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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 8 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 8 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 8 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 8 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 8 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278741) | 2
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278742) | 3
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many companies offered high-speed broadband services to households in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (278579) | 4
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much funding his Department has allocated for expansion of high-speed broadband usage in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England since 1997. | | (278580) | 5
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department has taken to ensure competition among high-speed broadband providers in Mid Bedfordshire. | | (278581) | 6
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many households in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England had access to high-speed broadband services in each year since 1997. | | (278608) | 7
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in rural areas receive the same access to high speed broadband as their urban counterparts. | | (278698) | 8
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the likelihood of every home in Britain having access to 2MB broadband by 2012. | | (278699) | 9
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many applications had been made for assistance under the automotive assistance programme on the latest date for which figures are available; how many payments had been made under the programme on the latest date for which figures are available; and how much had been paid under the scheme on that date. | | (278603) | 10
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received from (a) representative business organisations and (b) individual businesses on the availability of trade credit insurance; and if he will make a statement. | | (278604) | 11
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the car scrappage scheme applies to mobility-supplied vehicles which are over 10 years old. | | (278838) | 12
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278818) | 13
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether new trading connections have been made between British and Palestinian businesses since the Palestine Trade and Investment Forum in December; and what steps his Department has taken to assist Palestinian produce in the British market. | | (278685) | 14
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made in promoting and facilitating bilateral trade and investment in the Palestinian Territories since the launch of the Palestine-Britain Business Council in December 2008. | | (278686) | 15
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department is providing to the Palestine-Britain Business Council in 2009-10. | | (278687) | 16
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what related party transactions were declared by each board member of each of the regional development agencies in the last three years. | | (278540) | 17
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding (a) his Department and (b) each regional development agency has given to (i) the Centre for Constructing Excellence and (ii) each regional centre for constructing excellence since its inception. | | (278541) | 18
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which organisations have provided media monitoring services to (a) each of the regional development agencies and (b) the national secretariat to the agencies in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of her Department's contract with each such organisation. | | (278598) | 19
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what timetable the Office of Fair Trading has set for its review of local newspapers. | | (278599) | 20
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 530W, on regional development agencies: finance, how much each agency spent on regeneration programmes as a percentage of its total expenditure in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (278614) | 21
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the East of England Development Agency has spent on retaining external advice on public relations in each year since it was established; which public relations organisations were retained; and for what purposes in each case. | | (278714) | 22
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effects of Bank of England interest rates on levels of manufacturing output in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278852) | 23
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what arrangements Postcomm has made to commission quality of service surveys concerning queuing times in post office branches. | | (278538) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 24
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278733) | 25
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278734) | 26
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 796W, on Members: correspondence, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 2 February 2009 on his constituent Dr Paul Carslake; and what the reason is for the time taken to reply. | | (278621) | 27
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct the Financial Services Authority to publish the results of its stress testing of UK banks; and if he will make a statement. | | (278569) | 28
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets have been set in respect of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to process applications for tax refunds; and what the average time taken to process such applications was in each year since 2005. | | (278807) | 29
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from value added tax on sun protection products in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08. | | (278797) | 30
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish in full each submission his Department has received on Budget 2009. | | (278173) | 31
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Financial Services Authority (a) granted and (b) withdrew authorisation for GFX Capital Markets under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. | | (278474) | 32
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what due diligence the Financial Services Authority undertook on Terry Freeman, also known as Terry Sparks, to ensure that he met its fit and proper test for approved persons. | | (278475) | 33
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278828) | 34
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations his Department has pursued into non-domiciled status cases in each of the last five years. | | (278500) | 35
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for non-domiciled status for tax purposes have been (a) granted and (b) refused in each of the last five years. | | (278501) | 36
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department uses to determine when to investigate alleged tax fraud cases concerning (a) non-domiciled status and (b) other matters. | | (278502) | 37
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 413W, on the Lenders' Panel, on which dates the panel has met since its creation; and which members attended each meeting. | | (278595) | 38
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken research into the effectiveness of track and trace technology used in other countries for tobacco products. | | (278647) | 39
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether tobacco companies are responsible for passing on track and trace information on their own products to his Department. | | (278648) | 40
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tobacco products sold in the UK in 2008-09 were monitored by HM Revenue and Customs by using track and trace technology. | | (278700) | 41
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requests for assistance he has received from the Isle of Man government relating to compensation of account holders with Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man). | | (278764) | 42
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date he next expects public sector debt to come below 40 per cent. of gross domestic product. | | (278482) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 43
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278751) | 44
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many officials in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278752) | 45
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated towards increasing parental engagement in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England schools in each year since 1997. | | (278567) | 46
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated towards the development of internet or e-based learning in schools in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England schools in each year since 1997. | | (278568) | 47
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to employing more teachers for schools in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England schools in each year since 1997. | | (278576) | 48
