Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2008 - 09
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 21 May 2009

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 21 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 21 May 2009

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 21 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 21 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 21 May see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many breaches of security there have been at (a) Companies House and (b) the Insolvency Service in the last five years; and what procedures are invoked in each organisation when a breach of security relating to personal data is identified.

(276942)

2
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, columns 353-4W on business: Government assistance, what estimate his Department made of the cost of providing an answer to the remainder of the Question; and if he will make a statement.

(276867)

3
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average waiting time callers to his Department's telephone help lines was in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(276868)

4
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) individuals have applied for assistance under each initiative announced by his Department since November 2008; how many applications have been (i) accepted and (ii) rejected; for what reasons applications were rejected; and how much funding has been provided in relation to each initiative.

(276869)

5
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assistance his Department provides to individuals in financial difficulty; what recent representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement.

(276870)

6
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department has spent on placing advertisements in (a) weekly and (b) regional newspapers in each of the last five years.

(277067)

7
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the monetary value of UK (a) exports to and (b) imports from other EU countries was (i) including and (ii) excluding the Rotterdam/Antwerp effect in each year since 1997.

(277113)

8
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the amount saved by UK companies on tariffs on exports to EU countries consequent upon the UK's EU membership in the last 10 years.

(277114)

9
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of arrangements for monitoring the diagonal cumulation of origin between the EU, the Western Balkan countries and Turkey.

(277129)

10
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277164)

11
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions third countries have imposed punitive tariffs on EU exports since 1997; and what estimate was made of the cost to the UK economy in each case.

(277190)

12
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make an assessment of the level of competitiveness of the UK online advertising market; and if he will make a statement.

(276979)

13
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost of employing consultants charged with the task of identifying suitable private sector partners for Royal Mail is; and if he will make a statement.

(276902)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

14
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance his Department provides to individuals in financial difficulty; whether provision exists for individuals to delay payment of (a) income tax and (b) national insurance; what plans he has to provide further assistance to such individuals in the next 12 months; what representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement.

(276865)

15
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to assist savers in each year since 1997; what representations he has received on this issue since January 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(276866)

16
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to assist individuals in (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales facing repossession of their property in each month since January 2008; what representations he has received on this issue since January 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(277000)

17
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received since January 2009 on proposals to protect savers from the effect of low interest rates; what reply he gave; and if he will make a statement.

(277002)

18
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on private pensions.

(276958)

19
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Equitable Life pensioners, (b) representatives of the company, (c) the Parliamentary Ombudsman and (d) others on Equitable Life .

(276959)

20
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size of the UK's next part-annual sum for payment to the European Union budget is.

(277092)

21
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions to date the ERM II provisions have been triggered on the approach of a currency to the limits permitted; and what the cost of this intervention was in each case.

(277127)

22
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277166)

23
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the UK of changes to the facility to provide medium-term financial assistance for EU member states' balances of payments.

(277181)

24
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the cost to the UK of participating in the ERM II mechanism in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the reasons are for UK participation in the mechanism.

(277182)

25
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department has taken action in relation to counterfeit currency resembling the euro under counterfeit regulations.

(277183)

26
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on the role and powers of the Committee of European Securities Regulators; and if he will make a statement.

(277185)

27
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on the role and powers of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors; and if he will make a statement.

(277186)

28
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to exempt hospices from payment of value added tax in respect of building extension works.

(276875)

29
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget has been allocated to Sir John Chadwick's office for its review of the payment of compensation to Equitable Life policy-holders.

(276896)

30
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been employed for the purposes of Sir John Chadwick's review of the payment of compensation to Equitable Life policy-holders.

(276897)

31
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the salary is of each member of staff employed for the purposes of Sir John Chadwick's review of the payment of compensation to Equitable Life policy-holders.

(276898)

32
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which agency was used to recruit staff for the purposes of Sir John Chadwick's review of the payment of compensation to Equitable Life policy-holders.

(276899)

33
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 382W, on the Church of Scientology, whether the Valuation Office Agency recognises venues of the Church of Scientology as places of public worship eligible for an exemption from non-domestic rates.

(277023)

34
N Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what position the Government holds in relation to other shareholders in the ranking for settlement in (a) Bradford and Bingley and (b) Northern Rock.

(276679)

35
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 2 February 2009, Official Report, column 902W, on Valuation Office, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's (a) Introduction to Inspections Workbook, (b) CT Referencers Manual and (c) NDR Referencers Manual.

(276671)

36
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 9 January 2008, Official Report, column 636W, on Valuation Office: training, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of the e-learning dwelling house coding module.

(276672)

37
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 178W, on Valuation Office: conferences, when he plans to place in the Library copies of the presentations and handouts from the International Property Tax Institute conference held in Pretoria in March 2009.

(276693)

38
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 179W, on Valuation Office: conferences, when he plans to place in the Library copies of the presentations and handouts from the European Valuation Standards conference held in Warsaw on 1 April 2009.

(276694)

39
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 424W, on Valuation Office: overseas visits, when he plans to place in the Library copies of the presentations given at the (a) Russian Society of Appraisers conference in Moscow and (b) International Property Tax Institute conference in Beijing.

(276695)

40
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have been (i) overpaid and (ii) underpaid tax credits (A) once, (B) twice and (C) three or more times in each of the last five years.

(277192)

41
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the merits of reducing the rate of value added tax on home maintenance and repairs to the minimum rate allowed under EU law.

(276838)

42
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the recommendations of the Treasury Select Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2008-09, Banking crisis: the impact of the failure of the Icelandic banks.

(276930)

43
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to lift the freezing order on the Landsbanki assets; on what criteria that steps will be taken; and if he will make a statement.

(276931)

44
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the advice he received on use of powers under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 to freeze assets in Icelandic banks; and if he will make a statement.

(276932)

45
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his assessment is of whether the actions of the Government in respect of the crisis in Icelandic banks made the Government an active participant in the financial markets; and if he will make a statement.

(276933)

46
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times powers under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 have been used to freeze assets in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(276934)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

47
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of effects of sex and relationships education on rates of (a) pregnancy and (b) abortion in those under the age of (i) 16 and (ii) 18 years; and if he will make a statement.

(276872)

48
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of the use of biometrics in schools; and if he will make a statement.

(277064)

49
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277161)

50
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will commission a review of the future funding of the Middlegate Children's Home in Lincolnshire.

