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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 15 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 15 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 15 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Friday 15 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 15 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what arrangements his Department has made for the administration of the car scrappage scheme; what procedures are to be followed in deciding whether a car has been scrapped; and who will determine whether a car has been scrapped under the scheme. | | (276023) | 2
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many banks (a) received information on and (b) are operating the Working Capital Guarantee Scheme; how much capital has been loaned to businesses under the scheme to date; and how many businesses have received financial assistance under the scheme. | | (275879) | 3
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many under 25 year olds will receive (a) jobs and (b) training in the logistics sector under the scheme announced in the Budget 2009. | | (276147) | 4
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many under 25 year olds will receive (a) jobs and (b) training under the scheme announced in the Budget 2009. | | (276149) | 5
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many logistics companies in each region were (a) declared bankrupt and (b) ceased trading in the first quarter of 2009. | | (276156) | 6
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will reply to the letters of 23 February and 17 April 2009 from the hon. Member for Forest of Dean, on credit for small leisure business, reference SP2151. | | (275957) | 7
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 6 February 2009, on his constituent's business. | | (275835) | 8
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions the Secretary of State has had with Ministerial colleagues on the effect of closures of local newsagents on local communities. | | (276026) | 9
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which Minister has responsibility for the Energy and Climate Change Unit in his Department. | | (276290) | 10
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects the Energy and Climate Change Unit's administration budget for 2009-10 to be finalised. | | (276291) | 11
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much and what proportion of the annual budget for the (a) Better Regulation Executive and (b) Local Better Regulation Office has been spent on staff costs in each year since inception. | | (276292) | 12
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 3 March 2009, transferred from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, reference: 124365/SW, on information services. | | (275841) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 13
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) his international counterparts and (b) Ministerial colleagues on the cancellation of the IMF loan to Sri Lanka. | | (276125) | 14
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has decided to close schemes permitted under section 58 of the Finance Act 1987; for what reason the decision was made with retrospective effect; what factors were taken into account in determining that the period of such retrospective effect would be seven years; and what the policy of HMRC is on charging interest on sums owed as a result of retrospective closure. | | (276192) | 15
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the effect of the retrospective closure of schemes permitted under section 58 of the Finance Act 1987; and if he will assess the effects of the closure on the financial situation of households operating such schemes. | | (276193) | 16
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he introduced in the 2009 Budget to assist householders in circumstances where one or more wage-earners has been made redundant and levels of domestic indebtedness are increasing. | | (276194) | 17
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures in the 2009 Budget assist members of black and minority ethnic communities in rural areas who have recently been made redundant. | | (276195) | 18
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's estimate is of the amount which will be raised in revenue from (a) private cars, (b) light commercial vehicles, (c) heavy goods vehicles and (d) public service vehicles by the two pence increase in fuel duty announced in the 2009 Budget in its first 12 months. | | (276148) | 19
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the haulage industry of the two pence fuel duty increase planned for September 2009. | | (276152) | 20
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham of (a) 17 December 2008, acknowledged on 6 January 2009 and (b) 26 February 2009 on his constituent, Mr Charles Helden. | | (276050) | 21
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press notice of 19 January 2009, on the asset protection scheme, if he will undertake further due diligence in respect of securities identified as triple-A rated before they are included in the scheme. | | (276234) | 22
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of child tax allowance which was underpaid to married men in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (275899) | 23
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, up to what date reviews of an individual's child tax allowance could be requested; and if he will make a statement. | | (275900) | 24
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to inform people in cases where their child tax credits have been underpaid; and if he will make a statement. | | (275901) | 25
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 19 February 2009, on national saving accounts, PO reference: 1/67675/2009. | | (275839) | 26
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 9 February 2009, on mortgages and interest rates, PO reference: 1/67151/2009. | | (275840) | 27
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will remain contracted to Mapeley in respect of the HMRC office at Crewe House, Crewe. | | (275955) | 28
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 541W, on HM Revenue and Customs in Crewe, how much he estimates will accrue in each category of the proposed savings of £230 million to arise from the vacation of two floors of the HM Revenue and Customs offices at Crewe House, Crewe. | | (276014) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 29
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, columns 598-9W, on young people: voluntary work, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost of a placement as part of the Entry to Employment programme. | | (276103) | 30
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, columns 598-9W, on young people: voluntary work, what criteria will apply in the selection of local authorities to pilot options to increase the proportion of young people participating in community service. | | (276180) | 31
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many childcare places for children aged four years and under were available in each London local authority area in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007-08. | | (276181) | 32
