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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 1 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 1 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 1 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 1 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 1 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 9 March 2009 concerning his constituent, Mr Allan Jasson, of Chelmsford. | | (277671) | 2
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Devizes of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 19W, on ammunition experts, to which companies the export licences were issued. | | (277075) | 3
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the Low Pay Commission has spent on advertising and marketing in each of the last five years. | | (277475) | 4
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff of the Low Pay Commission are paid an annual salary of (a) less than £15,000, (b) between £15,000 and £20,000, (c) between £20,000 and £25,000, (d) between £25,000 and £30,000, (e) between £30,000 and £40,000, (f) between £40,000 and £50,000 and (g) over £50,000. | | (277476) | 5
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the salary of each member of the Low Pay Commission is; and what (a) pension and (b) expenses arrangements there are for Commission members. | | (277481) | 6
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding streams are provided by each regional development agency. | | (277362) | 7
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what regional strategies each regional development agency is participating in. | | (277675) | 8
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what business support measures his Department provides for small and medium-sized businesses in Denton and Reddish. | | (277498) | 9
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277637) | 10
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277714) | 11
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of administration proceedings. | | (277429) | 12
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many companies whose consumer credit licence had expired were still trading while awaiting a decision on renewal of the licence in each month since January 1997; and for how long on average each such company had been waiting in each of those months. | | (277310) | 13
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when a decision will be made on the renewal of Yes Loans' consumer credit licence. | | (277311) | 14
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for what reason Yes Loans has been allowed to continue trading after its consumer credit licence expired in June 2008. | | (277312) | 15
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance his Department provides to the Insolvency Service on procedures to be followed when people who are subject to a disqualification order or undertaking apply for permission to act as a director or take part in the management of a specific company. | | (277313) | 16
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people who are subject to a disqualification order or undertaking have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in an application to act as a director or take part in the management of a specific company in each month since January 1997. | | (277314) | 17
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what procedures his Department has in place to monitor applications from people who are subject to a disqualification order or undertaking for permission to act as a director or take part in the management of a company. | | (277315) | 18
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with the Office of Fair Trading on renewal of consumer credit licences. | | (277507) | 19
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the maximum length of time is that a company which requires a consumer credit licence may continue to trade without a licence while awaiting a decision from the Office of Fair Trading on licence renewal. | | (277508) | 20
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277416) | 21
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when a reply will be sent to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 18 March 2009, transferred from the Treasury on 27 March, PO Ref: 1/69691/2009), about tax. | | (277102) | 22
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assistance the South West of England Regional Development Agency is providing to small and medium-sized businesses in the South West region during the recession; and if he will make a statement. | | (277286) | 23
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the home country rule in relation to the provision of financial support on aircraft sales. | | (277260) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 24
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have not been fully compensated for losses they incurred as a result of the abolition of the 10 pence tax rate. | | (277668) | 25
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide further recompense to people who have not been fully compensated for losses they incurred as a result of the removal of the 10 pence tax rate. | | (277669) | 26
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 17 March 2009 (PO Ref: 3/09245/2009) concerning his constituent, Mrs Nancy Ng, of Chelmsford. | | (277672) | 27
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 13 March 2009 (PO Ref: 5/04496/2009) concerning his constituent, Mr Peter Lee, of Great Waltham, Essex. | | (277673) | 28
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what claims under performance indicators HM Revenue and Customs uses to monitor the performance of its team investigating claims under IR35 measures; and what performance was recorded against such indicators in each financial year since the introduction of IR35. | | (277389) | 29
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the sums which have accrued to the Exchequer attributable to IR35 measures in each financial year since their introduction. | | (277390) | 30
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor have employed to manage claims under IR35 measures since their introduction; and at what cost. | | (277391) | 31
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has brought against (a) individuals and (b) companies under IR35 measures in each year since their introduction; how many such cases have been settled in HMRC's favour; and how many cases are outstanding. | | (277392) | 32
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of an inquiry undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs under IR35 measures has been in each financial year since their introduction. | | (277393) | 33
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, columns 421-22W, on tax allowances: personal pensions, how many individuals claimed income tax relief on personal pensions at (a) the basic rate and (b) the higher rate in 2006-07. | | (277345) | 34
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department has refused requests for the release of information pertaining to meetings between Lord Myners, staff of his Department and representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) held between 6 and 13 October 2008 on pensions and bonuses for outgoing executives of RBS, including Sir Fred Goodwin. | | (277700) | 35
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of extending gift aid to not-for-profit agencies that reuse, reclaim and up-cycle redundant and surplus construction materials; and if he will make a statement. | | (277490) | 36
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to standardise the taxation rate for inert waste to encourage reuse and reclamation of construction materials. | | (277494) | 37
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to incentivise the use of reclaimed materials by granting value added tax rebates for building projects that incorporate recovered or salvaged materials; and if he will make a statement. | | (277495) | 38
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received on capital gains tax arrangements for spouses who leave the marital home and purchase alternative properties. | | (277433) | 39
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has accrued to the Exchequer in capital gains tax receipts in each financial year since 2004. | | (277434) | 40
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent assessment is of the application of the Rees Rules on the introduction of retrospective legislation in light of HM Revenue and Customs' announcement of 1 April 2009 on employment loss planning; and if he will make a statement. | | (277696) | 41
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the error rate in activity dealing with EU claims relating to business and taxation was at HM Revenue and Customs (a) Ty-Glas, (b) Bootle and (c) Nottingham office in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277104) | 42
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance of the complaints system in place at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Ty-Glas with the national HMRC complaints procedures. | | (277105) | 43
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 267825, tabled on 25 March 2009, on the overseas price mechanism. | | (277488) | 44
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Alton of Liverpool of 11 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA158, on debt, what sovereign debt is owed to the UK by (a) Sudan, (b) Iraq, (c) Serbia, (d) Zimbabwe, (e) Cuba, (f) Egypt, (g) Republic of Congo, (h) Democratic Republic of Congo and (i) Somalia. | | (277683) | 45
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual administrative cost to his Department of making the payment of the UK's gross contribution to the EU budget. | | (277213) | 46
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 4 December 2008 from the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire (PO reference: 1/64303/2008). | | (277309) | 47
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in HM Revenue and Customs contact centres in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and how many calls were received by such centres in each of those years. | | (277509) | 48
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centres in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (277510) | 49
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many compliance staff were employed by HM Revenue and Customs at each grade in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (277511) | 50
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable he has set for updating his Department's Green Book guidance to enable climate change adaptation to be taken into account in his Department's decision-making processes. | | (277395) | 51
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277641) | 52
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277716) | 53
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate of the UK's (a) (i) gross and (ii) net EU budget contributions and (b) direct contributions to other EU institutions and funds in 2009-10 (A) was estimated to be in 2007 and (B) is estimated now at the pound's current exchange rate. | | (277219) | 54