(277065)

51
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277167)

52
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's policy is on participation in the EU School Fruit scheme.

(277233)

53
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 for the compilation of reports by the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service in Barnsley.

(276879)

54
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the funds to be allocated by his Department via the devolved formula capital programme in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(276880)

55
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children in care were placed with special guardians in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(276881)

56
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of applications by local authorities for special guardianship have been accepted by his Department in each year since 2001.

(276882)

57
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in England educate five to seven year olds; and if he will make a statement.

(276883)

58
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in England have fewer than 30 pupils; and if he will make a statement.

(276884)

59
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in England have an average class size of fewer than (a) 15, (b) 20, (c) 25 and (d) 30 pupils in Key Stage 1; and if he will make a statement.

(276885)

60
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the likely number of pupils in Key Stage 1 in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(276886)

61
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 583W, on education: standards, which qualifications considered for approval by the Joint Advisory Council for Certificates have (a) not been approved, (b) been referred back and (c) been approved; and if he will make a statement.

(276889)

62
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the Schools Recruitment Service was originally planned to be launched; when he expects it to be launched; and what the reasons are for the difference.

(276669)

63
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on the procurement, development and implementation of the Schools Recruitment Service.

(276670)

64
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils sat a GCSE in citizenship studies in each of the last five years.

(276839)

65
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils sat GCSEs in both citizenship studies and history in each year since 1997.

(276840)

66
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many and what proportion of mainstream maintained schools which entered more than 10 candidates for GCSE history all pupils gained a grade A* to C in that subject in the latest year for which figures are available.

(276841)

67
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many and what proportion of mainstream maintained schools which entered one or more candidates for GCSE history no pupil achieved a grade A* to C in that subject in the latest year for which figures are available.

(276842)

68
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many and what proportion of mainstream maintained schools no pupil was entered for GCSE history in the latest year for which figures are available.

(276843)

69
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who sat a GCSE in history at mainstream maintained schools gained a grade of A* to C in that subject in each year since 1997.

(276844)

70
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who sat A-level history at mainstream maintained schools gained an A to E grade in that subject in each year since 1997.

(276845)

71
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the number of children in households with annual income above £30,810 in receipt of education maintenance allowance (EMA) under the EMA guarantee.

(277089)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

72
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many breaches of security at the Central Office of Information have occurred in the last five years; and what procedures that agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276941)

73
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department has spent on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(277066)

74
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277176)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

75
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) the Fire Service College, (b) Ordnance Survey, (c) the Planning Inspectorate and (d) the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276957)

76
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by her Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last five years.

(277162)

77
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide funding for local planning authorities to undertake changes to local development frameworks contained in the proposed Planning Policy Statement 4.

(277240)

78
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what activities have been undertaken by her Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277175)

79
N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has (a) to bring into force and (b) to make regulations under Part 6 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

(276757)

80
N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the summary of responses to the consultation, Real People, Real Power: The Making and Enforcement of Byelaws, which closed on 20 November 2008.

(276758)

81
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds the Homes and Communities Agency has allocated to the development of the Olympic village for the London 2012 Olympic Games; and whether the sums allocated have been amended since the Agency first agreed to provide funding for the village.

(276914)

82
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, columns 400-2W, on Valuation Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of a Billing Authority Report submitted via the e-BAR facility.

(276915)

83
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, columns 400-2W, on Valuation Office, whether any Billing Authority Report submitted via the e-BAR facility has included information derived from building control data.

(276916)

84
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, columns 400-2W, on Valuation Office, what the differences are between the Valuebill interface and the e-BAR facility.

(276917)

85
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 442-3W, on eco-towns: publicity, what the cost to the public purse was of work undertaken by each of the four marketing agencies; and what work each such agency undertook in relation to eco-towns for her Department.

(276918)

86
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments her Department has made to the Town and Planning Association for work on eco-towns.

(276919)

87
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1365W, on empty property, if she will place in the Library a copy of each handout and presentation delivered at the Empty Homes seminar.

(276920)

88
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much on average local authorities' employer contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme are as a percentage of an individual's salary.

(276921)

89
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 441-3W, on home information packs, for what reasons the public relations work relating to home information packs undertaken by Blue Rubicon was contracted out.

(276922)

90
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 448-9W, on housing: low incomes, how many New Build Homebuy properties were vacant at the latest date for which figures are available.

(276923)

91
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 448-9W, on housing: low incomes, how many households have moved into dwellings under the New Build Homebuy Scheme to date.

(276924)

92
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on the environment of the proposals in the South East Plan on green belt protection.

(276925)

93
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the retrospective application of business rates to firms in ports.

(276926)

94
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Baroness Hamwee of 7 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA134, on community empowerment, housing and economic regeneration, for what reasons her Department has decided not to proceed with proposals on (a) remote attendance and voting by councillors, (b) payments for councillors on loss of office and (c) incentives to vote in local elections.

(276960)

95
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 1155W, on planning permission: caravan sites, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's ruling made in respect of each of the 24 traveller appeals which she upheld.

(276962)

96
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 1155W, on planning permission: caravan sites, what the planning appeal reference number for each of the 318 traveller appeals upheld by the Planning Inspectorate was.

(276963)

97
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 108-10W, on eco-towns: expenditure, what her Department's expenditure on communications, marketing, public relations, design and media on eco-towns has been to date.

(276964)

98
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 107W, on the design for manufacture programme, if she will place in the Library a copy of the initial study commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency from the chartered surveyors in 2008.

(276965)

99
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has prepared an impact assessment in respect of changes to the business rate liability of microgeneration equipment to be applied during the 2010 rates revaluation.

(276966)

100
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition the Planning Inspectorate will use of householder development for the purposes of the expedited procedure for household appeals.

(276967)

101
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Householder Appeals Service will receive representations from those who objected to a planning application which is the subject of an appeal.

(276968)

102
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Householder Appeals Service will consider applications to demolish a dwelling house and construct another building in its place.

(276969)

103
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for which indicators other than those in the national indicator set her Department routinely collects information from local authorities.

(276970)

104
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in the South East provide details of building control commencement and completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency.

(277012)

105
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues on the continued marketing of a home with a home information pack which lacks (a) a local property search and (b) leasehold information after 28 days from the first day of marketing have elapsed.

