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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 18 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 18 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 18 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 Monday 18 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 18 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much funding from the public purse has been (a) spent in the last two financial years on and (b) committed in the next three financial years to each motor racing circuit. | | (276316) | 2
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2009, Official Report, column 1406W, on motor vehicles: Government assistance, if his Department will provide assistance through the Automotive Assistance Programme to (a) GM Motors, (b) Opel and (c) Vauxhall. | | (276238) | 3
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to reply to the letter of 6 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr D Healey. | | (276508) | 4
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 414W, on Morocco: overseas trade, what advice UK Trade and Investment has provided on Western Sahara. | | (276380) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 5
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had with Ministerial colleagues regarding Equitable Life and compensation for Equitable Life shareholders. | | (276502) | 6
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had with the Parliamentary Ombudsman regarding Equitable Life. | | (276503) | 7
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 417W, on Bradford and Bingley, whether his Department proposed changes to the business plan before agreeing it with the Board. | | (276504) | 8
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will recalculate Table 4.1 on page 36 and Table 4.2 on page 42 of his Department's report of March 2008 on long-term public finance: an analysis of fiscal sustainability assuming long-term average annual net migration of (a) 50,000 a year, (b) 60,000 a year, (c) 100,000 a year, (d) 6 per cent. below the principal migration projection each year, (e) 5 per cent. below the principal migration projection each year and (f) zero. | | (276279) | 9
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child trust funds have been established for children resident in Plymouth, Sutton constituency. | | (276357) | 10
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) (a) primary description code and (b) special category code analysis by (i) economic region, (ii) billing authority and (iii) VOA group office of the movements in rateable value between the (A) 2000 and 2005, (B) 1995 and 2000 and (C) 1990 and 1995 rating lists. | | (276110) | 11
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been assisted by the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme. | | (276471) | 12
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of downgrading of the credit rating of some UK building societies; and if he will make a statement. | | (276472) | 13
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) make illegal the design and promotion of schemes intended solely or mainly as a vehicle for tax avoidance and (b) establish penalties for all those involved in the design and promotion of such schemes. | | (275881) | 14
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals for a general anti-tax avoidance provision on the Australian equitable model or a similar model. | | (275882) | 15
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs has accepted money from taxpayers other than in response to a demand for payment of tax in the last 12 months. | | (276101) | 16
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of taxpayers in Lancashire were paying income tax at the higher rate on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (276309) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 17
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average (a) starting salary and (b) salary of a child social worker is. | | (276381) | 18
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what pilot schemes his Department has initiated to assist families with children in each year since 2001; what the cost was of each such scheme; how many families were involved in each such scheme; what evaluation was undertaken in respect of each such scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (276431) | 19
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were in residential care in each local authority area in England in each year since 2000. | | (276432) | 20
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken in response to the finding in the February 2005 Ofsted Report, Citizenship in Secondary Schools: Evidence from Ofsted Inspections that the provision of citizenship education was unsatisfactory in one in four schools. | | (276495) | 21
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what forecast he has made of the number of children there will be in primary schools in each year to 2031. | | (276295) | 22
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress has been made in confirming approval for revision to the primary capital programme for schools to 2008-11. | | (276237) | 23
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of maintained schools with asbestos in the fabric of the school building; and if he will make a statement. | | (276313) | 24
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average expenditure per school pupil in Plymouth was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (276360) | 25
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many racist incidents involving pupils have been recorded at Wombwell secondary school in Barnsley in the academic year (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (276416) | 26
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many racist incidents involving pupils have been recorded at Darton secondary school in Barnsley in the academic year (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (276417) | 27
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were (a) excluded from school and (b) otherwise disciplined in Barnsley for a racist attack on a teacher in the academic year (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (276418) | 28
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many racist incidents involving pupils were recorded at Barnsley secondary schools in the academic year (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (276419) | 29
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in Barnsley to deal with access cases. | | (276423) | 30
