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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 2 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 2 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 2 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 Tuesday 2 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 2 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 19W, on ammunition: exports, whether any of the transfers listed in the Government's annual and quarterly strategic export control reports since 1999 were for military devices containing white phosphorus. | | (277283) | 2
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many British businesses which (a) export and (b) do not export have entered into administration in each of the last 36 months. | | (277786) | 3
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many British businesses UK Trade and Investment have assisted in exporting for the first time in each of the last 36 months. | | (277787) | 4
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) have been based in each UKTI office in (a) Brazil, (b) Russia, (c) India and (d) China in each year since 2003. | | (277788) | 5
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions of the Fire and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988. | | (277854) | 6
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses in (a) Crosby and (b) Sefton have entered into administration in the last 12 months. | | (277735) | 7
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 19 April 2009 from the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes on his constituent, Mr Robert Bluffield. | | (277857) | 8
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will publish his Department's replies to the European Communications Commissioner's letters of 30 June 2008, 6 October 2008 and January 2009 on Phorm. | | (277775) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 9
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that debt collection work contracted out by HM Revenue and Customs is undertaken only by registered bailiffs. | | (277770) | 10
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what categories of information on creditors are provided to debt collectors working on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs; and what procedures are in place to ensure the security of personal data relating to individuals in such circumstances. | | (277771) | 11
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rights of entry debt collectors acting on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs have. | | (277772) | 12
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses his Department received to its consultation on regulation of the sale and rent back market; and by what date he expects to determine steps to be taken as a result of that consultation. | | (277767) | 13
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to increase the level of consumer protection in the sale and rent back market. | | (277768) | 14
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects a new framework for the regulation of the sale and rent back market to be implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (277769) | 15
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the remit of the Financial Sevices Authority to regulate sale and rent back agreements. | | (277815) | 16
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable he has set for the completion of the review of the Met Office by Gerry Grimstone; and if he will make a statement. | | (277712) | 17
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs offices were open to receive post on Saturday 31 January 2009. | | (277779) | 18
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to enable hon. Members to submit tax returns online. | | (277780) | 19
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the tax department of HM Revenue and Customs uses auditable systems to record the date on which correspondence is received. | | (277781) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 20
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will estimate the number and proportion of the early years childcare workforce without a level 3 or higher qualification; and if he will make a statement. | | (277819) | 21
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many registered (a) childcare providers and (b) childminders there were in each local authority area in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (277820) | 22
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents in (a) Crosby and (b) England have appeared in court on charges related to the unauthorised absence of their child from school in the last (i) six, (ii) 12 and (iii) 24 months. | | (277733) | 23
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding will be provided to (a) the Association for Physical Education and (b) other sports professionals for continued professional development under his Department's PE and Sport Strategy for young people in the period 2008-11. | | (277789) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils achieved five GCSEs at grade A* to B in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (277899) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 25
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will consider the merits of instructing Government departments to use budget hotel accommodation for the purposes of overnight stays on official business by Ministers and civil servants. | | (277901) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 26
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of rates of adoption of domestic smoke alarms between 1988 and 2000 on the rates of death from domestic fires in that period. | | (277783) | 27
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic fires involving (a) pushchairs and (b) car seats suitable for infants from birth to six months old have been reported in each year since 1980. | | (277785) | 28
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what actuarial assumptions are to be used in the actuarial valuations of the (a) Firefighters Pension Scheme and (b) New Firefighters Pension Scheme. | | (277914) | 29
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many port operators have opted for the fast-track review of their business rate assessment offered by her Department; how many such reviews have been completed to date; and how long on average it has taken to complete such reviews to date. | | (277773) | 30
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to publish each quarter a report of (a) the number and percentage of port operators required to pay business rates retrospectively that have made payments, (b) the number of port operators that have not paid retrospective business rates and (c) the number of port operators that have ceased trading in the preceding quarter. | | (277774) | 31
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) lofts and (b) cavities were insulated through the Decent Homes programme in each of the last three years. | | (277823) | 32
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of domestic properties in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England were vacant in each of the last five years. | | (277776) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 33
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on a timetable for the completion of its investigation into the pay television market; and when he expects Ofcom to publish a third consultation outlining potential remedies to structural problems identified in the market. | | (277834) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 34
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable has been set for reaching the target personnel establishment for the (a) Territorial Army and (b) reserve forces. | | (277907) | 35
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the new (a) 4x4 Supacat Jackal 2 patrol vehicles and (b) 6x6 Coyote tactical support variant vehicles to be delivered to the Army. | | (277908) | 36
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take in respect of funding for the UK special forces in advance of the implementation of the rebalancing strategy for the armed forces. | | (277909) | 37
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to provide for counter-sniper systems similar to those used by US forces in Iraq to be used by British armed forces. | | (277910) | 38