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of uprating the trading and rental income thresholds for corporation tax exemption for clubs registered as community amateur sports clubs in line with inflation. | | (277686) | 55
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the trading and rental income thresholds for corporation tax exemption are for community amateur sports clubs; and what they would be if they had been uprated in line with inflation in each year since 2004. | | (277688) | 56
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect on retail businesses of the proposed change in the rate of value added tax in January 2010. | | (277316) | 57
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with retailers on changes to value added tax rates; and what the outcomes of those discussions were. | | (277317) | 58
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277423) | 59
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1183W, on HM Revenue and Customs: closures, in which constituency each property planned to be vacated in 2009-10 is located. | | (277265) | 60
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for New Forest West on the decision to increase maximum income from an unsecured pension by 20 per cent. and its effect on a constituent Mr S. T. Gray of Lymington. | | (277518) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 61
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents in (a) Lancashire and (b) England have appeared in court on charges related to unauthorised absences from school of their children in the last (i) six, (ii) 12 and (iii) 24 months. | | (277439) | 62
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on the (a) methodology and (b) frequency of fire safety inspections in schools. | | (277689) | 63
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Denton and Reddish constituency have enrolled in Sure Start in each year since 2003. | | (277503) | 64
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department provided to religious bodies as a contribution to their capital expenditure on voluntary-aided schools of a religious character in each year from 1997-98 to 2003-04; what proportion of his Department's expenditure such expenditure represented in each of those years; and in what instances his Department's contribution represented (a) up to 90 per cent. and (b) 90 per cent. or more of total project expenditure. | | (277665) | 65
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in each local authority area are in (a) infant, (b) primary and (c) secondary classes of over 30 pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (277512) | 66
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) infant, (b) primary and (c) secondary classes in each local authority area have at least 30 pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (277513) | 67
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to B in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (277514) | 68
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many and what proportion of secondary schools (a) at least 30 per cent. and (b) at least 50 per cent. of pupils achieved five GCSEs at grade A* to B in each year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (277515) | 69
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether users of the ContactPoint database will be able to gain access to the database via wireless connections. | | (276853) | 70
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277648) | 71
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277729) | 72
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277417) | 73
| 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 a projected annual income below £30,810 in 2009-10 who are not in receipt of education maintenance allowance. | | (277263) | 74
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents have been fined as a result of their children not attending school in each borough in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years. | | (277529) | 75
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 7 April 2009 on Learning and Skills Council funding. | | (277482) | 76
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 7 April 2009 on funding. | | (277483) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 77
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were unemployed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2007. | | (277459) | 78
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were in employment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2007. | | (277460) | 79
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average unemployment rate of the working age population in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK was in each year since 2007. | | (277461) | 80
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) single parents were (i) in employment and (ii) unemployed in (A) Jarrow constituency, (B) South Tyneside, (C) the North East and (D) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (277462) | 81
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he last visited his Department's Emergency Planning College to discuss its work; and if he will make a statement. | | (277326) | 82
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of emergency response facilities to floods; and what steps have been taken to improve such facilities since the floods of summer 2007. | | (277447) | 83
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in respect of (a) the Prime Minister's Office, (b) the Office of the Leader of the House and (c) his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277426) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 84
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church Commissioners have received on funding for repairs to the roof of St Margaret's Church, Westminster. | | (277282) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 85
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) central government of reporting performance information to central government in the last 12 months; and what the average cost to local authorities in England was in the same period. | | (277305) | 86
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to her Department of regulating local authorities was in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (277307) | 87
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department's methodology for its annual calculation to adjust the business rate multiplier in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI) the previous September allows for a reduction in the multiplier when RPI is negative; and if she will make a statement. | | (277350) | 88
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which payment month she expects the business rates deferral scheme announced on 31 March 2009 to become operational for business rate payers; and if she will make a statement. | | (277371) | 89
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the quarterly receipts from business rates in each local authority were in each year since 2005; what the projected receipts are for (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement. | | (277463) | 90
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) central government and (b) local authorities of implementing the business rates deferral scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (277464) | 91
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) businesses and (b) local authorities of acquiring software for the administration of the business rates deferral scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (277465) | 92
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has allocated to meet implementation costs for the business rates deferral scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (277466) | 93
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to bring forward legislative proposals for the implementation of the business rates deferral scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (277467) | 94
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with which representative bodies her Department had discussions on the business rate deferral scheme (a) in the three months prior to and (b) following the announcement of the scheme. | | (277468) | 95
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect (a) greenbelt and (b) open green spaces in (i) Greater Manchester, (ii) Tameside Metropolitan Borough area and (iii) Stockport Metropolitan Borough area. | | (277501) | 96
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had on the establishment of a Mayor for Greater Manchester. | | (277502) | 97
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home repossessions initiated by (a) building societies and (b) banks there were in (i) Tameside, (ii) Stockport and (iii) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years. | | (277504) | 98
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individuals received financial help under the home owners mortgage support scheme in each month from September 2008 to May 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (277273) | 99
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate has been made of the number of vacancies for (a) flood risk engineers, (b) flood risk planners, (c) flood risk project managers and (d) other flood risk management posts in local authorities. | | (277399) | 100
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities provide home improvement grants and loans for flood resistance and resilience products. | | (277403) | 101
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in updating the Housing Corporation's publication Insurance for All for providers of social housing in light of the recommendations of the Pitt report on flooding. | | (277443) | 102
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277649) | 103
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of her Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277728) | 104
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the merits of enabling fire services to conduct fire risk assessments for local businesses under the Fire Precautions Act 1971. | | (277304) | 105
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the merits of self-certification for fire certificates in light of the effect on businesses of the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007. | | (277363) | 106
| Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to enable local authorities with retained housing stock to increase the supply of social housing: and if she will make a statement. | | (277532) | 107
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2009, Official Report, columns 1357-8W, on housing: regeneration, what the (a) date and (b) venue of each event was; how many participants there were at each; and what costs were incurred in each budgetary category in respect of each event. | | (277343) | 108
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): 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 450W, on housing: low incomes, how many completed new build homes each percentage figure in the table represents. | | (277344) | 109