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to reducing class sizes in schools in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England schools in each year since 1997. | | (278582) | 49
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department and its predecessors have allocated for the encouragement of physical exercise in schools in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (278860) | 50
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what effect the implementation of Tier 4 of the points-based system for immigration has had on applications from abroad to UK independent schools. | | (278676) | 51
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the (a) Key Stage 2 and (b) Key Stage 3 Standard Assessment Tests results for 2009 to be published. | | (278862) | 52
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many additional markers the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has recruited to assist in the marking of (a) Key Stage 2 and (b) Key Stage 3 Standard Assessment Tests in 2009. | | (278863) | 53
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Young London Matters Agenda launched by the Government Office for London in 2006. | | (278692) | 54
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on progress made in marking the 2009 national standard assessment tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (278601) | 55
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects 2009 national standard assessment test results to be available to schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (278602) | 56
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department has paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278834) | 57
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to extend eligibility for the education maintenance allowance in the 2009-10 financial year to children from households with a projected annual income of less than £30,810; and if he will make a statement. | | (278806) | 58
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of those enrolled in an entry to employment programme have received the maximum education maintenance allowance in each month since June 2008. | | (278854) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 59
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent representations his Department has received from specialist voluntary sector organisations dealing with violence against women on the future funding of that sector. | | (278804) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 60
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many notifications her Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278753) | 61
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278754) | 62
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes classified as energy-efficient have been built in (a) West Chelmsford constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England in the last five years. | | (278398) | 63
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, columns 512-14W, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the number of long-term empty dwellings in Merseyside. | | (278596) | 64
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Transition Towns Movement; and whether her Department has undertaken research into transition towns. | | (278800) | 65
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department allocated for parks in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (278590) | 66
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many parks are receiving funding from her Department in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in 2009-10. | | (278592) | 67
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to encourage the development of more allotments; what guidance she has provided to local authorities on this issue; and what research her Department has undertaken into the potential contribution of allotments to local food chains and sustainable community agriculture. | | (278464) | 68
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether under the business rates deferral scheme local authorities will be required to issue a business with a rebate in cases where that business had already paid more than 40 per cent. of its 2009-10 rates liability at the time the deferral scheme became operational. | | (278390) | 69
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether under the business rates deferral scheme a business will be able to defer (a) a maximum of 60 per cent. of its 2009-10 business rate liability and (b) 60 per cent. of the amount of liability that remains unpaid at the time the deferral scheme became operational. | | (278391) | 70
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Offficial Report, column 203W, on non-domestic rates, whether the full funding by her Department of costs incurred by local authorities in administering the business rates deferral scheme is taken into account in the 2009-10 budget for her Department, as outlined in Table C11 on page 241 of the 2009 Budget Red Book. | | (278419) | 71
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 202W, on the Local Government Finance Act 1988, how many weeks after the coming into force of regulations implementing the business rates deferral scheme she expects local authorities to take to (a) inform businesses of the deferral option, (b) process requests for deferrals and (c) begin issuing rates bills that incorporate any requested deferral. | | (278420) | 72
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Offficial Report, column 202W, on the Local Government Finance Act 1988, what recent guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the time between coming into force of regulations in respect of the business rate deferral scheme and the issuing to businesses of revised bills. | | (278421) | 73
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was allocated through the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund to each regional Government office in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (278690) | 74
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which projects received funding from each regional Government office through the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (278691) | 75
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the operating budget was of each regional Government office for (a) salaries, (b) accommodation, (c) non-salary expenditure and (d) non-cash expenditure in each year from 2001-02 to 2008-09. | | (278695) | 76
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each regional Government office in each year from 2001-02 to 2008-09. | | (278696) | 77
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff at the Government Office for London in each year from 2001-02 to 2008-09. | | (278697) | 78
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the effect on businesses of self-certification of fire risk assessments under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. | | (278837) | 79
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of Part 8 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 on the maintenance of high hedges; and if she will make a statement. | | (278483) | 80
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of invoices her Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (278822) | 81
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to begin its publication of statistics on take-up of the Homeowners Mortgage Support scheme. | | (278280) | 82
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding (a) her Department, (b) the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessor bodies and (c) the Tenant Services Authority has provided in respect of the Rent to Homebuy scheme since its inception. | | (278281) | 83
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when (a) HSBC, (b) Barclays, (c) Alliance and Leicester, (d) Abbey and (e) Nationwide began to offer comparable arrangements to the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme to their customers. | | (278282) | 84
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when (a) the Bank of Ireland, (b) GE Money, (c) GMAC, (d) Kensington Mortgages, (e) the Post Office and (f) Standard Life Bank began to offer customers assistance under the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme. | | (278283) | 85
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority allocated for its Housing Revenue Account for (a) maintenance, (b) management, (c) Decent Homes, (d) major repairs, (e) arms' length management organisations, (f) private sector renewal and (g) subsidy payments in each of the last five years. | | (278607) | 86
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities operate choice-based housing allocation schemes. | | (278674) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 87
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278729) | 88
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278730) | 89
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide funding for young people to participate in (a) cultural and (b) sporting programmes in Coventry. | | (278466) | 90
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many veterans have received funding under the Heroes Return 2 scheme. | | (278307) | 91
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equality on the likely effects of the provisions of the Equality Bill on the commissioning, content and broadcast of television and radio programmes. | | (278198) | 92
