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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 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 Wednesday 10 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 10 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the competitiveness of manufacturing industry. | | (279047) | 2
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of establishing the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was. | | (278950) | 3
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of banning imports of Uzbek cotton. | | (278981) | 4
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department plans to provide to universities in Coventry for research in (a) medicine, (b) history, (c) English and (d) modern foreign languages in 2009-10. | | (278931) | 5
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to assist the automotive industries in the next 12 months. | | (278963) | 6
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on students in North Yorkshire of the recent changes to the budget of the Learning and Skills Council. | | (278949) | 7
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many days on average (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008. | | (278914) | 8
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point commenced level 2 apprenticeships in each of the last five years. | | (279037) | 9
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point entered administration in the last 12 months. | | (279039) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 10
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days on average (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008. | | (278911) | 11
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reimburse compound interest to taxpayers in cases of overpayment of (a) value added tax and (b) domestic and non-domestic rates. | | (278499) | 12
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what target has been set in respect of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to process a claim for an income tax refund; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken to process such a claim was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278816) | 13
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to establish enforceable limits on the time taken to transfer cash ISAs between providers. | | (279048) | 14
| Sir George Young (North West Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the letters from the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire of 17 December 2008 and 30 January, 26 February, 9 April and 28 May 2009 on the Royal Air Force Association and Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander. | | (279034) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 15
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Cabinet Office collates on the competences of domestic civil servants in modern foreign languages; and what steps she is taking to improve such competence levels. | | (278929) | 16
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the project director of the SCOPE programme is; and if she will make a statement. | | (278986) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 17
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were closed or partly closed for use as polling stations on 4 June 2009. | | (278954) | 18
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in each local authority area achieved a Level 4 or above in reading, writing and mathematics in Key Stage 2 tests in 2008. | | (278955) | 19
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of maintained mainstream schools did not enter any pupils for a GCSE in (a) geography and (b) history in 2008. | | (278956) | 20
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils who achieved a GCSE in both core science and additional applied science were educated in the (a) maintained mainstream and (b) independent sector in each year since 2007. | | (278957) | 21
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils educated in maintained mainstream schools achieved a GCSE in core science and no other science qualification in 2008. | | (278958) | 22
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in (a) the maintained mainstream sector and (b) the independent sector had one or more students achieve a double award science GCSE in each year since 2005. | | (278959) | 23
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2009, Official Report, column 1073W, on GCE A-level, how many and what percentage of the 187 schools that did not enter any pupils for an A-level in chemistry in 2006-07 entered at least one pupil for an A-level in applied science in that year. | | (278960) | 24
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 929W, on children: disadvantaged, how many and what proportion of (a) all pupils and (b) pupils eligible to receive free school meals in each local authority area did not attain any GCSE grades higher than a D in 2008. | | (278961) | 25
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on specialist schools: science, how many of the 433 specialist schools which had chosen science as a specialism at the time of that Answer entered one or more pupils for GCSE chemistry in 2008. | | (278962) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 26
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the Government Office for London's performance in meeting its objectives in relation to the London Food Strategy. | | (278976) | 27
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to reply to the letter to his predecessor dated 7 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Ed Cox. | | (279134) | 28
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 730W, on unitary councils, how latest estimates for the restructuring costs for the new unitary councils break down between spending areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (278987) | 29
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many days on average (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008. | | (278910) | 30
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on their use of external legal advice; and if he will make a statement. | | (278951) | 31
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of properties in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were vacant in each of the last five years. | | (279040) | 32
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many boilers have been replaced under the Decent Homes programme in each of the last three years. | | (279041) | 33
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether planning authorities are able to exempt educational and charitable organisations from planning fees in order to encourage sustainable development. | | (279051) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 34
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the new expert panel on sports betting to produce its first report on its work. | | (278937) | 35
