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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 14 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 14 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 14 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 14 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 14 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps Ofcom plans to take to enable deaf and hard of hearing people and sign language users to use the proposed pan-European 116 helpline numbers. | | (275432) | 2
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 56W, on Royal Mail, how much he estimates will be charged in fees by (a) UBS, (b) Freshfields and (c) Deloitte for advising on the proposed part-privatisation of Royal Mail. | | (275089) | 3
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years since its creation; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275972) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Financial Services Authority on the regulation of the stock market. | | (275438) | 5
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to change the date on which value added tax will revert to 17.5 per cent. to take account of trends in the turnover of retail outlets at the end of 2009. | | (275427) | 6
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on public expenditure of the admission to the UK of 36,000 Gurkhas residents. | | (275904) | 7
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer through taxation on the arms sector in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (275810) | 8
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on Exchequer revenue of raising the dividend ordinary tax rate to 20 per cent. and the dividend upper tax rate to 40 per cent. | | (275817) | 9
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average rental value in pounds per square metre per year for a (a) type 1, (b) type 2 and (c) type 3 office premises was in England, according to Valuation Office Agency records, in the closest period to (i) April 2008 and (ii) April 2003 for which records are held. | | (275752) | 10
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an impact assessment was produced in relation to the guidelines issued in January 2008 on local authorities using red diesel in agricultural vehicles. | | (275753) | 11
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the (a) 47th and (b) 48th meeting of the Steering Committee on Harmonisation (Practice and Procedure) England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. | | (275754) | 12
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average rental value in pounds per square metre per year for a (a) type 1, (b) type 2, (c) type 3, (d) type 4 and (e) type 5 industrial premises was in England according to Valuation Office Agency records in the closest period to (i) April 2008 and (ii) April 2003 for which records are held. | | (275755) | 13
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's generic Method of Work Statement. | | (275756) | 14
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Valuation Office Agency's automated valuation model was last calibrated. | | (275757) | 15
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the ruling on the capping of input tax claims by HM Revenue and Customs, what refund payments have now been made to each local authority; and what the total estimated Exchequer liability is for such payments. | | (275758) | 16
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) research and (b) investigations the Financial Services Authority has conducted into local authority home appreciation loans. | | (275759) | 17
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has made to Technical Forecasts Limited in the last 12 months; and to what types of properties the forecast models developed by the company for the VOA relate. | | (275765) | 18
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what planning applications were made by his Department between May 1997 and May 1998; and for what purpose in each case. | | (275766) | 19
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Valuation Office Agency (a) paid Rightmove.co.uk in 2008-09 and (b) plans to pay to that company in 2009-10. | | (275767) | 20
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what external training courses Valuation Office Agency officials have undertaken in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (275768) | 21
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the recession on (a) blue and (b) white collar workers. | | (275769) | 22
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average rental value in pounds per square metre per year for a (a) type 1, (b) type 2 and (c) type 3 shop premises in England was, according to Valuation Office Agency records, in the closest period to (i) April 2008 and (ii) April 2003 for which records are held. | | (275771) | 23
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the stamp duty land tax holiday is estimated to have cost the Exchequer at the latest date for which information is available. | | (275772) | 24
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 722W, on stamp duty land tax, what assumptions were made about the take-up rate of the stamp duty land tax holiday in calculating the estimated cost of £280 million. | | (275773) | 25
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 717W, on the Crown Estate Commissioners, for what reasons the Crown Estate has not purchased any voluntary home condition reports. | | (275774) | 26
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 262W, on the Valuation Office: Cole Layer Trumble, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds a copy of the original agreement between Cole Layer Trumble and EDS. | | (275781) | 27
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) e-learning programmes and (b) modules the Valuation Office Agency has. | | (275784) | 28
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 262W, on the Valuation Office: Rightmove, for what reasons the contract with Rightmove.co.uk and HM Revenue and Customs, on behalf of the Valuation Office Agency, was extended; and whether the contract will be extended into 2010. | | (275851) | 29
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 262, on the Valuation Office: Cole Layer Trumble, how much has been paid to Cole Layer Trumble and Tyler Technologies for work undertaken on behalf of the Valuation Office Agency to date. | | (275853) | 30
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised in cash terms from stamp duty land tax on residential property in each year since 1996-97. | | (275855) | 31
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the effect on the housing market of the temporary £175,000 stamp duty land tax threshold. | | (275859) | 32
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) names and (b) job titles of senior staff of the Valuation Office Agency's installation of a geographical information system working group are; and what the job titles are of junior staff serving on the working group. | | (275867) | 33
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Authority has produced guidance for financial institutions on their use of bailiffs to collect unpaid debts. | | (275868) | 34
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 17 March 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on leading bankers, PO reference: 1/69395/2009. | | (275675) | 35
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter of 17 March 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the reduction of income derived from pensioners savings, PO reference: 5/04517/2009. | | (275676) | 36
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 19 February 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire transferred from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 5 March, PO reference: 7/17724/2009. | | (275677) | 37
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275985) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 38
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department is providing to projects to improve literacy in primary schools in 2009-10. | | (275785) | 39
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding has been allocated to the national implementation of the Every Child A Reader programme. | | (275787) | 40
