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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 11 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 11 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 11 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 Thursday 11 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 11 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his officials have had with the new Indian government on the Doha Development Round; and if he will make a statement. | | (279557) | 2
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the number of apprenticeships. | | (279349) | 3
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing his Department following the recent machinery of Government changes. | | (279431) | 4
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish a business plan for his Department. | | (279432) | 5
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department and its predecessors in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279407) | 6
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department, and at what cost, in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279421) | 7
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's skills base. | | (279023) | 8
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the responsibilities are of the Enterprise Champion in his Department; what the relationship between the Enterprise Champion and (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants is; what resources his Department will make available to the Enterprise Champion in his official capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (278968) | 9
N | Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist in the development of a low-carbon economy. | | (279021) | 10
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residents of Cleethorpes constituency were in higher education in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2007-08. | | (279449) | 11
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the delivery of the Government's Skills Agenda. | | (279013) | 12
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total budget of his Department is for (a) 2009-10 and (b) each of the following four years. | | (279276) | 13
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department (a) has spent to date and (b) plans to spend on its (i) signage, (ii) websites, (iii) letterheads and (iv) other branding in 2009-10. | | (279277) | 14
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of establishing his Department is. | | (279278) | 15
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding the Government has allocated for expansion of high-speed broadband usage in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279334) | 16
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department and its predecessors have taken to ensure competition among high-speed broadband providers in Essex in the last three years. | | (279335) | 17
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many households in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have had access to high-speed broadband services in each year since 1997. | | (279336) | 18
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies offered high-speed broadband services to households in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279338) | 19
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) land and (b) buildings owned by the East of England Development Agency are unused. | | (279339) | 20
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Learning and Skills Council has spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (279381) | 21
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of levels of access to credit for small businesses. | | (279261) | 22
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Russian nationals were enrolled on (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate courses at educational institutions in (i) London and (ii) England at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (279207) | 23
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote research and development within the automotive industry. | | (279354) | 24
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships, with particular reference to apprenticeships within the automotive industry. | | (279355) | 25
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Jaguar Land Rover and (b) Morgan Motor Company Ltd on the automotive industry in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement. | | (279356) | 26
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the car scrappage scheme in the West Midlands. | | (279357) | 27
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that employees of LDV receive employment advice and support; and if he will make a statement. | | (279358) | 28
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department and its predecessors have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279518) | 29
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279519) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 30
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid to City investment banks for advice on restructuring the financial sector in the last 12 months; and how many employees of such banks have been seconded to his Department to work on that restructuring. | | (279350) | 31
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank branches have been closed in the last six months by banks in which the Government has purchased a shareholding in the last two years. | | (279434) | 32
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the next Long-Term Public Finance Report. | | (279255) | 33
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis is for his forecast that the introduction of a process of personal tax accountability for senior accounting officers of large companies will result in an Exchequer yield of £40 million in 2010-11 and £50 million in 2011-12. | | (279256) | 34
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proceeds from asset and property sales available to Departments for accounting in their capital budgets in the next five years. | | (279257) | 35
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest staff satisfaction survey for (a) his Department, (b) each of its agencies and (c) HM Revenue and Customs. | | (279258) | 36
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many press officers were employed by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies, (c) HM Revenue and Customs and (d) the Valuation Office Agency in each of the last three years; and at what cost in each such year. | | (279340) | 37
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279390) | 38
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279427) | 39
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on theeffects on contracts for waste disposal services of Government policy on the private finance initiative. | | (279310) | 40
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child trust fund vouchers have been issued to residents of Cleethorpes constituency in each year since their introduction; and how many accounts have been opened as a result. | | (279272) | 41
N | Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of regulating the practice of pressing for early settlement in the motor insurance industry. | | (279005) | 42
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any debt collection work contracted out by HM Revenue and Customs is undertaken by unregistered bailiffs. | | (279241) | 43
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were lodged with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in 2008-09; and how many of those making such complaints notified the FOS that they were not satisfied with the way in which their complaint had been handled. | | (279242) | 44
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were (a) upheld and (b) rejected by the Service Review Team of the Financial Ombudsman Service in 1998-99. | | (279243) | 45
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of clause 37 of Schedule 17 to the Finance Bill will have on HM Revenue and Customs' ability to prevent tax avoidance. | | (278998) | 46
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279484) | 47
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279485) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 48
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consultations have been carried out by the Cabinet Office since July 2007; and at what cost. | | (279341) | 49
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in her Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279406) | 50
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of households in (a) Cleethorpes constituency and (b) Great Grimsby constituency that have bank accounts. | | (279271) | 51