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many out-of-school and holiday play scheme places were available for children aged (a) four and under, (b) five to 11 and (c) 11 years and over in each London local authority in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276182) | 33
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the per capita spend per child in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in each local education authority area in England in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276183) | 34
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children are entitled to free school meals in each local authority area; and what the percentage change in such proportions was in each area between 1997 and 2008. | | (276184) | 35
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what school roll projections were made for (a) primary pupils and (b) secondary schools in (i) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, (ii) the London Borough of Newham, (iii) the City of Westminster, (iv) Manchester City Council, (v) Birmingham City Council and (vi) Liverpool City Council for each year since 1997; and how many pupils were recorded on school rolls for (A) primary and (B) secondary schools in each such local authority area in each such year. | | (275997) | 36
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) financial and (b) other assistance his Department gives to local authorities in which numbers of children on primary school rolls rapidly increase. | | (275998) | 37
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the likely effects on school roll projections of changes in levels of immigration. | | (275999) | 38
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research his Department has conducted on the likely effects on school roll projections in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools of changes in levels of immigration. | | (276000) | 39
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether all contracts for school sport are open to tender; and what the procedure is for potential bidders to apply. | | (275952) | 40
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 27 March 2009, transferred from the Home Office on 2 April 2009, reference: M7547/9, on a nationwide database of children. | | (275842) | 41
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many foster parents have fostered (a) trafficked children, (b) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and (c) children from other EU countries in each of the last three years. | | (275847) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 42
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what his policy is on cooperation between local authorities and community associations; what representations he has received on the recent decision of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council on its relationship with community associations and the future payment of grants committed to such associations; and if he will make a statement. | | (276021) | 43
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people in each region work in the logistics sector. | | (276153) | 44
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people worked in the logistics sector in each region in each quarter of 2008. | | (276154) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 45
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord properties in each region do not meet the Decent Homes standard because of over-crowding. | | (276274) | 46
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings in each London local authority area in each tenure category are deemed to be below the Decent Homes Standard. | | (276275) | 47
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of empty dwellings in each London local authority area in each tenure group; and what the percentage change was in the equivalent figures between 2002-03 and 2007-08. | | (276276) | 48
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department has provided for housing to (a) Westminster City Council and (b) City West Homes in each of the last five years; from what budgets such funding has been drawn; and for what purposes her Department disbursed. | | (276277) | 49
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will end the target rent scheme in 2009-10. | | (275838) | 50
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of allowing members of the armed forces to claim single household council tax rebate for married quarters when posted to other military establishments in the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (276158) | 51
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord dwellings there were in each local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (275875) | 52
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average (a) local authority, (b) registered social landlord and (c) private sector rental levels were as a percentage of average earnings in each year since 1997. | | (275949) | 53
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average income of a tenant purchasing under the Social Homebuy Scheme was in each of the last five years. | | (276138) | 54
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was received by registered social landlords from (a) right to buy and (b) right to acquire sales in each of the last five years. | | (276139) | 55
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) right to buy and (b) right to acquire sales were made by each registered social landlord in each of the last five years. | | (276140) | 56
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which registered social landlords took part in the Rent to Homebuy pilot; and what contribution was made by each of them. | | (276141) | 57
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households participating in the Rent to Homebuy scheme have subsequently bought the property; and of those how many used each Homebuy scheme to make their purchase. | | (276142) | 58
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) registered social landlords and (b) households are taking part in the Rent to Homebuy scheme. | | (276143) | 59
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications under the Rent to Homebuy scheme have been received; and if she will make a statement. | | (276144) | 60
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) registered social landlords and (b) local authority tenants received a cash incentive to vacate their home in each of the last five years. | | (276145) | 61
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many unsold market homes have been bought by the Homes and Community Agency for use as social housing in (a) the South East and (b) Milton Keynes since the establishment of the agency. | | (276245) | 62
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for (a) residential and (b) commercial developments have been (i) granted and (ii) declined in (A) Leicester and (B) England in each of the last five years; and what the most common reason for the rejection of such applications for (1) residential and (2) commercial developments was in that period. | | (276225) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 63
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the likely effect on (a) women's and (b) disabled people's football of fielding a football Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics. | | (276099) | 64
