (275578) | 80
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the maximum right to buy discount was in the local authorities covered by the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (Amendment) Order 2003 in each year since 1997; and what plans she has to review the limits in (a) these and (b) other local authorities. | | (275579) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings owned by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords were built prior to 1980. | | (275580) | 82
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what events have been held as part of the Homes and Communities Agency's Single Conversation. | | (275581) | 83
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget of the Homes and Communities Agency's Single Conversation is in 2009-10. | | (275582) | 84
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have taken part in the Home and Communities Agency's Single Conversation to date. | | (275583) | 85
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on Rent to Homebuy in each of the last three years. | | (275584) | 86
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rates of interest will be applied by each mortgage lender to mortgages in circumstances where repayments are late under the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme. | | (275595) | 87
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to produce an information leaflet on (a) the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme and (b) the Mortgage Rescue Scheme for dissemination in bank branches. | | (275655) | 88
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 451-2W, on mortgages: Government assistance, on how many occasions in which an applicant under the Mortgage Rescue Scheme has been referred to a housing association, the organisation has decided not to purchase the dwelling since the implementaion of the scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (275656) | 89
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 451-2W, on mortgages: Government assistance, when she next expects to publish monthly data on the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. | | (275657) | 90
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 450-1W, on housing: low incomes, what the net change to the stock of homes for social rent was in each year since 1997. | | (275658) | 91
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of office supplies purchased by her Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275350) | 92
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments have been made by Thames Gateway to councillors for participation in Thames Gateway meetings and activities in the last 12 months. | | (275631) | 93
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to collect data on business turnover in order to manage the application of business rates on (a) independent, (b) chain and (c) out-of-town retail outlets. | | (275639) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 94
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much unclaimed National Lottery winnings there are (a) in total and (b) arising from tickets sold in Southend-on-Sea; and how unclaimed money is managed. | | (275560) | 95
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that residents of Scotland are prepared for the digital switchover. | | (275697) | 96
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage tourists to visit Scotland. | | (275702) | 97
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions has he had with representatives of the performing arts on age discrimination in respect of performers in theatre, film, radio and television; and if he will make a statement. | | (274810) | 98
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support his Department has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) community groups for the construction of swimming pools in the last 12 months for which figures are avaialble. | | (275553) | 99
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275349) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 100
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what levels of Operational Allowance are payable to troops in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) each other country in which Operational Allowance is payable. | | (275455) | 101
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department budgeted for overseas travel expenses for army recruitment teams in each of the last 10 years. | | (275214) | 102
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned dates of decommissioning are of (a) each of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar class submarines and (b) its Swiftsure submarine. | | (275532) | 103
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275348) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 104
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's employees have been engaged on the Heat and Energy Saving Strategy consultation since the consultation began. | | (275591) | 105
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275347) | 106
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what services his Department has outsourced since its establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (275635) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 107
| Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the likely effect of projected increases in the population on levels of consumption of water in (a) England, (b) the South East and (c) each Government Office administrative region. | | (275691) | 108
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision he has made to ensure business continuity during the transition period from the Marine and Fisheries Agency to the Marine Management Organisation. | | (275640) | 109
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any financial incentives are being offered to staff in the London headquarters of the Marine and Fisheries Agency who are unable to relocate to Tyneside to stay in post during the organisation's transition period for reasons of business continuity rather than to seek early redeployment to another Civil Service post in London. | | (275641) | 110
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that all staff in the new Marine Management Organisation will be eligible to apply for the same posts staff in the Marine and Fisheries Agency are eligible to apply for, with particular reference to posts advertised only within his Department. | | (275642) | 111
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the first posts in the Marine and Fisheries Agency earmarked for transfer to the Marine Management Organisation will relocate from London to Tyneside; and when the remaining posts will relocate. | | (275643) | 112
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision has been made for (a) financial and (b) other assistance for staff in the coastal offices of the Marine and Fisheries Agency who are considering applying for vacancies in the new Tyneside headquarters of the Marine Management Organisation. | | (275644) | 113
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the future management of the Marine Management Organisation meets commitments given to staff in the Marine and Fisheries Agency, with particular reference to (a) trade union recognition, (b) training and development opportunities and (c) eligibility to apply for posts in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. | | (275645) | 114
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether staff in the Marine Management Organisation will be eligible to apply for all posts in the Department for Energy and Climate Change. | | (275646) | 115