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died of each malnutrition condition, identified by its ICD-10 code, in each strategic health authority area in each year since 1997. | | (279247) | 52
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations her Department has received on the consultation process on the South East England Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (279564) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 53
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the funding allocation per secondary school pupil is in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England in 2009-10. | | (279324) | 54
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 706W, on outdoor education: safety, for what reason his Department's revised guidance on health and safety of pupils on educational visits was not published in the first quarter of 2009; and when he plans to publish the revised guidance. | | (279408) | 55
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279405) | 56
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279423) | 57
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what targets he has set for the uptake of school meals in primary and secondary schools; what progress has been made in reaching such targets; and if he will make a statement. | | (279321) | 58
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost was of each Building Schools for the Future project completed in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (279322) | 59
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children in each region who were subject to (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term exclusion from school were entitled to free school meals in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (279462) | 60
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents in each local authority area appealed against their child's school allocation (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (279554) | 61
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the recommendations in Lord Laming's review of child protection services in England over the next five years. | | (278969) | 62
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have contacted Ofsted's safeguarding children whistleblower hotline since its inception. | | (278971) | 63
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) out-of-school and (b) holiday play schemes for children there were in (i) North East Lincolnshire and (ii) North Lincolnshire in each of the last five years. | | (279268) | 64
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many registered childcare places for children under eight years old there were in Cleethorpes constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008. | | (279269) | 65
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding the Government has allocated to reducing class sizes in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279331) | 66
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding the Government has allocated to the development of internet or e-based learning in schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279332) | 67
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to recruiting teachers in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279333) | 68
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding the Government allocated to increasing parental engagement in schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279337) | 69
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279516) | 70
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279517) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 71
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners have a policy on mobile phone masts (a) on church property and (b) inside church spires. | | (279560) | 72
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches in each diocese have reported an increase in their water bills as a result of the new surface water charges. | | (279561) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 73
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the operation of (i) full-time and (ii) floating support managers in sheltered housing schemes. | | (279606) | 74
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultations have been carried out by his Department since July 2007. | | (279342) | 75
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279404) | 76
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279420) | 77
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation his Department has undertaken with leaseholders on sections 152 and 153 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Act 2002 referring to statements of account in the last two years. | | (279435) | 78
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review planning guidance issued by his Department in respect of development on flood plains following the recommendations made in the Pitt Report on the summer flooding 2007. | | (279311) | 79
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what occasions the Housing Minister and his predecessor (a) visited Thurrock constituency and (b) met the Thurrock Thameside Urban Development Corporation in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279631) | 80
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of planning applications have been made in respect of sites where a population of (a) great crested newts and (b) bats has been found. | | (279221) | 81
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated for the preservation of trees in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279285) | 82
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated for parks in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279286) | 83
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many parks are receiving funding from his Department in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in 2009-10. | | (279327) | 84
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the London Development Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (279380) | 85
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) turnout and (b) result was of each local authority large-scale voluntary transfer of housing ballot since 1997. | | (279267) | 86
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279514) | 87
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279515) | 88
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meetings between Ministers and officials from his Department and (a) Surrey Police and (b) Surrey Police Authority took place between July 2008 and May 2009; on what date each such meeting took place; who attended each meeting; and what topics were discussed at each meeting. | | (279307) | 89
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date his Department first informed Surrey Police that it intended to use a 2008-09 notional budget requirement and a 2008-09 notional Band D council tax rate in determining whether to cap Surrey Police Authority's precept. | | (279316) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 90
| Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects Ofcom (a) to conclude its pay TV market investigation and (b) to publish its final remedies regarding the pay TV market. | | [R] (279627) | 91
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279403) | 92
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279419) | 93
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards creating a plan for the digital migration of radio. | | (279096) | 94
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions the Digital Radio Delivery Group has met. | | (279097) | 95
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate his Department made of the take-up rate of tickets under the free theatre initiative. | | (279448) | 96
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what legal obligations are imposed on the Government by the 2005 UNESCO International Convention on Doping in Sport. | | (279123) | 97
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what obligations arise in UK law from the Government's signature of the 2009 World Anti-Doping Code. | | (279124) | 98
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the legal basis is for the testing of professional sportsmen and women for drug use in the UK is. | | (279125) | 99
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279512) | 100
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279513) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 101
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who has operational responsibility for air combat missions flown by UK aircraft in Afghanistan; and where that person is based. | | (278964) | 102