(277013)

106
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the definition of zero carbon for homes and non-domestic properties; and if she will make a statement.

(277014)

107
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the potential change in non-port rateable values in Milford Haven Port Authority as a result of the Valuation Office Agency's review of ports rates liability.

(277015)

108
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role local strategic partnerships will have in (a) setting levels of new community infrastructure levy and (b) deciding how monies raised from the levy will be used.

(277016)

109
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable she has set for the introduction of regulations under the Local Government Finance Act 1988 to allow the deferral of payments for 2009-10 increases in business rate bills.

(277017)

110
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 May 2009, Official Report, columns 51-52WS, on local government, what estimate she has made of the rate of Band D council tax to be charged in each billing authority in Surrey in 2009-10 following the capping and rebilling of Surrey Police Authority; and what estimate she has made of the change in the average Band D council tax bill in England in 2009-10 following the re-billing.

(277018)

111
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has given on (a) the composition of and (b) the role of commercial developers in housing market partnerships.

(277019)

112
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many low-cost home ownership homes in each Government Office region have not yet been sold.

(277020)

113
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 18 of her Department's response to the Rugg Review Consultation, what existing powers would be used to take over the mangement of the housing stock of a landlord removed from the register.

(277021)

114
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social tenants are housed by housing associations; and how many such tenants have a right to acquire their property.

(277022)

115
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 382W, on the Church of Scientology, what (a) criteria and (b) methodology the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine whether a faith community is deemed to be eligible for a place of worship business rate exemption.

(277024)

116
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 385W, on departmental consultants, if she will place in the Library a copy of the final report produced by McKinsey and Company as part of its review of her Department's communications.

(277025)

117
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to home information pack (HIP) providers on the provision of HIPs in (a) hard and (b) electronic copy.

(277026)

118
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to local authorities on the use of bailiffs to collect council tax; and what assessment she has made of the implications for local authorities' use of bailiffs of her Department's plans to allow councils to transfer council tax debts from magistrates to county courts.

(277027)

119
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the levels of preparedness of local authorities for an influenza pandemic.

(277028)

120
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms her Department used to select its national pool of youth advisers; and what criteria were used in the selection process.

(277029)

121
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Travellers' caravans on unauthorised sites without planning permission in England, were (a) tolerated and (b) not tolerated on land (i) owned by the Travellers and (ii) not owned by the Travellers, in (A) January and (B) July in each year since 2000.

(277030)

122
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements her Department plans to place on local authorities to report on their annual efficiency savings in each of the next three years.

(277031)

123
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation document on the right to enfranchise provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislative proposals on leasehold and commonhold reform.

(277032)

124
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on the provision of energy performance certificates in (a) hard and (b) electronic copy.

(277033)

125
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable her Department has set for bringing forward legislative proposals to change the Widdicombe rules on restrictions on political activity by local authority officials.

(277034)

126
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many films her Department has produced in (a) video, (b) DVD and (c) digital formats in the last 12 months; and what the (i) title and (ii) purpose was of each film.

(277035)

127
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 428W, on Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund, whether the Church of Scientology is deemed to be a faith organisation under her Department's definition of a religious or belief community.

(277109)

128
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1101-2W and 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 629W, on the community infrastructure levy, who will appoint the independent examiner responsible for reviewing community infrastructure levy charges; and whether the examiners' office will be classified as a public body.

(277116)

129
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1101-2W and 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 629W, on the community infrastructure levy, whether the rate of the levy will be capped.

(277117)

130
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 8 May 2009, Official Report, columns 453-4W, on non-domestic rates: Greater London, what the title of the substantive Valuation Office Agency document was from which the section on the sub-location concept was taken.

(277122)

131
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 24 April 2009, Official Report, columns 911-2W, on the Homes and Communities Agency, which public affairs consultancies were hired by (a) the Housing Corporation and (b) English Partnerships in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08; what the cost to the public purse of such hiring was in each case; and for what purposes public affairs consultancies were hired by the agencies in the period.

(277124)

132
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the title is of each course run by the National School of Government that members of her Department have attended in the last 18 months.

(277131)

133
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 397W, on official hospitality, if she will make it her policy to publish declarations of (a) interest and (b) gifts and hospitality made by her Department's special advisers.

(277141)

134
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 397W, on official hospitality, what financial thresholds trigger requirements for her Department's special advisers to make a declaration of (a) interest and (b) gifts and hospitality.

(277142)

135
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which recommendations of Sir Michael Lyons' 2007 report on local government finance (a) have been implemented and (b) are planned to be implemented.

(277204)

136
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 387W, on departmental visits abroad, what the purpose was of each visit to (a) North America, (b) Australia and (c) Asia.

(277232)

137
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 8 May 2009, Official Report, column 454W, on regeneration, what steps her Department has taken to guard against repetition of such financial irregularities.

(277236)

138
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority has received (a) in cash terms and (b) per capita in (i) planning delivery grant and (ii) housing and planning delivery grant in each year of each scheme.

(277241)

139
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cost to her Department and local authorities of council tax rebilling was in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.

(277242)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

140
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many breaches of security have been reported at the Royal Parks Agency in the last five years; and what procedures the agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276948)

141
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277160)

142
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has provided funding to Visit Ireland for 2009-10.

(277038)

143
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding each of the 89 local authorities awarded funding under the National Play Strategy in December 2008 has received.

(276975)

144
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has allocated for the creation of 5,000 apprenticeships in the creative industries as outlined in Creative Britain: new talents for the new economy.

(277133)

145
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £36 million allocated to the Sport Unlimited scheme has been spent; and how many of the 4,000 planned taster sessions have taken place.

(277134)

146
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £783 million allocated to the PE and Sport Strategy for Young People in 2009-10 to 2011-12 has been spent.

(277135)

147
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made towards establishing six new Centres of Advanced Training for dance.

(277136)

148
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which EU grant programmes provide funding for the EU film industry.

(277189)

149
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Sixth Report of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of Session 2008-09, on the Licensing Act 2003, if he will take steps to make it easier for licensed premises to have live entertainment; and if he will make a statement.

(276408)

150
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the revenue of the British media market of Google's share of the online advertising market; and if he will make a statement.