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many written pieces of guidance to schools were issued by his Department in each of the last nine years. | | (276510) | 31
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools did not have a permanent head teacher for any period in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (276511) | 32
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many key stage 1 children were in classes of (a) over 20, (b) over 25 and (c) over 30 pupils in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (276512) | 33
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of five to seven year olds in unlawfully large classes; and if he will make a statement. | | (276513) | 34
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential to increase the number of primary school places in central St Albans; and if he will make a statement. | | (276363) | 35
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department plans to take to publicise the results of the Partnership for Literacy pilot scheme. | | (276168) | 36
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the outcome of the Partnership for Literacy pilot scheme. | | (276169) | 37
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans are in place to implement the Partnership for Literacy scheme. | | (276170) | 38
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate has been made of the cost of implementing the Partnership for Literacy scheme on a national basis. | | (276172) | 39
N | Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of the schools built or refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future programme incorporate (a) forms of renewable energy generation and (b) rainwater harvesting and recycling. | | (275628) | 40
N | Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what average rate of interest is being paid on the 30 Building Schools for the Future contracts which had been signed with the private sector by the end of March 2009. | | (275629) | 41
N | Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what rate of interest is being charged by the Government on the £2.4 billion set aside as the additional HM Treasury contribution to private finance initiative schemes in the Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (275630) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 42
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2009, Official Report, columns 956-7W, on child birth, what forecast he has made of the number of births there would be if (a) net migration were six per cent. lower than the principal projection, (b) migration equalled emigration and (c) net migration were 60,000 in each year to 2031. | | (276294) | 43
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many cases of bowel cancer were (a) diagnosed and (b) resulted in death in the last year for which figures are available. | | (276484) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 44
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which regions have filled their MyChoice HomeBuy allocations for 2009-10; and when she expects the scheme to be opened to applicants again. | | (276163) | 45
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is planned to be spent on housing and planning delivery grant in each of the next three years. | | (276164) | 46
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the Rent to Homebuy scheme became operational. | | (276165) | 47
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on (a) planning delivery grant and (b) the housing and planning delivery grant in each year since 2003. | | (276166) | 48
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Homebuy homes designated in each Homebuy scheme were available in (a) Welwyn Hatfield and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the last 12 months. | | (276376) | 49
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, column 450W, on housing: low incomes, how many homes each figure in the table represents. | | (276377) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 50
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has available as part of the Future Jobs Fund. | | (276171) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 51
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to mark Armed Forces Day on 27 June 2009 through national events; and if he will make a statement. | | (276499) | 52
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have applied for a veterans' badge. | | (276500) | 53
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to publicise availability of the veterans' badge. | | (276501) | 54
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider the merits of conducting a veterans' population study analysis similar to that undertaken by the US administration following the Vietnam War. | | (276062) | 55
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce psychometric screening as part of the service discharge medical examinations for all military personnel. | | (276063) | 56
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated value is of each of his Department's properties on Ascension Island; and when the last valuation was carried out. | | (276174) | 57
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 753W, on radioactive waste: waste management, if he will place in the Library a copy of his response to the hon. Member when it is issued. | | (276312) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 58
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the Site of Special Scientific Interest at Ringmer, East Sussex of a proposed reservoir on an adjacent site; and if he will make a statement. | | (276300) | 59
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Natural England on the potential effects on the environment of a reservoir at Ringmer, East Sussex; and if he will make a statement. | | (276301) | 60
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with South East Water on (a) its plans to reduce leakage and (b) its proposal for a reservoir to increase water capacity. | | (276302) | 61
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relative costs of using (i) landfill, (ii) incineration and (iii) crushing for the purposes of reuse and reclamation in relation to (A) construction and (B) domestic waste; and if he will make a statement. | | (276516) | 62
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to projects established to increase levels of (a) reuse and (b) source-separated recycling in the last five years; and whether the number of jobs involved was one of the criteria used in decisions to allocate funds to such projects. | | (276517) | 63