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the estimated cost per child of the Every Child A Reader programme is; and if he will make a statement. | | (275788) | 41
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in England have received one-to-one tuition in reading through the Every Child A Reader programme since its national implementation. | | (275789) | 42
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of training for teachers on the teaching of citizenship in the last three years. | | (275907) | 43
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training is available for (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers on the teaching of citizenship. | | (275908) | 44
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools in England employ one or more teachers who have completed initial teacher training courses to become specialist citizenship teachers. | | (275909) | 45
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary school teachers in England have completed initial teacher training courses to become specialist citizenship teachers in the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years. | | (275910) | 46
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps have been taken to ensure effective teaching of the Identity and Diversity: Living Together in the UK strand of citizenship education in all secondary schools. | | (275911) | 47
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any recent assessment has been made of the consistency of the standard of citizenship education in schools. | | (275912) | 48
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps have been taken to improve the teaching of citizenship in secondary schools following the finding by Ofsted in September 2006 that one in four secondary schools failed to offer pupils adequate citizenship teaching. | | (275913) | 49
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to maintained faith schools on the teaching of citizenship. | | (275914) | 50
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of maintained faith schools teach citizenship. | | (275915) | 51
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of teaching of citizenship in schools; and what steps he is taking to improve the standard of such teaching. | | (275925) | 52
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to encourage the recruitment of specialist trained citizenship teachers by secondary schools. | | (275926) | 53
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on (a) the recruitment of specialist trained citizenship teachers by secondary schools and (b) specialist training for secondary school teachers in the teaching of citizenship. | | (275927) | 54
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether Ofsted has reported to his Department the outcome of its thematic review of how schools and local authorities are meeting their requirements to provide excluded pupils with suitable full-time education. | | (275995) | 55
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the duties are of Mr Tim Byles, Chief Executive of Partnerships for Schools. | | (275088) | 56
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools have been in special measures for (a) up to two years, (b) between two and three years, (c) between three and four years and (d) more than four years. | | (275807) | 57
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools have been in special measures (a) twice, (b) three times and (c) more than three times in the last 12 years. | | (275808) | 58
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) 16 to 19 year olds, (b) 19 to 25 year olds and (c) over 25 year olds have been entered for a mathematics GCSE examination in each of the last 10 years. | | (275809) | 59
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of computers in (a) local authority children's services departments, (b) Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service and (c) schools were found to be infected with malware in 2008. | | (275420) | 60
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many and what proportion of computers in his Department malware was detected in 2008. | | (275421) | 61
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many and what proportion of computers in (a) young offender institutions and (b) secure training centres malware was detected in 2008. | | (275422) | 62
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanism exists for non-Ministerial representation on the ministerial sub-group of the Cabinet sub-committee on children, young people and families in place of Ministers. | | (275704) | 63
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether staff of his Department made any representations in respect of Lord Laming's most recent report on safeguarding prior to its publication; and if he will make a statement. | | (275705) | 64
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of classes in (a) academy and (b) non-academy secondary schools were taken by unqualified teachers without assistance in academic year (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07 and (v) 2007-08. | | (275681) | 65
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of those teaching classes unassisted in (a) academy and (b) non-academy state secondary schools were qualified school teachers in academic year (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07 and (v) 2007-08. | | (275682) | 66
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in (i) each region of England and (ii) Darlington are on gifted and talented programmes. | | (275751) | 67
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275976) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 68
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what policies her Department has in place for the protection of wharfs north of Prescott Lock from housing development. | | (275666) | 69
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to enable deaf, hard of hearing and speech-impaired people to make effective use of the 999/112 emergency numbers for the fire and rescue service. | | (275433) | 70
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to enable deaf and hard of hearing and speech-impaired people to communicate with the fire and rescue service using the short message text service. | | (275434) | 71
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) enforce minimum standards of facilities for tenants with severe disabilities in housing provided by not-for-profit housing associations. | | (275744) | 72
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to improve regulation of the standards for housing provided by not-for-profit housing associations for people with severe disabilities. | | (275747) | 73
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to strengthen the regulation of charges levied on local authorities by not-for-profit housing associations who provide accommodation and support for tenants with severe disabilities. | | (275748) | 74
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role the Thames Gateway Development Corporation will have in respect of any planning application to build a prison on the Beam Park West site. | | (275961) | 75
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home repossessions initiated by (a) building societies and (b) banks there were in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Doncaster and (iii) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years. | | (275819) | 76
N | Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of providing funding for the award of fire service veterans badges; and if she will make a statement. | | (275600) | 77
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will estimate the levels of supply and demand for social homes of three or more bedrooms. | | (275815) | 78
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to limit the maximum cost to consumers of home information packs. | | (275816) | 79
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the (a) feasibility and (b) likely effect on the economy of replacing council tax with a local income tax. | | (275818) | 80