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in developing the community sports legacy from the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement. | | (278309) | 93
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278824) | 94
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Football Association and (b) the Premier League on the funding of the Football Foundation; and what financial commitments to the Foundation have been agreed for each year to 2012. | | (278552) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which government office regions have established regional beacons for creative industries. | | (278539) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what timetable has been established for action on the recommendations of the Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel in respect of the shortfall between local authority costs and income. | | (278670) | 97
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1003W, on the community pubs inquiry report, when he expects the Government's response to the community pubs inquiry report to be published. | | (278711) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 98
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the British Nuclear Test Veterans' Association request for recognition for nuclear test veterans; and when he expects to make a decision on that request. | | (278761) | 99
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278747) | 100
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278748) | 101
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009 to the right hon. Member for Fife North East, Official Report, columns 48-9W, on white phosphorus, in which theatres of operation UK forces have used white phosphorus in the last 10 years; and whether his Department has taken steps to establish the long-term health effects of such usage on people exposed to the munitions. | | (278712) | 102
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding had been allocated to veterans under the Heroes Return 2 scheme on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (278308) | 103
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of paying pensions at an equivalent level for UK service people to (a) Commonwealth soldiers and (b) soldiers of other nationalities who served in the British armed forces between 1947 and 2004. | | (278716) | 104
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the recommendations contained in the National Audit Office report on the Risk of Fraud in Defence Procurement, Session 1994-5, HC 258, have been (a) fully and (b) partially implemented. | | (278799) | 105
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 273046, on Somali piracy, tabled on 29 April 2009. | | (278570) | 106
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the repair work to the UK vessel occasioned by the collision between French and British ballistic missile submarines will be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (278040) | 107
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which principal Royal Navy ships are currently deployed with at least one helicopter on board. | | (278041) | 108
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons classified documents relating to Royal Navy submarines were erroneously delivered to a metal armaments company in Swadlincote; and if he will make a statement. | | (278042) | 109
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether each of the boats in the Astute submarine programme are on target to enter service on their scheduled dates. | | (278043) | 110
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of UK military equipment formerly deployed to Iraq is intended to be (a) redeployed to Afghanistan and (b) gifted to the Iraqi armed forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (278044) | 111
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to standardise the data gathered in records of discharge from the armed forces. | | (278835) | 112
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission further research on (a) the incidence of suicide among former service personnel and (b) the merits of psychological autopsies in cases of suicide among such pesonnel. | | (278836) | 113
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of research commissioned by his Department on the incidence of suicide amongst former service personnel. | | (278846) | 114
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1277-8W, on ex-servicemen: mental health, what support his Department has provided for the community mental health pilot projects for veterans; and if he will make a statement. | | (278848) | 115
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many systems to investigate and provide compensation for civilian casualties of International Security Assistance Force operations are in place in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (278767) | 116
N | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of (a) purchasing and (b) installing the interim fencing at Kenley Airfield is. | | (278585) | 117
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278827) | 118
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel received overpayments in their pension provision in each of the last 10 years; for what reasons the overpayments were made; what the reasons were for the time taken to identify the error in making payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (278242) | 119
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the framework for the research to be commissioned on the prevalence of certain conditions among the children of nuclear test veterans; and to what extent related research conducted in other countries will be drawn upon in compiling that framework. | | (278766) | 120
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of the outcome of legal proceedings in the United States against L-3 Communications Corporation; if he will assess the effect on his Department's policies on (a) security and (b) ethical procurement of its contract with L-3 Communications Corporation to examine the replacement of the Nimrod R-1 fleet; and if he will make a statement. | | (278808) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 121
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps are being taken to include emissions of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide from aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | | (278649) | 122
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278725) | 123
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278726) | 124
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many grant applications were received by the Low Carbon Buildings programme in respect of (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) other public buildings in (i) West Chelmsford constituency, (ii) Essex and (iii) England in each year since the inception of the programme. | | (278396) | 125
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many grants have been made through the Low Carbon Buildings programme to (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) other public buildings in (i) West Chelmsford constituency, (ii) Essex and (iii) England in each year since the inception of the programme. | | (278397) | 126
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage take up of environmentally-friendly means of transportation in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (278843) | 127
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated towards the development of environmental education initiatives in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (278844) | 128
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated to promoting take up of solar panel usage in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (278845) | 129
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated to the encouragement of usage of light emitting diode variety light bulbs in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (278849) | 130
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated to the encouragement of usage of compact fluorescent lamp variety light bulbs in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (278850) | 131
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department have allocated for the encouragement of wind power usage in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (278861) | 132
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the volume of domestic fuel oil consumed by households in Lancashire between 1 November and 31 March in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the implementation of the National Energy Efficiency Saving Plan on such volumes. | | (278577) | 133
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in rural areas of Ribble Valley constituency have received assistance from his Department and its predecessors to meet or reduce fuel and heating costs in each of the last five years. | | (278578) | 134
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to reduce levels of fuel poverty in (a) the North West and (b) Lancashire. | | (278680) | 135
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what trends in energy prices he forecasts for the forthcoming winter; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of those trends on fuel poverty levels in (a) the North West and (b) the UK. | | (278681) | 136