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many combat vehicles of each type are in service with each infantry battalion; who the manufacturer of each type of vehicle is; and how many of each type of vehicle are available under urgent operational requirements to each battalion. | | (278966) | 103
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279402) | 104
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279418) | 105
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has awarded the contract for the upgrade of the Puma helicopters; and if he will make a statement. | | (278758) | 106
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Navistar Defence Husky was selected for the Tactical Support Vehicle: Medium requirement; and what other tenders for the contract for that requirement were received. | | (279646) | 107
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the role of the Vector vehicle fleet following its withdrawal from operations; and whether planned upgrades to the fleet suspension system and wheel hubs will continue. | | (279647) | 108
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers from his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279510) | 109
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279511) | 110
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Panther vehicles are being upgraded as part of the recently announced £20 million improvement package. | | (279553) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 111
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households received assistance under the Warm Front programme in 2008-09; and how many households he estimates will receive such assistance in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (279459) | 112
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on the potential development of marine renewable energy projects off the Pembrokeshire coast. | | (279454) | 113
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of (a) the capacity of and (b) constraints on the development of potential wave power and tidal power projects off the Pembrokeshire coast. | | (279455) | 114
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the Wave Dragon project off the coast of Milford Haven; and if he will make a statement. | | (279456) | 115
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the Lunar tidal power project off the Pembrokeshire coast; and if he will make a statement. | | (279457) | 116
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 725W, on plutonium, if he will publish on his Department's website (a) the minutes of the meeting on plutonium management held on 21 May 2009, (b) the presentations made and (c) the materials submitted by attendees for circulation at the meeting; and what further steps he intends to take in respect of plutonium management. | | (279463) | 117
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has drawn up a shortlist of potential special advisers on the development of national policy statements on (a) wind farms and (b) nuclear power plants; what remuneration will be provided to such advisers; and what criteria will be used to select them. | | (279469) | 118
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what programmes his Department operates to provide assistance to the elderly in fuel poverty; when each was instituted; and how much has been spent under each such programme in each of the last 10 years. | | (278010) | 119
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1481W, on fuel poverty, what recent representations he has received proposing (a) an increase in assistance to and (b) a decrease in the number of fuel poor households in the North West Region by 10 per cent. by March 2011. | | (278048) | 120
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1481W, on fuel poverty, what the reasons are for the relatively high number of fuel poor households in the North West; and whether his Department has any region-specific programmes in place to rectify the situation. | | (278049) | 121
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1481W, on fuel poverty, what percentage of fuel poor homes in (a) the North West Region and (b) the UK are the primary residence of at least one person over 65 years. | | (278050) | 122
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1481W, on fuel poverty, how many fuel poor households there are in each local authority area in the North West. | | (278051) | 123
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of progress in eradicating fuel poverty in vulnerable households by 2010. | | (279106) | 124
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance is being provided by his Department for people who, due to age or illness, require fuel assistance for heating other than during winter months. | | (279107) | 125
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279401) | 126
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultations his Department has carried out since its establishment. | | (279413) | 127
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279417) | 128
| Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Minister of State plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 1 May 2009, on Vesta's Isle of Wight plant. | | (279387) | 129
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the net trading (a) gains and (b) losses in each local authority area arising from the manufacture and sale of (i) wind turbines and (ii) other means of renewable energy generation. | | (279128) | 130
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish his response to the renewable energy strategy consultation. | | (279550) | 131
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279508) | 132
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279509) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 133
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support research and development in the production horticulture sector to maintain the UK's competitiveness in this sector. | | (279476) | 134
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to production horticulture research and development in the last five years. | | (279477) | 135
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will match-fund the Horticultural Development Company levy for horticulture research and development. | | (279478) | 136
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of ornamental plants in mitigating the effects of climate change. | | (279479) | 137
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what events his Department (a) supported and (b) participated in relating to World Oceans Day on 8 June 2009. | | (279468) | 138
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Sir Don Curry on the introduction of a voluntary approach to set-aside. | | (279605) | 139
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage change in levels of (a) tuna and (b) cod stocks in UK waters in each year since 1997. | | (279353) | 140
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279400) | 141
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279426) | 142
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the UK population of (a) great crested newts, (b) each other endangered species of newt and (c) each endangered species of bat; from what baselines changes in the population of each such species is measured; and what criteria would have to be fulfilled for each such species to be removed from the endangered species list. | | (279198) | 143
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Central Science Laboratory office in each of the last five years. | | (279289) | 144
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated for the support of dairy farmers in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279328) | 145
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated for the support of livestock farmers in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279329) | 146
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated for the support of fishermen in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997. | | (279330) | 147
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Veterinary Laboratories Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (279541) | 148
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279506) | 149
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279507) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 150
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 45W, on Iran: Baha'i faith, what representations he has made to the Iranian government on the detention of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran since his public statement on 16 February 2009. | | (279323) | 151
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on arranging a World Trade Organisation Ministerial meeting in the Doha Development Agenda; and if he will make a statement. | | (279556) | 152