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the GR4 to replace the Harrier GR9/9A in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (277911) | 39
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the expenditure of £100 million to design a new missile compartment for the Vanguard replacement submarine announced in 2009 was included in the cost figures for the new submarine provided in the 2006 Defence White Paper. | | (277759) | 40
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to take the main gate decision for the Maritime Airborne Surveillance system; and what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the system. | | (277760) | 41
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the estimate in the 2006 Defence White Paper that running costs of the proposed future deterrent would represent five to six per cent. of the defence budget included the costs of (a) conventional forces supporting the deterrent and (b) decommissioning replacement submarines. | | (277761) | 42
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department incurred on (a) leasing and (b) maintaining white fleet vehicles in the latest period for which figures are available; for what purposes his Department leases such vehicles; how many (i) civilians and (ii) service personnel have used his Department's white fleet vehicles in the latest period for which figures are available; and for what purposes in each case. | | (277762) | 43
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people under the age of (a) 26, (b) 31, (c) 36 and (d) 41 years and resident in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK have been recruited to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service in the last five years. | | (277790) | 44
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people resident in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been recruited to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service in the last five years. | | (277791) | 45
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department has incurred in administering its bonus scheme for staff in each financial year since 2005-06. | | (277913) | 46
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a health and safety impact assessment has been conducted on the proposed programme of redundancies at the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency. | | (277902) | 47
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement Ministers from his Department have had in the development of proposals to make posts redundant at the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency. | | (277903) | 48
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the proposed programme of redundancies at the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency. | | (277904) | 49
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many redundancies are planned at the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency; and at which sites such redundancies are planned. | | (277905) | 50
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the proposed programme of redundancies at the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency on the defence supply chain; and if he will make a statement. | | (277906) | 51
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will suspend the planned programme of redundancies at the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency for the period of the suspension of the Chief Operating Officer and the Financial Director. | | (277912) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 52
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what risk descriptions are listed in the carbon capture and storage demonstration procurement project risk register. | | (277732) | 53
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which Government departments contributed to the carbon capture and storage demonstration procurement project risk register. | | (277738) | 54
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the minimum requirement of net electricity output will be from carbon capture and storage demonstration plants under the demonstration project. | | (277740) | 55
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what level of (a) inherent and (b) residual risk has been assigned to each risk in the risk register for the carbon capture and storage demonstration project; and what steps (i) have been taken and (ii) are planned to be taken to mitigate each risk. | | (277757) | 56
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of the project to construct wind turbines in the South Downs National Park. | | (277792) | 57
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department employed in determining award of the contract for the construction of wind turbines in the South Downs National Park. | | (277793) | 58
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the wind turbines in the South Downs National Park near East Meon were (a) planned and (b) offered out to tender; and which companies tendered for the project. | | (277794) | 59
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with the management of Vesta plants in Southampton and the Isle of Wight on proposals for the building of wind turbines in the South Downs National Park. | | (277795) | 60
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the balance of the Scottish fossil fuel levy account was on 31 March 2009. | | (277347) | 61
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the draw-down and utilisation of the fund for the promotion of energy use from renewable sources. | | (277348) | 62
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) lofts and (b) cavities were insulated through the Warm Front programme in each of the last three years. | | (277822) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 63
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a national deposit and return scheme for drinks containers. | | (277808) | 64
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce smoking-related litter. | | (277809) | 65
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date in 2010 he expects Waterways for Tomorrow to be published; and for what reasons the document is not to be published in 2009. | | (277811) | 66
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure (a) British Waterways and (b) the Environment Agency has made on the maintenance and development of navigational infrastructure in the last five years; and how many such structures owned by each organisation are classified as at risk. | | (277812) | 67
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish the minutes of the Inter-departmental Group on Waterways. | | (277813) | 68
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has allocated to (a) British Waterways and (b) the Environment Agency as grant-in-aid for 2010-11. | | (277814) | 69
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many schools in each local authority area provided milk to children under the (a) EU School Milk Subsidy and (b) the national top-up scheme in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277851) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 70
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials from the British Embassy in Beijing next plan to visit Tibet. | | (277858) | 71
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the flag vehicles his Department has procured for official use (a) in the UK and (b) at diplomatic posts overseas were not made in Britain. | | (277349) | 72
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of statements by Hezbollah's leadership that the group will never recognise Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (277763) | 73
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of domestic legislation which was enacted as a consequence of obligations arising from EU legislation in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277764) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 74
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to facilitate the provision by primary care trusts of single sex wards in psychiatric units; and if he will make a statement. | | (277852) | 75
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the suitability of the use of (a) pushchairs and (b) car seats of categories 0 and 0+ as domestic seating for infants. | | (277784) | 76