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many actions under employment law were brought against the Department in each of the last three years, broken down by category of action; and how many were contested by the Department at an employment tribunal. | | (275626) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average right-to-buy discount was as a percentage of average (a) house prices and (b) right-to-buy property sale prices in each region in each year since 1997. | | (275906) | 82
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of properties were vacant in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (275832) | 83
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects her Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if she will make a statement. | | (275975) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 84
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what differences there are in the legislative requirements relating to White List approval for advertising gambling services in the UK between online gambling companies based in (a) Alderney and (b) Antigua and Barbuda. | | (275426) | 85
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether officials of his Department visited Antigua and Barbuda prior to its inclusion on the white list. | | (275428) | 86
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Big Lottery Fund awarded to brass bands in each of the last five years. | | (275822) | 87
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England awarded in grants to brass bands in each of the last five years. | | (275823) | 88
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to replace self-regulation in respect of digital content and copyright into a statutory system. | | (275928) | 89
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with internet service providers on measures to reduce levels of copyright theft and infringement. | | (275929) | 90
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on proposals to vest in Ofcom a statutory power to create a code of practice on terms for transfer of shares of revenues generated by the use of copyrighted material. | | (275930) | 91
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to investigate the effects of copyright piracy on the economic viability of the digital content business sector. | | (275931) | 92
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) the UK Film Council on the Council's proposal for a legislative structure to support a graduated response approach to online copyright theft and infringement. | | (275932) | 93
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to maintain the economic viability of the UK's digital content business sector. | | (275933) | 94
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Digital Rights Agency and (b) other digital rights representatives on amendments to the present regulatory regime on infringements of copyright in respect of digital rights. | | (275934) | 95
| Dr Kim Howells (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the merits of a deterrence scheme to ensure that higher broadband speeds do not lead to an increase in illegal file sharing and copyright theft. | | (275935) | 96
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 2 April 2008, Official Report, column 903W, on departmental pay, what the hourly rates of pay of non-permanent members of staff working in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were in each of the last 12 months; and how many staff were receiving each rate in each such month. | | (275440) | 97
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the expected contribution of swimming to Olympics legacy targets for participation in sports. | | (275813) | 98
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an estimate for benchmarking purposes of the level of financial support given to the tourist industry in other EU member states by their governments. | | (275814) | 99
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to reply to the letter of 29 January 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire transferred from the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 17 March, reference: 123460/SW on the future of motorsport at Croft motor-racing circuit. | | (275678) | 100
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275983) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 101
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to afford special protection from military action for Afghan citizens, with particular reference to women and children, as required under international humanitarian law. | | (275860) | 102
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that detention facilities run by international military forces in Afghanistan meet the standards required under international law in the treatment of women and children. | | (275861) | 103
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in implementing the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in UK and international military programmes in Afghanistan in the last 12 months. | | (275862) | 104
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the proposed temporary barriers at Kenley Common to be (a) erected and (b) removed. | | (275216) | 105
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he has allocated for the erection and removal of the temporary steel barriers proposed at Kenley Common; and whether provision has been made for such allocation in his Department's existing budget. | | (275217) | 106
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) Croydon Council, (b) Tonbridge District Council, (c) the City of London and (d) users of Kenley Common on his Department's plans to erect temporary fencing at the Common. | | (275218) | 107
N | Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the Trident replacement programme. | | (275708) | 108
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances there have been of radioactive leaks from (a) nuclear-armed and (b) conventionally-armed nuclear-powered submarines in each of the last 12 years. | | (274332) | 109
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued to the Royal Navy regarding the onward transfer of individuals captured in the course of committing acts of piracy on the high seas. | | (274333) | 110
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours sea time on average is made available to members of (a) university Royal Naval units and (b) the Royal Naval Reserve annually. | | (274334) | 111
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to make sea time on patrol craft attached to university Royal Naval units available to members of the Royal Navy Reserve. | | (274335) | 112
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans his Department has for the continued functioning of the (a) frigate fleet and (b) submarine flotilla in the event of a naval base being put out of action following the implementation of the decision to allocate each type of warship to a single naval base. | | (274336) | 113
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the number of (a) air-launched and (b) submarine-launched cruise missiles required to constitute a deterrent threat comparable to that of a Vanguard-class submarine; and what recent assessment he has made of the vulnerability of cruise missiles to destruction prior to reaching their targets. | | (275084) | 114
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum range is of (a) the Trident D5 ballistic missile and (b) a submarine-launched cruise missile; and if he will make a statement. | | (275085) | 115
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum number of nuclear warheads is which can be carried by a single (a) Trident and (b) cruise missile. | | (275086) | 116
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the capability of a state under attack from cruise missiles to determine prior to impact such missiles are armed with (a) conventional and (b) nuclear warheads. | | (275087) | 117
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on Rosyth Dockyard of the implementation of the Maritime Change Programme. | | (275488) | 118
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where refits of the new aircraft carriers will be carried out. | | (275493) | 119