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) work plan of the new expert panel on sports betting will be. | | (278938) | 36
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who the members of the new expert panel on sports betting will be. | | (278939) | 37
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the new expert panel on sports betting to be established. | | (278940) | 38
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations his Department has received from owners of pubs or organisations representing pubs on the regulatory burden for smaller rural pubs; and if he will make a statement. | | (278717) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 39
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan nationals have received military training in the UK in each year since 2001. | | (278947) | 40
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for use of the vacant United States' European Command housing units at (a) RAF Molesworth and (b) RAF Chevelston; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (278984) | 41
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the Release 2C stage of the Defence Infrastructure Information Project has been, broken down by budgetary heading; how many desktop terminals have been delivered under the project; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (278985) | 42
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK armed forces are based in (a) St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, (b) South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands and (c) the Falkland Islands. | | (279093) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 43
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the carbon dioxide emissions arising from the continuous operation of (a) televisions and (b) other electrical goods in electrical goods outlets. | | (279043) | 44
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what technologies are used for carbon capture and storage demonstration projects sponsored by his Department. | | (279036) | 45
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proposals for wind farms in (a) the Thames estuary and (b) the English Channel his Department is considering; and if he will make a statement. | | (279038) | 46
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) boilers and (b) full central heating systems have been installed through the Warm Front Scheme in each of the last three years. | | (279062) | 47
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to encourage energy suppliers to simplify (a) tariffs and (b) bill format for domestic customers. | | (279071) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 48
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safety testing arrangements are required for adjuvants and other permitted additives in plant protection products; and if he will make a statement. | | (278562) | 49
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the approval process for new plant protection products requires applicants to provide safety data on each component of new formulations; and if he will make a statement. | | (278563) | 50
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what adjuvants are permitted for use in plant protection products in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (278564) | 51
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which UK-licensed plant protection products contain glyphosate as the active ingredient; and which adjuvants and other additives there are in each such product. | | (278565) | 52
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safety testing procedures apply to the active ingredients of plant protection products prior to such products obtaining approval for commercial use. | | (278566) | 53
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1256-7W, on Special Areas of Conservation: Cumbria, what assessment his Department has made of the recent effect of peat extraction on the Bolton Fell Moss Site of Special Scientific Interest on the site's candidature for designation as a Special Area of Conservation. | | (278948) | 54
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on research on reducing (a) carbon dioxide, (b) methane and (c) nitrous oxide emissions from domestic agriculture in the last five years. | | (278988) | 55
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what companies provided (a) goods and (b) services to his Department in 2008-09. | | (278989) | 56
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purpose expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of Total Horsemanship Ltd in 2007-08. | | (278990) | 57
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much expenditure his Department incurred in respect of (a) Creative Cooking (London) Ltd, (b) Leith's, (c) Alliance Francaise de Londres Ltd, (d) Tinklertastic and (e) Canine Behaviour Centre in 2007-08; and for what purpose in each case. | | (278991) | 58
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of (a) Marten Walsh Cherer Ltd, (b) Nicholls Investigation Services, (c) Shell UK Ltd, (d) the Royal Yachting Association, (e) The Focus Group Ltd, (f) the Trades Union Congress, (g) Way Out Creations Sdn Bhd, (h) Charles Matts, (i) Nia Wyn Jones, (j) Inova Furniture Contracts, (k) Gavin Scott, (l) Advance Seating Designs and (m) Dunster House in 2007-08; and what the purpose of the expenditure was in each case. | | (278992) | 59
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information is stored on the national poultry register. | | (279084) | 60
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to secure a comprehensive ban on whaling by the Japanese government; and if he will make a statement. | | (279085) | 61
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the population of each species of bird of prey in the UK. | | (279086) | 62
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many convictions for offences related to birds were made under Part 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in each of the last five years. | | (279087) | 63
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's wildlife crime priorities are for 2009-10, with particular reference to species subject to illegal trade. | | (279088) | 64
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the effectiveness of the provisions of the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925 in ensuring the maintenance of animal welfare standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (279089) | 65
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has allocated to the Overseas Territories Environment Programme in each of the last five years. | | (279090) | 66
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what voluntary contributions have been made by the Government to fund projects which fall under the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Marine Turtles in the Indian Ocean and South East Asia in each year since its inception. | | (279091) | 67
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the allocation of additional funding for research into bee colony collapse announced on 17 June 2008 on bee health; and if he will make a statement. | | (278817) | 68