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Burma on Aung San Suu Kyi. | | (279194) | 153
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Burma on the pro-democracy movement in that country. | | (279195) | 154
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Eritrean government on allegations of human rights abuses in that country. | | (279603) | 155
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Eritrean government on the imprisonment of Christians in that country. | | (279604) | 156
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had with his (a) Chinese and (b) Russian counterpart to discuss the nuclear threat from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the last two years. | | (279103) | 157
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on steps taken by the Chinese government to close access to websites commenting on the 20th anniversary of the events in Tiananmen Square; and if he will make a statement. | | (279104) | 158
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279399) | 159
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279428) | 160
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to Iraqi authorities on the security of the residents of Ashraf City. | | (278967) | 161
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the strength of al-Qaeda in North Africa. | | (279373) | 162
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Gabon following the death of Omar Bongo. | | (279374) | 163
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's latest assessment is of whether the full military and police components mandated for MONUC will be put in place. | | (279375) | 164
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 15 September 2008, Official Report, columns 2201-02W, on Zimbabwe: embassies, how much the embassy of Zimbabwe owed in business rates on the latest date for which figures are available; and what steps are being taken to ensure that payment of outstanding business rates is made. | | (279326) | 165
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the function rooms in 1 Carlton Gardens have been used for (a) drinks receptions and (b) dinners since July 2007. | | (279644) | 166
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the Government has contributed to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees to meet the requirements of Iraqi nationals in Syria for 2009. | | (279641) | 167
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet his Colombian counterpart to discuss UK-Colombian relations. | | (279359) | 168
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279504) | 169
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279505) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 170
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether financial incentives are available to primary care trusts to encourage health professionals to identify and treat those at a high risk of fragility fracture. | | (279624) | 171
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress his Department has made in the development of coherent clinical guidance on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of falls, fragility fractures and osteoporosis. | | (279633) | 172
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to increase levels of understanding of bone health. | | (279634) | 173
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the clinical management of patients affected by falls, fragility fractures and osteoporosis. | | (279635) | 174
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms his Department has in place for the assessment of standards of care for people (a) at risk of falls, fragility fractures and osteoporosis and (b) with fragility fractures and osteoporosis. | | (279636) | 175
| Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of prohibiting the use of sunbeds by persons under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (279244) | 176
| Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of prohibiting the commercial use of unsupervised, coin-operated sunbeds; and if he will make a statement. | | (279245) | 177
| Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has undertaken to improve public awareness of the health risks posed by sunbeds. | | (279246) | 178
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) community and (b) primary care-based (i) physiotherapists and (ii) speech therapists there are in each primary care trust area. | | (279460) | 179
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net ingredient cost per head of population in each primary care trust area of prescriptions of warfarin was in the last three years for which information is available. | | (279461) | 180
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what scientific advice his Department has received from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the effectiveness of medical treatment by prescribed tranquillisers in the last five years. | | (279383) | 181
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, columns 391-4W, on tranquillisers, for what reasons the number of prescriptions for the anti-epileptic drugs clobazam and clonazepam dispensed increased in 2008. | | (279384) | 182
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, columns 1228-30W, on tranquillisers, in what format information on the number of in-patient prescriptions dispensed is held. | | (279385) | 183
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what results from prescribed medication withdrawal treatments have been reported by the NHS in respect of treatments provided by (a) David McKeown, Belfast and (b) the tranquilliser withdrawal clinic in Oldham in the last two years. | | (279386) | 184
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest assessment is of the effectiveness of local involvement networks; and if he will make a statement. | | (278997) | 185
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of his Department's effectiveness in the distribution to households of information on swine influenza; and if he will make a statement. | | (279433) | 186
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279398) | 187
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public consultations have been carried out by his Department since July 2007. | | (279412) | 188
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279415) | 189
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process his Department follows for approving medical products designed to ensure the safety of blood prior to their adoption for use by the National Blood Service. | | (279472) | 190
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many CE-marked medical products have subjected by his Department to efficacy and safety validation procedures in addition to those performed by manufacturers in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 to date. | | (279473) | 191
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the P-Capt prion filter has been subjected to safety and efficacy tests additional to those performed by the manufacturer by his Department. | | (279474) | 192
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department of testing the efficacy and safety of the P-Capt prion filter has been since such tests were required. | | (279475) | 193
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the former children's home Kendall House. | | (278970) | 194
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on funding domiciliary visits by consultants in the last 10 years. | | (279199) | 195
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many domiciliary visits were made by consultants in each (a) specialism and (b) primary care trust area in the last 10 years. | | (279200) | 196
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements there are upon (a) his Department and (b) the Government to hold equity equivalent to the debt of NHS trusts. | | (279201) | 197
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which interventions (a) have been assessed and (b) are being assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) through its Single Technology Appraisal process; and on what date (i) each such intervention was referred to NICE, (ii) NICE (A) commenced and (B) completed its appraisal of each intervention and (iii) those interventions which have received a licence were licensed by NICE. | | (279202) | 198
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate for reporting to the Reporting and Learning System is for each NHS trust. | | (279203) | 199
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (a) to issue its interim process guide for determining indicators for inclusion in the Quality and Outcomes Framework and (b) to call for evidence from interested parties for indicators for potential inclusion in the Quality and Outcomes Framework from 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (279204) | 200