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the minimum time required for the shadow Marine Management Organisation body to exist before vestment of the Marine Management Organisation in order to ensure an effective transition from executive agency to non-departmental public body status. | | (275647) | 116
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no shadow body for the Marine Management Organisation will be established before Royal Assent has been given to the Marine and Coastal Access Bill. | | (275648) | 117
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days his officials and consultants in the (a) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (b) Marine and Fisheries Agency spent in (i) Tyneside and (ii) each other candidate location before the announcement to relocate the headquarters of the Marine Management Organisation from London. | | (275649) | 118
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to make an announcement of the specific location of the headquarters building for the Marine Management Organisation. | | (275685) | 119
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) grade and (b) salary is of each post in (i) his Department and (ii) the Marine and Fisheries Agency working to establish the Marine Management Organisation and its headquarters in Tyneside; and when these posts were created. | | (275686) | 120
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which posts attract temporary additional responsibility allowance in relation to the creation of the Marine Management Organisation and the relocation of headquarters; for how long these allowances have been granted; how many have been granted for more than six months; and for what reasons these posts have not been advertised on promotion in fair and open recruitment competitions. | | (275687) | 121
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the shadow Marine Management Organisation body to be created; and when he expects the Chair and the Chief Executive Officer of the Marine Management Organisation to be appointed to the shadow body. | | (275688) | 122
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there have been any recent changes to the timetable for the completion of the vestment of the Marine Management Organisation by 1 April 2010. | | (275689) | 123
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has offered financial assistance to headquarters staff in the Marine and Fisheries Agency to relocate from London to Tyneside. | | (275690) | 124
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) the effects on the marine ecology of the Blackwater Estuary of chlorination of water inlet and outlet pipes at Bradwell power station, with particular reference to the native oyster population and (ii) changes to such effects arising from the construction of a new nuclear power station at Bradwell. | | (275213) | 125
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. | | (274609) | 126
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275346) | 127
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research into the effectiveness of local authorities' recycling schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (275449) | 128
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data the Environment Agency obtains about proposed developments to assess the implications of flood risk. | | (275475) | 129
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers his Department has other than those in Planning Policy Guidance 25 to restrict building on flood risk areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (275636) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 130
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the alleged take-over by Hamas of a ward in Shifa Hospital, Gaza, and its use by Hamas as a command and control centre; and if he will make a statement. | | (275526) | 131
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Arab governments on (i) economic and (ii) diplomatic relations between Arab governments and the State of Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (275527) | 132
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 268581 tabled on 30 March 2009 on the G20 Summit; and if he will make a statement. | | (275528) | 133
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to what events held in Israel to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Tel Aviv HM Ambassador to Israel has been invited; what such invitations the Ambassador has (i) accepted and (ii) declined; and if he will make a statement. | | (275616) | 134
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to what events held in (a) the UK and (b) Israel to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel he has been invited; what such invitations he has (i) accepted and (ii) declined; and if he will make a statement. | | (275617) | 135
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of levels of anti-Semitism in Spain; and if he will make a statement. | | (275618) | 136
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with their counterparts in the (i) European Union and (ii) UN Security Council on efforts to secure the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Corporal Shalit. | | (275402) | 137
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Israeli government on the kidnapped Israeli soldier, Corporal Shalit. | | (275403) | 138
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the mission statement for employees of his Department in Iraq is. | | (275454) | 139
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what difference in cost to his Department there is between filling an overseas post relating to UK Trade and Investment with an officer of the Diplomatic Service and an official from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; and whether this difference is taken into account when posts are allocated. | | (275456) | 140
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what allowances in addition to basic salary are paid to civilian employees of his Department working in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq. | | (275457) | 141
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are directly employed by his Department in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and in what capacities. | | (275458) | 142
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the elements of the Diplomatic Service Compensation Allowance are. | | (275459) | 143
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has paid Employment Conditions Abroad in each year since the inception of the contract; and what the future monetary value of any outstanding contracts is. | | (275460) | 144
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department paid for telecommunications services in the most recent year for which figures are available; when the contract with its existing telecommunications supplier referred to on page 131 of the Budget Red Book 2009 was signed; who the telecommunications supplier is; and what steps he plans to take to achieve the £6 million per annum saving referred to on page 131 of the Budget Red Book. | | (275461) | 145
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1196W, on departmental pay, what the source of the security advice used to calculate the hardship element of the Diplomatic Service Compensation Allowance is. | | (275462) | 146
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which posts qualify civilian employees of his Department for the hardship element of the Diplomatic Service Compensation Allowance (DSCA); and what the monthly rate of DSCA hardship allowance paid to staff at each post is. | | (275463) | 147