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many information leaflets have been produced for the (a) Homeowner Mortgage Support and (b) Mortgage Rescue Scheme; and how much has been spent on producing such leaflets. | | (277352) | 110
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many editions of her Department's We Can publication have been produced; to whom her Department distributes that publication; and how many copies have been distributed in each of the last four quarters. | | (277353) | 111
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff were employed to produce her Department's We Can publication; what the job title is of each such member of staff; and how much has been spent on staff salaries for those staff in each of the last three years. | | (277354) | 112
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many copies of each edition of her Department's We Can publication have been printed; and what the cost of (a) publishing and (b) printing the publication has been in each of the last three years. | | (277356) | 113
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what budget has been allocated to her Department's Local Democracy and Participation Directorate for production of the We Can document in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (277357) | 114
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many financial assessments have been carried out as part of a household's application under a Homebuy scheme in each of the last three years. | | (277386) | 115
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of each contract between her Department and Homebuy agents; and if she will make a statement. | | (277387) | 116
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the receipts from the Social Homebuy scheme were distributed in each of the last three years. | | (277388) | 117
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes purchased for social rent were bought from (a) developers, (b) private owners and (c) other organisations in the social sector in each of the last five years. | | (277450) | 118
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of capital expenditure on housing was spent in each region in each year since 1997. | | (277451) | 119
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent from the public purse on additional housing stock in each year since 1980. | | (277452) | 120
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new tenancies were initiated under the Rent to Homebuy scheme in 2008-09; and how many have been initiated in 2009-10 to date. | | (277453) | 121
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average right-to-buy discount was as a percentage of average (a) house prices and (b) right-to-buy sales prices in each region in each year since 1997. | | (277667) | 122
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding for infrastructure was allocated by her Department to each growth area in England in each year since 2005-06. | | (277527) | 123
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester in each year since 2001. | | (277528) | 124
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations have exchange schemes for social housing tenants who wish to move to a different area. | | (277701) | 125
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) two bedroom, (b) three bedroom and (c) four or more bedroom (i) housing association properties and (ii) local authority properties have a single occupant. | | (277702) | 126
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage change in the level of social housing rents has been in each local authority in 2009. | | (277704) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 127
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much it cost to produce Visit Britain's framework review document. | | (277375) | 128
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the effect on UK companies of proposed changes to internet gambling legislation in France. | | (277470) | 129
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the UK's tourism balance of payments was for 2008-09; and what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on the equivalent figures for (a) France, (b) Spain and (c) the US in the same period. | | (277471) | 130
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North Wiltshire of 1 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1217-8W, on tourism, what estimates have been made for 2008-09; and how much funding each Department provided under each heading in each year. | | (277479) | 131
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects Ofcom to publish the remedies determined as a result of its investigation into the pay television market. | | (277438) | 132
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on choice of sports pay television providers. | | (277440) | 133
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is a comprehensive and efficient library service in (a) Wirral and (b) England. | | (277692) | 134
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277650) | 135
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277727) | 136
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the National Anti-Doping Organisation expects the governing authorities for football to have introduced anti-doping procedures compliant with its requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (277268) | 137
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what budget has been allocated to the National Anti-Doping Organisation in each year to 2012. | | (277269) | 138
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of progress towards a fully independent National Anti-Doping Organisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (277270) | 139
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in (a) his Department, excluding the Government Olympic Executive, (b) UK Sport and (c) Sport England are working on matters connected with the London 2012 Olympics. | | (277271) | 140
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277418) | 141
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many actions under employment law have been brought against the (a) Arts Council England, (b) Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, (c) Sport England, (d) UK Sport, (e) English Heritage, (f) Heritage Lottery Fund and (g) Big Lottery Fund in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many were contested at an employment tribunal. | | (277449) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 142
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any munitions containing white phosphorus manufactured in the UK have been used in theatres of operation involving UK armed forces in the last 10 years. | | (277076) | 143
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the EU (a) Concept for Special Operations and (b) Military Rapid Response concept. | | (277522) | 144
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) weapons and (b) rounds of ammunition for which (i) his Department has and (ii) the armed forces have responsibility have gone missing in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of the loss of such weapons and ammunition. | | (277523) | 145
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for helicopter procurement projects has been in each year since 2001. | | (277524) | 146
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for extension of service from members of the armed forces approaching retirement have been declined in each year since 2000. | | (277525) | 147
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have worked in field hospitals during each roulement of Operation (a) Telic and (b) Herrick; and how many and what proportion of such personnel were reservist medical personnel. | | (277526) | 148
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel in his Department are working on the (i) Multinational Space-based Imaging System and (ii) the European Defence Agency's Space Situational Awareness programme. | | (277633) | 149
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff of his Department carried out work on the 1998 Strategic Defence Review; which other Departments provided staff to carry out such work; what discussions his Department had with the governments of other countries during that review; how many days were taken to complete it; and how much was spent on it. | | (277636) | 150
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK nationals of each nationality are serving in each unit of the armed services. | | (277253) | 151
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK nationals of each nationality were serving in the armed forces in each of the last 10 years. | | (277254) | 152
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former Gurkha regulars are serving in the Territorial Army. | | (277255) | 153
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many emergency maintenance requests were made for properties occupied by service personnel and their families in each month since October 2007; and what the average time was for requested maintenance to take place. | | (277258) | 154
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that relevant advisory expertise from (a) his Department and (b) the armed forces is available in the event of an emergency occasioned by floods. | | (277448) | 155
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to adapt its activities to climate change in the last two years. | | (277646) | 156
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277726) | 157
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on veterans of closures of dedicated military hospitals and wards for veterans. | | (277370) | 158
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many mortgage interest payments were made by his Department to service personnel with second homes required for their work in each of the last 10 years; how much was paid for such purposes in each of those years; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (277708) | 159
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277411) | 160
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the post of Director General of Safety and Security in his Department is a full-time appointment. | | (277521) | 161
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will commence formal discussions with Plymouth City Council on the decommissioning of nuclear submarines at Devonport Royal Dockyard. | | (277287) | 162
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the public consultation on the decommissioning of nuclear submarines at Devonport Royal Dockyard to begin. | | (277288) | 163
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1170W, on armoured fighting vehicles, how many Panther Command and Liaison vehicles have been modified for deployment to operations in Afghanistan in the last 12 months. | | (277337) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 164
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who was invited to his Department's meeting on plutonium management at the Manchester Airport Hotel on 21 May 2009; who (a) accepted and (b) declined those invitations; what reasons were given by those who declined; how much was spent on that meeting; whether funding was made available to those attending the meeting for expenses incurred in attending; how many officials from his Department attended; how much was spent on their travel and accommodation; who facilitated the meeting; and whether external consultants were used to organise and conduct the meeting. | | (277332) | 165