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nutrition-related adverse incidents have been recorded by the National Patient Safety Agency in each month since it was established. | | (279205) | 201
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with a learning disability were (a) admitted to hospital and (b) treated by hospital out-patient services in each of the last five years. | | (279208) | 202
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the membership was of his Department's Applications Committee at the time at which the Committee discussed foundation status for the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust. | | (279209) | 203
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department has incurred on the procurement of services from (a) Deloitte and (b) other consultants in respect of the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and what estimate he has made of the total expenditure to be incurred on the procurement of such services. | | (279210) | 204
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects the review of the effect of the European Working Time Directive on junior doctor training to report findings by August 2009. | | (279212) | 205
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the NHS IT dispute process in respect of its dispute with Fujitsu to date. | | (279213) | 206
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the outcomes of his Department's Review of Customer Experience Information in Health and Social Care. | | (279214) | 207
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports of care providers employing illegal immigrants have been received by the (a) Commission for Social Care Inspection and (b) Care Quality Commission in each year since its establishment; how many such reports have been investigated; and how many illegal immigrants have been found to be working in the care sector by each commission as a result of such investigations to date. | | (279215) | 208
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what each (a) of his Department's arms length bodies, (b) strategic health authority and (c) special health authority has spent on public affairs consultancy in each of the last 10 years. | | (279216) | 209
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has allocated to local involvement networks for each of the next 10 years. | | (279217) | 210
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the formula by which the social care reform grant is disbursed. | | (279218) | 211
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in healthcare costs has been reclaimed through the European Health Insurance card in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of that sum was attributable to expenditure on (a) pharmaceutical products, (b) emergency care and (c) surgery in each such year. | | (279219) | 212
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of non-UK nationals (a) working, (b) working as doctors and (c) training to become doctors in the NHS. | | (279220) | 213
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has paid to other EU member states under the European Health Insurance Card scheme in each of the last 10 years. | | (279265) | 214
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to the Financial Services Compensation scheme on behalf of the Christie Hospital. | | (279266) | 215
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1028-29W, on malnutrition, in what ways the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition's recent report has contributed to his Department's work on (a) Dignity in Care, (b) Healthy Start, (c) Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives and (d) other relevant workstreams; and if he will make a statement. | | (279371) | 216
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there was in the proportion of older people being supported to live in their own home during 2007. | | (279480) | 217
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology his Department uses to account for the (a) actual and (b) potential debt of NHS trusts and foundation trusts. | | (279481) | 218
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the final report of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board. | | (279482) | 219
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patient safety incidents occurred in each NHS trust between April and September 2008 and were submitted to the Reporting and Learning System by the end of November 2008. | | (279483) | 220
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2009, Official Report, column 1110W, on surgery: overseas residence, how many people recorded as resident outside the UK, excluding the Republic of Ireland, and categorised in Group 2 received organs between April 1998 and March 2008. | | (279540) | 221
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (279409) | 222
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on compensation for thalidomide victims. | | (279259) | 223
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the average life-time cost to thalidomiders resulting from their disability. | | (279260) | 224
| Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants were employed in the treatment of cancer patients in the NHS in each year since 2001. | | (279471) | 225
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279502) | 226
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279503) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 227
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of homicide involving killing by a sharp instrument there were in (a) Dyfed Powys police force area and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (279451) | 228
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported incidents of (a) attempted murder, (b) wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm (GBH) and (c) wounding or inflicting GBH without intent by use of a knife or sharp instrument there were in (i) Dyfed Powys police force area and (ii) Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (279452) | 229
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the relocation of UK Border Agency offices to Liverpool; and if he will make a statement. | | (278996) | 230
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) visas and (b) leave to remain from Sri Lankan nationals his Department has under consideration. | | (279430) | 231
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas students of each (a) age, (b) sex and (c) nationality have been granted visas to study in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (279317) | 232
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holders of student visas applied (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully for the right to remain in the UK in a category other than that of student in each of the last five years. | | (279318) | 233
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of immigration offences related to the student visa system in the last 12 months. | | (279319) | 234
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many organisations purporting to be education and training providers have been closed for abuse of the immigration system in each of the last five years. | | (279320) | 235
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harwich of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1463W, on identity cards: Greater Manchester, what national implementation strategy his Department will follow for the National Identity Service should take-up in the Manchester pilot be low. | | (279614) | 236
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the National Identity Card Scheme; and what proportion of this expenditure has been on identity cards alone. | | (279615) | 237
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the automatic deportation of foreign prisoners convicted of (a) illegal gun possession and (b) drug dealing. | | (279616) | 238
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 851-2W, on crime, for which categories of incident data can be provided in respect of 2007-08. | | (279617) | 239
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have not been convicted of a crime have their fingerprint records retained on the National Fingerprint Database. | | (279618) | 240
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Epping Forest of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 174W, on personal records: data protection, for how long automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) data are retained; and under what circumstances ANPR data are deleted from the National ANPR Data Centre. | | (279619) | 241
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Epping Forest of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 174W, on personal records: data protection, what the eight data fields of advance passenger information are that the e-borders system will capture | | (279620) | 242
