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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 9 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 9 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 9 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 9 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 9 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies offered high-speed broadband services to households in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278895) | 2
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many households in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside had access to high-speed broadband services in each year since 1997. | | (278908) | 3
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has allocated for expansion of high-speed broadband usage in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside since 1997. | | (278909) | 4
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the maximum number of car purchases which may be supported by the car scrappage scheme. | | (278768) | 5
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average undiscounted retail price has been to date of cars sold under the car scrappage scheme. | | (278769) | 6
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many sales of cars of each make have attracted support from the car scrappage scheme to date. | | (278770) | 7
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the funding allocated to the car scrappage scheme has been disbursed to date. | | (278771) | 8
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the tender document for the contract for the national minimum wage helpline. | | (278877) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 9
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the maximum liability that could arise for the UK as a result of the deployment of the balance of payments facility which allows the EU to borrow money in its own legal personality. | | (278842) | 10
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to compensate people who have sustained financial losses owing to the failure of Kaupthing Bank. | | (278775) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 11
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of parents who were in care who have had their children removed from them as a result of care proceedings in the last 10 years. | | (278327) | 12
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many registered childminders there were in each local authority in each quarter in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (278878) | 13
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated for the employment of a greater number of teachers in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside schools in each year since 1997. | | (278903) | 14
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): 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) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278904) | 15
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to the development of internet or e-based learning in schools in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278906) | 16
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to increasing parental engagement in schools in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278907) | 17
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanisms exist for hon. Members to request an immediate response from local education authorities in respect of urgent cases referred to them by those hon. Members; and if he will make a statement. | | (278809) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 18
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many community assets have been transferred into local community ownership under the £30 million community assets fund scheme; and how many she expects to be transferred by 2011. | | (278894) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 19
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated for parks in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278896) | 20
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many parks in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside are receiving funding from his Department in 2009-10.. | | (278897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 21
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many external consultants are employed by (a) his Department and (b) the Army in relation to military operations in each area of Afghanistan. | | (278869) | 22
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time is of a contract for external consultancy employed by (a) his Department and (b) the Army; and how long on average consultants assigned to theatres of operations spend in theatre. | | (278870) | 23
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse would be of extending eligibility for a full armed forces pension to those who retired from the armed forces before 1975; and what percentage of his Department's budget this would represent. | | (278881) | 24
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider extending eligibility for an armed forces pension to those who retired from the armed forces before 1975. | | (278882) | 25
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of levels of poverty amongst armed forces veterans who retired before 1975 and do not receive a full armed forces pension. | | (278915) | 26
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people who retired from the armed forces before 1975 and are (a) disabled, (b) injured and (c) have ill health as a result of their service do not receive an armed forces pension. | | (278916) | 27
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people who retired from the armed forces before 1975 do not receive an armed forces pension; and how many of those had over (a) 20, (b) 15 and (c) 10 years service. | | (278917) | 28
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what welfare provision his Department offers to people who retired from the armed forces before 1975. | | (278918) | 29
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the criteria for entitlement to a full armed forces pension for people who retired from the armed forces before 1975; and if he will make a statement. | | (278919) | 30
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the criteria for entitlement to a full armed forces pension for people who retired from the armed forces before 1975 were last reviewed; and if he will make a statement. | | (278920) | 31
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people who retired from the armed forces before 1975 and who had served in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the Second World War, (c) Greece, (d) Korea, (e) Cyprus and (f) Palestine do not receive an armed forces pension. | | (278921) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 32
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial incentives his Department provides to encourage the (a) construction and (b) adaptation of homes to incorporate (i) renewable energy technologies and (ii) sustainable building materials. | | (278873) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 33
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fishing vessels of (a) 10 metres and under and (b) over 10 metres are licensed in the UK. | | (278884) | 34
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff of the Marine and Fisheries Agency have agreed to transfer to the Marine Management Organisation headquarters in Tyneside. | | (278885) | 35
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time British sea fishermen have been operating in UK waters in each year since 1997. | | (278886) | 36
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fishing vessels of under 10 metres which fished in the Irish sea have been decommissioned in each year since 2002. | | (278887) | 37
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members are of each Under 10-Metre Fleet Regional Advisory Council. | | (278888) | 38
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the locations are of the six environmentally responsible fishing schemes; and when he expects to publish the results of the pilot scheme. | | (278889) | 39
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which individuals and organisations are participating in the Sustainable Access to Inshore Fisheries project. | | (278890) | 40
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the terms of reference of the Sustainable Access to Inshore Fisheries project are. | | (278891) | 41
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what share of the sea fishing quota for (a) plaice, (b) cod and (c) halibut in the Irish Sea is held by fishermen using vessels of under 10 metres. | | (278892) | 42
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of plaice stocks in the Irish Sea. | | (278893) | 43
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): 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) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278901) | 44
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): 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) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278905) | 45
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the standard of the welfare of (a) horses and (b) racehorses; and if he will make a statement. | | (278285) | 46
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an assessment of the welfare of racehorses, including levels of death and injury; and if he will bring forward proposals to improve their welfare. | | (278286) | 47