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on energy prices of measures to implement commitments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. | | (277335) | 166
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to adapt its activities to climate change in the last two years. | | (277647) | 167
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department has made in its (a) survey and (b) review of (i) the resilience of and (ii) resilience plans developed by the (A) electricity, (B) gas and (C) oil sector in respect of flooding. | | (277655) | 168
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277725) | 169
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 12 February 2009, on energy companies. | | (277103) | 170
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 72W, on the Mines Rescue Service: finance, what recent consideration the Coal Forum has given to the proposal for the Government to serve as guarantor of the financial bonds the European Commission requires from the Mines Rescue Service Limited for it to participate in the research programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel; and if he will make a statement. | | (277361) | 171
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his latest estimate is of the average monthly fuel bill for a (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedroom, (c) three bedroom and (d) four or more bedroom property. | | (277703) | 172
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons Nuclear Management Partners and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority decided to close the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) at Sellafield; what plans his Department has for the imported spent irradiated fuel awaiting reprocessing at THORP; and if he will make a statement. | | (277658) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 173
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pig farms he has visited in his official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (277334) | 174
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made. | | (277358) | 175
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vacancies there were for (a) flood risk engineers, (b) flood risk planners, (c) flood risk project managers and (d) other flood risk management posts in the Environment Agency in each region on 1 April in each of the last five years; and for how long each such post has been vacant. | | (277360) | 176
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the first meeting of the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change to take place. | | (277394) | 177
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of (a) high risk and (b) other flood defence systems have been at target condition in each of the last five years. | | (277396) | 178
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) target completion date and (b) actual completion date was for each major flood defence project since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (277397) | 179
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) pre-construction budget and (b) outturn cost of each major flood defence project has been since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (277398) | 180
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent to local authorities in December 2008 on flood risk and the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Pitt report on flooding. | | (277400) | 181
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of buildings in high flood-risk areas which are not flood-resistant or resilient. | | (277401) | 182
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of hospital buildings in high flood-risk areas; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of such buildings which are flood-resistant or resilient. | | (277402) | 183
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the results of the first bidding round for the property-level flood protection grants scheme. | | (277404) | 184
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the outcomes of the research conducted by his Department into the effects of the paving of back gardens on levels of flood risk. | | (277405) | 185
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which local authorities are encouraging households and businesses to take up property flood resistance and resilience measures. | | (277441) | 186
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities which have (a) collated and (b) mapped their main flood risk management and drainage assets. | | (277442) | 187
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of mutual aid agreements established by local authorities following the recommendations of the Pitt report on flooding. | | (277444) | 188
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish (a) the national register of flood rescue assets and (b) a list of assets which must be purchased before the winter of 2009-10. | | (277445) | 189
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which emergency reponse organisations have enhanced their training and flood rescue capability following the floods in summer 2007. | | (277446) | 190
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made in mapping large reservoirs. | | (277651) | 191
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reservoirs have been mapped since December 2008. | | (277652) | 192
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency has made towards the objective of providing inundation maps to local resilience forums by the end of 2009. | | (277653) | 193
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance in facilitating information sharing in respect of flooding between responders through local resilience forums. | | (277654) | 194
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in formulating guidance for regulators to encourage those building critical infrastructure to incorporate high levels of resilience to flooding; and when he expects such guidance to be published. | | (277656) | 195
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in increasing flood resilience at sites of critical infrastructure. | | (277657) | 196
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in the establishment of a natural hazard team. | | (277709) | 197
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277724) | 198
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277412) | 199
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2009, Official Report, column 1057W, on floods: property development, which local planning authorities granted planning permission against an Environment Agency objection in each of the years for which information was provided in the Answer. | | (277264) | 200
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of anticipated changes to charges to households from the transfer of private drains and sewers in England and Wales to the ownership of the statutory water and sewerage companies from 2011. | | (277364) | 201
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to inoculate badgers in Devon against tuberculosis. | | (277478) | 202
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time taken to process an abstraction licence application for hydropower schemes was in each of the last four years. | | (277436) | 203
| Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many ships and boats have been (a) owned, (b) leased and (c) hired by or on behalf of (i) the Marine and Fisheries Agency, (ii) the Environment Agency, (iii) Natural England, (iv) the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, (v) the Sea Fisheries Committees and (vi) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in each of the last three financial years; how many operational days each of those vessels has spent at sea at each agency's expense in that period; and what expenditure each agency incurred on purchasing, leasing and hiring such vessels in each such year. | | (277262) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 204
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on holding independent war crimes investigations of the actions of the Sri Lankan military. | | (277250) | 205
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Iran on the seven Ba'hai leaders who have been under arrest in Iran for the last 12 months. | | (276939) | 206
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with their counterparts in (i) the United States, (ii) France, (iii) Israel, (iv) Lebanon, (v) Canada, (vi) Syria and (vii) Iran on Government policy on Hezbollah; and what views were expressed by each of those governments. | | (277372) | 207
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts (a) his Department and (b) HM Ambassador to Lebanon plan to have with members of Hezbollah's political wing. | | (277373) | 208
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts the Government has had with Hezbollah's political wing since its recent change of policy on contacts with that organisation. | | (277374) | 209
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations from the government of Nepal on proposals to grant residency rights to Gurkha soldiers who have served in the armed forces. | | (277431) | 210
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Sudan. | | (277432) | 211
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the arrest by the Egyptian authorities of 49 people allegedly linked to a cell assigned by Hezbollah for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks in Egypt. | | (277496) | 212
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he has and (b) his officials have had with the Egyptian government on the recent arrest of 49 people allegedly linked to a cell assigned by Hezbollah. | | (277497) | 213
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the detention by Egyptian authorities of an Hezbollah operative allegedly attempting to provide logistical and military assistance to Gaza-based militants. | | (277506) | 214
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commissioner for External Relations on the agenda for the EU-Israel Association Council meeting on 15 June 2009. | | (277694) | 215
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what specific areas of co-operation the European Commission has proposed for discussion at the EU-Israel Association Council meeting on 15 June 2009. | | (277695) | 216
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of people (a) killed and (b) wounded during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (277205) | 217
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of (a) UK-based and (b) non-UK-based journalists expelled from Sri Lanka during the recent conflict; and if he will make a statement. | | (277206) | 218
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the expansion of settlements in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement. | | (277207) | 219
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on levels of smuggling into Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (277208) | 220