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the merits of changing the name of the Olympics team from Team GB to one that encompasses all of the United Kingdom. | | (276100) | 65
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to provide free gym access for those over the age of 60 years. | | (275834) | 66
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on measures to mitigate the effects on local economies of job losses in the newspaper and broadcast media sectors. | | (276202) | 67
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will commission research on the effects on the UK media industry of foreign ownership of UK media outlets. | | (276203) | 68
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his timetable is for making a decision on the Wirral Library Service following receipt of the report of the Charteris Review into the service. | | (276055) | 69
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households which have access to (a) the internet and (b) digital television. | | (276248) | 70
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations he has received on television programmes with content claimed to be unsuitable for viewing being broadcast before the watershed in each of the last five years. | | (276249) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 71
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which potential aggressors he expects to be deterred by the Trident nuclear deterrent programme in 2024. | | (276260) | 72
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel are serving in Pakistan; and in what capacities such personnel are serving. | | (276264) | 73
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for rescheduling the nuclear accident planning exercise at AWE Aldermaston from 13 May to 3 June 2009. | | (276107) | 74
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel injured in Afghanistan were admitted to UK hospitals as a result of their injury in each year since 2001. | | (276030) | 75
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who have served in Afghanistan have been treated for post-combat stress disorder in each year since 2001. | | (276040) | 76
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel injured in Afghanistan have been hospitalised for more than (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) nine months as a result of their injury. | | (276041) | 77
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of treating service personnel injured in Afghanistan in each year since 2001. | | (276042) | 78
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds his Department has allocated for the treatment of service personnel (a) injured and (b) diagnosed with post-combat stress disorder as a result of serving in Afghanistan since 2001. | | (276043) | 79
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many logistic movers there are at each military airport; and what the full establishment is in each case. | | (276235) | 80
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the effect of levels of handling equipment at military airports on the capacity to fulfil airbridge schedules. | | (276236) | 81
| Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for Rosyth dockyard to undertake refitting of Royal Navy (a) frigates and (b) other vessels after 2012. | | (276287) | 82
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of upgrades to the Panther Command and Liaison vehicle in the last 12 months. | | (276177) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 83
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what programme he has established for the roll-out of the installation of domestic smart meters; and what opportunities contractors will have to bid for contracts to install such meters. | | (276022) | 84
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households were estimated to be in fuel poverty in each (a) region and (b) London local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (276268) | 85
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, from which budgets the £90 million allocated in Budget 2009 for research into carbon capture and storage will be drawn. | | (276151) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 86
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on the restoration of riverbeds in each of the last three years. | | (276261) | 87
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much waste was recycled in each London local authority area (a) in total and (b) on average per head of the population in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276211) | 88
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of amending section 1.1 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 to (a) take into account the Court of Appeal ruling in the OSS Group v Environment Agency case and (b) to ensure that used cooking oil that has obtained an End of Waste classification from the Environment Agency is treated as a virgin oil; and if he will make a statement. | | (276189) | 89
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support milk production; and what assessment he has made of the effect on dairy farmers of recent trends in the price of milk. | | (276196) | 90
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) commission and (b) evaluate research into the implications for animal health of the pathogenesis between species of the H1N1 strain of swine influenza, including transfer from humans to pigs. | | (276197) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which countries the import of (a) live pigs and (b) pork carcasses is prohibited following the identification of swine influenza in pig herds. | | (276198) | 92
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities in Devon on the disposal of small holdings in local authority ownership. | | (276199) | 93
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the renewable energy sector of the level of rated thermal input allowed by a Part 1A permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007. | | (276124) | 94
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received from the business sector on the effect of the operation of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 on businesses involved in the manufacture of fuels from waste. | | (276286) | 95
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date in June 2009 he expects his next six-monthly progress report on implementing the recommendations made in the Pitt report on flooding to have been published. | | (276240) | 96
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in implementing Recommendation 90 of the Pitt Report on flooding; and what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on this matter. | | (276242) | 97
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of consumption on his Department's estate (a) in total and (b) per full-time equivalent member of staff in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. | | (276132) | 98
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department's estate (a) in total and (b) per full-time equivalent member of staff in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276133) | 99
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the energy use per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (276134) | 100