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent from the public purse on the generation of energy from (a) oil, (b) gas, (c) coal, (d) nuclear sources and (e) renewable sources in each year since 1990. | | (278253) | 137
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources of energy in each EU member state in (a) 2008 and (b) 1999. | | (278254) | 138
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department has paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278833) | 139
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of implications for his Department's policies of the definition of zero-carbon used in proposed new buildings standards approved by the European Parliament. | | (278279) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 140
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278743) | 141
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278744) | 142
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what World Environment Day 2009 events his Department supported; at which events his Department was represented; and what steps his Department took to promote World Environment Day 2009. | | (278801) | 143
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated for the support of dairy farmers in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (278588) | 144
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated for the preservation of trees in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (278589) | 145
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to reducing water consumption in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (278847) | 146
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the likely effects of underwater seismic surveying using seismic cannons on shellfish and other commercial fish stocks. | | (278235) | 147
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the Government Office for London's performance in implementing the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative. | | (278694) | 148
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse of the Common Agricultural Policy integrated administration and control system was in each of the last five years. | | (278673) | 149
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many direct payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme have been reduced by (a) five per cent. and less and (b) 20 per cent. or more in (i) England, (ii) Essex and (iii) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years. | | (278675) | 150
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the funding required by the National Bee Unit from his Department to maintain its programme of research into honey bee health at 2008-09 levels in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (278853) | 151
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on rat prevalence and the frequency of refuse collection from multiple occupation properties in the last three years. | | (278763) | 152
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on trends in resistance to poisons in the rat population. | | (278765) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 153
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures govern the receipt by his Department's envoys of funding for their activities from (a) non-governmental agencies and (b) foreign governments. | | (278473) | 154
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278735) | 155
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278736) | 156
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department next plans to assess the (a) political and (b) human rights situation in Tibet. | | (278479) | 157
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance in encouraging Hezbollah to renounce violence and play a constructive, democratic and peaceful role in Lebanon and the wider region. | | (278683) | 158
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU3+3 on Iran's nuclear programme; what reports he has received on the number of centrifuges in Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (278684) | 159
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made at the UN Conference on Disarmament on the negotiation of a treaty prohibiting the production of fissionable materials for nuclear weapons. | | (278600) | 160
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Government's decision to explore contacts with the political wing of Hezbollah on Hezbollah's (a) actions, (b) policies and (c) structure. | | (278662) | 161
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the behaviour of British tourists in Goa. | | (278606) | 162
N | Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of India on the likely effect of the planned Tipaimukh Dam on the Bangladeshi environment. | | (278268) | 163
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of (a) short-term and (b) long-term observers the UK will provide for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights election observation mission to the Albanian parliamentary elections. | | (278795) | 164
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to send election observers to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights election observation missions in (a) Bulgaria and (b) Kyrgyzstan. | | (278796) | 165
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which luxury goods may not be exported to North Korea under the terms of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006). | | (278631) | 166
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on steps to disrupt and dismantle pirate bases on the Somali coast; and if he will make a statement. | | (278632) | 167
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many North Korean officials are subject to a travel ban and assets freeze under the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006). | | (278635) | 168
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many financial contractors and consultants were engaged by his Department's Finance Directorate in the financial year 2007-08; in what capacity each was retained; and what the cost to his Department of their services was. | | (278644) | 169
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 14 of the National Audit Office's report on the financial management of his Department, HC 289, what arrangements his Department has made with HM Treasury to carry forward unspent funds into future years through the system of end year flexibility; and whether there have been any changes to these arrangements in the last two financial years. | | (278646) | 170
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter dated 9 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S. Hussain. | | (278839) | 171
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Israeli, (b) Egyptian and (c) Palestinian counterparts on the commitment of the Government together with the US, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark to implement measures to prevent arms smuggling from Iran into the Gaza Strip. | | (278470) | 172
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on his undertaking together with Italy, Germany and France, to provide naval resources to stop the flow of weapons from Iran into the Gaza Strip. | | (278471) | 173
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operations of provincial reconstruction teams in Afghanistan which are beyond their military remit; and if he will make a statement. | | (278642) | 174
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278830) | 175
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement. | | (278639) | 176
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to Lieutenant General Keith Dayton in training Palestinian security forces in the West Bank. | | (278640) | 177
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Palestinian Authority security forces in creating stability in Nablus, Jenin and Hebron. | | (278688) | 178
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on alleged sales of military equipment to the Sri Lankan government since 2006 by the UK and other EU countries in contravention of the 1998 EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports; and if he will make a statement. | | (278682) | 179
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects negotiations with the Crown Estates Commissioners on his Department's lease on 1 Carlton Gardens to be completed. | | (278715) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 180
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278739) | 181
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278740) | 182
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the mean salary of an NHS (a) health visitor, (b) Family Nurse Partnership nurse, (c) midwife and (d) paediatrician in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278478) | 183
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1223W, on health professions: registration, on what date each profession referred to in the Answer (a) was registered or (b) is planned to be registered; and if he will make a statement. | | (278623) | 184
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for treatment for patients diagnosed with myasthenia gravis was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278666) | 185