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the mission statement for employees of his Department in Afghanistan is. | | (275464) | 148
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of Malta and (b) the EU on illegal migration to Malta from the African coast; and if he will make a statement. | | (275558) | 149
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports that members of the armed forces in Sri Lanka have been involved in serious human rights abuses in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement. | | (275313) | 150
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for further UN Security Council action in response to the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (275314) | 151
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in South Kivu; and if he will make a statement. | | (275316) | 152
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his UN Security Council (UNSC) counterparts on implementation of UNSC Resolution 1843 in South Kivu. | | (275317) | 153
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between north and south Sudan in 2005. | | (275319) | 154
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his UN Security Council counterparts on the $1.9 billion IMF emergency loan package for Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (275322) | 155
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the US President's Special Envoy for Sudan. | | (275323) | 156
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) operating arrangements and (b) objectives have been established for the early warning system his Department has initiated to monitor economies at risk of suffering political and social unrest; and which countries are under observation. | | (275326) | 157
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of the Gambia on (a) the case of David and Fiona Fulton and (b) new charges brought against David and Fiona Fulton. | | (275327) | 158
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the US administration on its review of US policy on Burma. | | (275328) | 159
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions consular staff in the Gambia have visited David and Fiona Fulton in detention; and what consular services have been provided to David and Fiona Fulton. | | (275333) | 160
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 4-7WS, on the General Affairs and External Relations Council, what proposals the Swedish Foreign Minister made for publicising the EU's work on human rights; and to which officials the Presidency referred further work. | | (275453) | 161
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the next dialogue meeting between the government of the Gambia and the EU will be held; and whether he plans to raise the case of David and Fiona Fulton at that meeting. | | (275465) | 162
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275344) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 163
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records he holds on the medical conditions which created the need for abortions to be performed in emergency to save the life of the mother in those cases which have arisen in each year since 1986; and how many times each such condition has been the relevant factor. | | (275609) | 164
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Directorate in his Department has responsibility for the (a) formulation and (b) implementation of policy on (i) abortion, (ii) sexual and reproductive health and (iii) euthanasia and assisted dying; how many officials in his Department at each pay band are employed in this Directorate; what other posts in his Department each such official has held; and if he will make a statement. | | (275610) | 165
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 20 hospitals were asked to provide copies of their policies governing the use of mobile telephones in hospitals as part of the consultation on the liberalisation of mobile telephone use. | | (275503) | 166
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations (a) were invited to participate in and (b) responded to the consultation on liberalisation of mobile telephone use in hospitals. | | (275504) | 167
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which professional organisations have applied to be registered by the Health Professions Council; when each such application was made; and if he will make a statement. | | (275598) | 168
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many and what proportion of computers in his Department malware was detected in 2008. | | (275393) | 169
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many and what proportion of computers in NHS hospitals malware was detected in 2008. | | (275400) | 170
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statutory functions will be undertaken by the arms-length organisation Hertfordshire Community Health Services. | | (275372) | 171
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the Care Quality Commission will play in the regulation of the arms-length organisation Hertfordshire Community Health Services. | | (275373) | 172
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) has been allocated and (b) is expected to be spent on renaming (i) West Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust and (ii) East and North Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust. | | (275374) | 173
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the performance of the Hertfordshire Community Health Service. | | (275551) | 174
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to Torbay Hospital to tackle (a) MRSA and (b) other similar infections in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275445) | 175
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the cost per year to the public purse of providing (a) personal and (b) nursing care free of charge to those over the age of 65 years. | | (275448) | 176
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of abolishing prescription charges. | | (275479) | 177
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275345) | 178
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to decide whether a product intended for use by the NHS will be reviewed by the Rapid Review Panel. | | (275476) | 179
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department collects on products purchased by NHS trusts to tackle the spread of infectious diseases in order to monitor control of diseases spread in hospitals; and if he will make a statement. | | (275637) | 180
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to reduce health inequalities in (a) prevalence and (b) access to care for (i) cardiac and (ii) vascular disease. | | (275382) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 181
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions there have been between representatives of her Department and the Chief Constable of Essex Police on the amount spent by (a) Essex and (b) Southend Police on (i) own force investigations, (ii) supervised investigations, (iii) managed investigations and (iv) independent investigations in each of the last three years; what representations she has received since December 2008 on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (275585) | 182
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Chief Constable of Essex Police since January 2008 on mechanisms to ensure that information held by them is (a) accurate and (b) secure; and if she will make a statement. | | (275586) | 183