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of accommodation of (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more bedrooms his Department retains for the purposes of accommodating serving (a) officers and (b) officials on long-term secondment to his Department; and what his most recent estimate is of the average annual (A) gross and (B) net cost of each type of accommodation in each such category. | | (273432) | 120
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275984) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 121
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of mains gas supply is accounted for by production from anaerobic digester plants. | | (275790) | 122
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many houses have been insulated in (a) each region of England and (b) Darlington under Government schemes in each of the last five years. | | (275749) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 123
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letters of 9 February and 1 April 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay on a constituent, Mr G Lane. | | (275439) | 124
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has conducted on the effect of projected population changes on water usage. | | (275665) | 125
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the dredging of Prescott Lock is due to be completed. | | (275667) | 126
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the weight of site material for the construction of the Olympic stadium, associated buildings and infrastructure which has been delivered to the site via Prescott Lock. | | (275668) | 127
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members of the Anaerobic Digestion Task Group are; and which organisations are represented in the group. | | (275791) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to prevent the importation of rabies into the UK. | | (275795) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for which animal-borne diseases inspectors posted at UK points of entry are instructed to search. | | (275797) | 130
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many proposals for anaerobic digestion plants have been licensed by each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (275798) | 131
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) Country Land and Business Association, (b) National Farmers Union and (c) others on the proposal to implement a de minimis size holding for eligibility for payment of the 2010 Single Farm Payment. | | (275799) | 132
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had on its proposals for implementing the de minimis size of holding for the payment of the 2010 Single Farm Payment. | | (275800) | 133
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the decision was made to reduce the cost of bluetongue vaccine to livestock holders; and what the reasons for the decision were. | | (275801) | 134
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the transmission of bovine tuberculosis to (i) pigs and (ii) domestic animals from wildlife. | | (275802) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department offers to owners of domestic animals on the risk of tuberculosis transmission from wildlife in areas where there is a high incidence of bovine tuberculosis. | | (275803) | 136
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) rural farms and (b) smallholdings each local authority holds; and how many have been vacant for longer than (i) three and (ii) six months. | | (275804) | 137
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the take-up of anaerobic digestion will count towards the UK's recycling targets under the revised Waste Framework Directive. | | (275902) | 138
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the inclusion of proposals to address hunger and food scarcity in his Department's forthcoming White Paper on food security. | | (275827) | 139
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had in relation to the inclusion of relief and social protection measures in his Department's forthcoming White Paper on food security. | | (275828) | 140
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of progress in the delivery of the Government's commitment to the right to food as a fundamental human right. | | (275829) | 141
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live wild animals have been imported into the UK in each of the last five years. | | (275938) | 142
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) cloned animals and (b) offspring of cloned animals there are in England. | | (275939) | 143
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on the screening of imported wildlife for potential diseases in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (275940) | 144
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of live animals imported into the UK was taken from wild populations in each of the last five years. | | (275941) | 145
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential health threat to native British wildlife from the illegal importation of wildlife; and if he will make a statement. | | (275943) | 146
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with international counterparts on tackling the global illegal trade in wildlife. | | (275944) | 147
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions for offences relating to the welfare of farm animals have (a) been brought and (b) resulted in convictions in each of the last five years. | | (275945) | 148
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support his Department is providing to local authorities to increase (a) public access to coastal areas and (b) cleanliness and quality of beaches in 2009-10. | | (275812) | 149
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers his Department plans to provide to local authorities under the provisions of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008. | | (275760) | 150
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Waste and Resources Action Programme plans to end its support for subsidised composting bins for householders; on what date such support will end; and what estimate has been made of the average change in the cost to a householder of a compost bin as a result. | | (275761) | 151
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has paid to the Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management since WRAP's establishment. | | (275762) | 152
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effect on the management of bio-waste in the European Union on household waste collections in England of implementation of the proposals in the European Commission's Green Paper. | | (275763) | 153
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of farmland of best and most valued status in England have changed to a developed use since 1996-97. | | (275764) | 154
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much seed-corn funding has been allocated to the first group of joint waste authorities. | | (275770) | 155
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 685W, on waste disposal: fees and charges, which local authorities made initial inquiries about participating in piloting a waste reduction scheme. | | (275775) | 156
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 679W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, if he will place in the Library a copy of the WR1204 research report on completion. | | (275776) | 157
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Romford of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 99W, on fly-tipping, if he will place in the Library a copy of the CD-ROM being distributed to local authorities. | | (275777) | 158
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities operate residual household waste collections with a frequency of less than once a week, including those operating or planning to operate pilot schemes with that frequency. | | (275780) | 159
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1281-2W, on geographical information systems, whether the cadastral parcels used in implementation of the INSPIRE Directive will include property data held by (a) the Land Registry, (b) Ordnance Survey and (c) the Valuation Office Agency. | | (275782) | 160