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve services for (a) cancer, (b) accident and emergency, (c) paediatric and (d) geriatric patients in Coventry. | | (278802) | 186
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve health services for victims of sexual crimes in Coventry. | | (278803) | 187
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each primary care trust has spent per capita of the population it serves on the provision of NHS dental services in each of the last five years. | | (278422) | 188
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dedicated in-patient beds for mental health patients there are in each NHS primary care trust area in England. | | (278423) | 189
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to increase levels of public awareness of skin cancer. | | (278798) | 190
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice on Lyme disease his Department has received from the National Expert Panel on New and Emerging Infections; and at what date such advice was received. | | (278708) | 191
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice on Lyme disease his Department has received from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens; and at what date such advice was received. | | (278709) | 192
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many memory clinics for dementia sufferers have been established (a) in England and (b) in Gloucestershire in each of the last five years. | | (278172) | 193
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1078-9W, on liver diseases: health services, what methodology will be used by the National Quality Board for decisions about clinical priorities on health services for liver disease. | | (278669) | 194
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated at Class 1 accident and emergency units in each of the last 10 years. | | (278678) | 195
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies have been contracted to provide services for the NHS Innovation Expo event; which services will be provided under each contract; and what the value of each contract is. | | (278484) | 196
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he expects the NHS Innovation Expo event to cost; and from the budgets of which NHS organisations funds will be drawn for that event. | | (278485) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each strategic health authority area were admitted to hospital with (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of alcohol-related disease in each year from 1997-98 to 2007-08. | | (278486) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much bad debt has cost NHS foundation trusts in each year since 2004-05. | | (278487) | 199
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the TFR3 and PFR3 financial returns submitted to his Department, how much (a) primary care trusts and (b) other NHS trusts have spent on (i) administrative and clerical staff, (ii) remuneration of chairmen and non-executive directors, (iii) laundry and cleaning equipment, (iv) postage, (v) telephones, (vi) advertising, (vii) electricity, (viii) gas, (ix) other fuel including oil and coal, (x) business rates, (xi) rent, (xii) remuneration of auditors, (xiii) external contract staffing and consultancy services and (xiv) contract hotel services including cleaning and catering contracts in each year since 2003-04. | | (278488) | 200
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department are paid an annual salary of more than £100,000. | | (278489) | 201
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely effects of an influenza pandemic on demand for intensive care beds; and whether he has made an estimate of the number of such beds likely to be required for the purposes of treating influenza patients during such a pandemic. | | (278490) | 202
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are used to allocate funding for intensive care beds. | | (278491) | 203
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to hospitals to assist them in determining the optimum number of intensive care beds. | | (278492) | 204
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients received treatment in intensive care units in 2008. | | (278493) | 205
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS organisations he has visited in the last three months. | | (278494) | 206
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 107-08W, on hospital wards, how much funding had been allocated to each project in each strategic health authority on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (278495) | 207
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 106-8W, on hospital wards, which hospitals had been visited by improvement teams on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the objectives were of each improvement visit. | | (278496) | 208
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people he expects to attend the NHS Innovation Expo event. | | (278622) | 209
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2009, Official Report, column 581W, on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, if he will place in the Library a copy of the version of the report sent to his Department on 20 February 2009 by the Healthcare Commission; and on what dates less complete versions were sent to his officials. | | (278713) | 210
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which organisations he has discussed the draft National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guidelines for psychotherapy treatments of depression. | | (278573) | 211
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman will be limited to the investigation of maladministration or service failure in his consideration of complaints which would previously have been subject to review by the Healthcare Commission. | | (278611) | 212
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of practice (a) visits and (b) inspections carried out by the NHS Dental Reference Service in 2008. | | (278855) | 213
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of primary care trusts which store unencrypted personal data on (a) laptop computers, (b) memory sticks and (c) other portable media devices; and if he will make a statement. | | (278856) | 214
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that NHS organisations comply with the recommendations of the Cabinet Office report on Data Handling in Procedures in Government. | | (278857) | 215
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that data held by NHS organisations on portable devices is securely (a) stored, (b) used and (c) destroyed. | | (278858) | 216
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of primary care trusts which have a dental practice adviser. | | (278859) | 217
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278826) | 218
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's impact assessments in measuring inequalities in (a) gender, (b) social, (c) geographical and (d) ethnic groups in relation to cardiovascular and kidney disease and diabetes. | | (278591) | 219
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Human Tissue Authority to publish its report on human tissue legislation and the regulation of tissue-based research. | | (278006) | 220
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts include on surgery consent forms an option for patients to consent to the storage and use of their tissue for research purposes. | | (278007) | 221
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the project to build a new hospital on the Southmead Hospital site; how much will be paid to the preferred contractor in advance of the commencement of construction work; and if he will make a statement. | | (278269) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 222
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to expedite the processing of the application by Cambridge Law School in Blaydon constituency for registration as a sponsor of international students. | | (278774) | 223
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the PentiP computer system to be delivered; and what recent estimate she has made of the cost of delivering and implementing the system. | | (278617) | 224
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 359W, on DNA: databases, how many children aged under 10 years have had DNA samples taken with the consent of a parent or guardian in the last 12 months; and for how long on average such samples were retained. | | (278668) | 225
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifications her Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278719) | 226
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278720) | 227
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 269301, tabled on 1 April 2009, on implementation of recommendations of the Home Affairs Committee relating to migration. | | (278593) | 228
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 269160, tabled on 1 April 2009, on tourist visas. | | (278605) | 229
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) former Gurkha soldiers and (b) dependants of such soldiers eligible for residency in the UK following the recent change in policy, broken down by period of service during (a) 1947 to 1952, (b) 1953 to 1958, (c) 1959 to 1964, (d) 1965 to 1969, (e) 1970 to 1974, (f) 1975 to 1979, (g) 1980 to 1984, (h) 1985 to 1989, (i) 1990 to 1994, (j) 1995 to 1999 and (k) 2000 to 2004. | | (278660) | 230