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity derived from renewable sources used in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (276135) | 101
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport for his Department's administrative operations (a) in total and (b) per full-time equivalent member of staff in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276136) | 102
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the levels of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department (a) in total and (b) per full-time equivalent member of staff in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276137) | 103
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste from his Department (a) in total and (b) per full-time equivalent member of staff in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276269) | 104
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on furniture by (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years. | | (276270) | 105
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bonuses were paid to staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years; and how much was paid in each case. | | (276271) | 106
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on salaries for communications and press officers by (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years. | | (276272) | 107
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste from his Department which was recycled in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276273) | 108
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water abstraction licences for hydro-electric schemes the Environment Agency has (a) received an application for, (b) issued and (c) refused in (i) England and (ii) Wales in each of the last three years. | | (275947) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 109
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many diplomats from his Department are based in (a) Sudan, (b) Somalia and (c) Ethiopia. | | (276252) | 110
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Sri Lankan government on civilian deaths during the recent fighting in the north east of the island. | | (276263) | 111
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU and US counterparts on whether the recent actions of the Sri Lankan government constitute genocide. | | (276114) | 112
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal advice he has received on whether the recent actions of the Sri Lankan government constitute genocide. | | (276115) | 113
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the written material (a) produced for and (b) obtained by his Department at the Preparatory Committee meeting for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York; and which Ministers and officials attended that Conference. | | (276105) | 114
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what matters were discussed in his meeting with his US counterpart during his recent visit to Washington DC; and what the outcomes of the meeting were. | | (276109) | 115
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the human rights position of children employed in the cotton industry in Uzbekistan. | | (276190) | 116
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received in the case of Qamar David, on trial in Karachi on blasphemy charges; what representations he has made to the government of Pakistan on the case; and if he will make a statement. | | (276191) | 117
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration the Government has given to opening an embassy in Mauritania. | | (276200) | 118
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of relations between Mauritania and the UK. | | (276201) | 119
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the likely effect of the proposed Afghan Shia family law in Afghanistan on the rights of Afghan women; and if he will make a statement. | | (276146) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 120
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of each document in his Department's file CPO 2/16 - Bill to Reduce Time Limit on Abortion; and if he will make a statement. | | (276233) | 121
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what each measured waiting time in each NHS organisation serving residents of Westminster was in each of the last 10 years. | | (276210) | 122
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2009, Official Report, columns 956-7W, on childbirth, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of midwives that will be required and (b) the resource budget of paediatric medical services in each year to 2031 assuming the number of births to be as set out in the table; and what estimate he has made of (i) marginal cost and (ii) capital value of the maternity services required to manage that volume of births. | | (276285) | 123
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken in response to the finding of its Workforce Issues discussion paper of 2006 on the adequacy of numbers of medical care staff with training and expertise in epilepsy. | | (275897) | 124
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department makes available for people diagnosed with epilepsy on the (a) risk factors for and (b) prevention of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. | | (275898) | 125
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to enable an individual to elect to postpone an operation beyond the 18-week target waiting time. | | (276017) | 126
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, column 467W, on health services, in respect of which elective mental health services patients have the right to choose the organisation that provides their treatment; and what account will be taken of advance statements in the provision of care for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. | | (276018) | 127
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) teenagers and (b) others have been treated by the NHS for addiction to khat in each of the last five years. | | (276246) | 128
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) teenagers and (b) others were admitted to NHS psychiatric units for mental health disorders associated with khat usage in each of the last 15 years. | | (276247) | 129
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled for non-clinical reasons in each strategic health authority area in each of the last three years; and what percentage of all scheduled operations this represents in each area. | | (276250) | 130
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related conditions in the last 12 months. | | (275848) | 131
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions of (a) individual benzodiazepine drugs and (b) individual anti-depressants were dispensed in the community in 2008. | | (276025) | 132
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria the local service providers for the National Programme for IT will be required to meet by November 2009; and what circumstances will trigger the launch of his Department's new plan for delivering health informatics to healthcare. | | (276051) | 133
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements there are on NHS Foundation Trusts to publish details of the salaries and remuneration packages offered to their chief executives and senior managers; and if he will make a statement. | | (276039) | 134