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on attempts by Hamas to re-arm in the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement. | | (277209) | 221
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on (a) recent activity in Pakistan's nuclear programme and (b) construction of facilities at (i) the Dera Ghazi Khan Nuclear Site and (ii) the Institute of Science and Technology; and what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on Pakistan's nuclear programme. | | (277210) | 222
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2009, Official Report, columns 922-3W, on Somalia: armed conflict, what reports he has received on the countries of origin of foreign fighters entering Somalia; and if he will make a statement. | | (277225) | 223
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1199-200W, on Sudan: overseas aid, how many international aid organisations have been permitted to return to Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (277227) | 224
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 172W, on Iran: sanctions, what his policy is on the length of time Iran will be given to respond in a positive way before further steps are taken. | | (277228) | 225
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2009, Official Report, column 1071W, on peacekeeping operations, how many UK civilian secondees there have been to each conflict prevention and peacekeeping operation in each country in 2008-09; and what the role of each was. | | (277229) | 226
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the capacity of UN officials to access registers containing details of the internally displaced in camps in northern Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (277231) | 227
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on independent investigation of allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka. | | (277285) | 228
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the detention of Dr S. T. Rajah, T. Sathiyamoorthy and V Shanmugarajah in Sri Lanka; and if he will make representations on their detention to his Sri Lankan counterpart. | | (277486) | 229
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 271012, tabled on 21 April 2009, on the Shia Personal Status Law in Afghanistan. | | (277487) | 230
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 61, paragraph 15.6 of the 2009 Value for Money Update, which activities (a) in the UK and (b) overseas have been designated as lower priority activities; and what estimate his Department has made of the savings to be made in respect of each such activity by 2010-11. | | (277489) | 231
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in ASEAN countries on the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi; and if he will make a statement. | | (276675) | 232
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review the decision to explore contacts with Hezbollah's political wing after the Lebanese election on 7 June 2009. | | (277217) | 233
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria will be used in deciding which members of Hezbollah's political wing officials should meet. | | (277218) | 234
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to meet his Swedish counterpart in advance of Sweden's presidency of the European Union to discuss Sweden's priorities for its presidency. | | (277327) | 235
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277723) | 236
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1146W, on conflict prevention, what the original planned total allocation for conflict prevention was for (a) South Asia, including Afghanistan, (b) Africa, (c) Europe and (d) the Middle East under the annual tri-departmental review for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (277340) | 237
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the accuracy of recent reports that Ethiopian troops have entered Somalia; and whether he has discussed such reports with the Ethiopian government. | | (277427) | 238
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has met the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Democratic Republic of Congo to discuss the indictment of Bosco Ntaganda by the International Criminal Court in the last six months. | | (277428) | 239
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will withdraw his Department's objection to the publication of Sir Jeremy Greenstock's proposed book on Iraq. | | (277710) | 240
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277413) | 241
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on proposals to add the judges, court officials and police involved in the recent trial of Aung San Suu Kyi to the list of members of the Burmese regime whose assets within the EU are frozen and who are banned from travel to the EU; and if he will make a statement. | | (277406) | 242
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Japanese counterpart on the arrest and trial of Aung San Suu Kyi. | | (277407) | 243
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which preparatory bodies the General Affairs and External Relations Council has asked to review proposals to reinforce existing restrictive measures on Burma; what role the UK has played in the process; and when the review is expected to be completed. | | (277408) | 244
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals for further discussions with Asian countries on Burma have been made at EU level; what steps the UK is taking in this regard; and if he will make a statement. | | (277409) | 245
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the stationing of Iranian forces at the port of Assab in Eritrea; and if he will make a statement. | | (277410) | 246
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the proposal for a UN special envoy to Sri Lanka. | | (277430) | 247
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent statements by the Russian government on the potential for future conflict over resources in the Arctic; and if he will make a statement. | | (277289) | 248
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of allegations that intelligence services in the UK are supplying intelligence to Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean; and if he will make a statement. | | (277003) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 249
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to establish a national register for people diagnosed with coeliac disease as a means of monitoring the management of the condition in the NHS. | | (276909) | 250
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to set a deadline for the commissioning of NHS services to achieve compliance with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guidelines; and if he will make a statement. | | (277382) | 251
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase levels of public confidence in National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guidelines; and if he will make a statement. | | (277383) | 252
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken in response to the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy of June 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (277384) | 253
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish a report on progress on implementation of the 2005 national service framework for long-term conditions. | | (277385) | 254
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided to external organisations to raise awareness of and provide patient support for those diagnosed with (a) breast cancer, (b) leukaemia, (c) cervical cancer and (d) prostate cancer in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (277299) | 255
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in (a) Forest of Dean constituency and (b) Gloucestershire who (i) have a visual impairment and (ii) are registered blind. | | (277224) | 256
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (277670) | 257
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the Heatwave Plan for England 2009 have been produced; and what the cost of production, printing and distribution of the document was. | | (277707) | 258
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of recent changes to Tier One immigration rules for highly skilled migrants on numbers of applications to postgraduate medical training posts; and if he will make a statement. | | (277380) | 259
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of recent changes to Tiers One and Two of the immigration rules on medical workforce planning; and if he will make a statement. | | (277381) | 260
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on distribution to households of information leaflets on swine influenza to date; when he expects national distribution to be complete; and if he will make a statement. | | (277246) | 261
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to adapt its activities to climate change in the last two years. | | (277638) | 262
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277722) | 263
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the needs of (a) children and (b) adults receiving long-term ventilation (i) in hospital, (ii) in their own homes, (iii) in residential care and (iv) elsewhere. | | (277480) | 264
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training in the care of people with headaches and migraine disorders is available to (a) GPs and (b) other medical staff. | | (277211) | 265
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on drugs for the relief of headache disorders and migraine. | | (277212) | 266
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to NHS hospital trusts on the rules and conventions that apply to clinical attachments; and if he will make a statement. | | (277295) | 267
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what priority is accorded to pathogen inactivation for blood products by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs; and if he will make a statement. | | (277378) | 268
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have (a) died and (b) contracted sepsis as a result of receiving bacterially contaminated transfused blood products in the last five years. | | (277379) | 269
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277414) | 270
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on the implementation of the NHS Redress Act 2006. | | (277214) | 271
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether consultation has begun on details of the NHS Redress Scheme. | | (277215) | 272
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to bring forward proposals for secondary legislation to introduce the NHS Redress Scheme. | | (277216) | 273
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Plymouth Primary Care Trust's budget was spent in Plympton and Plymstock in the last 12 months. | | (277293) | 274
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to develop a national public awareness campaign on dementia since the publication of the National Dementia Strategy in February 2009. | | (277331) | 275
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is issued to primary care trusts on conducting value for money assessments of their contracts with companies running independent sector treatment centres. | | (277333) | 276