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers of each rank in Essex Police have voluntarily ceased employment, excluding redundancy, since March 2008. | | (275587) | 184
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff of each (i) age group and (ii) sex were employed by Essex Police in (A) 2007, (B) 2008 and (C) 2009 to date. | | (275588) | 185
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) operational police officers per head of population there are in Essex Police; what recent dicussions she has had with the Chief Constable of Essex Police on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (275589) | 186
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she next plans to visit Essex Police Authority area; and if she will make a statement. | | (275590) | 187
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when representatives of her Department last visited Essex Police Authority area; what issues were discussed; and if she will make a statement. | | (275592) | 188
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions representatives of her Department have had with representatives of Essex Police Authority since December 2008 on the release of information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if she will make a statement. | | (275593) | 189
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was allocated per head of population to Essex Police Authority in 2008-09; how much is planned for 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (275601) | 190
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the police grant funding for Essex Police Authority was in 2008-09; how much is proposed for 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (275602) | 191
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff were employed by Essex Police Authority in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) to date in 2009, broken down by (A) age and (B) sex. | | (275603) | 192
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 270715 tabled on 20 April 2009, on the hon. Member for Ashford; and if she will make a statement. | | (275604) | 193
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials of each grade have voluntarily ceased employed, other than through redundancy, in Essex Police Authority since June 2007. | | (275606) | 194
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Essex Police Authority on (a) overspend and (b) underspend by the Authority since July 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (275607) | 195
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions each police force has accessed social networking websites to carry out investigations in the last 10 years. | | (273433) | 196
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce further details of her Department's proposal to give the police powers to collect advance passenger data on domestic air and sea journeys. | | (275502) | 197
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal firearm offences in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed have been committed within 100 yards of the entrance to a prison in England and Wales in each of the last 12 years for which figures are available; how many of the victims or intended victims of such offences had been visiting or were about to visit the prison in question; and if she will make a statement. | | (275243) | 198
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were granted in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 for research on non-human primates that included water deprivation as a permissible motivational tool; to which species of non-human primates such licences related; and for what reasons such licences are granted. | | (275416) | 199
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on minimising the use of paper in her Department. | | (275508) | 200
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many and what proportion of computers in her Department malware was detected in 2008. | | (275390) | 201
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many and what proportion of police authority computers malware was detected in 2008. | | (275391) | 202
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by her Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (275177) | 203
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to tackle sexual violence perpetrated by children and young people; and if she will make a statement. | | (275378) | 204
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead dated 5 January 2009 on asylum seekers from Zimbabwe. | | (275375) | 205
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the implementation of the revised Contest strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (275466) | 206
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of office supplies purchased by her Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275343) | 207
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data on crime at lower layer super output area level her Department collects. | | (275486) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 208
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the number of (a) styrofoam and (b) plastic food service items used in House of Commons cafeterias in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (275498) | 209
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the number of meals purchased in House of Commons cafeterias in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (275499) | 210
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the energy consumption was of each building on the House of Commons part of the Parliamentary estate in each of the last three years. | | (275505) | 211
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many paper receipts were issued to suppliers by the House authorities in each of the last three years. | | (275506) | 212
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the House of Commons Commission's most recent assessment is of the efficiency of the ventilation systems in each building in the House of Commons part of the Parliamentary estate. | | (275509) | 213
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many items of office furniture were (a) purchased and (b) disposed of by the House of Commons Commission in each of the last three years; and what estimate the Commission has made of the (i) weight and (ii) total value of each category. | | (275510) | 214
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been spent on the provision of air conditioning to cool servers on the House of Commons estate in each of the last three years. | | (275511) | 215
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many vending machines there are on the House of Commons estate; and what the energy rating of each such machine is. | | (275513) | 216
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the amount of food waste by weight arising from House of Commons cafeterias in each of the last 12 months; and by what means such waste is disposed. | | (275514) | 217
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the number of plastic bottles of water sold in House of Commons cafeterias in each of the last 12 months. | | (275515) | 218
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what his most recent estimate is of the level of electricity consumption of each building on the parliamentary estate. | | (275599) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 219
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, column 474W, on adult education, whether his Department has made any estimate of the number of new adult learning places to be created by implementation of the proposals in the Learning Revolution White Paper. | | (275411) | 220