(276978)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

151
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, (b) the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency, (c) the Defence Support Group, (d) the Defence Vetting Agency, (e) the Meteorological Office, (f) the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency, (g) the People, Pay and Pensions Agency, (h) Service Children's Education, (i) the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency and (j) the UK Hydrographic Office in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276947)

152
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed services of each (a) sex, (b) age, (c) regiment and (d) service stationed in Afghanistan were (i) killed, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) otherwise injured in each year since 2001.

(276999)

153
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel of each (a) rank, (b) regiment and (c) age cohort have been treated for (i) psychological disorders, (ii) post-traumatic stress disorder and (iii) physical injuries in each year since 1997; how many have been discharged as a consequence of (A) a psychological disorder and (B) a physical injury in each such year; which countries each had served in; and how long each had served before discharge.

(277005)

154
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) meningitis, (b) food poisoning, (c) pneumonia and (d) gastroenteritis have been recorded among members of the armed forces serving in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(277006)

155
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department provides to members of the armed forces who have been invalided out of service; what (a) discussions he has had and (b) representations he has received on this issue since 2008; whether he plans to increase the assistance available during the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(277007)

156
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department allocated to services for members of the armed forces of each (a) sex, (b) regiment, (c) service and (d) age cohort invalided out of service in each year since 2003.

(277008)

157
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed services of each (a) sex, (b) age cohort, (c) regiment and (d) service stationed in Iraq were (i) killed, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) otherwise injured in each year since 2007.

(277235)

158
N Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK Search and Rescue (SAR) services will continue to provide a 24 hour service for the UK SAR region from 12 bases in the UK when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency service contract ends in 2012.

(276542)

159
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 608W, whether his Department has received representation from other governments on the employment of their citizens in the UK armed forces between 2000 and the issue of his Written Ministerial Statement on army nationality policy of 2 February 2009, Official Report, columns 33-4WS.

(277010)

160
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277159)

161
N Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military (a) bases and (b) other sites owned by his Department containing accommodation areas are (i) redundant and (ii) shortly to become redundant for his Department's purposes; on what date each became or is due to become redundant; what area each covers; what sanitation facilities each has; how many separate sleeping rooms there are; what perimeter fences there are; what the postal address of each site is; and what estimate he has made of the market value of each site.

(276765)

162
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277165)

163
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance and effectiveness of the UK's current fleet of AW101 Merlin helicopters; for how long he estimates those aircraft will remain in service in the UK armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

(276729)

164
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual pension payment received by a retired British soldier has been in each year since 1997.

(276666)

165
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the defence sector in Dunfermline and West Fife constituency in each of the last five years.

(276667)

166
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding from the public purse has been provided to the Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society Combat Stress in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2008-09.

(276668)

167
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to publish the outcomes of his review of the future of war pensions committees.

(276846)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

168
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers since its inception.

(277158)

169
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding his Department has provided to National Grid for the Felindre to Tirley pipeline.

(276769)

170
N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations his Department and its predecessor have received from (a) the Association of Electricity Producers and (b) Drax Power Limited since 2005.

(276759)

171
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will provide funding for travel and accommodation for stakeholders to attend the meeting on civil plutonium policy being held at Manchester Airport on 21 May 2009.

(276937)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

172
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) Animal Health, (b) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (c) the Central Science Laboratory, (d) the Government Decontamination Service, (e) the Marine and Fisheries Agency, (f) the Rural Payments Agency, (g) the Veterinary Laboratories Agency and (h) the Veterinary Medicines Directorate in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276956)

173
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last five years.

(277157)

174
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned research on the effect in (i) England and (ii) elsewhere of intensive pig farming on developments in swine influenza.

(276852)

175
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the amounts of money raised from the disposal of waste by the (a) landfill tax and (b) Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

(276891)

176
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial and other support his Department has made available to encourage the development of local food hubs; how many such food hubs are in existence; and at which locations.

(276892)

177
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) financial and (b) other effects on zoos of EU regulations banning feeding of necrophagous birds with category one material; and if he will seek an opt-out from the regulations.

(277087)

178
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the provisions of the Common Agricultural Policy on food prices in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.

(277099)

179
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total allowable catch is of vessels from each EU member state in fishing zones partially or fully within the UK's 200 nautical mile limit; and if he will make a statement.

(277100)

180
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which genetically-modified products are authorised for sale in the UK.

(277132)

181
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277169)

182
Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to assist British Waterways to enable the transport of freight by water to and from the Olympic site.

(277047)

183
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the Cabinet Committee on Flooding should meet at least three times a year.

(276904)

184
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the Environment Agency's surface water mapping; and whether the accuracy of the mapping has been subject to independent verification.

(277011)

185
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on odour emissions from the mushroom composting industry.

(276587)

186
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the Competition Commission's proposal for an ombudsman to monitor and enforce compliance with a groceries supply code of practice.

(276577)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

187
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the discovery by Egyptian security forces on 14 May 2009 of weapons and explosive devices along the Sinai Peninsula border with Israel; and if he will make a statement.

(276864)

188
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to seek the lifting of the blockade of Gaza by the Israeli authorities.

(276728)

189
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last five years.

(277156)

190
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the Administering Power for the Non Self-Governing territory of Western Sahara is as referred to in General Assembly Resolution 63/110 on the Declaration on Granting Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

(277119)

191
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Czech government on Czech ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon; and if he will make a statement.

(276971)

192
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Polish government on Poland's ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon; and if he will make a statement.

(276972)

193
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Irish government on Ireland's ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon; and if he will make a statement.

(276973)

194
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the estimated marginal cost to the UK Permanent Representation to the EU was of European Parliament plenaries taking place in Strasbourg in the last 12 months.

(277080)

195
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to the working groups of which international bodies the European Union sends a delegation.

(277081)

196
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at which meetings of international bodies in 2008 the European Union was formally represented; and at which of those the UK was formally represented.

(277084)

197
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which international bodies the European Commission has representational rights greater than those of the UK.

(277085)

198
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of senior officials in the European Commission are UK citizens.

(277086)

199
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was levied in fines against the UK by EU institutions in 2008.

(277093)

200
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government spent on legal costs for cases at the European Court of Justice for 2008.

(277094)

201
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many A points were approved in the Council of Ministers in 2008.

(277095)

202
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff there were at each grade at the UK Permanent Representation to the EU in each year since 1997.

(277096)

203
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the Government has (a) voted against and (b) abstained on a proposal at the Council of Ministers for which a qualified majority has been obtained.