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Romsey of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 519W, on anti-social behaviour orders, on what date data for anti-social behaviour orders 2007 will be published. | | (279621) | 243
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 364W, on illegal immigrants, how many (a) removals and (b) voluntary departures there were in each year since 2005. | | (279622) | 244
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were detained at their point of entry to the UK in each month of 2008; and how many were subsequently deported. | | (279623) | 245
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279397) | 246
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1459W, on asylum: Bahrain, which sources of evidence the UK Border Agency used in making decisions on asylum applications from Bahraini citizens in the last five years. | | (279642) | 247
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of alcohol-related offences resulted in (a) cautions, (b) conditional cautions, (c) penalty notices for disorder and (d) criminal convictions in (i) England, (ii) Essex and (iii) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (278009) | 248
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each National Policing Improvement Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (279287) | 249
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency and its predecessors spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (279542) | 250
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 28,000 Iraqi refugees in Syria submitted by the UN for resettlement since 2007 have been accepted by the UK. | | (279640) | 251
| Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been imposed on shoplifters in each year since 2001. | | (279625) | 252
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on tackling the offence of driving without insurance in each of the last five years. | | (279594) | 253
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of driving without insurance and one other or more offences in the last 12 months; and which were the five most common offences for which people were convicted together with driving without insurance during that period. | | (279595) | 254
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each police authority area were found to be driving (a) without a licence, (b) without insurance, (c) under the influence of drink and (d) under the influence of drugs in each of the last 10 years. | | (279596) | 255
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279500) | 256
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279501) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 257
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consultations have been carried out by his Department since July 2007; and at what cost. | | (279343) | 258
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279396) | 259
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279422) | 260
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on levels of employment in each country in (a) Africa, (b) Latin America and (c) Asia of the completion of the World Trade Organisation Doha Round. | | (279136) | 261
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the availability and standard of supply of (a) electricity and (b) water in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (279607) | 262
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) children and (b) girls enrolled in (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) tertiary education in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (279608) | 263
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of levels of unemployment in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (279609) | 264
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of (a) infant and (b) maternal mortality rates in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (279610) | 265
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the prevalence of (a) HIV/AIDS and (b) tuberculosis in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (279611) | 266
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the extent of poverty in (a) Kosovo and (b) other Balkan countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (279612) | 267
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his latest estimate is of Kosovo's (a) gross national income and (b) average earnings per head of population; and if he will make a statement. | | (279613) | 268
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the UK has given to Liberia to tackle corruption in the last three years; and what his most recent assessment is of levels of corruption in Liberia. | | (279376) | 269
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what ring-fenced uplift in resources each of his Departments in-country programmes has received to fund the procurement of bed-nets in each of the next three years. | | (279197) | 270
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in South Ossetia; and what plans his Department has for the delivery of humanitarian aid to South Ossetia. | | (279206) | 271
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279498) | 272
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279499) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 273
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of possession of a knife in (a) Dyfed Powys police force area and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (279453) | 274
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid has been granted to parents seeking access rights to children in each of the last five years. | | (279196) | 275
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of security at his Department's Petty France office were recorded in the last 12 months. | | (279222) | 276
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of security at his Department were recorded in each of the last two years. | | (279223) | 277
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Prison Service paid in compensation to prisoners in respect of damaged or lost property in 2008-09. | | (279224) | 278
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length was of sentences (a) handed down to and (b) served by those who were convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences and (iii) robbery in 2007. | | (279225) | 279
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders released on bail in 2007 were (a) originally charged with and (b) subsequently sentenced for (i) offences of violence against the person and (ii) sexual offences. | | (279226) | 280
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Department's funding was allocated to the Children's Fund for youth crime prevention in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (279227) | 281
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in 2008-09; and what the total cost of such bonuses was. | | (279228) | 282
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) defendants released on bail and (b) defendants charged with violence against the person or sexual offences and then released on bail (i) failed to attend sentencing hearings and (ii) broke their bail conditions in other ways in 2007. | | (279229) | 283
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants were charged with offences of violence against the person or sexual offences in 2007; how many and what proportion of those so charged were (a) granted and (b) refused bail; and what condition of schedule 1 of the Bail Act 1976 was cited as the reason not to grant bail in each case. | | (279230) | 284
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of (i) offences of violence against the person and (ii) sexual offences in 2007. | | (279231) | 285
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced for offences of violence against the person or sexual offences received (a) a custodial sentence and (b) a non-custodial sentence or other disposal in each of the last two years. | | (279232) | 286
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases the Parole Board considered in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (279233) | 287
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders were granted oral hearings by the Parole Board in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (279234) | 288
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the offenders who were granted oral hearings by the Parole Board were subsequently granted parole in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (279235) | 289
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on (a) consultants and (b) agency staff in 2008-09. | | (279236) | 290