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (275176) | 221
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, by what date he expects Rotherham College of Arts and Technology to have been allocated funding for its building programme. | | (275355) | 222
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275342) | 223
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what services his Department has outsourced in each year since its creation; and if he will make a statement. | | (275634) | 224
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what data on education and skills his Department collects at lower layer super output area level. | | (275353) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 225
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) buying and (b) renting cars in the last financial year for which records are available. | | (275525) | 226
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received on the humanitarian situation in the Swat Valley region of Pakistan following the recent conflict between Pakistani security forces and the Taliban; and what assistance the Government plans to provide to displaced civilians in that conflict zone. | | (275536) | 227
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (275175) | 228
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what assumptions the reference to increased uncertainties in respect of funding for the proposed airport in St Helena in the St Helena Air Access Consultation document was based; and if he will make a statement. | | (274808) | 229
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has he made of the change to the annual level of subsidy for the Island of St Helena following the decision to defer a decision on the construction of an airport on the Island. | | (274809) | 230
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation in South Kordofan and Abeyi in Sudan. | | (275312) | 231
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of the nature of the screening process for Tamil people displaced by the conflict in the north of the country upon entering the camps established by the government of Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (275315) | 232
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Tamil people who have been able to return to their homes in former battle areas in the conflict in the northern region of Sri Lanka. | | (275320) | 233
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of delivering humanitarian aid by sea to Tamil people displaced by the conflict in the northern region of Sri Lanka; and what discussions he has had with the government of Sri Lanka on this matter. | | (275321) | 234
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UN High Commission for Refugees (a) emergency and (b) field monitoring experts have been granted access to former battle areas in the conflict in the northern region of Sri Lanka. | | (275324) | 235
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of camps established by the Sri Lankan government for Tamil people displaced by the conflict in northern Sri Lanka; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of people (a) in such camps and (b) whose deaths are attributable to conditions in such camps. | | (275325) | 236
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the compatibility with international standards of the humanitarian conditions of the camps established by the Sri Lankan government for Tamil people displaced by the conflict in the north of Sri Lanka. | | (275329) | 237
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that humanitarian aid from his Department to assist Tamil people displaced by the conflict in the north of Sri Lanka is not misappropriated; and if he will make a statement. | | (275330) | 238
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of international aid workers who have access to the camps established by the Sri Lankan government for Tamil people displaced by the conflict in the north of Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (275331) | 239
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in the camps established by the Sri Lankan government for Tamil people displaced by the conflict in the (a) Wanni region and (b) Mullaitivu district who do not have access to humanitarian aid; and if he will make a statement. | | (275332) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 240
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department (a) has had and (b) plans to have with magistrates in Waltham Forest and Redbridge on family court provision prior to the transfer of the family court to Stratford. | | (271843) | 241
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 483-4W, on prisons: discipline, which prisons in England and Wales do not have officers qualified to act as Tornado support. | | (275413) | 242
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what definition his Department uses of (a) a private estate and (b) a statutory perpetual trust in relation to the status of the Duchies of (i) Cornwall and (ii) Lancaster. | | (275541) | 243
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) UK and (b) foreign national prisoners were in detention in Lindholme prison in each of the last 12 months. | | (275524) | 244
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been transferred out of HM Prison Ashwell since 12 April 2009. | | (275529) | 245
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners at Lindholme Prison share a cell designed for two cellmates with at least two others in each of the last three years. | | (275533) | 246
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners he expects to be released early from HM Prison Lindholme in the next six months. | | (275534) | 247
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population at HM Prison Ashwell was in each of the last six months. | | (275535) | 248
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much on average prisoners received in a discharge grant in 2008. | | (275554) | 249
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders for action in relation to mortgage arrears have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (275537) | 250
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders were issued in respect of mortgage arrears in each region in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275538) | 251
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repossession orders have been issued by courts in England and Wales in respect of mortgage arrears in each of the last five years. | | (275539) | 252
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repossession orders have been issued by the courts in each of the English regions in respect of mortgage arrears in each of the last five years. | | (275540) | 253
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Youth Justice Board decided to close the Orchard Lodge Unit in Anerley. | | (275557) | 254
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many and what proportion of computers in his Department malware was detected in 2008. | | (275396) | 255
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275341) | 256
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of probation board members are black and minority ethnic. | | (275383) | 257
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what remuneration the (a) Chair and (b) members of probation board and trusts receive. | | (275384) | 258