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the effectiveness of The National Protocol for Cooperation on Rodent Control 2000 in meeting its objectives. | | (278977) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 69
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 522W, on Tibet, what report was made to him by those officials who visited the Tibet Autonomous Region in May 2009. | | (278980) | 70
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, column 1196W, on elections: monitoring, if he will make it his policy that the Government provide no less than 10 per cent. of observers to all election observation missions undertaken by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. | | (279142) | 71
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of (a) short-term and (b) long-term observers the Government plans to contribute to the election observation mission to the Albanian parliamentary elections organised by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. | | (279143) | 72
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the personal records held on the Overseas Territories Regional Crime Intelligence System relate to persons aged 16 years and under. | | (279058) | 73
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on the designation by the Spanish government of a maritime conservation area encompassing British Gibraltar territorial waters; under what authority that designation was made; and if he will make a statement. | | (279059) | 74
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Spanish government on its designation of waters off Gibraltar as a marine conservation area; what assessment he has made of the effect of the designation on (a) fishing rights, (b) allocation of airspace and (c) development rights; and if he will make a statement. | | (279060) | 75
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 505W, on British Overseas Territories: nature conservation, which projects in the British Overseas Territories have been in receipt of the funding granted since 2006. | | (279074) | 76
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 357W, on British Overseas Territories: environment protection, what projects were funded from the £65,058 granted to the British Virgin Islands. | | (279075) | 77
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether records of DNA profiles are held on the Overseas Territories Regional Crime Intelligence System. | | (279080) | 78
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether power generation from renewable energy sources has been trialled in Gibraltar. | | (279092) | 79
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employs in each of its embassies in Africa. | | (279035) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 80
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women seeking an abortion in England gave addresses in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the Republic of Ireland, (c) the State of Israel, (d) Malta and (e) Poland in 2008. | | (279044) | 81
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in 2008, broken down by (i) age of the women, (ii) grounds of the abortion and (iii) gestation of the pregnancy. | | (279045) | 82
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been performed under the Abortion Act 1967 in each year since 1991; and how many and what percentage were performed (a) to save the life of the mother and (b) where the child would have been seriously disabled in each such year. | | (279069) | 83
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the abortion rate per 1,000 women aged (a) 19, (b) 18, (c) 17, (d) 16, (e) 15, (f) 14 and (g) under 14 years was in 2007-08; and what forecast he has made of the rate in each of the next 10 years. | | (279070) | 84
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 primary care organisations had the (a) highest and (b) lowest abortion rates in England per 1,000 women aged (i) under 16, (ii) 17, (iii) 18, (iv) 19, (v) 20 and (vi) 21 years in 2008. | | (279078) | 85
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 primary care organisations had the (a) highest and (b) lowest abortion rates in England per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2007. | | (279079) | 86
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 830-2W, on abortion, what the characteristics were of the statistically most likely candidate in (a) England and (b) each health authority for an abortion in 2008 in terms of (i) the marital status of the woman, (ii) the age of the woman, (iii) the gestation of the pregnancy, (iv) the number of previous children borne by the woman, (v) the number of previous abortions undergone by the woman and (vi) the legal grounds under which the abortion was performed. | | (279122) | 87
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of personality disorder placements made in 2008-09 were (a) private and (b) public sector placements; and what the cost was of each category of placement. | | (278942) | 88
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the process is for monitoring the effectiveness of personality disorder placements in the (a) private and (b) public sector; what his most recent assessment is of that effectiveness in each case; and on what evidence he bases that assessment. | | (278943) | 89
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has provided to other Government departments on their dealings with the tobacco industry under the guidelines of Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. | | (278993) | 90
N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the NHS issues on the maximum recommended time to be taken between receipt by the emergency services of notification of a suspected heart attack and the commencement of inflation of an angioplasty balloon in the patient's body in cases where such treatment is assessed to be appropriate. | | (278794) | 91
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health service users have been prosecuted for offences committed (a) on service premises and (b) against service staff in each year since 1999. | | (278554) | 92
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days on average (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008. | | (278913) | 93
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the contribution that can be made to public health by reducing the amount of extrinsic sugars in foods and beverages; and if he will make a statement. | | (278944) | 94
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Food Standards Agency to consult the public on the next steps in the Saturated Fat and Energy Intake Programme; and whether that consultation will include options for reducing the amount of extrinsic sugar in food and beverages. | | (278945) | 95
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in achieving targets for reducing the incidence of childhood obesity; and what steps he is taking to increase (a) availability to and (b) uptake by children of reduced sugar versions of beverages and foods. | | (278946) | 96