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has put forward at EU level to minimise the cost to UK industry of implementation of the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation. | | (276129) | 135
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports of adverse reaction to the bacillus calmette guérin vaccination there were in each year since 1985. | | (276220) | 136
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports of adverse reaction to vaccinations against (a) measles, (b) rubella, (c) polio, (d) whooping cough, (e) tetanus, (f) diphtheria and (g) mumps there were in each year since 1985. | | (276221) | 137
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports of adverse reaction to the Haemophilus Influenza Type B vaccination there were in each year since 1985. | | (276222) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 138
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of heroin apprehended in the UK was of (a) South American and (b) Afghanistani and Pakistani origin in each of the last three years. | | (276253) | 139
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of heroin apprehended in the UK in each of the last three years which had been transported through (a) Somalia and (b) other African countries. | | (276254) | 140
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Somali nationals were granted entry into the UK in each of the last three years. | | (276256) | 141
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what occupations in her Department's most recent shortage occupation lists relate to job titles in the software industry. | | (276188) | 142
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications within the Legacy Directorate programme have yet to be processed; and what her latest assessment is of performance under the programme. | | (276161) | 143
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the detention of children subject to immigration control. | | (276127) | 144
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's response is to the findings of the Children's Commissioner's report The Arrest and Detention of Children Subject to Immigration Control. | | (276128) | 145
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to develop community-based alternatives to detention for children subject to immigration control. | | (276131) | 146
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2009, Official Report, column 1079W, on departmental press, whether the magazines, newspapers and other publications subscribed to by her Department were for delivery to the homes of (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers or (c) civil servants. | | (276179) | 147
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures to remove illegal immigrants from the UK. | | (275896) | 148
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 810, when she expects to receive the report of the National Policing Improvement Agency on the policing of the Kingsnorth climate camp; and if she will make a statement. | | (276046) | 149
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the latest estimate is of the cost of policing the G20 summit in April 2009; and how much of this cost was incurred in undertaking public order policing relating to demonstrations. | | (276157) | 150
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for sale of alcohol to a drunk person (a) have been brought and (b) resulted in conviction in each criminal justice area in each of the last five years. | | (275876) | 151
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under 18 year olds were (a) arrested and (b) cautioned for alcohol-related offences in each criminal justice area in the last two years. | | (275877) | 152
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the number of people who have used khat in each of the last 10 years. | | (276251) | 153
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued in 2004; for what offences such penalties were issued; and what percentage of penalty notices for disorder were paid in each year. | | (276185) | 154
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) cautions and (b) penalty notices for disorder were issued for (i) burglary, (ii) theft and (iii) other offences in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (276244) | 155
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of research commissioned by her Department on the individual and social effects of the use of khat in the UK. | | (276288) | 156
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions officials of her Department have had with representatives of community organisations on the use of khat in the UK. | | (276289) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 157
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the main categories are of personal data selected for redaction from hon. Members' claim forms and receipts prior to publication. | | (275837) | 158
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the number of leaks to outside bodies of information on hon. Members' expenses claims for 2007-08; what assessment the Commission has made of the effects of those leaks, and the subsequent publication of information; and if he will make a statement. | | (276045) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 159
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprenticeships were (a) started and (b) completed in each London local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (276212) | 160
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many public sector apprenticeships have been started in each London local authority area since 2005. | | (276213) | 161
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what guidance he has given to local authorities on support for the functions of specialist independent post-16 colleges; and if he will direct local authorities to guarantee funding streams for such colleges. | | (276204) | 162
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people were employed by each non-departmental public body that receives funding from his Department in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (276159) | 163
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the administration budget was for each non-departmental public body that receives funding from his Department in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (276160) | 164
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 672W, on the Learning and Skills Council, how much each lease held by the (a) Learning and Skills Council and (b) Higher Education Funding Council for England cost in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (276243) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 165
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent assessment is of the work of the Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility. | | (276102) | 166
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) CDC and (b) the Business Linkages Challenge Fund operate in Afghanistan. | | (276104) | 167
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to the Mercy Mission to Vanni. | | (276054) | 168
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on withdrawing Generalised System of Preferences GSP+ benefits from Sri Lanka. | | (276126) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 169