(277097)

204
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases the European Anti-Fraud Office has investigated since its inception; and how many investigations have resulted in one or more convictions.

(277098)

205
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what gifts his Department has given to members of EU institutions since 2005.

(277110)

206
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of changes in Government policy or practice necessitated by judgments made in the European Court of Justice since 2005.

(277112)

207
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, column 1196W, on the European Union, for which international bodies his Department recognises the European Commission as having an active treaty competence interest.

(277115)

208
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the EU has spent on providing information in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon; and if he will make a statement.

(277126)

209
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department since 2005.

(277144)

210
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277174)

211
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the EU budget was of events marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome; what such events took place in the UK; and at what cost.

(277184)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

212
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breaches of security have been reported at the (a) Medicines Healthcare Products and Regulatory Agency and (b) NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276955)

213
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 2/17 Consideration of Abortion Measures In Warnock Bill (Confidential); and if he will make a statement.

(276858)

214
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 2/18 Abortion - Private Members' Bills 1989; and if he will make a statement.

(276859)

215
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 2/10 Abortion (Amendment) Bill Committee Stage Briefing; and if he will make a statement.

(276860)

216
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 2/27 Select Committee on the Abortion (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement.

(276861)

217
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 2/11 Nicholas Winterton - Abortion (Financial Benefit) Bill; and if he will make a statement.

(276862)

218
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 2/12 Edward Leigh - Abortion (Treatment of Non Resident Women) Bill; and if he will make a statement.

(276863)

219
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Quality Outcomes Framework targets will next be reviewed.

(276836)

220
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the progress of the national stroke strategy for England in facilitating the rapid diagnosis of strokes; what estimate he has made of the number of stroke patients who receive a specialist assessment including a brain scan within (a) 24 and (b) 48 hours in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(276723)

221
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of its funding the National Cancer Research Institute has provided for (a) brain tumour, (b) leukaemia, (c) lung cancer, (d) colo-rectal cancer, (e) breast cancer, (f) prostate cancer and (g) other cancer-related research in each of the last five years.

(276946)

222
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department monitors the expenditure by primary care trusts of funding provided by his Department.

(276988)

223
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much primary care trusts spent on (a) disability services and (b) children's disability services in the last five years.

(276989)

224
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last five years.

(277155)

225
John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of the treatment of diabetes in the North East Strategic Health Authority in each of the last three years.

(276996)

226
John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the treatment of drug misuse in the Durham Primary Care Trust area in each of the last three years.

(276997)

227
John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Easington constituency who received treatment for drug misuse in each of the last three years.

(276998)

228
N Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether proposed walk-in health centres will provide access to incontinence stores.

(276332)

229
N Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will initiate a cost-benefit analysis on the provision of integrated continence services.

(276333)

230
N Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts provide an integrated incontinence service.

(276334)

231
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean of 23 March and 11 May 2009, on bowel cancer screening, reference FD5531.

(276770)

232
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277171)

233
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust pays invoices within 10 days.

(276761)

234
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to consult the voluntary sector as part of his Department's external review of implementation of the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease and the future of cardiology services.

(277036)

235
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to complete his Department's assessment of the future profile of cardiology services; and what account that assessment is taking of links between cardiac conditions, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes.

(277037)

236
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has commissioned recent research to establish which population groups have disproportionately higher levels of cardiac and vascular disease.

(277046)

237
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many immediate care beds there are in England; and in which units such beds are located.

(277039)

238
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the NHS bed availability and occupancy statistics for 2008-09.

(277040)

239
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent state of readiness return relating to the European Working Time Directive from each NHS trust.

(277041)

240
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints the Healthcare Commission has (a) received and (b) resolved in each year since its inception; what the average cost of processing such complaints has been to date; how many staff were employed by the Commission to handle complaints in each year; and what expenditure the Commission incurred on complaints handling in each such year.

(277042)

241
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projections his Department has made of the change in each NHS hospital trust's income resulting from the implementation of HRG4.

(277043)

242
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each hospital earned under HRG3 in the latest year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the income each would have earned for the same work in that period under HRG4.

(277044)

243
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter of 14 May 2009 from his Department's Director, Workforce Capacity, Analysis and HR, which hospital services provide 24-hour immediate care; and what definition of immediate care his Department uses.

(277045)

244
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) methodology and (b) criteria are used to determine the NHS Tariff.

(277077)

245
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service to be implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(277078)

246
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GP and (b) pharmacy information systems he plans to accredit for use with the Electronic Prescription Service in the next 12 months.

(277079)

247
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the licence charges are for each information system accredited under the GP Systems of Choice programme; what expenditure his Department has incurred to date on (a) upgrading GP systems to Systems of Choice level and (b) supplying infrastructure to primary care trusts under the GP Systems of Choice programme to date; and what estimate he has made of primary care trusts' expenditure of training staff to use GP Systems of Choice to date.

(277082)

248
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken under the Social Care Workforce Strategy to promote the Train to Gain initiative to social care providers in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(277083)

249
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Table 71a of the Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2008 on the salaries and wages of non-NHS staff, what jobs are classified as other.

(277108)

250
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in England and registered at GP practices in Wales are awaiting bowel cancer screening; and how many GP practices in Wales have such patients registered.

(277128)

251
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who committed suicide unassisted in each NHS hospital in each of the last 10 years.

(277194)

252
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients representing what proportion of admissions died in (a) intensive care units, (b) theatre and (c) other wards in each NHS hospital in each of the last 10 years; and how many and what proportion of people attending accident and emergency departments died while in the department in each accident and emergency department in each such year.

(277196)

253
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the outcomes of the review of the use of antipsychotic medicines in dementia; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish those outcomes.

(277197)

254
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) job description, (b) salary band and (c) grade is of each official in his Department working on the NHS Tariff.

(277198)

255
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he has set for (a) the cessation of the temporary programme, GP Systems of Choice, as part of the National Programme for IT and (b) the commencement of the deployment of Local Service Provider solutions for General Practice.

(277199)

256
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to his Department of accrediting systems through the GP Systems of Choice programme.

(277200)

257
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to wind up the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA); what effect he expects the winding up of NHS PASA to have on (a) the NHS business services contract with DHL and (b) cost savings achieved on the contract with DHL in the 12 month period following the wind up.