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions there have been between his Department and representatives of trades unions and NHS staff on the Transforming Community Services programme. | | (277660) | 277
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place for primary care trusts to consult (a) trades union representatives and (b) NHS staff on the Transforming Community Services programme. | | (277661) | 278
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Co-operation and Competition Panel in promoting co-operation between healthcare providers. | | (277663) | 279
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on levels of staff retention of the transfer of NHS community services staff to third sector providers as part of the Transforming Community Services programme. | | (277664) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 280
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the letter of 14 January 2009 from the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency to the hon. Member for Wellingborough regarding Mr Nicholas Mazordze, what steps were taken to resolve the case within 14 days of the date of that letter; and with reference to the letter of 5 May 2009 from the Minister of State to the hon. Member for Wellingborough also regarding Mr Mazordze, what steps were taken to resolve the case within two weeks of the date of that letter. | | (276938) | 281
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1204, what the evidential basis was for her statement that the hon. Member for Wellingborough was wrong about time police officers spend on the beat in Northamptonshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (277469) | 282
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had on (a) provision of and (b) funding for sexual assault referral centres. | | (277677) | 283
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had on provision of funding for sexual assault referral centres by local authorities. | | (277678) | 284
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of provision of sexual assault referral centres. | | (277679) | 285
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with charities and groups that work with victims of sexual crime on Government assistance for them. | | (277680) | 286
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Independent Police Complaints Commission has the power to investigate complaints about alleged unlawful conduct by serving police officers. | | (276910) | 287
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sustainable funding in the future for voluntary organisations working to assist women subject to domestic violence. | | (277492) | 288
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Department for Children, Schools and Families made to the preparation of her Department's consultation paper, Together we can end violence against women and children. | | (277681) | 289
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were received for sports visas in each of the last five years; and what percentage of each were approved in each such year. | | (277437) | 290
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which groups have been identified by the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit as domestic extremist campaigns or threats. | | (277687) | 291
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK nationals of each nationality who had served in the armed forces have acquired UK citizenship in each of the last 10 years. | | (277319) | 292
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the future of Oakington Immigration Reception Centre; and if she will make a statement. | | (277277) | 293
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 20 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S. Tygier. | | (277530) | 294
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under 18 years old have been prosecuted for fraud for possessing a faked or doctored form of identification in (a) Herefordshire, (b) the West Mercia Constabulary area and (c) the West Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (277693) | 295
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to adapt its activities to climate change in the last two years. | | (277639) | 296
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of her Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277721) | 297
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 156W, on community relations: internet, what material has been classified by her Department as unlawful under the Terrorism Act 2006 to date; and what routine discussions her Department has had with the European Commission on such classifications. | | (277308) | 298
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers her Department has to (a) order the closure of websites hosted in the UK which display material considered by her Department to be unlawful under the Terrorism Act 2006 and (b) to restrict the activities of owners of such sites. | | (277341) | 299
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's budget for cyber-security was for 2008-09. | | (277342) | 300
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the factual basis is for the Minister for Borders and Immigration's statement in his Answer on 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1192, on illegal immigrants, that the trend of removals is significantly up. | | (277069) | 301
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days the Poppy project has had beds which were not being used in the last 12 months. | | (277691) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 302
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will place in the Library a copy of internal notes made at its meetings between 3 July 2008 and 1 April 2009 relating to hon. Members' expenses and the resolutions of the House of 3 July 2008. | | (276857) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 303
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what criteria will be used by the Learning and Skills Council for the allocation of funding of adult education colleges to be announced on 3 June 2009. | | (277697) | 304
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277645) | 305
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277720) | 306
| Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many ships and boats have been (a) owned, (b) leased and (c) hired by or on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in each of the last three financial years; how many operational days each of those vessels has spent at sea at the NERC's expense; and how much the NERC spent on purchasing, hiring and leasing such vessels in each such year. | | (277261) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 307
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department plans to take to assist refugees in the (a) northern and (b) eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. | | (276855) | 308
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to seek to ensure the stability of the political situation in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. | | (276856) | 309
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which UN humanitarian aid can be delivered to Gaza without hindrance. | | (277226) | 310
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of Sri Lankans in camps for the internally displaced; what estimate he has made of the number of such camps hosting such people; and what reports he has received on the access of UN officials to such camps. | | (277230) | 311
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Sri Lanka on (a) freedom of movement of individuals in the camps for those internally displaced as a result of the recent conflict and (b) plans to return such people to their home areas. | | (277252) | 312
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Jones of Cheltenham of 11 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA159, on the Department for International Development: Comprehensive Spending Review, and with reference to page 40 paragraph 10.7 of the April 2009 Value for Money Update, what amount of value for money savings has been made by his Department as a result of sharing offices with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in each country where such office-sharing arrangements exist. | | (277684) | 313
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department provided for (a) Morocco, (b) Algeria, (c) Tunisia, (d) Libya, (e) Egypt and (f) Mauritania in 2008-09. | | (277377) | 314
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (277330) | 315
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277644) | 316
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277719) | 317
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of (a) his Department, (b) international agencies and (c) non-governmental organisations to provide aid to refugees in north west Pakistan in the current security situation. | | (277454) | 318
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals currently displaced in north west Pakistan; and in which locations displaced persons have assembled. | | (277455) | 319
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian assistance his Department is providing to civilians in (a) the Swat Valley and (b) north west Pakistan. | | (277456) | 320
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in (a) the Swat Valley and (b) north west Pakistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (277484) | 321
N | Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to support the establishment of a new UN agency for women in his Department's forthcoming White Paper. | | (277351) | 322
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of not building an airport on St Helena on the island's population. | | (277520) | 323
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277419) | 324
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing (a) directly and (b) via non-governmental organisations to alleviate conditions of poverty in North Korea. | | (277290) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 325
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of each (a) prison and (b) young offender institution's budget was spent on management staff salaries in the last 12 months. | | (277297) | 326
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) probation officers and (b) probation service officers were employed by South Wales Probation Area on 31 March in each of the last five financial years. | | (277300) | 327
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) community and (b) custody caseload of South Wales Probation Area on 31 March was in each of the last five financial years. | | (277301) | 328
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were referred to Multi-Agency Public Protection Panels in South Wales Probation Area in each of the last five financial years. | | (277302) | 329
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in the South Wales Probation Area were categorised as Tier 4 in each of the last five financial years. | | (277303) | 330
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in jobs in the probation service in the South Wales Probation Area on service delivery. | | (277306) | 331