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1302W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, what the volume of waste for recycling collected from doorsteps was as a proportion of the total volume of waste collected from doorsteps in each local authority area in the latest period for which information is available. | | (276113) | 64
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to amend the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 to take account of the ruling of the Court of Appeal in the case of OSS Group v the Environment Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (276324) | 65
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether tallow used in production of leather is classified by his Department as a waste product. | | (276378) | 66
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Marine and Fisheries Agency spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (276367) | 67
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Rural Payments Agency has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (276370) | 68
N | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in each local authority area in London in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (275989) | 69
N | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions relating to fly-tipping have been taken in each local authority area in London in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (275990) | 70
N | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions for fly-tipping offences in each local authority area in London have been brought in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (275991) | 71
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to assess applications for removal licences in respect of badgers. | | (275441) | 72
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long on average elapsed between the end of the badger winter hibernation season and the commencement of approved work to remove badgers from unsuitable situations in the last five years. | | (275680) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 73
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for reform of the EU budget; and if he will make a statement. | | (276215) | 74
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of relations between northern and southern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (276496) | 75
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on international security with the US administration. | | (276058) | 76
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on international security with the German government. | | (276059) | 77
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on international security with the French government. | | (276060) | 78
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on international security with the Australian government. | | (276061) | 79
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether matters in respect of Israel's nuclear weapons capability and regional non-proliferation opportunities were discussed at his meeting with his Israeli counterpart on 13 May 2009 in London. | | (276305) | 80
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the likely effect on the Middle East peace process of the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Corporal Shalit. | | (276494) | 81
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the appointment of the new Governor of Gibraltar is expected to be announced. | | (276293) | 82
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Burma have made to the Burmese regime on the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi's physician, Dr Tin Myo Win; and if he will make a statement. | | (276350) | 83
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Burma have made to the Burmese regime on the health of Aung San Suu Kyi; and if he will make a statement. | | (276351) | 84
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the health of Aung San Suu Kyi and the medical treatment that she is receiving; and if he will make a statement. | | (276352) | 85
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the conditions in Insein Prison in Burma; and if he will make a statement. | | (276353) | 86
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for the UN Security Council to take steps in response to the arrest and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmese regime on 14 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (276354) | 87
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Burma has had with governments of ASEAN countries on the arrest and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmese regime on 14 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (276355) | 88
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to seek to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi following her arrest and detention by the Burmese regime on 14 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (276356) | 89
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian authorities on the detention without charge of Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh in Evin Prison in Iran. | | (276321) | 90
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will investigate reports of the torture and solitary confinement of Yahya Mohamed el Hafed Aaza, detained at Ayat-Melol prison. | | (276306) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 91
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps have been taken to improve (a) heart healthcare, (b) cancer healthcare, (c) influenza prevention and (d) mental healthcare for pensioners in Coventry. | | (276322) | 92
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) prescriptions and (b) in-patient prescriptions were issued for each (i) benzodiazepine and (ii) Z tranquilliser in (A) 2007 and (B) the last quarter of 2008. | | (274692) | 93
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of introducing specialist tranquilliser withdrawal clinics. | | (274693) | 94
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which members of the Commission on Human Medicines provide scientific advice on tranquillisers to his Department. | | (274966) | 95
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential permanent effects on health of long-term tranquilliser use in the last 10 years; and what assessment he has made of the conclusions of such research. | | (276015) | 96
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited less than 13 weeks for an outpatient appointment at Derriford Hospital in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (276359) | 97