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average percentage of probation board and trust expenditure was incurred on salaries paid in respect of management positions higher than Band 4 on the national job evaluation scheme in (a) England and (b) Wales in 2008-09. | | (275385) | 259
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average percentage of probation board and trust expenditure was on probation board members' (a) salaries and (b) associated expenses in (i) England and (ii) Wales in the last 12 months. | | (275386) | 260
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the projected £30 million savings from the Specification, Benchmarking and Costing (SBC) Programme are expected to be made by (a) the Probation Service and (b) the Prison Service; and what the SBC expenditure reduction targets are for each service. | | (275387) | 261
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the projected £117 million savings for the National Offender Management Service is expected to be made by (a) the Probation Service, (b) the Prison Service and (c) National Offender Management Service headquarters. | | (275388) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 262
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275340) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 263
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) Transport for London on the provision of caravan sites for those attending the Olympic Games in 2012 since December 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (275611) | 264
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps her Office (a) has taken and (b) plans to ensure that local authorities in Essex share in benefits arising from the 2012 Olympic Games; what discussions her Office has had with local authorities in Essex on the matter; and if she will make a statement. | | (275612) | 265
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment the Government Olympic Executive (GOE) has made since December 2008 of the economic effects of the London 2012 Olympics on (a) Essex and (b) Southend West constituency; what recent discussions she had with the GOE on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (275613) | 266
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many suppliers based in (a) Southend-on-Sea and (b) Essex have been awarded contracts by the Olympic Delivery Authority to date; and if she will make a statement. | | (275614) | 267
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions her Office has had since January 2008 with Southend Borough Council to enable it to (a) participate fully in and (b) receive a legacy from the London 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will make a statement. | | (275615) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 268
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions officials of his Department have had with officials of the Home Office on the proposal to give the police powers to collect advance passenger data on domestic air and sea journeys. | | (275501) | 269
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on assistance for small businesses in Scotland. | | (275271) | 270
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had at EU level on the future prospects for the whisky industry. | | (275692) | 271
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on health and safety training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (275693) | 272
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff over the age of (a) 55 and (b) 65 years of age are employed by his Department. | | (275694) | 273
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many whisky distilleries in Scotland he has visited in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (275695) | 274
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many visits he has made to the Isle of Lewis in an official capacity in the last 24 months. | | (275696) | 275
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on Scotland's role in hosting events and facilities associated with the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (275698) | 276
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each of the last five years. | | (275700) | 277
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on the maintenance of its website in each year since 1997. | | (275701) | 278
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many sheep farms in Scotland he has visited in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (275703) | 279
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275339) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 280
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the proportion of unregistered voters who are functionally illiterate. | | (275408) | 281
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to assist functionally illiterate people to register to vote. | | (275409) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 282
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the airline industry on responsibility for meeting the cost of returning persons trafficked by air into the UK to their country of origin. | | (275414) | 283
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the Home Office's proposal to give the police powers to collect advance passenger data in respect of domestic air and sea journeys; and what recent discussions there have been between officials of his Department and officials of the Home Office on this matter. | | (275500) | 284
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of the establishment of a carbon reduction fund for transport. | | (275559) | 285
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many and what proportion of British Transport Police computers malware was detected in 2008. | | (275392) | 286
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many assessments under the Driving Quality Monitoring scheme were conducted in (a) Greater London, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Strathclyde in the 2008-09 financial year; and how many of the assessments in each area found the quality of driving to be unacceptable. | | (275215) | 287
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made for benchmarking purposes of the proportion of travel undertaken by rail in continental European countries. | | (275480) | 288
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is able to take to expedite the approval process for the South Devon Link Road; and if he will make a statement. | | (275483) | 289
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on rail freight transport; and what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of freight transported by rail. | | (275517) | 290
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent assessment is of the effects of the construction of the South Devon Link Road on the South Devon economy. | | (275523) | 291
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of traffic congestion on the environment. | | (275530) | 292
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) administrative and (b) financial consequences of reimbursement being made by central Government to bus operators for the concessionary bus fare scheme. | | (275543) | 293
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275338) | 294
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department collects on the use of cameras which measure average speed in order to monitor the performance of individual local partnerships; and if he will make a statement. | | (275638) | 295
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations have participated in his Department's consultation exercise on the search and rescue requirements of the southern part of the South Hams coastline. | | (274964) | 296