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of assessing bids for the construction contract for Beam Park West Prison. | | (277472) | 332
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average weekly number of vehicles which will require access to and from the Beam Park West site once the proposed prison is operating at capacity. | | (277473) | 333
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) meetings he has held with and (b) representations he has received from the Mayor of London on possible sites for new prisons within London. | | (277474) | 334
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of re-offending by young people between the ages of 10 and 17 years in the latest year for which information is available. | | (277435) | 335
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been awaiting trial in Canterbury Crown Court for (a) more than six months and (b) more than 12 months. | | (277338) | 336
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the length of time taken to bring cases to trial in (a) crown courts and (b) Canterbury Crown Court. | | (277339) | 337
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) infrastructural and physical and (b) security criteria are for buildings that are to be designated (i) category C and (ii) category D prisons. | | (277068) | 338
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date his Department's final decision to acquire the site of RAF Coltishall for conversion into a prison was taken; and on what date construction work for conversion of the buildings commenced. | | (277249) | 339
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) annualised capital and (b) annual revenue cost of each prisoner place at HM Prison Coltishall throughout its planned lifetime. | | (277274) | 340
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department will pay to (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) other freehold and leasehold owners of the land on which HM Prison Coltishall will be sited in each financial year in which payments will be made. | | (277275) | 341
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date his Department (a) decided to acquire, (b) acquired and (c) took unencumbered possession of RAF Coltishall; and on what date (i) construction on the site began and (ii) he expects the first prisoners to be received at HM Prison Coltishall. | | (277676) | 342
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places were provided in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date. | | (277256) | 343
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prisoners transferred from a prison in Northern Ireland to a prison in England and Wales have since been released under the end of custody licence scheme. | | (277284) | 344
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales have (a) applied for and (b) received student loans in each of the last 12 months. | | (277325) | 345
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders had their parole revoked in the latest year for which figures are available; and what the length of time between revocation and reception into prison was in each such case. | | (277278) | 346
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time between revocation of parole and reception into prison was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (277279) | 347
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time in custody served by offenders sentenced to two months' imprisonment was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (277280) | 348
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount received in discharge grants by offenders sentenced to two months' imprisonment was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (277281) | 349
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which local authorities the Information Commissioner has found to have breached the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 since 2000. | | (276854) | 350
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277643) | 351
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277718) | 352
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277415) | Questions to the Leader of the House 353
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Leader of the House, whether it is the Government's policy that hon. Members who are married to or in a civil partnership with a member of the House of Lords will be eligible for a second home allowance. | | (277699) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 354
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been undertaken of the performance of Access NI; and if he will make a statement. | | (277257) | 355
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated (a) numeracy and (b) literacy rate was among prisoners in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (277259) | 356
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision his Department has made for interpretation services for foreign national prisoners in 2008 and 2009 to date; and with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2008, Official Report, column 765W, on prisoners: foreigners, what expenditure his Department has incurred on the provision of such services in each month since January 2008. | | (277318) | 357
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding is being provided by his Department to the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities in 2009-10. | | (277320) | 358
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated cost of providing Irish translation services for Policing Board meetings is in the first 12 months in which such services will be required. | | (277321) | 359
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of criminal offences involving wildlife. | | (277322) | 360
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeowners in Northern Ireland who are in negative equity. | | (277323) | 361
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cash in transit robberies have taken place in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many of these involved (a) firearms and (b) imitation firearms. | | (277324) | 362
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277421) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 363
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people are employed by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA); what the staffing costs of the ODA were in the last 12 months; and how many ODA staff work on (a) project management, (b) legacy planning and (c) financial oversight. | | (277376) | 364
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much CLM have been paid since its appointment as an Olympic contractor; and how much it is expected to be paid over the duration of the contract. | | (277457) | 365
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many contracts have been granted to consultants in relation to London 2012 in each year since 2004; to whom the contract was granted in each case; what each project was; and how much each contract was worth. | | (277458) | 366
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many organisations at (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local level are receiving Olympic legacy funding; and how much has been disbursed at each level in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277477) | 367
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much the Government Olympic Executive spent on consultants in each year since 2005. | | (277101) | 368
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people have been employed by the Olympic Delivery Authority in each year since 2005; and how many have been engaged by the Authority on consultancy contracts in each such year. | | (277272) | 369
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what grants have been made from the £2.7 billion Olympic contingency fund; and of those which have been allocated to the (a) programme and (b) funded stream. | | (277516) | 370
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many actions under employment law have been brought against the Government Olympic Executive in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by the Government Olympic Executive at an employment tribunal. | | (277422) | Questions to the Prime Minister 371
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to extend the remit of the Review Body on Senior Salaries to enable it to advise public bodies other than those specified in its existing terms of reference. | | (277531) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 372
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277420) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 373
N | Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department paid in fees to Pender Coucher Associates for work in connection with the establishment of Network Rail in 2002. | | (277365) | 374
N | Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the fees paid by Network Rail to Coucher Pender Ltd between 2007 and 2009 was paid in salaries and bonuses to Iain Coucher and Victoria Pender. | | (277366) | 375
N | Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid by Network Rail to Coucher Pender Ltd, formerly Pender Coucher Associates, between 2002 and 2007. | | (277367) | 376
N | Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the fees paid to Coucher Pender Ltd, formerly Pender Coucher Associates, between 2002 and 2007 by Network Rail were paid in salaries and bonuses to Iain Coucher and Victoria Pender. | | (277368) | 377
N | Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid in fees by Network Rail to Coucher Pender Ltd, formerly Pender Coucher Associates, between April 2007 and April 2009. | | (277369) | 378
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how he plans to maximise the value to the Exchequer of the disposal of (a) High Speed 1, (b) Eurostar UK and (c) other property and remaining assets associated with London and Continental Railways Ltd. | | (277247) | 379
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the sale of Eurostar UK on the likely price which will be obtained for the sale of High Speed 1. | | (277248) | 380
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the risk posed to drivers from left-hand drive vehicles not fitted with headlamp beam adapters. | | (277266) | 381
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to encourage drivers of left-hand drive vehicles on UK roads to fit headlamp beam adapters. | | (277267) | 382
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter of 8 November 2008 he received from Colin Matthews of BAA on the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement. | | (277251) | 383
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff in his Department have received gifts valued at £100 or higher in the course of their duties in each of the last three years; what these gifts were; and from whom they were received. | | (277336) | 384
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on alcoholic beverages in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (277355) | 385
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the current business plan for the flexible benefits project; and what estimate he has made of the level of take-up required for the scheme to break even. | | (277685) | 386