(277201)

258
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department has incurred on the provision of meals on wheels services in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years.

(277202)

259
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of answers to parliamentary questions provided by his Department have been the subject of a subsequent correction in each of the last five years; how many such corrections have been made by (a) Written Ministerial Correction, (b) a letter to the hon. Member tabling the Question and (c) other means; and what criteria his Department uses to determine by which method to issue a correction.

(277237)

260
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the rate of incidence of Alzheimer's disease in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Croydon in each of the last 10 years.

(276874)

261
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assisted conception treatments were carried out by (a) the NHS and (b) a private provider in each region in each of the last five years; and how many such treatments were given by (a) in vitro fertilisation, (b) intracytoplasmic sperm injection and (c) intrauterine insemination.

(276755)

262
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on assisted conception treatment in each region in each of the last five years.

(276763)

263
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assisted conception treatments were commissioned by each primary care trust in each of the last five years.

(276764)

264
Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake a review of NHS services for people with epilepsy.

(276907)

265
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on England's position among Western European states for (a) prevalence and (b) treatment standards for (i) heart, (ii) kidney disease and (c) stroke; and what plans he has to improve this ranking over the next 10 years.

(276976)

266
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of inequalities in the (a) prevalence and (b) treatment of (i) cardiac and (ii) vascular diseases between (A) the sexes, (B) geographical areas, (C) social groups, (D) economic groups and (E) ethnic groups; and what projects (1) are in place and (2) are planned to reduce such inequalities over the next decade.

(276977)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

267
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of security have been reported at the (a) Criminal Records Bureau, (b) Identity and Passport Service and (c) UK Border Agency and its predecessors in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276952)

268
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 259199 tabled by the hon. Member for Southend West on 23 February 2009 on the British Nationality (Honorary Citizenship) Bill; what the reasons are for the time taken to respond; what recent representations she has received from hon. Members on the time taken by her Department to respond to Questions for written answer; and if she will make a statement.

(276873)

269
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the turnover rate of staff of each grade employed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission was in each year since its creation.

(277139)

270
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of each (a) sex and (b) age (i) entered and (ii) left employment of the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each year since its creation.

(277140)

271
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes (a) were committed and (b) resulted in convictions in North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

(277063)

272
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Gurkhas and (b) other foreign nationals who have served in the armed services have been granted the right to settle in the UK in each of the last 20 years.

(277070)

273
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North Essex of 10 February 2009, Official Report, column 1830W, on the House of Commons: right of search, what consideration she has given to (a) obtaining and (b) placing in the Library a copy of the final report of the review conducted by Chief Constable Ian Johnston of the British Transport Police on the arrest and investigation of the hon. Member for Ashford since the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to bring charges in the case; and if she will make a statement.

(276943)

274
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by her Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277154)

275
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign-born (a) doctors and (b) nurses have achieved residency requirements in the UK in each of the last three years by country of origin.

(276890)

276
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum sum payable in support under the Facilitated Returns Scheme is.

(276850)

277
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent in support under the Facilitated Returns Scheme in each year since its inception.

(276876)

278
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people removed from the UK under the Early Removal Scheme have been returned to prison in England and Wales in each of the last three years.

(276877)

279
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been returned under the Facilitated Returns Scheme in each of the last three years.

(276878)

280
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions UK police forces have participated in Europol operations in the last five years.

(277118)

281
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which aspects of the Europol system the UK participates.

(277120)

282
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which aspects of the Schengen system the UK participates.

(277125)

283
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were detained at their point of entry to the UK in the last month for which figures are available; and how many of them admitted they were entering the country illegally.

(277130)

284
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what activities have been undertaken by her Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277178)

285
N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has received from (a) the Association of Electricity Producers and (b) Drax Power Limited since 2005.

(276760)

286
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget is of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) for 2009-10; and what the salary of the (a) President and (b) Chief Executive of ACPO is.

(276929)

287
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the likely effects on the privacy of individuals of (a) Google's use of personal information in its online advertising and search functions and (b) the model for targeted online advertising used by Phorm and other companies.

(276980)

288
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to validate the accuracy of data entered on the (a) Police National Computer and (b) PentiP computer system.

(276905)

289
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to police forces on the distinction between (a) opportunistic and (b) planned theft in the administering of fixed penalty notices.

(276906)

290
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 228W, on 62 South Eaton Place, and of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 160W, on official residences, if she will place in the Library a copy of the selling agents' advice which recommended that a home condition report not be purchased.

(276961)

291
N Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition her Department uses of a legacy case in respect of the work of the UK Border Agency.

(276818)

292
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been prosecuted for offences relating to sexual exploitation under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point.

(277193)

293
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what potentially analogous categories of immigrant her Department considered when formulating its policy on the rights of residence of Gurkhas; and what elements of the Government's policy on such rights of residence would apply to each such category.

(276908)

294
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children and (b) women over 18 years of age have been referred to the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre since the introduction of the national referral mechanism.

(277123)

295
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2008, Official Report, column 512W, on human trafficking, what the nationalities were of those (a) arrested and (b) convicted of human trafficking offences in the UK in each of the last five years.

(277147)

296
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1227-8W, on human trafficking, how many of those foreign nationals convicted for human trafficking offences were deported on the completion of their sentence.

(277238)

297
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1087-8W, on human trafficking, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there were for human trafficking offences in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

(277243)

298
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, columns 94-5W, on human trafficking, what guidance has been issued by her Department to the agencies involved in the national referral mechanism on systematic identification of victims of human trafficking.

(277244)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

299
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the information on hon. Members' expenses which has been leaked was obtained by the unauthorised (a) electronic and (b) physical copying of material.

(276388)

300
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reasons the information on hon. Members' expenses which has been leaked was not processed solely on paper, prior to scheduled publication by the House authorities in redacted electronic form.

(276389)

301
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make it his policy that unredacted private data relating to hon. Members will in future be processed solely on paper until all redactions have been made, prior to publication in electronic form online.

(276390)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

302
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many breaches of security have been reported at the (a) National Weights and Measures Laboratory and (b) UK Intellectual Property Office in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276953)

303
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the Medical Research Council spent on research into (a) leukaemia, (b) brain cancer, (c) lung cancer, (d) colo-rectal cancer, (e) breast cancer and (f) prostate cancer in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08.

(276945)

304
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers since its inception.

(277153)

305
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department since its inception.