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust on debt collection agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (279081) | 97
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many foreign nationals who have not provided payment to the NHS towards the cost of their treatment have had children treated in (a) NHS trusts in England and (b) Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in each of the last five years. | | (279082) | 98
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold discussions with representatives from the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust on payments owed to the Trust by foreign nationals. | | (279083) | 99
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (279061) | 100
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide patients with rheumatoid arthritis with (a) an effective treatment pathway and (b) an individual care management plan. | | (278930) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 101
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what files his Department holds on Part 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (279138) | 102
N | Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the UK Border Agency or its predecessor informed Jobcentre Plus that Khadra Ali Hassan of Sheffield was no longer entitled to income support and related benefits arising out of her previous temporary leave to remain. | | (278876) | 103
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many raids upon cannabis factories have been conducted by each police force in the last three years. | | (278933) | 104
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Vietnamese (a) adults and (b) children have been deported from the UK in the last three years. | | (278934) | 105
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Vietnamese children were being held in custody on the latest date for which information is available. | | (278935) | 106
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) have been forcibly removed to and (b) returned voluntarily to Zimbabwe in each week of 2009. | | (278555) | 107
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on deporting people to Zimbabwe. | | (278556) | 108
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent per head on tackling anti-social behaviour by each local authority in the South West in each of the last three years. | | (278952) | 109
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost to (a) the economy and (b) the public purse of anti-social behaviour in each local authority area in the South West in the last year for which figures are available. | | (278953) | 110
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of each representation he has received on the issuing of stab-proof vests for police community support officers since their introduction. | | (279067) | 111
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between Ministers and the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police in relation to the issuing of stab-proof vests for police community support officers since January 2007. | | (279068) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 112
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to support the creation of a United Nations Agency for Women; and if he will make a statement. | | (279076) | 113
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding the Government has provided for the training of African peacekeepers since 2005; how many new peacekeepers have been trained as a result; and if he will make a statement. | | (279077) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 114
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mentally disordered prisoners have been transferred to hospital in the month before their release date in each year since 1999. | | (278553) | 115
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evaluation has been made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost-effectiveness of the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Programme in (i) enhancing public safety and (ii) improving the health of people subject to it. | | (279063) | 116
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of putting the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Programme on a statutory footing. | | (279064) | 117
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been treated under the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Programme in each year since 2001 in (a) Broadmoor Hospital, (b) Rampton Hospital, (c) HMP Whitemoor, (d) HMP Frankland and (e) HMP/HMYOI Low Newton; and how long the average length of stay in each of those units was. | | (279065) | 118
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the costs of the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Programme have been in each year since it began. | | (279066) | Questions to the Leader of the House 119
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, what the (a) date, (b) time and (c) number voting in each lobby was in each division which took place after 11pm in each Session (i) from 1983-84 to 1997-98 and (ii) since 1999-2000. | | (279127) | 120
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, how many speeches were given by each of the 30 hon. and right hon. Members who delivered the most speeches in the Chamber in Session (a) 1983-84, (b) 1987-88, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1997-98, (e) 2001-02, (f) 2005-06 and (g) 2008-09. | | (279137) | 121
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) debates and (b) votes there have been in the House on the subject of hon. Members' allowances since 1983. | | (279139) | 122
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, what the (a) average hour of rising of the House, (b) number of divisions, (c) number of public bills (i) passed and (ii) reported from Standing or Public Bill Committee, (d) number of affirmative statutory instruments (A) debated in Standing Committee and (B) debated on the Floor of the House, (e) number of prayers against statutory instruments (1) debated in Standing Committee and (2) debated on the Floor of the House, (f) number of Opposition days and (g) number of Bills guillotined or programmed was in the first 100 sitting days of session (u) 1983-84, (v) 1984-85, (w) 1997-98, (x) 1998-99, (y) 2005-06 and (z) 2006-07. | | (279140) | 123
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, which Private Members' Bills have been referred to a Second Reading Committee in each Session since 1988-89. | | (279141) | 124
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Leader of the House, what external (a) legal and (b) accountancy advice her Office has sought on the operation of the Members' Allowances scheme in the last six years. | | (278994) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 125
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 Paralympics archery and wheelchair tennis events at Eton Manor. | | (278318) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 126