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of criminal convictions were handed down to Somali nationals in the last year for which figures are available. | | (276255) | 170
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England were held in cells shared with two or more other inmates in 2008. | | (276257) | 171
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many category B prisoners are currently held in category C prisons; and how many category C prisoners are held in category D penal establishments. | | (276258) | 172
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the Supreme Court building. | | (276262) | 173
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans there are for providing emergency service access to the proposed prison at Beam Park West. | | (276047) | 174
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to provide additional prison capacity if his proposed new prisons do not obtain planning permission. | | (276048) | 175
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison service vehicles will require access to the Beam Park West site on a daily basis. | | (276049) | 176
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of offences relating to bribery in each of the last 10 calendar years. | | (275878) | 177
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Minister authorised the appointment of each Senior Responsible Owner of the C-NOMIS project. | | (276031) | 178
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many legally-aided clinical negligence claims cases the Legal Services Commission was unable to reclaim costs from the NHS Litigation Authority in the last 12 months. | | (276032) | 179
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legally-aided clinical negligence claims in 2008 related to incidents in each of the previous 10 years. | | (276033) | 180
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many clinical negligence claims the claimant received legal aid in the last year for which information is available. | | (276034) | 181
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who each Senior Responsible Owner of the C-NOMIS is; and on what date each was appointed. | | (276035) | 182
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male prisoners were recategorised as a result of Prison Service Instruction 2008-007. | | (276036) | 183
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male prisoners were categorised as category (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and (d) D in each month since January 2008. | | (276037) | 184
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 21 years and over with a previous conviction have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for offences relating to child abuse in each year since 1997. | | (276187) | 185
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Youth Justice Board allocated to preventive programmes in each year since 1999. | | (276227) | 186
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those aged under 18 years were sentenced for (a) drug offences and (b) criminal damage in each year since 1997. | | (276228) | 187
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many under 18 year olds have been prosecuted for (a) sexual offences and (b) robbery in each year since 1997. | | (276229) | 188
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps have been taken by his Department following the recent report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on HM Prison Ford. | | (276230) | 189
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of those aged 21 years or over convicted of offences relating to child abuse received (a) immediate custody, (b) a suspended sentence, (c) a community sentence, (d) a fine, (e) a conditional or absolute discharge and (f) other treatment in each year since 1997. | | (276231) | 190
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which premises in each primary care trust area have been approved for holding those on remand. | | (276019) | 191
N | Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 533W, on terrorism: compensation, which (a) Departmental officials and (b) Ministers have been appointed to the working group on support for victims of terrorism abroad; what options are being considered by that working group; what timetable has been set for that working group to report; and when he next expects that working group to meet. | | (275950) | 192
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of penalty notices for disorder remained unpaid (a) six and (b) 12 months after issue in each of the last five years. | | (276120) | 193
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place to verify addresses given by recipients of penalty notices for disorder. | | (276121) | 194
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to issue amended guidelines to reduce reoffending by those convicted of shop theft. | | (276123) | 195
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for shoplifting in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. | | (276186) | 196
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic property transactions in each local authority area in the South West were recorded by the Land Registry in the first quarter of 2009. | | (275844) | 197
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point for non-payment of council tax in each of the last five years. | | (276108) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 198
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many convictions for violent crime offences there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; what the average sentence handed down for such offences was in each of those years; and how many of those so sentenced received the maximum possible sentence in each year. | | (276116) | 199
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many violent crimes were committed in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Belfast in each of the last three years. | | (276117) | 200
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many foreign nationals are serving sentences for violent crime in prisons in North Ireland. | | (276119) | 201
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many community drug awareness campaigns have been undertaken by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the policing districts in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of their effectiveness in each case. | | (276223) | 202
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many drug seizures were carried out by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each policing district in each of the last five years. | | (276224) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 203
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her objectives are for the legacy for Northern Ireland from the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (276118) | 204
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people have been employed in the Government Olympic Executive in each year since 2005. | | (275951) | 205
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the operational costs of the Government Olympic Centre have been in each year since 2005. | | (275953) | Questions to the Prime Minister 206