(277143)

306
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much expenditure from the public purse has been incurred on the Train to Gain initiative in each month since January 2009; and what funds have been allocated to the initiative for each of the next three years.

(277195)

307
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he was first informed of the inaccuracies relating to student data and funding at London Metropolitan University.

(276990)

308
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what date the Higher Education Funding Council for England first raised concerns with London Metropolitan University about its non-completion rates data for the 2005-06 academic year.

(276991)

309
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what reasons representatives of the London Metropolitan University provided to the Higher Education Funding Council for England for its return of incorrect data on completion rates for the academic years (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

(276992)

310
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent procedures he has put in place to ensure the accuracy of data on non-completion rates provided by universities to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

(276993)

311
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will commission an independent investigation into the recent submission of data on non-completion rates by London Metropolitan University to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

(276994)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

312
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what spending priority areas his Department's Nutritional Task Team have established for 2009-10.

(277137)

313
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what budget his Department has allocated to its Nutrition Task Team for 2009-10.

(277138)

314
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries his Department's Nutritional Task Team has worked with in 2009 to date.

(277145)

315
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which contribution his Department's Nutritional Task Team is making to the achievement of Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals.

(277146)

316
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277152)

317
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what international aid has so far been brought into the Irrawaddy delta region following Cyclone Nargis by (a) the international community and (b) the UK.

(276756)

318
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what projects money was spent under his Department's bilateral programme in each of the last five years in each country where expenditure under the programme was under £50,000 in 2007-08; how much was spent on each project; and if he will make a statement.

(276903)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

319
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) HM Courts Service, (b) the Land Registry, (c) the National Offender Management Service, (d) the National Archives, (e) the Office of the Public Guardian and (f) the Tribunals Service in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276954)

320
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from North Yorkshire were (a) convicted of an offence and (b) referred to the Probation Service for (i) reports and (ii) supervision in each of the last five years.

(277054)

321
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to ensure that sufficient probation officers are trained over the next two years.

(277055)

322
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the funding formula for probation services takes account of the costs of providing probation services in rural areas.

(277056)

323
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) probation officers and (b) probation service officers were employed by North Yorkshire Probation Area on 31 March of each of the last five financial years.

(277057)

324
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) community and (b) custody caseload was for North Yorkshire Probation Area on 31 March of each of the last five financial years.

(277058)

325
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in North Yorkshire Probation Area were categorised as Tier 4 in each of the last five financial years.

(277059)

326
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) probation staff and (b) trainee probation officers are expected to be made redundant in North Yorkshire Probation Area in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.

(277060)

327
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of planned job reductions in North Yorkshire Probation Area on the Probation Service's national standards and service delivery.

(277061)

328
N Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 220W, on Bribery Bill: draft, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter from the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

(276543)

329
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers since its inception.

(277151)

330
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) probation officers and (b) probation service officers were employed in the Staffordshire probation area on 31 March in each of the last five financial years.

(276981)

331
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) community and (b) custody caseload for Staffordshire probation area was on 31 March in each of the last five financial years.

(276982)

332
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in Staffordshire probation area were categorised as Tier 4 in each of the last five financial years.

(276984)

333
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) probation staff and (b) trainee probation officers he expects will be made redundant in Staffordshire probation area in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-12.

(276985)

334
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes of staffing levels in Staffordshire probation area on (a) observance of national probation standards and (b) levels of service delivery.

(276986)

335
N Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) active and (b) inactive military sites (i) he and (ii) representatives of his Department have (A) visited and (B) inspected in order to assess their suitability for use as prisons since 2005; and if he will publish a report of the findings of each visit or inspection.

(276753)

336
N Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the conversion of RAF Coltishall into a category C prison, excluding the cost of the original acquisition of the land and site; what area the site covers; and how many places the prison is planned to provide.

(276754)

337
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders there are in each criminal justice area.

(276847)

338
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were overseen by each Youth Offending Team in the most recent year for which data is available.

(276848)

339
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of the prison population foreign nationals comprised in each year between 1994 and 2004.

(276849)

340
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what implications there are for his Department of proposed changes under Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA to trial absences before the issue of a European Arrest Warrant.

(277090)

341
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of changes in Government policy or practice necessitated by judgments made by the European Court of Human Rights since 1998.

(277111)

342
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277173)

343
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government has paid to prisoners as a consequence of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on cases relating to parole and release of prisoners in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(277179)

344
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions prisoners have been released from prison on a date changed as a result of a European Court of Human Rights judgment in the last five years.

(277180)

345
N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the likely effects of the implementation of proposals for a Young Offenders' Academy on numbers of custodial places elsewhere in the juvenile estate.

(276783)

346
N Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions were brought for failure to pay fixed penalty notices for shoplifting in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(276609)

347
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role the Probation Service has in monitoring ex-offenders placed in bail hostels managed by ClearSprings; and if he will make a statement.

(276901)

348
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in Reading East constituency in each month of the last 10 years.

(276995)

Questions to the Leader of the House

349
N Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Leader of the House, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 19 February 2009, on lobbying.

(276696)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

350
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) the Compensation Agency, (b) the Forensic Science Northern Ireland, (c) the Northern Ireland Prison Service and (d) the Youth Justice Agency in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276949)

351
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277150)

352
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of each visit to Northern Ireland by the President of the Irish Republic in each of the last three years.

(276771)

353
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the ceremonial protocol appropriate to visits to Northern Ireland by foreign heads of state.

(276772)

354
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277163)

Questions to the Prime Minister

355
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 183W, on Members: allowances; for what reason he did not reply to the part of the Question relating to the sequence of events.

(276762)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

356
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277172)

357
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) staffing costs, (b) IT equipment, (c) telecommunications, (d) stationery and office supplies, (e) utilities and (f) travel in each year since 1999.

(276987)

Questions to the Solicitor General

358
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Solicitor General, how many breaches of security at the (a) Treasury Solicitor's Department and (b) National Fraud Strategic Authority have occurred in the last five years; and what procedures are invoked when a breach of security relating to personal data is identified.

(276940)

359
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Solicitor General, when the Attorney General plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Stone on matters arising from her memorandum on Parliamentary privilege of 3 April 2009.