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to expedite the issuing of visas for schoolchildren from overseas who wish to attend independent schools in the UK from September 2009. | | (278677) | 231
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the colleges that withdrew of their own volition from the new UK Border Agency register process currently sponsor visas for foreign students. | | (278542) | 232
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of coaches entering the UK will be required to have all their passengers disembarked for immigration checks under the e-borders system; and if she will make a statement. | | (278543) | 233
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts her Department has with educational accreditation bodies. | | (278544) | 234
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to educational accreditation bodies in each of the last five years. | | (278545) | 235
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who represents her Department on the Joint Education Taskforce; and what their role on the taskforce is. | | (278546) | 236
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what services the International Organization for Migration is contracted to provide to her Department. | | (278547) | 237
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the United Nations on its new humanitarian centre at Calais; and if she will make a statement. | | (278548) | 238
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Gurkha legacy cases had been concluded by 31 May 2009. | | (278549) | 239
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants entered the UK under Tier 2 of the points-based system in 2008. | | (278550) | 240
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants entered the UK under Tier 1 of the points-based system in 2008. | | (278551) | 241
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 154W, on deportation: private sector, with which three operators the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has contracts; and how much UKBA spent on those contracts in 2008. | | (278597) | 242
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many liaison officers are employed by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency; and what their average annual salary is. | | (278705) | 243
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many airport liaison officers are employed by the UK Border Agency; and what their average annual salary is. | | (278706) | 244
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency and its predecessor bodies paid in staff bonuses over (a) £10,000, (b) £50,000 and (c) £100,000 in 2008. | | (278707) | 245
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter dated 7 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Yewande Augustina Adeleke. | | (278840) | 246
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate funding for specialist voluntary sector organisations dealing with violence against women. | | (278805) | 247
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Department for Work and Pensions has made towards her Department's consultation on Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls. | | (278672) | 248
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 30W, on departmental ICT, when she expects all of her Department's IT systems to be fully compliant with ISO 27001 under the new standard set by the data handling report published in June 2008. | | (278612) | 249
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of invoices her Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (278820) | 250
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Border Agency plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 29 April 2009 on a constituent, references M1100646 and B14708/9. | | (278497) | 251
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Border Agency plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 29 April 2009 on a constituent, reference B14712/9. | | (278498) | 252
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the likely operation of the e-borders system in respect of UK nationals who hold dual nationality. | | (278759) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 253
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what records the Commission holds on the (a) number of and (b) cost to the public purse of overseas visits made by hon. Members as part of delegations of (i) the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and (ii) the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union since the start of the 2008-09 financial year. | | (278667) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 254
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of establishing a space agency for the UK; and what estimate he has made of (a) the likely cost and (b) the number of staff that would be required for the functioning of such an agency. | | (278671) | 255
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278731) | 256
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278732) | 257
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he plans to answer Question 269161, tabled on 1 April 2009, on fees received from foreign students taught in higher education institutions. | | (278594) | 258
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278823) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 259
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278745) | 260
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278746) | 261
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what analysis his Department has carried out on the potential effect on levels of (a) remittances, (b) resettlement and (c) development aid for Nepal if all former Gurkha soldiers and their dependants were granted equality with UK equivalents. | | (278661) | 262
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consideration the Government has given to further measures to deliver aid to the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma following Cyclone Nargis. | | (278260) | 263
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has received requests from the Zimbabwean government for financial support; and what the Government's policy on such support is. | | (278633) | 264
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of the level of the budget deficit of the Zimbabwean government in the current financial year; and what recent discussions he has had with the Zimbabwean government on its financial position. | | (278634) | 265
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was allocated to the United Nations Development Programme by his Department for use in Afghanistan in each of the last five years; and what criteria there were for the allocation of such funds. | | (278561) | 266
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of his Department's aid programme for Afghanistan is planned to be channelled through (a) the Afghan national government, (b) Afghan regional governments, (c) Afghan non-governmental organisations, (d) international non-governmental organisations and (e) provincial reconstruction teams in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (278643) | 267
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answers of 5 June 2008, Official Report, column 1131W, on overseas aid, and 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 265W, on sub-Saharan Africa: malaria, for what reasons data on the levels of demand for bed nets are no longer available by country. | | (278613) | 268
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which businesses in Gaza have been awarded grants through the Facility for New Market Development; and what assessment he has made of the merits of expanding the scheme. | | (278637) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 269
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of drivers received a ban from driving for drink-driving in each year since 1997. | | (278626) | 270
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of drivers have had at least one ban from driving due to drink-driving. | | (278627) | 271
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of a driving ban for drink-driving was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (278628) | 272
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has paid Ernst and Young to carry out research into family advocacy services in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278481) | 273
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278737) | 274
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278738) | 275
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the data sharing implications of Phorm. | | (278480) | 276
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges and (b) prosecutions there have been under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 of retailers suspected of selling tobacco to those aged under 18 years. | | (278284) | 277
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 80-1W, on prison accommodation, if he will publish (a) the original list of sites provided by the Ministry of Defence in 2006, (b) the refined list produced by the National Offender Management Service and (c) a list of the sites which were subsequently visited and assessed in further detail. | | (278255) | 278