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, when the Forfeiture Committee next plans to meet. | | (275836) | 207
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 27 February 2009, on tax evasion. | | (275843) | Questions to the Solicitor General 208
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Solicitor General, what recent representations she has received from small businesses on the rate of prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service for shoplifting offences. | | (276122) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 209
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of West Lancashire District Council on (a) funding for, (b) pool arrangements for and (c) surplus from the national concessionary bus fares scheme. | | (275845) | 210
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided for West Lancashire District Council in respect of the national concessionary bus fares scheme in each year since the scheme was introduced. | | (275846) | 211
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the effect of the removal of South West Trains services west of Exeter from December 2009 on the economy. | | (276178) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 212
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether there are plans for further investigation into evidence of caste discrimination in the UK following the informal survey carried out in preparation for the Equality Bill. | | (276130) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 213
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefit claimants receiving each type of benefit are aged between 18 and 30 years. | | (276259) | 214
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were estimated to be living in poverty in each English region in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007-08. | | (276265) | 215
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in each local authority area are in receipt of pension credit; and what the average payment in each such area was in 2008. | | (276266) | 216
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average (a) cash and (b) percentage change in household income for (i) a single pensioner and (ii) a pensioner couple in receipt of (A) basic state pension and (B) income support under the minimum income guarantee since 1997. | | (276267) | 217
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to reduce unemployment levels amongst low-skilled people. | | (275880) | 218
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount wrongly paid in benefits to UK nationals resident abroad in the last 12 months. | | (276150) | 219
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been claimed by former (a) heavy goods vehicle drivers, (b) van drivers and (c) other logistics workers in jobseeker's allowance in each of the last 12 months. | | (276155) | 220
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many private sector organisations have submitted proposals to his Department under the right to bid programme on improving the delivery of services provided by his Department; how many of these proposals relating to each of his Department's services are being considered by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (275958) | 221
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of (a) 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 117W, on incapacity benefit: voluntary work and (b) 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 124W, on pathways to work, what the reasons were for the time taken to respond in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (276053) | 222
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government's guarantee of a job interview for every lone parent who is looking for work and ready for work is expected to take effect. | | (275892) | 223
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when work trials for lone parents were introduced; and how many lone parents have undertaken such trials to date. | | (275893) | 224
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the £40 back to work credit for lone parents was made available on a national basis; and how many lone parents have received the credit since that date. | | (275894) | 225
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have received a training allowance of up to £400 since September 2007. | | (275895) | 226
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to answer Question 271324, tabled on 22 April 2009, on 0845 telephone numbers. | | (275954) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 227
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Government expenditure was spent on housing in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (275948) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 228
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, by what date he expects the national recovery guidance to have been updated as recommended in the Pitt report on the floods of summer 2007; and whether the updated guidance will include guidance on (a) local and (b) central recovery reporting. | | [Transferred] (276219) | 229
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the updated national recovery guidance will include guidance on pre-planned arrangements to meet the costs of recovery from flooding. | | [Transferred] (276239) | 230
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the National Resilience Forum on flooding has held its first meeting. | | [Transferred] (276241) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 231
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to vary business rates according to (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) super output area to encourage business growth in areas of deprivation. | | [Transferred] (276024) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 232
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners have been repatriated to their country of origin under the reintegration scheme since the scheme's inception. | | [Transferred] (276226) | 233
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners repatriated to their country of origin under the reintegration scheme have since been returned to the UK following reconviction. | | [Transferred] (276232) | Questions to the Leader of the House 234
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many current hon. Members have redesignated their main home for the purposes of the additional costs allowance on three or more occasions. | | [Transferred] (276044) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 235
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of lamp posts maintained by local authorities in England and in use which are beyond their design life; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (276038) | 236
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the likely effects on levels of carbon dioxide emissions of the planned electrification work on the rail network. | | [Transferred] (276020) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 237
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether holders of a Post Office Card Account will have access to the Link automated teller machine network under the terms of the new contract for that service. | | [Transferred] (276052) |
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