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable he has set for the provision of total reward statements to (a) staff in his central Department and (b) other departmental staff. | | (277705) | 387
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether costs arising from systems modifications in his Department's Shared Service Centre to accommodate the workings of the flexible benefits project will be met from the flexible benefit projects budget. | | (277706) | 388
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on funding road improvement schemes administered by the Highways Agency. | | (277328) | 389
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277642) | 390
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277715) | 391
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to make a decision on the cases of people wrongly notified of speeding offences as a result of the malfunctioning of the speed camera on the A35 at Chideock following the expiry of the March 2009 deadline for an announcement. | | (277485) | 392
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many automatic penalties the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) issued for failure to submit a statutory off-road notification in each of the last five years; in how many of these cases the Agency had not sent a reminder to the registered keeper previously; and if he will make it his policy that (a) DVLA issue reminders for renewal of statutory off-road notifications in all circumstances and (b) automatic penalties are not issued by DVLA unless a renewal reminder has been sent. | | (277519) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 393
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what above-Barnett formula additions to the Block Grant for Wales for the EU share of funding for Objective 1 and convergence programmes respectively there were in each year since 1999-2000. | | (276974) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 394
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent representations she has received on the effects of age discrimination legislation on small and medium-sized enterprises. | | (277329) | 395
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many actions under employment law have been brought against the Government Equalities Office in each year since its establishment; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by the Government Equalities Office at an employment tribunal. | | (277425) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 396
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has (a) deducted maintenance payments or arrears from bank accounts without going through a court, (b) issued a liability order under section 32M of the Child Support Act 1991, (c) applied to a court for (i) a disqualification from holding or obtaining a passport and (ii) a curfew and (d) recovered arrears from a deceased person's estate. | | (277682) | 397
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what property containing personal information on members of the public has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (277674) | 398
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason women over 60 years old are not eligible to receive adult dependency increase in respect of a husband or civil partner under 65 years old. | | (277106) | 399
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) benefit delivery centres and (b) customer-facing jobcentres were operated by Jobcentre Plus in each London borough in each year since 2002. | | (277517) | 400
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people aged (a) over 50 years and (b) between 18 and 25 years in employment in (i) Tameside, (ii) Stockport and (iii) Greater Manchester. | | (277499) | 401
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed people aged over 50 years have been assisted back to work by his Department in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough and (c) Tameside Metropolitan Borough in each year since 1997. | | (277505) | 402
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners resident in Denton and Reddish constituency who have received a free bus pass and free eye test. | | (277713) | 403
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has allocated from (a) the £1.7 billion funding allocation announced in the Budget 2009 and (b) the £1.3 billion announced in the Pre-Budget report in November 2008 to Flexible New Deal; and if he will make a statement. | | (277071) | 404
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency plans his Department has in place for a commencement date for the Flexible New Deal after October 2009; what the latest date is upon which a decision to invoke such plans could be made in order to prevent disruption in service delivery; and if he will make a statement. | | (277072) | 405
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the preferred bidders for Flexible New Deal contracts have requested that the delivery timetable be changed to effect delivery start dates after October 2009. | | (277073) | 406
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on the New Deal programme of the time taken to announce the preferred bidders for Flexible New Deal contracts; and if he will make a statement. | | (277074) | 407
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many preferred bidders for Phase 1 Flexible New Deal contracts had been notified of the fact as at (a) 27 April, (b) 4 May, (c) 11 May and (d) 18 May 2009; and when he expects to notify the remaining preferred bidders. | | (277203) | 408
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the expected additional on-flows onto jobseeker's allowance owing to the (a) introduction of the employment and support allowance and (b) winding up of the income support scheme in each quarter in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (277220) | 409
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the independent review of Star Rating carried out for his Department by ATOS Consulting. | | (277221) | 410
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of (a) short-term job outcomes defined as 13 weeks of employment and (b) sustained job outcomes defined as 26 weeks employment likely to be achieved by flexible new deal providers for Phase 1 in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (277222) | 411
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Forest of Dean constituency and (b) Gloucestershire who receive disability living allowance gave a visual impairment as the primary reason for claiming that allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (277223) | 412
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what percentage of funding from the Future Jobs Fund has been allocated for jobs in culture, music and the creative industries. | | (277276) | 413
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in the last two years. | | (277640) | 414
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of his Department's potential gross (a) costs and (b) savings arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. | | (277717) | 415
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will have been claiming income-based jobseeker's allowance for (a) six months or more, (b) 12 months or more, (c) 18 months or more and (d) 24 months or more in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 on the basis of the assumptions about unemployment made in respect of the 2009 Budget. | | (277004) | 416
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide funding for the new organisation Change AGEnts for its work on behalf of older people. | | (277294) | 417
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal. | | (277424) | 418
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the changes to the support offered under the income support for mortgage interest scheme which came into effect in January 2009 are applicable to people who were claiming before that date; and if he will make a statement. | | (277690) | 419
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of Plymouth Jobcentre Plus office to meet the demand for its services. | | (277291) | 420
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for applicants for assistance to Plymouth Jobcentre Plus office (a) to be processed and (b) to receive benefit was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277292) | 421
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1209-10W, on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, whether he expects the necessary parliamentary processes required to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be completed by the end of June; and what his latest estimate is of the date by which the Convention will be ratified by the UK. | | (277346) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 422
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what spending on housing was as a percentage of Government spending in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (277666) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 423
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding each young offender institution (YOI) received from the Learning and Skills Council for the provision of education and training in the last 12 months; and how many hours per week education and training were provided on average in each YOI. | | [Transferred] (277298) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 424
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to implement the Afghan Public Protection Programme in Helmand province. | | [Transferred] (277634) | 425
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) size and (b) capability of the Afghan National Police. | | [Transferred] (277635) | 426
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) private security organisations, (b) national armed forces and other official organisations and (c) intergovernmental organisations which are providing training for the Afghan National Police; how many Afghan National Police officers in each force who have received such training from each such organisation; and how many British (i) military and (ii) civilian personnel work in each such organisation. | | [Transferred] (277711) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 427
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 9.09 of the UK's Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, published in March 2009, what the cost of the key deliverables in the Prevent Delivery Plan (a) has been in each year since 2003 and (b) is expected to be in 2009-10. | | [Transferred] (277359) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 428
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people under 18 years old in employment in (a) Tameside, (b) Stockport and (c) Greater Manchester. | | [Transferred] (277500) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 429
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals are to be appointed to the Parliamentary Standards Authority; by what process the appointments will be made; what criteria for appointment will apply; whether there is to be provision for their remuneration; and for what period such appointments would be made. | | [Transferred] (277698) |
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