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints about the way in which a decision relating to land registration had been reached were (a) received and (b) completed by the Office of the Independent Complaints Reviewer in each of the last three years. | | (279237) | 291
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) community and (b) custody caseload of the Probation Service was in March in each of the last five financial years. | | (279238) | 292
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge of 30 March 2009, Official Report, columns 993-5W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much his Department, its predecessor and its agencies spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in the 2008-09 financial year. | | (279239) | 293
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on (a) focus groups and (b) opinion polling in 2008-09. | | (279240) | 294
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for intellectual property crime there were under the (a) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and (b) Trademarks Act 1994 in 2007. | | (279248) | 295
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the level of public confidence in the criminal justice system in 2008. | | (279249) | 296
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harborough of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 172-3W, on domestic violence, what the average period of time before offenders convicted of offences of domestic violence or abuse commenced integrated domestic abuse programmes was in each probation area in England and Wales in 2008-09. | | (279251) | 297
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were in a cell intended for (a) one and (b) two fewer people than were in the cell in 2008-09. | | (279252) | 298
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released on temporary licence in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (279262) | 299
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average period of imprisonment had been served by prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment who were released in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. | | (279263) | 300
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on furniture in 2008-09. | | (279264) | 301
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279395) | 302
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279416) | 303
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under 21 years old in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point who were convicted of (i) grievous bodily harm and (ii) violent disorder under the provisions of the Powers of Criminal Court (Sentencing) Act 2000 served less than (1) 12 months and (2) 18 months in custody in each of the last five years. | | (279279) | 304
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged under 18 years in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were convicted of (i) grievous bodily harm and (ii) violent disorder in each of the last five years; and what the average length of custodial sentence was in each case. | | (279280) | 305
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 21 years in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point were charged with offences after having served a sentence restricted by section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 in each of the last five years. | | (279281) | 306
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point convicted of serious violent offences and who served sentences of under two years duration re-offended in each of the last five years. | | (279282) | 307
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each HM Courts Service office in each of the last five years. | | (279290) | 308
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279496) | 309
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279497) | 310
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce legislation to prevent the courts from accepting the opinion of experts paid by local authorities as to the capacity of parties to give instructions to solicitors; and if he will make a statement. | | (279273) | 311
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Official Solicitor has been used by local authorities to progress the removal and adoption of a child from its birth family; and if he will make a statement. | | (279274) | Questions to the Leader of the House 312
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of mySociety on methods of electronic publication of bills by the House; and if she will make a statement. | | (279360) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 313
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultations have been carried out by his Department since July 2007; and at what cost. | | (279345) | 314
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what newspapers are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279346) | 315
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279394) | 316
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many residential units owned by (a) the Police Authority for Northern Ireland and (b) the Northern Ireland Prison Service are vacant; and if he will make a statement. | | (279630) | 317
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1457-61W, on departmental training, what service was provided by OASIS training. | | (279283) | 318
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279494) | 319
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279495) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 320
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what criteria will apply to the award of contracts for landscaping of the London 2012 Olympic main site; and if she will make a statement. | | (279309) | 321
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 the ExCel centre in London. | | (278319) | 322
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much the Olympic Delivery Authority has spent on consulants in each year since its creation. | | (279410) | Questions to the Prime Minister 323
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, by what means the proceedings of the (a) Democratic Renewal Council and (b) Domestic Policy Council will be reported to the House; and what estimate has been made of the administrative cost of each body in the next 12 months. | | (279467) | 324
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Office in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279393) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 325
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279392) | 326
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279492) | 327
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279493) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 328
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what financial consultants were used by the Boundary Committee to model the possible costs of unitary local government in (a) Devon, (b) Norfolk and (c) Suffolk; and at what cost. | | (279559) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 329
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reasons data collected in in-flight flight recorders are not transmitted in real time to (a) the Civil Aviation Authority and (b) air traffic control regulators; and what research has been undertaken into encryption of such data. | | (279352) | 330
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reason holders of non-UK driving licences who have taken and failed a UK driving test are permitted to drive in the UK on a non-UK licence for up to 12 months following their arrival in the UK. | | (279049) | 331
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many holders of non-UK driving licences have taken the UK driving test in each of the last 10 years; and how many have failed the test. | | (279050) | 332
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what consultations have been carried out by his Department since July 2007; and at what cost. | | (279344) | 333
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279391) | 334
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279424) | 335
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many passengers have travelled on the Tyne and Wear Metro in each year since 1997. | | (279250) | 336
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much capital funding his Department and its predecessors provided for Tyne and Wear Metro in each year since 1997. | | (279253) | 337
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to address road congestion. | | (279254) | 338
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has spent on transport in (a) South Tyneside, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (279275) | 339