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made in controlling the spread of bovine tuberculosis among cattle. | | (278777) | 48
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what auditing of the records of incinerator operators the Environment Agency undertakes to establish compliance with the law in relation to H14 ecotoxicity testing of incinerator bottom ash prior to its disposal. | | (278403) | 49
N | Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of (a) liquid milk, (b) butter and (c) cheese was (i) produced in and (ii) consumed in the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (277296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 50
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 6 April 2009 on his constituent, Ms Daphne Green of Chelmsford. | | (278812) | 51
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the death of the mother of Saed Jamal Abu-Hijleh in Nablus in 2002. | | (278879) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 52
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 712W, on hospitals: infections, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections resulting from orthopaedic surgeries. | | (278864) | 53
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of co-incidence of clostridium difficile and other healthcare-associated infections has been in individual patients in England in the last five years. | | (278866) | 54
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Wandsworth Primary Care Trust has spent on (a) the development plans for Putney Primary Care Centre, (b) the security and maintenance of the Putney Hospital site and (c) consultation with local residents on development plans for Putney Primary Care Centre in each year since Putney Hospital closed. | | (278793) | 55
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times for breast cancer screening in each primary care trust were in the latest period for which information is available. | | (278865) | 56
N | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) his recent letter regarding the potential costs of compliance with Part 3 of the Health Bill [Lords] sent to retailers and (b) his Department's analysis upon which such estimates were based; and what plans he has to issue further guidance to retailers on the means by which compliance may be achieved prior to the enactment of legislation. | | (278312) | 57
N | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish in draft form the draft regulations provided for under the provisions of the Health Bill [Lords]. | | (278313) | 58
N | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations he plans to consult on the provisions contained in Part 3 of the Health Bill [Lords]. | | (278314) | 59
N | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to undertake a regulatory impact assessment on the effect of the provisions of the Health Bill [Lords] on small retail businesses; and if he will make a statement. | | (278315) | 60
N | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the provisions contained in Part 3 of the Health Bill [Lords] and the likely cost of their implementation. | | (278316) | 61
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms exist for hon. Members to request an immediate response from social services to urgent cases referred to them by those hon. Members; and if he will make a statement. | | (278810) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 62
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding he plans to allocate to adult learning centres in Derbyshire in 2009-10. | | (278776) | 63
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2009, Official Report, column 993W, on basic skills, how many Learning and Skills Council-funded adult learners aged between 16 and 19 years old were eligible for inclusion in statistics used to measure progress against the Skills for Life Public Service Agreement target in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06 and (e) 2006-07. | | (278871) | 64
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 580W, on higher education: admissions, what information his Department holds on household incomes of those domiciled in the UK who are (a) university applicants and (b) undergraduate students. | | (278872) | 65
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 599W, on apprentices: local government, how many (a) apprentices and (b) advanced apprentices are employed by each local authority. | | (278874) | 66
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2009, Official Report, columns 1330-1W, on higher education: admissions, how many applications for full-time undergraduate courses in England were (a) submitted and (b) accepted in each year since 1979; and how many such applicants were domiciled (i) outside the EU, (ii) in the EU but not in the UK and (iii) in the UK. | | (278875) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 67
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of serious violent offences and who served sentences of under two years duration re-offended in each year since 2000. | | (278883) | 68
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of subsection 3 of section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 on custodial sentencing for serious violent crimes committed by those aged under 21 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (278922) | 69
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 21 years were charged with offences after having served a sentence restricted by section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 in each year since 2000. | | (278923) | 70
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged under 18 years were convicted of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) violent disorder in each year since 2000; amd what the average length custodial sentence was in each case. | | (278924) | 71
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of fixed-term sentences for serious violent offences. | | (278925) | 72
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under 21 years old who were convicted of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) violent disorder under the provisions of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 served less than (i) 12 months and (ii) 18 months in custody in the last three years. | | (278926) | 73
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under 18 years old who were convicted of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) violent disorder under the provisions of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 served less than (i) 12 months and (ii) 18 months in custody in the last three years. | | (278927) | 74
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average a person convicted of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) violent disorder was sentenced to serve in custody in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (278928) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 75
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost of hosting London 2012 Olympics events at Earl's Court. | | (278317) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 76
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will require with immediate effect the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to deny access to data on motorists and vehicles to any company which is in breach of the British Parking Association code. | | (278811) | 77
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether those diagnosed with myasthenia gravis are eligible to participate in the Blue Badge parking scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (278653) | 78
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage bicycle usage in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278898) | 79
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for transport connections with nature parks in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278899) | 80
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to transport networks used primarily for tourism in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278900) | 81
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for the development of environmentally-friendly means of transportation in (a) Crosby and (b) Merseyside in each year since 1997. | | (278902) | 82
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of installing overhead line warning signs on roads for which the Highways Agency is responsible in each of the last three years; and how many such signs have been installed. | | (278813) | 83
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) other incidents involving vehicles hitting overhead lines on roads for which the Highways Agency is responsible have been reported in each of the last 10 years; and how many such incidents have involved the emergency services. | | (278814) | 84
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date the decision was taken to install overhead line warning signs on roads for which the Highways Agency is responsible; who took the decision; and what cost-benefit analysis of installing overhead line warning signs was undertaken. | | (278815) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 85
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which benefits those diagnosed with myasthenia gravis are entitled; and if she will make a statement. | | (278652) | 86
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) mean and (b) median amount of arrears owed by non-resident parents to the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission was in each month since 1993. | | (278841) |
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