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Search and Rescue Strategic Committee last met; and whether it discussed the level of search and rescue cover provided for the South Hams coastline. | | (274965) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 297
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275336) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 298
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what proportion of office supplies purchased by the Government Equalities Office were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275334) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 299
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what tailored support his Department provides for unemployed executives; and if he will make a statement. | | (275512) | 300
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on single parent households of housing and council tax benefit rules that result in a reduction of benefit when (a) eligibility for tax credits is established and (b) a student maintenance grant is payable; and if he will make a statement. | | (275516) | 301
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff work in the System Information and Assurance Group in his Department. | | (275171) | 302
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 62-3W, on social security benefits, when he plans to place the information on benefit rates in the Library; and for what reason the information has not yet been placed there. | | (275663) | 303
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many drug treatment places will be provided to support the planned introduction of a treatment allowance. | | (275547) | 304
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for first jobseeker interviews for a claim for jobseeker's allowance in the latest period for which information is available. | | (275548) | 305
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus (a) personal advisers and (b) other staff have (i) retrained and (ii) received supplementary training to manage new claims for benefits in the last 12 months. | | (275549) | 306
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance in implementing the employment and support allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (275550) | 307
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department has allocated to the Future Jobs Fund for 2009-10. | | (275699) | 308
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on the provision of childcare to enable single parents to carry out work-related activity under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (275404) | 309
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is planned to be spent on drug treatment centres for rehabilitation provision arising under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill. | | (275405) | 310
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of requiring minimum qualifications for Jobcentre Plus personal advisers; and if he will make a statement. | | (275406) | 311
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much debt is owed to the Child Support Agency. | | (275407) | 312
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on implementation of the National Carers Strategy 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (275467) | 313
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on the prevention of the practices of creaming and parking in relation to work placements arranged by potential providers under contracted out employment services; and if he will make a statement. | | (275468) | 314
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of pensioners not claiming pension credit for which they are eligible. | | (275443) | 315
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in England were in receipt of housing benefit on 1 April 2009 in each of the last five years. | | (275478) | 316
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the disposable income and quality of life of pensioners in receipt of pension credit of changes in council tax levels over the last 10 years. | | (275481) | 317
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (275335) | 318
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were in relative poverty in each of the last five years. | | (275487) | 319
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Health and Safety Executive has had with Calor on (a) works and (b) levels of activity at the Calor Gas Canvey site in the last 12 months. | | (275632) | 320
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors underlie the time taken to release to Mona McNamara by the Child Support Agency monies collected from the non-resident parent in December 2008 and January, February, March and April 2009. | | (274812) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 321
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the recommendations in the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Working Better report on the take-up of maternity and paternity leave by lone parents and parents on low incomes; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (275415) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 322
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review the fees charged for adding an entry to the register of energy display certificates. | | [Transferred] (275659) | 323
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was received by the Exchequer in right to buy social housing receipts in each year since 1997; and what use was made of the receipts in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (275660) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 324
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to what events held in (a) the UK and (b) Israel to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel the Prime Minister has been invited; what such invitations he has (i) accepted and (ii) declined; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (275619) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 325
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure her Department has incurred on the provision of financial incentives to foreign national prisoners to serve the remainder of their sentence in their country of origin (a) since the inception of the scheme and (b) in 2008-09. | | [Transferred] (275520) | 326
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much on average foreign national prisoners received in reintegration support in 2008. | | [Transferred] (275521) | 327
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure her Department has incurred on reintegration support in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (275522) | 328
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners at each prison have been offered financial incentives to serve the remainder of their sentence in their country of origin since the inception of that incentive scheme. | | [Transferred] (275531) | 329
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have received reintegration support more than once in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (275552) | 330
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners applied for asylum (a) before their conviction and (b) following their imprisonment in each of the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (275683) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 331
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with officials from the African Development Bank on a financial rescue package for Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (275318) |
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