(276944)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

360
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (b) the Driving Standards Agency, (c) the Government Car and Despatch Agency, (d) the Highways Agency, (e) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (f) the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and (g) the Vehicle Certification Agency in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276950)

361
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on levels of greenhouse gas emissions of (a) passenger aircraft and (b) cargo aircraft using Southend Airport; what representations he has received on this issue since January 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(276871)

362
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) departmental officials have had with representatives of BAA on proposals for the expansion of Southend Airport in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(277001)

363
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses in assessing the merits of proposals to expand airports; and if he will make a statement.

(277009)

364
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what maximum period of time a rail passenger service can be temporarily withdrawn before (a) the service must be fully restored and (b) closure provisions are enacted.

(276725)

365
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is permissible for a rail passenger service to be temporarily withdrawn for an indefinite period when there is no time-scaled plan to restore the service or enact closure provisions.

(276726)

366
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions exist to allow a referral to be made to the Office of Rail Regulation to determine whether changes to a rail passenger service constitute (a) temporary withdrawal of that service and (b) its closure.

(276727)

367
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2009, Official Report, column 881W, on a London-Scotland high-speed rail link, what topics were discussed during the meeting on 24 April 2009; and whether any decisions on funding methodology for high-speed rail links were made at that meeting.

(276928)

368
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277149)

369
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277177)

370
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which EU bodies have responsibilities relating to inter-operability of European railways.

(277187)

371
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of Regulation (EC) 80/2009 on a code of conduct for computerised reservation systems on UK (a) airlines and (b) internet ticket booking companies.

(277188)

372
N John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the risk register for his Department's flexible benefits project.

(276673)

373
N John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's response is to the recommendations to standardise processes in areas such as travel and subsistence claims and annual performance appraisals as set out at page 8, paragraph 15f of the National Audit Office report on Shared Services in Department for Transport.

(276674)

374
N Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Sunday train services operated by East Midland Trains between 14 December 2008 and 11 May 2009 ran on time; and how many such services were subject to alteration between Derby and London.

(276665)

375
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) scheduled and (b) charter flights there were from British airports to (i) the Netherlands, (ii) Luxembourg and (iii) Malta in each of the last five years.

(276900)

376
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information local authorities provide to his Department on their traffic management in conurbations; and if he will make a statement.

(277239)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

377
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the proposed Amendment to Schedule 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, as set out in the proposed Legislative Competence (Environment) Order 2009, Cm 7608, will cover land-based radioactive fallout other than at military sites.

(276851)

378
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277170)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

379
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many breaches of security have been reported at (a) the Child Support Agency, (b) Jobcentre Plus, (c) the Pension, Disability and Carers Service and (d) the Rent Service in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

(276951)

380
Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in the last five years.

(277148)

381
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what activities have been undertaken by his Department's Euro Minister in that capacity.

(277168)

382
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget for his Department's We're closing in campaign is; and how much his Department has spent on the element of the campaign conducted in Alicante.

(277048)

383
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average annual sum lost as a result of benefit fraud in Alicante; what the objectives of his Department's campaign against benefit fraud in Alicante are; and if he will make a statement.

(277049)

384
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what use his Department makes of voice risk analysis products; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of their use in his Department's work.

(277050)

385
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which companies supply voice risk analysis products to his Department.

(277051)

386
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has (a) spent on and (b) allocated to its consultation on official recognition of Workers' Memorial Day.

(277052)

387
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Ministers, (b) consultants for and (c) employees of his Department travelled to Alicante for the launch of the We're closing in campaign; how many nights of accommodation were paid for from the public purse; and how much this exercise cost.

(277053)

388
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the assets of the Pension Protection Fund have been in each year since 2005; what payments have been made from that Fund in each such year; and what pension payments he expects to be made from that Fund in each of the next six years.

(276837)

389
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Coventry South of 13 May 2009, Official Report, column 865, on Rover Group: pensions, what estimate his Department made of the extra costs which would be imposed consequent on the changes to the operation of the Pension Protection Fund in respect of people who took early retirement before the relevant scheme entered that fund; and what assessment he made of the capacity of the Pension Protection Fund levy to meet those extra costs.

(276895)

390
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the number of people in the UK with stranded pensions and (b) the monetary value of such pensions; and if he will make a statement.

(276724)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

391
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of EU institutions on reduction of levels of fraud in those institutions.

[Transferred] (277091)

392
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last discussed the Government's policy on Icelandic banks and the freezing of their assets with his Icelandic counterpart.

[Transferred] (276935)

393
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on UK-Icelandic relations of the use of powers under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 to freeze assets of Icelandic banks; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (276936)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

394
N Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable he has set for consideration of responses to the consultation on the draft Flood and Water Management Bill; and if he will make a statement.

[Question Unstarred] (276583)

395
N Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has allocated to scientific research into the causes of and vaccination against bovine tuberculosis in 2009-10.

[Question Unstarred] (276586)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

396
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what crimes Europol may investigate; and on what legal basis in each case.

[Transferred] (277121)

397
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution the UK makes in the European Network for the Protection of Public Figures.

[Transferred] (277245)

398
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of travellers using Heathrow airport were stopped and searched by HM Revenue and Customs in 2008; how many of those were found to be smuggling; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (276927)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

399
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent research his Department has commissioned on the aspirations of children in secondary school to go on to higher education.

[Transferred] (276893)

400
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of people leaving school whose parents are in socio-economic groups D and E entered higher education in the last year for which information is available.

[Transferred] (276894)

401
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark, on UK trade mark institutions; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (277088)

402
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on participation in EU Space policy.

[Transferred] (277191)

403
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Learning and Skills Council on (a) 4 March and (b) 22 April 2009; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (276887)

404
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many colleges at the feasibility stage of preparing for Building Colleges for the Future had not submitted (a) an application in principle and (b) an application in detail; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (276888)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

405
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were referred to multi-agency public protection panels in North Yorkshire Probation Area in each of the last five financial years.

[Transferred] (277062)

406
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases the Staffordshire probation area referred to multi-agency public protection panels in each of the last five financial years.

[Transferred] (276983)

Questions to the Solicitor General

407
N Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the convening of a joint panel with the Metropolitan Police to assess allegations relating to claims for allowances payments made by hon. Members.

[Question Unstarred] (276606)

408
N Anne Moffat (East Lothian): To ask the Solicitor General, what the policy of the Law Officers' Departments is on encouraging Government lawyers to undertake pro bono work.

[Question Unstarred] (276608)

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