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2008, Official Report, column 222W, on domestic wastes: waste disposal, whether any projects involved helping local authorities with introducing or operating alternate weekly collections. | | (275783) | 161
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department, (b) the Waste Improvement Network and (c) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has issued on fixed penalty notices in relation to (i) closed lid policies, (ii) no side waste collection policies and (iii) putting household waste out at the wrong time. | | (275786) | 162
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which water companies are levying new surface water charges on non-domestic customers; and what the timetable is for the introduction of such charges by each company. | | (275852) | 163
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 841W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, whether (a) the Waste Improvement Network and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme have made estimates of the average cost per household to local waste collection authorities of domestic waste collection with (i) a weekly and (ii) an alternate weekly frequency. | | (275856) | 164
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1007W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, which of the 10 councils awarded beacon status for best practice in waste collection have (a) weekly and (b) alternate weekly collections. | | (275858) | 165
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 Agricultural Policy. | | (274610) | 166
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research into the amount of food waste used in ways other than being sent to landfill; and if he will make a statement. | | (275854) | 167
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275973) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 168
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the government of Iraq on (a) the return of monies held in escrow under the UN oil-for-food programme and not yet received and (b) the disbursement of international commitments for development aid; what estimate he has made of the sums due to the Iraqi government in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (275994) | 169
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what expenditure his Department has incurred in (a) Afghanistan since 2001 and (b) Iraq since 2003; how much his Department has paid to private security companies for services provided in each year in (i) Afghanistan since 2001 and (ii) Iraq since 2003; and what the monetary value of each contract his Department has with private security companies in each such country is. | | (275436) | 170
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the marking of (a) Christmas, (b) Easter and (c) other religious festivals in British Embassies and High Commissions overseas; and if he will place in the Library a copy of such guidance. | | (275437) | 171
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Sri Lanka on the arrest and expulsion of Channel 4 journalist Nick Paton Walsh and two of his colleagues; and if he will make a statement. | | (275959) | 172
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of civilians (a) injured and (b) killed in northern Sri Lanka between 8 and 11 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (275963) | 173
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the French government on Israeli soldier Corporal Shalit. | | (275964) | 174
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have made to the Palestinian Authority on Israeli soldier Corporal Shalit. | | (275965) | 175
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the alleged use of heavy artillery by the government of Sri Lanka on civilians in Northern Sri Lanka between 8 and 11 May 2009. | | (275966) | 176
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps since 25 June 2006 to seek to secure the release of Israeli soldier Corporal Shalit. | | (275967) | 177
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether representatives from his Department plan to attend the international conference on piracy in Malaysia in May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (275996) | 178
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of allegations that British intelligence sources are providing information to Somali pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden; and if he will make a statement. | | (276001) | 179
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on disrupting information networks used by Somali pirates. | | (276002) | 180
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275969) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 181
| Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to prevent the marketing and selling of unlicensed stem cell therapies to people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (275917) | 182
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for Sheffield residents for admissions to hospital for treatment following GP referral (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available, by speciality. | | (274813) | 183
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of avoidable epilepsy-related deaths in childhood since the National Sentinel Audit of Epilepsy-Related Deaths in 2002. | | (275871) | 184
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to address the serious weaknesses in the care of people with epilepsy referred to in the Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report of 2001. | | (275872) | 185
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce levels of misdiagnosis of epilepsy. | | (275873) | 186
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of arrangements for pre-conception counselling for women with epilepsy. | | (275874) | 187
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding is being provided to the Middlegate detoxing and residential rehabilitation unit in Lincolnshire in 2009-10. | | (275903) | 188
| Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what medical research his Department has commissioned recently on methods to increase detection rates of development dysplasia of the hip in the first 12 weeks of a baby's life. | | (275883) | 189
| Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to combat the shortage of qualified sonographers. | | (275884) | 190
| Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 10 years were diagnosed with development dysplasia of the hip in each of the last three years. | | (275885) | 191
| Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS is of treating children under the age of 12 years with late-diagnosed development dysplasia of the hip. | | (275886) | 192
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to achieve a national interface between the Centricity and Medway x-ray providers; and when it is anticipated that the interface will be complete. | | (275992) | 193
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of units of anti-influenza vaccines other than those prepared against swine influenza which will be available for distribution in the winter of 2009. | | (275946) | 194
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on the outcome of litigation in the Scottish courts against the manufacturers of nitrazepam. | | (276003) | 195
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the safe half-life of a drug intended for use as a sleeping tablet; what the half-life of nitrazepam is; and how many nitrazepam prescription items were dispensed in 2008. | | (276004) | 196
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the efficacy of his policy on the prescription of tranquillisers in limiting the number of medicines prescribed. | | (276005) | 197
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 208W, on NHS treatment centres: private sector, by what mechanisms his Department assesses the comparative cost-effectiveness of independent sector treatment centres. | | (275272) | 198
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology his Department used to make the estimate that operations carried out by independent sector treatment centres cost on average 11 per cent. more than operations in NHS hospitals. | | (275273) | 199
N | Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial implications for the NHS are of BT not installing core IT systems at (a) all major hospital trusts in London and (b) all major hospital trusts in Birmingham. | | (275707) | 200
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has issued guidance to NHS trusts on the treatment of mentally ill patients who attend accident and emergency departments in hospitals; and if he will make a statement. | | (275429) | 201
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on research into the (a) causes and (b) treatment of dementia in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (275887) | 202
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available from his Department to (a) those diagnosed with dementia and (b) the carers of those with dementia; whether he plans to increase this support; and if he will make a statement. | | (275888) | 203
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the potential harm to public health from illegal wildlife imports; and if he will make a statement. | | (275942) | 204
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2009, Official Report, columns 932-3W, on dental services, what form the consultations referred to took; and when those consultations took place. | | (275993) | 205
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children (a) under the age of 12 and (b) aged between 12 and 16 years had been diagnosed with epilepsy on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (275889) | 206
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to assess his Department's progress against the recommendations of its 2003 Epilepsy Action Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (275891) | 207
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years sought treatment for the effects of cannabis use in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England in each of the last five years. | | (275919) | 208
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275971) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 209
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to enable people who are deaf, speech-impaired or otherwise unable to use voice telephony to opt to use a short message text service for 999 or 112 emergency calls. | | (275435) | 210
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to announce proposals on the collection of advance passenger data on domestic air and sea journeys. | | (275292) | 211
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial interests (a) the Chairman and (b) each member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and its technical committee have declared. | | (276006) | 212
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the union Prospect on the decision to introduce compulsory identity cards for airside workers in the aviation sector. | | (275793) | 213
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of airside workers at each airport who will be required to carry identity cards once the pilot schemes are implemented nationally. | | (275794) | 214
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many manned points of entry into the UK there are. | | (275796) | 215
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made against the South Yorkshire Police Force in each of the last five years. | | (275820) | 216
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many legacy cases involving Gurkhas the UK Border Agency has. | | (275905) | 217
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those arrested in relation to Operation Greensea in respect of whom legal proceedings have been completed were (a) convicted and (b) deported. | | (276007) | 218
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations of cases of (a) murder, (b) grievous bodily harm and (c) rape or other serious sexual assault have resulted in convictions on the basis of DNA samples previously taken from people arrested but not convicted in relation to an earlier suspected offence in each of the last 10 years; and how many such convictions were made (i) up to three, (ii) between three and six, (iii) between six and nine, (iv) between nine and 12 and (v) more than 12 years after the taking of those samples. | | (275083) | 219
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of the revised Contest strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (275494) | 220
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many actions under employment law were brought against her Department in each of the last three years, broken down by category of action; and how many were contested by the Department at an employment tribunal. | | (275625) | 221
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government House in Pimlico at 62 South Eaton Place became empty. | | (275863) | 222
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an opinion poll in each major conurbation on the attitudes to the provision of public access to police stations. | | (275669) | 223
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects her Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if she will make a statement. | | (275980) | 224
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on their Departments' contributions to (i) her Department's consultation on Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls and (ii) her Department's forthcoming national strategy on Violence Against Women and Girls. | | (275890) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 225
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of computers on the House of Commons part of Parliamentary estate have been found to be infected with malware in the last 12 months. | | (275670) | 226
N | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the (a) gross annual income from the House of Commons and (b) job title was of each of the (i) officers and (ii) staff of the House of Commons who earned more than a backbench hon. Member in 2008-09. | | (275706) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 227
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage and (b) provide financial support for students from low-income socio-economic backgrounds entering higher education; and if he will make a statement. | | (275745) | 228
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the change in functions of the Learning and Skills Council on the role of specialist independent post-16 colleges. | | (275805) | 229
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people commenced level 2 apprenticeships in (a) Barnsley, (b) Doncaster and (c) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years. | | (275821) | 230
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many colleges in Greater London are awaiting a decision on an application for approval of schemes under the Building Colleges for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (275430) | 231
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many actions under employment law were brought against the Department in each of the last three years, broken down by category of action; and how many were contested by the Department at an employment tribunal. | | (275624) | 232
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people commenced (a) level 2 and (b) level 3 apprenticeships in (i) North West Cambridgeshire, (ii) Cambridgeshire, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England in each year since the scheme was introduced. | | (275921) | 233
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people began apprenticeships under the apprenticeship programme for 16 to 18 year olds in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England in each year since the scheme was introduced. | | (275922) | 234
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each year since its creation; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275982) | 235
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) males aged 16 to 18, (b) females aged 16 to 18, (c) males aged 19 to 24 and (d) females aged 19 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in the first quarter of each year since 1997. | | (275869) | 236
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what percentage of people aged 16 to 24 years old were not in education, employment and training in the first quarter of each year for which figures are available. | | (275870) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 237