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under the age of 18 years (a) in each strategic health authority and (b) treated by each healthcare provider had diagnosis codes of (i) W26, (ii) W32, (iii) W33, (iv) W34, (v) W50, (vi) X93, (vii) X94, (viii) X95, (ix) X99, (x) Y00, (xi) Y04, (xii) Y08, (xiii) Y09, (xiv) Y22, (xv), Y23 and (xvi) Y24 in each of the last six years. | | (276424) | 98
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children are registered with an NHS dentist in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Rotherham, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) South Yorkshire and (v) England. | | (276420) | 99
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated for dentistry in (a) Barnsley, (b) Rotherham and (c) Doncaster in each of the last three years. | | (276421) | 100
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what allocation of orthodontic units of activity has been awarded to practitioners in (a) Barnsley, (b) Rotherham and (c) Doncaster in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (276422) | 101
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes his Department has for screening for bowel cancer; what estimates he has made of the cost of operating such programmes in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many people were screened for bowel cancer during that period. | | (276414) | 102
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) were admitted to and (b) died in hospital following a stroke in each hospital in England in each of the last three years. | | (276415) | 103
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the ratio of NHS dentists to residents in (a) St Albans and (b) Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (276361) | 104
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of provision of maternity services in (a) St Albans and (b) England. | | (276362) | 105
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (276369) | 106
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish in full the report provided to his Department on the effectiveness of Starthere as a means of expanding access to information for people who lack internet expertise. | | (276162) | 107
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quantities of pathogen-inactivated, a1H1N1-free blood products are held in the UK; whether his Department plans to adopt pathogen inactivation for all blood products for civilian and military use if the World Health Organisation designates the a1H1N1 outbreak a pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (276497) | 108
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's plans are to ensure protection against the H1N1 strain of influenza type A; if he will take steps to ensure that UK blood stocks are H1N1-free; if his Department will fast-track consideration of pathogen inactivation for blood products by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs; and if he will make a statement. | | (276498) | 109
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 932W, on dental services, what consultation on the dental services statement of financial entitlement took place subsequent to the publication of the 38th Report of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, Cm 7579. | | (276509) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 110
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the planned programme of work is of the (a) Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and (b) Technical Committee of the ACMD for the next 12 months. | | (274642) | 111
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has provided scientific advice to the Government on tranquillisers in the last 12 months. | | (276016) | 112
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrest warrants were outstanding in respect of (a) unpaid fines, (b) breaches of community orders and (c) revocation of parole licences in each probation area in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (276317) | 113
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation was undertaken on the change to Tier One of the immigration points-based system requiring applicants to hold a Masters degree rather than a Bachelors degree. | | (276310) | 114
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the effect on medical training of the recent change to Tier One immigration rules for highly skilled migrants; and if she will make a statement. | | (276311) | 115
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 7 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S. Rasoul. | | (276507) | 116
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people on the Independent Safeguarding Authority's list of those prevented from working with children. | | (276409) | 117
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens of the United Kingdom hold dual citizenship; and what the top 10 most common nations of dual citizenship are, ranked in descending order. | | (276485) | 118
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the supply of Class B drugs. | | (276486) | 119
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements there are on the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) for completion of a CRB check within a specified period of time; and what the average time taken to complete such a check was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (276314) | 120
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place for payment of compensation to those who lose (a) their post and (b) an opportunity to take up a new post owing to the length of time taken to complete a Criminal Records Bureau check. | | (276315) | 121
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding applications for indefinite leave to remain are being processed by the UK Border Agency. | | (276371) | 122
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by the UK Border Agency to process an application for indefinite leave to remain was in the latest period for which information is available. | | (276372) | 123
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed by the UK Border Agency. | | (276373) | 124
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings she has had with the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency on backlogs in processing immigration casework. | | (276374) | 125
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual representations (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have received from members of the public regarding their personal immigration case in each of the last six months. | | (276375) | 126
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with police commanders on the effectiveness of local crime and disorder partnerships. | | (275710) | 127
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to increase the speed with which asylum applications are handled. | | (275719) | 128