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department incurred on the NHS Appointments Service in the last 12 months; and how many people were employed by the service at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (277782) | 77
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practising optometrists have been trained to identify (a) low vision conditions and (b) early stage vision deterioration. | | (277898) | 78
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients with suspected epilepsy who died between first presentation and first appointment with a specialist in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277765) | 79
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the extent to which the NHS is achieving compliance with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on the waiting time for a specialist consultation for those suspected of having epilepsy. | | (277766) | 80
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's guidance note of May 2008, Long Term Neurological Conditions - A Good Practice Guide to the Development of the Multidisciplinary Team and the Value of the Specialist Nurse, on the number of epilepsy specialist nurses in the NHS. | | (277821) | 81
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect the prohibition on smoking in public places has had on the incidence of littering. | | (277810) | 82
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research into lyme disease his Department plans for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (277817) | 83
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he made of the number of empty beds in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high security mental health hospitals on each day in the last 12 months. | | (277818) | 84
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurseries and (b) other day care facilities participate in his Department's Welfare Food Scheme by offering free milk to children of less than five years of age. | | (277850) | 85
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the use of branded generics in nicotine replacement therapy. | | (277830) | 86
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure the NHS incurred on nicotine replacement therapy products in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (277831) | 87
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost per pupil immunised of BCG vaccination was in the period immediately before the universal vaccination programme was ended; and if he will make a statement. | | (277832) | 88
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the Steele Review of NHS dentistry in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (277855) | 89
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Steele Review of NHS dentistry in England; and from which budgetary allocation the funds for the review are drawn. | | (277856) | 90
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of primary care trusts participated in the National Lung Cancer Audit for 2007; and what steps his Department has taken to encourage primary care trusts to participate in the National Lung Cancer Audit for 2008. | | (277741) | 91
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts did not submit data to the National Lung Cancer Audit for 2007. | | (277742) | 92
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lung cancer patients the NHS had in 2007; and how many of these were aged (a) under 50, (b) between 50 and 59, (c) between 60 and 69 (d) between 70 and 79 and (d) 80 or more years old. | | (277824) | 93
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of lung cancer patients who do not have access to a specialist thoracic surgeon. | | (277825) | 94
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist thoracic surgeons were employed by the NHS at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (277826) | 95
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lung cancer patients in each (a) cancer network and (b) strategic health authority area received (i) surgical resection, (ii) chemotherapy, (iii) radiotherapy and (iv) any active anti-cancer treatment in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (277827) | 96
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of lung cancer patients are being treated by a (a) cardio-thoracic and (b) specialist thoracic surgeon in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (277828) | 97
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of lung cancer patients who had a surgical resection were treated by a (a) cardio-thoracic and (b) specialist thoracic surgeon in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277829) | 98
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) terms of reference have and (b) timetable has been set for the review of innovation in the NHS led by Professor Kennedy. | | (277836) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 99
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what files her Department holds on (a) the War Crimes Bill of (i) 1989-90 Session and (ii) 1990-91 Session and (b) the War Crimes Act 1991; and if she will make a statement. | | (277835) | 100
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent crimes were committed against those aged 60 years and over in (a) Crosby constituency and (b) England in each of the last 10 years. | | (277730) | 101
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been (a) imposed and (b) breached in each police force area in the East of England in each year since such orders were introduced. | | (277777) | 102
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has a visa facilitation agreement. | | (277743) | 103
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which British diplomatic posts (a) have and (b) do not have biometric identification facilities. | | (277753) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 104
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people commenced level 2 apprenticeships in (a) Crosby, (b) Sefton and (c) Merseyside in each of the last five years. | | (277734) | 105
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of postgraduate students studying (a) science, (b) technology, (c) engineering and (d) mathematics subjects took their first degree in the UK in (i) the period 1979 to 1984 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (277816) | 106
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the US/UK study group on US/UK higher education links. | | (277842) | 107
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funding his Department has made available in 2009-10 for Palestinian academics wishing to study in the UK. | | (277843) | 108
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has allocated to the new internship scheme as referred to in his Department's press release of 13 May 2009. | | (277844) | 109
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Higher Education Funding Council for England on financial penalties for higher education institutions that over-recruit for the 2009-10 academic year; and when information on such penalties will be provided to higher education institutions. | | (277845) | 110
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many part-time first degree entrants there have been at (a) the Open University and (b) other higher education institutions in each year since 2002-03. | | (277846) | 111
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the capacity of (a) the Skills Funding Agency, (b) the Young People's Learning Agency and (c) local authorities to continue the system for prioritising further education capital projects once they take on functions of the Learning and Skills Council. | | (277847) | 112
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he expects the Forward Framework on Higher Education to be published. | | (277848) | 113
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of those who applied to study full-time at a higher education institution for a first degree came from a household with gross annual income of (a) £25,000 or under, (b) between £25,001 and £50,020 and (c) higher than £50,020 in 2009-10. | | (277849) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 114
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to reply to Question 263970 on departmental recruitment tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 11 March 2009. | | (277754) | 115