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made in implementing the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in UK and international development programmes in Afghanistan in the last 12 months. | | (275864) | 238
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to take account of the needs of women and girls in its work on reconstruction and assistance to Afghanistan since its response to the International Development Select Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 on Reconstructing Afghanistan. | | (275865) | 239
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that girls from communities in Afghanistan where they are prevented from attending school receive adequate nutrition. | | (275866) | 240
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the Government gave to Uzbekistan in the last 12 months; and whether any funding from his Department is targeted on reducing that country's reliance on the employment of children in the cotton industry. | | (275792) | 241
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian assistance the Government has given to Darfur in the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (275620) | 242
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much non-core funding his Department has provided to the United Nations Development Programme in each financial year since 1997-98; and to which projects in each country of operation such funding was allocated. | | (275986) | 243
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much core funding his Department has provided to the United Nations Development Programme in each financial year since 1997-98. | | (275987) | 244
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of each agreement between his Department and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on (a) financial, (b) technical and (c) other means of co-operation with the UNDP. | | (275988) | 245
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department plans to take to assist least developed countries with their debt repayments in the current economic situation. | | (275923) | 246
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take in response to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Secretary-General's request for a temporary moratorium on debt servicing for developing nations; and if he will make a statement. | | (275924) | 247
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) financial aid and (b) building material his Department has provided to Gaza since November 2008; and how much such building material has been delivered into Gaza to date. | | (275519) | 248
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275974) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 249
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he has set for the publication of the strategy on the health and social care needs of children and younger people across the youth justice pathway, referred to in his Department's response to Lord Bradley's report. | | (275916) | 250
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to ensure that the mental health needs of ex-service personnel involved in the criminal justice system are met. | | (275918) | 251
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many representations have been made to his Department in opposition to the proposed construction of a prison at Beam Park West. | | (275824) | 252
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his estimate is of the cost of constructing a new prison at Beam Park West. | | (275825) | 253
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 569-71, on prisons and probation, what factors he took into account in deciding on sites for the new prisons. | | (275826) | 254
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements his Department made for public consultation prior to the decision to build a prison on the Beam Park West site. | | (275936) | 255
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made arrangements to deal with the eventuality that a private contractor is unable to provide a prison on the Beam Park West site. | | (275962) | 256
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what individuals sentenced to two months custody or less served in custody during each of the last five years. | | (275489) | 257
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether people sentenced to two months custody or less and then released on end of custody licence are entitled to receive a discharge grant; what proportion of such people received such a grant in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (275491) | 258
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been sentenced to two months custody or less and then released on end of custody licence before serving any part of the sentence since 1 July 2007. | | (275492) | 259
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether estates other than the Duchy of Cornwall receive bona vacantia properties. | | (275960) | 260
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions there have been in England and Wales for non-payment of council tax in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority. | | (275621) | 261
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on legal aid in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (275920) | 262
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department and its predecessor have commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275970) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 263
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275978) | Questions to the Prime Minister 264
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to publish the list of guests who have attended Chequers since the date of the last publication. | | (275671) | 265
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter of 26 February 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on multinational companies. | | (275679) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 266
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275968) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 267
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what criteria govern the (a) definition and (b) review of local authority boundaries by the Boundary Committee for England; what guidance the Commission has issued to the Committee on (i) the conduct of its work, (ii) whom to consult in defining local authority boundaries and (iii) the account to be taken in future reviews of new housing developments built close to existing local authority boundaries. | | (275674) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 268
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much total revenue was received by (a) Trinity House, (b) the Northern Lighthouse Board and (c) the Commissioners of Irish Lights in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what proportion of this related to ships moving between UK ports. | | (275664) | 269
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) speeding fines, (b) London congestion charge fines and (c) parking fines were incurred by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last four years for which information is available; how much was incurred in total in each category; and if he will make a statement. | | (275833) | 270
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many duplicate copies of road tax discs have been issued due to processing errors (a) to the hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby and (b) other vehicle keepers in 2009 to date. | | (275495) | 271
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of provision of disabled parking spaces in England. | | (275811) | 272
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many actions under employment law were brought against his Department in each of the last three years, broken down by category of action; and how many were contested by the Department at an employment tribunal. | | (275622) | 273
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) scheduled and (b) charter flights there were from British airports to (i) Belgium, (ii) Finland and (iii) Greece in each of the last five years. | | (275830) | 274