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells are not in use in each (a) prison for adult males, (b) prison for adult females, (c) young offender institution for males and (d) young offender institution for females; and for what reasons the cells are not in use in each such institution. | | (278394) | 279
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many disused military sites have been acquired and converted into category (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and (d) D prisons in each of the last 30 years. | | (278638) | 280
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult male sentenced prisoners are held in category (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and (d) D prisons in England and Wales. | | (278701) | 281
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average prison population as a proportion of the in-use certified normal accommodation in category (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and (d) D prisons in England and Wales was on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (278702) | 282
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners had been reassessed and recategorised into a different security level to that of their current prison on 1 March 2009 and were awaiting transfer and unable to be moved; and for how long each had been awaiting transfer. | | (278703) | 283
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is provided for first line managers in the National Offender Management Service. | | (278557) | 284
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many first line managers in the National Offender Management Service have been offered appropriate training; and how many and what proportion of first line managers in the National Offender Management Service have undertaken this training. | | (278558) | 285
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans for further training the National Offender Management Service has for first line management. | | (278559) | 286
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Service spent on consultants in financial year 2008-09; and how much was spent on consultants specifically for training and development purposes. | | (278560) | 287
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effect of London Resettlement Forum projects on re-offending rates in London. | | (278693) | 288
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were referred to multi-agency public protection panels in the Probation Service in each of the last five financial years. | | (278616) | 289
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders under Probation Service supervision were categorised as Tier 4 in each of the last five financial years. | | (278618) | 290
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were charged with each category of violent offence whilst under supervision by the Probation Service in each of the last five years. | | (278619) | 291
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many arrest warrants issued in respect of breaches of the terms of community sentences are outstanding; and if he will make a statement. | | (278620) | 292
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many warrants in respect of breach of community orders have been outstanding for (a) less than 12 months, (b) between 12 months and two years, (c) between two and three years, (d) between three and four years, (e) between four and five years and (f) five years or more. | | (278663) | 293
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many years experience a probation officer is required to have before being assigned to a violent offender. | | (278664) | 294
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last three years. | | (278665) | 295
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what definition is used by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) of a (a) removal from association and (b) restrictive physical intervention in (i) the juvenile secure estate as a whole, (ii) secure children's homes, (iii) secure training centres and (iv) young offender institutions; what guidance the YJB provides on the interpretation of that definition; and if he will make a statement. | | (278472) | 296
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) qualified probation officers and (b) probation service officers have been employed by West Midlands Probation Service on 31 March in each year since 2004. | | (276911) | 297
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total (a) community and (b) custody caseload has been of West Midlands Probation Service on 31 March in each year since 2004. | | (276912) | 298
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the budget of West Midlands Probation Service has been spent on management and administration in each year since 2004-05. | | (276913) | 299
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278819) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 300
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278721) | 301
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278722) | 302
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278829) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 303
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what progress has been made by the Government Office for London in its corporate plan aim to develop and implement resilience plans to ensure the safety of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (278689) | 304
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics white water canoe event at River Lee Country Park. | | (278311) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 305
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278755) | 306
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department has paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278831) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 307
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will seek to secure from the Intergovernmental Commission a reduction in charges levied for train traffic through the Channel Tunnel. | | (278399) | 308
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what agenda items were discussed at the most recent meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission; and on what dates the Commission has met in the last 12 months. | | (278400) | 309
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the likely cost of works to Reading station; and how much of this cost will result from the payment of compensation to train operating companies. | | (278401) | 310
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions attributable to the liberalisation of aviation within the EU in (a) the UK and (b) the EU since 1993. | | (278402) | 311
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the public sector comparator figure is for the M25 design, build, finance and operate widening project. | | (278571) | 312
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many victims of hit-and-run incidents have (a) claimed and (b) obtained compensation from the Motor Insurers Bureau in each year since 1997. | | (278572) | 313
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what year he estimates his Department's proportion of funding for Crossrail will be fully drawn down. | | (278574) | 314
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding will be provided for Highways Agency major road schemes in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and what such schemes will be funded in each of those years. | | (278575) | 315
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date each cost increase for the M25 design, build, finance and operate widening project was approved by Ministers. | | (278624) | 316
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change was made to the cost-benefit ratio for the M25 design, build, finance and operate widening project following each increase in the cost of the project. | | (278625) | 317
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many route miles of bus service were provided in England in each year since 1997. | | (278629) | 318
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) average cost to a passenger of a single bus journey and (b) average length of a bus journey in miles in each year since 1997. | | (278630) | 319
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety implications of possible failures of the Global Positioning System. | | (278636) | 320
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cheadle of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 399W, on railways: mobility, for what reasons his Department has not advertised to promote rail services generically in support of the Government's climate change and social exclusion objectives. | | (278645) | 321
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many candidates of each sex and age group (a) took and (b) passed the motorcycle driving test in each month since October 2008. | | (278650) | 322
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the decision by South West Trains to cancel the Bordon-Liphook rail link bus; and if he will make a statement. | | (278651) | 323
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on which airlines provide carbon dioxide emissions information on their air tickets. | | (278656) | 324
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints were received by (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority and (b) his Department about the processing of driving licence applications in each year since 1997. | | (278657) | 325