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charges for unlicensed vehicle offences have been brought based on evidence from speed cameras in each year since 1997. | | (276459) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 129
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, at what meetings the House of Commons Commission has considered implementation of amendment (f) of 3 July 2008 on the designation of second homes and capital gains tax; what decision was reached; what legal advice was sought and given; and which Members were in attendance. | | (276173) | 130
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether information is retained by the House authorities on where and when an hon. Member uses their House of Commons pass; and if he will make a statement. | | (276410) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 131
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what progress there has been on the British National Space Centre's review of the space licensing regime. | | (274001) | 132
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what events were (a) held and (b) visited by Ministers in his Department during Apprenticeship Week in February; and if he will post on his Department's website a copy of the report on apprenticeships commissioned by his Department from Populus. | | (276303) | 133
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter of 19 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr J Harris, transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions. | | (276505) | 134
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what responsibilities the National Measurement Office has for enforcement of the provisions of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007. | | (276167) | 135
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding has been allocated by his Department to cover the start-up costs of each further education college which received approval in principle for capital development from the Learning and Skills Council. | | (276280) | 136
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much of the £1.2 billion funding available for new further education capital programmes in 2009-2014 he estimates will be allocated for outstanding costs of existing capital programmes. | | (276281) | 137
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the level of non-recoverable costs incurred by further education and other colleges resulting from the reused allocations of capital funding by his Department; and what arrangements he has made to compensate colleges for such costs. | | (276282) | 138
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding each further education college which has not received an approval in detail for capital redevelopment has been guaranteed by the Learning and Skills Council to cover their start-up costs. | | (276283) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 139
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the procurement of antiretroviral drugs through the Global Fund and other mechanisms is timely and efficient. | | (276323) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 140
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the original estimate of the cost of the Supreme Court building was. | | (276493) | 141
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders were obtained by each local authority in England in 2007-08; and how many of these related to (a) council tax, (b) housing benefit and (c) parking penalties. | | (276205) | 142
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many warrants to authorise bailiff action were issued at the request of each local authority in England in 2007-08. | | (276206) | 143
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in the number of (i) court orders and (ii) warrants to authorise bailiff action secured by each local authority (A) relating to council tax, (B) relating to housing benefit, (C) relating to parking penalties and (D) overall in England was between (1) 1997-98 and 2002-03 and (2) 1997-98 and 2007-08. | | (276207) | 144
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bailiff warrants were issued in each region in respect of (a) council tax, (b) magistrates' court fines, (c) consumer credit debts, (d) parking penalties and congestion charges, (e) child support and maintenance, (f) television licences and (g) other matters in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2007-08. | | (276208) | 145
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mortgage and landlord repossession orders were granted by each county court in (a) 1990, (b) 2000 and (c) 2007-08. | | (276209) | 146
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 22W, on penalty notices: shoplifting, what the outcome was of the study of criminal histories and re-offending rates of penalty notice for disorder recipients for shop theft. | | (276474) | 147
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his latest assessment is of the effectiveness of the penalty notice for disorder scheme for shop theft. | | (276475) | 148
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the administrative costs to his Department of assessing contractors' applications to operate a prison at Beam Park West. | | (276318) | 149
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vehicles he estimates will require access to and egress from Beam Park West site during the construction of a prison there. | | (276319) | 150
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which unit in his Department is responsible for policy on identifying potential sites for new prisons. | | (276320) | 151
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the statement of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 569-71, on prisons and probation, how many visits members of his Department have made to the Beam Park West site in connection with the construction of a prison; and when the first such visit took place. | | (276406) | 152
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the statement of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 569-71, on prisons and probation, when a list of possible locations for a new prison was first drawn up by his Department; how many options considered were in Essex; and on what date the Beam Park West site was added to the list. | | (276407) | 153
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in the pilot benefit sanction scheme operated by magistrates' courts; what assessment has been made of the effect of the scheme on levels of crime in the pilot areas; and whether he plans to extend that scheme to other areas. | | (276515) | 154