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities resulting from reported personal injury road accidents there were on stretches of roads with a (a) 20, (b) 30, (c) 40 and (d) 50 miles per hour speed limit in each of the last five years. | | (275831) | 275
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275981) | 276
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to construct the Rushenden Link Road; what recent reports he has received on progress in construction; what steps he is taking to ensure the timely completion of the project; and what recent discussions he has had with the project funders on funding commitments to the project. | | (275417) | 277
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget has been agreed for the construction of the Rushenden Link Road; from what sources such funding is expected to be drawn; and if he will make a statement. | | (275418) | 278
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much each funding partner has committed to the construction of the Rushenden Link Road. | | (275419) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 279
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many actions under employment law were brought against his Department in each of the last three years, broken down by category of action; and how many were contested by the Department at an employment tribunal. | | (275623) | 280
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275979) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 281
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to prevent age discrimination against 18 to 25 year olds. | | (275275) | 282
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on levels of poverty amongst women pensioners. | | (275279) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 283
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on customers from low-income socio-economic backgrounds of recent changes to the frequency of benefit payments. | | (275746) | 284
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) benefit delivery centres and (b) customer-facing jobcentres were operated by Jobcentre Plus in each London borough in each of the last 24 months. | | (275518) | 285
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants attended an appointment for a personal capability assessment in each of the last three years; and what percentage this figure represents of those incapacity benefit claimants asked to attend for such an assessment in each such year. | | (275431) | 286
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether medical professionals will be employed by Jobcentre Plus to deal with claimants with drug-related problems following the implementation of the provision of the Welfare Reform Bill. | | (275423) | 287
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been allocated for training for Jobcentre Plus staff to undertake functions accorded to them under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill. | | (275424) | 288
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that the provisions of (a) clause 9 of and (b) Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Bill are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. | | (275425) | 289
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) review and (b) taskforce projects his Department has commissioned in each of the last five years; what the purpose of each such project is; when each such project (i) began and (ii) was completed; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. | | (275977) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 290
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent employers using mandatory retirement ages. | | [Transferred] (275857) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 291
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government first informed the administrations of the Crown Dependencies of the requirement to conclude tax information exchange agreements prior to their removal from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development list of the jurisdictions considered to be tax havens. | | [Transferred] (276008) | 292
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government first informed the administrations of the UK Overseas Territories of the requirement to conclude tax information exchange agreements prior to their removal from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development list of the jurisdictions considered to be tax havens. | | [Transferred] (276009) | 293
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the standards which Crown Dependencies should meet in respect of requirements for disclosure of information on tax regimes. | | [Transferred] (276010) | 294
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the standards which UK Overseas Territories should meet in respect of requirements for disclosure of information on tax regimes. | | [Transferred] (276011) | 295
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implication for the Government's policy on reducing tax avoidance of the progress made by the UK Overseas Territories towards signature of tax information exchange grants prior to the G20 Summit in April 2009. | | [Transferred] (276012) | 296
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the administrations of the UK Overseas Territories on the timetable for (a) their agreement to the tax information exchange grants required by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and (b) the inclusion of their jurisdictions on the OECD White List; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (276013) | 297
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer by the hon. Member for Camberwell and Peckham of 15 October 2008, Official Report, column 791, on pensions, what the outcome has been of discussions between his Department and the Department for Work and Pensions on the requirement on pensioners to annuitise pensions at the age of 75 years. | | [Transferred] (275627) | 298
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of removing the requirement for pensioners to buy annuities at the age of 75 years. | | [Transferred] (275672) | 299
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of giving pensioners the ability to divide their pension between current income and capital as they wish. | | [Transferred] (275673) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 300
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the Young People's Learning Agency to be set up; and what mechanisms there will be for the agency to co-operate with specialist independent post-16 institutions. | | [Transferred] (275806) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 301
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Darlington constituency whose income rose following the introduction of the national minimum wage. | | [Transferred] (275750) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 302
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 March 2009, Official Report, column 48WS, on revenue protection, what proportion of business ratepayers are expected to spread payment of the increases in their business rates. | | [Transferred] (275778) | 303
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 March 2009, Official Report, column 48WS, on revenue protection, what the estimated cost to the Exchequer is of spreading payment of business rate bills in each of the next three years. | | [Transferred] (275779) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 304
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the airline industry on responsibility for the cost of returning to their country of origin persons trafficked by air into the UK. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (275296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 305
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve road safety on the A38 between Saltash and Liskeard; and if he will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (275284) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 306
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether procedures are in place to review the entitlement to welfare benefits of prisoners sentenced to custody. | | [Transferred] (275490) |
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