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278749) | 326
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278750) | 327
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a driving test for applicants in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (278395) | 328
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had at EU level on proposals to extend the application of the European Regulation on drivers' hours to drivers of vehicles not exceeding 3.5 tonnes. | | (278679) | 329
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the effects on the environment in the Coventry area of (a) public, (b) road and (c) air transport. | | (278609) | 330
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve (a) rail transport links and (b) other elements of transport infrastructure in Coventry. | | (278610) | 331
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage bicycle usage in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (278583) | 332
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated for the development of environmentally-friendly means of transportation in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (278584) | 333
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to transport networks used primarily for tourism in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (278586) | 334
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for transport connections with nature parks in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England region in each year since 1997. | | (278587) | 335
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on hearing-impaired people and safety at level crossings on railways; what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on safety at railway level crossings for hearing-impaired people; and if he will make a statement. | | (278762) | 336
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many heavy goods vehicle drivers with (a) UK and (b) non-UK driving licences drove heavy goods vehicles on UK roads in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278257) | 337
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of electric vans and light commercial vehicles in use on public roads; and what plans he has to facilitate greater usage of vehicles. | | (278760) | 338
N | Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the franchise agreement with South West Trains. | | (278008) | 339
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work on the planned upgrade of Wolverton railway station to begin; and what the reasons are for the change in the timetable set for that project. | | (278424) | 340
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents there were on the A47 between Guyhirn and the Thorney bypass in each of the last 10 years. | | (278710) | 341
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278825) | 342
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has commissioned on loading guidance for small fishing vessels in the last four years; and if he will make a statement. | | (276218) | 343
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the average forward booking time for Module (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the new motorcycle test. | | (278045) | 344
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of applicants for motorcycle tests who reside within (a) 20 miles and (b) 45 minutes travel time of a multi-purpose test centre. | | (278047) | 345
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the difference between the percentage increase in fees for driving tests for motorcycles and driving tests for cars in the period between September 2008 and October 2009. | | (278085) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 346
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278756) | 347
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what booklets have been produced for publication by the Wales Office since 1 January 2005; and what the (a) print run, (b) production cost, (c) distribution costs and (d) cover price was of each such booklet. | | (278392) | 348
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department has paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278832) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 349
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many notifications his Department made to the Information Commissioner in the year ended 30 April 2009 in respect of the loss or mishandling of personal information or data; what was notified in each such case; and how many individuals were the subjects of personal information or data in respect of which such notifications were made. | | (278723) | 350
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for (A) breaches of data protection requirements and (B) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in the last 12 months. | | (278724) | 351
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many and what proportion of applications for maintenance the Child Support Agency and its successor made decisions on the award of maintenance within three months of receipt in each year since 1993. | | (278258) | 352
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which months since 1993 the number of cases on which decisions on maintenance have been made by the Child Support Agency and its successor have been exceeded by the number of case applications received; and what the figures in each category were in each such month. | | (278259) | 353
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects all child maintenance cases to have been transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. | | (278467) | 354
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements his Department has made to compensate unsuccessful bidders for Flexible New Deal Phase 1 contracts for the costs of the preparations for delivery of the contract from October 2009 they have incurred in advance of the successful bidders being notified; and if he will make a statement. | | (278171) | 355
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions since 1999 court proceedings as a consequence of a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive relating to a work-related death were not concluded within (a) five and (b) three years following the incident. | | (278658) | 356
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work-related deaths since 1999 have resulted in prosecutions by the Health and Safety Executive. | | (278659) | 357
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for incapacity benefit have been made in each year since 1997; and what the average time taken between the date of a first claim for incapacity benefit and the date of first payment of that benefit has been in each such year. | | (278046) | 358
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of its annual budget Jobcentre Plus plans to spend on (a) staff and (b) Jobcentre Plus programmes in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (278232) | 359
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the money assigned to the Future Jobs Fund in Budget 2009 is classified as (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) employment programme spending for the purpose of his Department's three-year business plan. | | (278261) | 360
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 104W, on social security benefits: medical examinations, how many doctors were complained against under the heading of claimants' experiences. | | (278704) | 361
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (278821) | 362
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each age group have been placed in employment through the Local Employment Partnership scheme in the last six months. | | (278262) | 363
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each age group have been placed in employment by Jobcentre Plus in the last six months. | | (278263) | 364
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have registered as unemployed at Jobcentre Plus in the last six months. | | (278310) | 365
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward legislation to make unpaid child maintenance arrears a priority charge in respect of compensation paid to the non-resident parent with such arrears; and if he will make a statement. | | (278256) | 366
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that Jobcentre Plus staff are signposting people in urgent need of assistance to foodbanks and other community and charitable organisations which provide assistance for those in financial hardship. | | (278615) | 367
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have applied for a work trial placement in each of the last six months. | | (278851) | 368
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Mr John Coombe of Brixham did not receive a £10 Christmas bonus payment and subsequent additional £60 bonus payment under the Real Help for Pensioners Christmas bonus payment scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (278463) | 369
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 767W, on employment schemes, when the requested information on payments will be made available. | | (278476) | 370
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has had to review the scheme for providing businesses with recruitment subsidy via Job Centre Plus. | | (278477) |
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