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Project Heathrow project delivery and risk reports, what level of probability his Department assigns to (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high risk classifications in respect of (i) inherent and (ii) residual risk likelihood assessments; and if he will make a statement. | | (278974) | 127
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received from representative business organisations on his decision on the consultation on adding capacity at Heathrow Airport; if he will review that decision for the purposes of taking account of those representations; and if he will make a statement. | | (278975) | 128
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, columns 572-3W, on Heathrow Airport, what the conclusions of the environmental assessment programme were on the likelihood of meeting the (a) noise and (b) air quality limits if Heathrow was expanded. | | (278982) | 129
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 14W, on Heathrow Airport, for what reasons he decided not to place in the Library a copy of the letter from Colin Matthews of BAA on the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport. | | (278983) | 130
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, from which of his Department's budgets the £60 million reallocated to carbon capture and storage in the Budget 2009 Red Book will be drawn. | | (278932) | 131
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the hours of work of the contractors carrying out the widening of the M1 motorway between junctions 25 and 28 are; what consideration has been given to carrying out such work on a 24-hour basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (278718) | 132
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many days on average (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008. | | (278912) | 133
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many residents of (a) Dartford and (b) Thurrock have submitted successful applications to the Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing Local Resident Scheme to date. | | (279072) | 134
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many passes to his Department have been issued to employees of (a) BAA, (b) British Airways, (c) Virgin and (d) other airlines in each of the last five years. | | (279121) | 135
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department issued any guidance in relation to A330 aircraft following the warning by the US Federal Aviation Administration in 2001 that unreliable air speed may be caused by a radome destruction or obstructed pitots in relation to that aircraft. | | (279135) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 136
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has made of the number of non-resident parents whose maintenance calculation has been made by the Child Support Agency and whose maintenance is paid directly to the parent with care are non-compliant with that calculation. | | (279052) | 137
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to figures 16 and 18 in the National Audit Office report, Child Support Agency - Implementation of the Child Support Reforms, HC1174, Session 2005-06, if she will provide the same information for each year since 1993. | | (279053) | 138
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases the Child Support Agency adjudicated that money was (a) owed and (b) not owed by the non-resident parent to the parent with care in each year since 1993. | | (279054) | 139
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 13 of the National Audit Office report, Child Support Agency - Implementation of the Child Support Reforms, HC1174, Session 2005-06, how many cases are now estimated to be stuck in the system. | | (279055) | 140
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 14 of the National Audit Office report Child Support Agency - Implementation of the Child Support Reforms, HC1174, Session 2005-06, if she will provide the same information for each year since 1993. | | (279056) | 141
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 3.35 to 3.39 of the National Audit Office report Child Support Agency - Implementation of the Child Support Reforms, HC1174, Session 2005-06, if she will provide the same information for each year since 1993. | | (279057) | 142
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many asbestos records in each of the 14 categories for which HM Inspector of the Health and Safety Executive is the enforcing authority required to be received by the Health and Safety Executive have been destroyed since 1984. | | (278978) | 143
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the document retention policies of the Health and Safety Executive are in relation to documents it has collected since 1984 under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983. | | (278979) | 144
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many coal miners have retired on medical advice having contracted vibration white finger in the last 30 years. | | (279042) | 145
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have completed a work trial placement in the last six months are in employment. | | (278880) | 146
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will assess the appropriateness of the threshold for cold weather payments in respect of those diagnosed with certain medical conditions or taking certain medications whose conditions may be exacerbated by cold weather conditions. | | (279126) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 147
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have (a) committed suicide and (b) attempted to commit suicide in each (i) local authority area and (ii) constituency area in each quarter of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (279073) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 148
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy warships are based in UK waters off Gibraltar. | | [Transferred] (279046) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 149
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what terms of reference have been set for the audit of previously submitted and paid expenses claims by hon. Members; what instructions have been given to those performing the audit; when he expects the audit to be completed; in what form the results of the audit will be published; and whether any external accountancy expertise has been recruited to assist in the audit. | | [Transferred] (278995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 150
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Vietnamese (a) adults and (b) children have been (i) arrested and (ii) charged for offences related to cannabis production in the last three years. | | [Transferred] (278936) | 151
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals of each nationality have been charged with offences relating to cannabis production in the last three years. | | [Transferred] (278941) |
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