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2009, Official Report, column 833W, on offences against children, what proportion of offenders aged 21 years or over convicted of offences of sexual activity with a child under 13 received (a) immediate custody, (b) a suspended sentence, (c) a community sentence, (d) a fine, (e) a conditional or absolute discharge and (f) other treatment in each year since 1997. | | (276383) | 155
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the names and addresses were of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2008-09, based on the purchase order data held in the Department's financial database. | | (276413) | 156
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) page impressions and (b) visitors his Department's website received in each of the last three financial years. | | (276428) | 157
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (276429) | 158
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent upgrading its IT in 2008-09. | | (276430) | 159
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on artwork since November 2008. | | (276476) | 160
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in 2008-09; and what the cost was of such bonuses. | | (276477) | 161
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) publicity and (ii) advertising in 2008-09. | | (276478) | 162
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultancy in 2008-09. | | (276479) | 163
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure his Department incurred on (a) entertainment, (b) advertising and promotion and (c) public relations consultancy in 2008-09. | | (276480) | 164
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many questions for written answer have been tabled to his Department in Session (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 to date; and how many in each case have been (i) answered substantively and (ii) not answered on grounds of disproportionate cost. | | (276481) | 165
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much surplus land (a) his Department and (b) its agencies had in each year since the Department was established. | | (276482) | 166
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the latest valuation is of each site of surplus land owned by his Department and its agencies. | | (276483) | 167
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many beds in each unit in each secure (a) children's home and (b) training centre were block-contracted by the Youth Justice Board in each year since 2002. | | (276468) | 168
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many secure placements in secure (a) children's homes and (b) training centres were purchased by the Youth Justice Board by (i) block contract and (ii) spot purchase in each year since 2002. | | (276469) | 169
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many beds in each secure (a) children's home and (b) secure training centre in each local authority were available for (i) purchase by the Youth Justice Board and (ii) welfare placements in each year since 2002. | | (276470) | 170
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females of (i) 15, (ii) 16 and (iii) 17 years of age who were classified as vulnerable have been placed in young offender institutions in each year since 2002. | | (276473) | 171
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals in charge of (a) cars, (b) heavy goods vehicles and (c) light goods vehicles have been prosecuted for causing (i) death and (ii) injury to (A) pedestrians, (B) cyclists and (C) other drivers in each of the last five years. | | (276456) | 172
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals in charge of (a) cars, (b) heavy goods vehicles and (c) light goods vehicles have been (i) charged with and (ii) prosecuted for driving offences in each of the last five years. | | (276457) | 173
N | Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Minister of State for Youth Justice plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth of 18 March 2009, on Clifton Court Nursing Home. | | (276278) | Questions to the Leader of the House 174
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Leader of the House, into which budget monies paid back to the Fees Office by hon. Members relating to their expenses and allowances claims are paid. | | (276304) | 175
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members have redesignated their main home for the purposes of the additional costs allowance since 3 July 2008. | | (276056) | 176
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members submitted claims for reimbursement of mortgage payments on homes outside London under the additional costs allowance in the last 12 months. | | (276057) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 177
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Compensation Agency spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (276365) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 178
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Highways Agency on the reduction to 50 miles per hour of speed limits on single carriageway trunk roads under the Agency's control. | | (276296) | 179
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the frequency with which lag pipes are fitted to powered two-wheel vehicles other than those designed for racing purposes off the public highway; and if he will make a statement. | | (276297) | 180
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 on the process of (a) reopening and (b) upgrading railway stations. | | (276298) | 181
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional cost of works to (a) reopen and (b) upgrade railway stations incurred as a result of the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (276299) | 182
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 488-9W, on roads: accidents, how many drivers of each type of vehicle involved in incidents causing cyclists' deaths in the last five years had (a) a UK and (b) a non-UK driving licence. | | (276214) | 183
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of the recent installation of warning signs for overhead cables on the A64 York to Scarborough road was. | | (276027) | 184
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road traffic and (b) other accidents or incidents there have been on the A64 York to Scarborough road caused by or involving vehicles hitting overhead lines in the last three months. | | (276028) | 185
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment was carried out prior to the installation of overhead cable warning signs on the A64 York to Scarborough road. | | (276029) | 186