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2009, Official Report, column 1378, on departmental manpower, what expenditure his Department incurred (a) in total and (b) on the procurement of laptop computers under the Laptop Refresh project; how many laptops were procured under the project; by what means redundant laptops were disposed of under the project; for what reasons new laptops were required; how old on average were the laptops disposed of under the project; what the (i) brand and (ii) specification was of laptops purchased under the project; what the terms of reference for the project were; and if he will publish the project documentation supplied by the project manager. | | (277755) | 116
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2009, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Nile Basin documentary film produced by Wild Dog Ltd with funding from his Department. | | (277756) | 117
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of maternal mortality in the developing world. | | (277737) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 118
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce the re-adjusted funding formula for the Probation Service. | | (277745) | 119
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-adjusted funding formula is for the distribution of probation area budgets. | | (277746) | 120
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that trainee probation officers due to qualify in September 2009 are offered jobs in the Probation Service. | | (277747) | 121
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Youth Justice Board allocated to programmes aimed at reducing re-offending in each year since 1999. | | (277796) | 122
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many under 18 year olds have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for (i) sexual offences, (ii) robbery, (iii) criminal damage, (iv) drug offences and (v) violent offences in each year since 1999. | | (277797) | 123
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has allocated to the Youth Justice Board for preventative programmes in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (277798) | 124
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of recruitment of Directors of Offender Management in the National Offender Management Service has been to date. | | (277799) | 125
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all the vacancies in the National Offender Management Service for Directors of Offender Management have been filled. | | (277800) | 126
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the National Offender Management Service of employing each of its Directors of Offender Management in 2009-10. | | (277801) | 127
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure his Department has incurred on the National Offender Management Service in each year since the service was established. | | (277802) | 128
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Service has spent on staff salaries in each financial year since its establishment. | | (277803) | 129
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Scheme spent on consultants in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (277804) | 130
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much time the National Offender Management Service spent recording ethnic monitoring data in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. | | (277805) | 131
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure his Department and its predecessor incurred on the Probation Service in each year since 2000. | | (277806) | 132
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offender managers were in post in the Prison Service in each of the last three years. | | (277807) | 133
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the number of trainee probation officers who will qualify in 2009 and (b) the number of jobs available to newly qualified probation officers in 2009. | | (277837) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 134
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are applied by the museum at the Police Service of Northern Ireland headquarters on whether to accept donations of (a) Royal Ulster Constabulary and (b) B Specials memorabilia. | | (277739) | 135
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) regular police officers and (b) reservists of each rank served in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (277748) | 136
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which offences by prison service staff constitute gross misconduct warranting termination of employment. | | (277749) | 137
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prison officers have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed on grounds of gross misconduct in each of the last three years; and for what reasons in each case. | | (277750) | 138
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which organisations are represented on the North Down Community Safety Partnership; which organisations received funding from the partnership in each of the last three years; and how much each received. | | (277751) | 139
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what publications Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland has made in the last five financial years; how much each publication cost; and to whom they were distributed. | | (277752) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 140
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions her Office has had with the Local Government Association on the East of England's (a) participation in and (b) legacy from the London 2012 Olympics. | | (277778) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 141
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to appoint a special director for Network Rail. | | (277841) | 142
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the report of the capsize of the tug, Bourbon Dolphin. | | (277758) | 143
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with c2c on the timetable for negotiations on its train operator franchise; and if he will make a statement. | | (276819) | 144
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) punctuality and (b) adequacy of the capacity of the c2c Fenchurch Street service; and if he will make a statement. | | (276820) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 145
| Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners formerly resident overseas have returned to live in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (277744) | 146
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of benefits wrongly claimed by UK nationals resident abroad in each of the last five years. | | (277838) | 147
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was reclaimed from UK nationals resident abroad for benefits wrongly claimed in each of the last five years. | | (277839) | 148
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the administrative costs of reclaiming benefits wrongly claimed by UK nationals resident abroad were in each of the last five years. | | (277840) | 149
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability impact assessments there have been under provider-led Pathways to Work arrangements in respect of persons with a mental health condition in the last 12 months. | | (277736) | 150
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that (a) his Department and (b) contractors comply with relevant provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 in processing benefit claims from those with a mental health condition. | | (277833) | 151
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments have been made as a result of temperatures reported by each weather station in each year since such payments were first made; and which weather stations cover each constituency. | | (277853) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 152
N | Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to allow community groups to use empty properties. | | [Question Unstarred] (277612) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 153
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-conviction rate for offenders resident in (a) Crosby, (b) Sefton and (c) Merseyside was in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (277731) |
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