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individual overhead cable warning signs have been erected on the A64 since 1 January 2009. | | (276111) | 187
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (276366) | 188
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) injury and (b) non-injury collisions have occurred during module 1 motorcycle tests since the introduction of the test on 27 April 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (276382) | 189
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of miles of unadopted road in Lancashire. | | (276308) | 190
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of applications for driving licence renewals were rejected by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such rejected applications resulted in a retest in each of those years. | | (275496) | 191
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements there are on UK ferry operators on routes of less than 20 miles in terms of (a) passenger loading limits and (b) records to be kept of the numbers of people boarding their vessels. | | (276112) | 192
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on road maintenance costs of the use of the road network by heavy goods vehicles. | | (276451) | 193
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies has spent on (i) refurbishment, (ii) maintenance and (iii) emergency repairs of its office estate in each year since 2001. | | (276452) | 194
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on car hire in each year since 2001. | | (276453) | 195
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue from fines for motoring offences arising from detections by speed cameras was paid into the Consolidated Fund (a) directly and (b) from surpluses of safety camera partnerships in each of the last 10 years. | | (276454) | 196
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent from the public purse on the (a) purchase and (b) maintenance of speed cameras in each year since 1997. | | (276455) | 197
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on office removal contracts in each of the last five years. | | (276458) | 198
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road building programmes completed in each year since 2005 have affected areas of outstanding natural beauty and sites of special scientific interest. | | (276460) | 199
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much per head of population was spent from the public purse on roads in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2009 to date. | | (276461) | 200
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) new building, (b) maintenance and (c) lighting in respect of roads in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas in each of the last 11 years. | | (276462) | 201
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on contracts for collecting data on congestion on roads in England in each of the last five years. | | (276463) | 202
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of congestion of the road-widening scheme between junctions 1b and 3 of the M25. | | (276464) | 203
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents in each of the last 11 years were caused by drivers who had been granted a full driver's licence less than one year prior to the accident. | | (276465) | 204
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many children (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in road accidents in each of the last 11 years were not wearing seat belts at the time of the accident. | | (276466) | 205
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methodology his Department uses to estimate the number of lives saved attributable to the installation of speed cameras. | | (276467) | 206
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on office furniture in each of the last five years. | | (276487) | 207
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) lighting and (b) light fixtures in each of the last five years. | | (276488) | 208
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) economy, (b) business and (c) first class flights in each financial year since 2001. | | (276489) | 209
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) staff (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad in each of the last five years. | | (276490) | 210
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on (i) standard and (ii) business class rail travel in each of the last three financial years. | | (276491) | 211
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on research and development in each of the last 10 years; and what the 10 projects on which the highest expenditure was incurred were. | | (276492) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 212
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Plymouth are estimated to have received a (a) free bus pass, (b) free television licence and (c) free eye test. | | (276358) | 213
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 6 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs H Kennedy. | | (276506) | 214
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (276364) | 215
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Jobcentre Plus has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (276368) | 216
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what projection his Department has made of the level of (a) absolute and (b) relative child poverty in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12; and what information his Department holds on the geographical distribution of the increase since 2006-07 in the number of (A) children and (B) adults of working age living in relative poverty after housing costs announced on 7 May 2009. | | (276514) | 217
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the terms of the contract agreed with Capita for the operation of the Gas Safe Register are; what the key performance indicators are; and how (i) performance and (ii) value for money will be reviewed. | | (276284) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 218
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the proposals of the US delegation to the preparatory committee for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York on 5 May 2009 in respect of a fissile material cut-off treaty. | | [Transferred] (276307) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 219
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for adjudication on appeals made by individuals removed from eligibility for incapacity benefit payments was in the last period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (276379) |
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