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much capital funding the Government has allocated to rail travel in (a) the North East and (b) England in each year since 1997. | | (279308) | 340
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much capital expenditure on roads there was in (a) the North East and (b) England in each year since 1997. | | (279325) | 341
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 485W, on departmental conditions of employment, for what reasons the flexible benefits business plan is considered to be a confidential document. | | (279450) | 342
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects the London Gateway Port to commence operation. | | (279099) | 343
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage bicycle usage in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (279284) | 344
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Vehicle Certification Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (279291) | 345
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 294W, on c2c, if he will (a) agree and (b) publish a timetable for re-letting the c2c franchise. | | (279411) | 346
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Statement of 7 July 2008, Official Report, column 1169, on biofuels, what representations he has made to the European Commission on the inclusion of the effects of indirect land use change in European sustainability criteria for biofuels. | | (279312) | 347
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 576W, on railways: overcrowding, when the passengers in excess of capacity measure will be replaced; what measure for monitoring passenger numbers was used in 2008; and what measure for monitoring passenger numbers will be used for 2009. | | (279313) | 348
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 576W, on railways: overcrowding, what capacity benchmarks are used for each franchise let after 2004; and how operators are measured against those benchmarks. | | (279314) | 349
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) external contractors and (b) other non-departmental staff were employed by his Department in London in each of the last five financial years; and at what cost such staff were employed in each such year. | | (279315) | 350
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies since July 2008. | | (279414) | 351
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Crosby of 3 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1135-6W, on public transport, what meetings his Department has had on the development of the consultation on an integrated ticketing strategy in England since the date of that Answer. | | (279464) | 352
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Crosby of 3 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1135-6W, on public transport, when he expects the consultation paper on an integrated ticketing stategy for England to be published. | | (279465) | 353
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many journeys officials from his Department have made in vehicles provided by the Government Car and Despatch Agency using B5 biodiesel in the last 12 months. | | (279466) | 354
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the likely economic effects on the transport industry of the amendment of the definition of relevant hydrocarbon oil used for the purposes of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. | | (279543) | 355
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of the amendment of the definition of relevant hydrocarbon oil used for the purposes of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation on progress towards his Department's renewable transport fuel targets. | | (279544) | 356
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many certificates issued under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) scheme have been revoked owing to the (a) detection of fraud and (b) provision of inaccurate information to the Administrator of that scheme since the RTFO came into force. | | (279545) | 357
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to his Department's infrastructure grant programme for low carbon transport. | | (279546) | 358
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of his Department's infrastructure grant programme on progress towards meeting targets on renewable sources for transport fuel use. | | (279547) | 359
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to include greenhouse gas savings in the targets set out in the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. | | (279548) | 360
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what meetings his Department has had with outside organisations to prepare the UK's National Action Plan under the renewable transport fuel obligation. | | (279549) | 361
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of electric and hydrogen-fuelled cars towards the 2020 target for the renewable transport fuel obligation; and what methodology was used to make this assessment. | | (279551) | 362
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when the Government's National Action Plan required under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (279552) | 363
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of reaching the target for 3.25 per cent. of all road transport fuel to come from biofuels by 2009-10; and what recent steps he has taken to increase levels of sustainability of biofuels for use in vehicles. | | (279578) | 364
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs which would be created by (a) widening and (b) applying hard shoulder running on (i) section 2 and (ii) section 5 of the M25. | | (279579) | 365
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from official journeys made by his Department's employees in the last five years. | | (279580) | 366
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of his Department's (a) actual and (b) potential liabilities under revenue support clauses in contracts with train operators in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10; what assessment he has made of the effects of passenger number projections on those liabilities in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (279581) | 367
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) programmes aimed at reducing levels of uninsured driving and (b) establishing a system of continuous insurance enforcement in each year since 2004. | | (279582) | 368
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has spent on the report it commissioned from Professor David Greenaway on uninsured driving in the UK. | | (279583) | 369
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has issued guidance to airlines on use of pitot tubes on medium and long haul jets. | | (279584) | 370
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of establishing a recharging point for electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles. | | (279585) | 371
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many recharging points for electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles he expects to be procured from the £20 million allocated for that purpose in the 2009 Budget. | | (279586) | 372
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the reliability of computerised measurement of airspeeds on A330 aircraft. | | (279587) | 373
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the reliability of the air data inertial reference unit computer system used on A330 aircraft. | | (279588) | 374
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the safety of A330 aircraft. | | (279589) | 375
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to assess the safety of A330 aircraft. | | (279590) | 376
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken into the risks posed by the effect known as coffin corner in relation to aircraft. | | (279591) | 377
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding to meet liabilities or potential liabilities under revenue support clauses in train operator franchises. | | (279592) | 378
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what funding has been allocated to his Department to meet liabilities or potential liabilities under revenue support clauses in train operator franchises in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (279593) | 379
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by each Safety Camera Partnership and successor organisation since 2001. | | (279597) | 380
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount uninsured drivers have cost (a) motorists with insurance and (b) the insurance industry in each year since 2004. | | (279598) | 381
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects continuous insurance enforcement to be introduced across all insured vehicles. | | (279599) | 382
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign-registered (a) heavy goods vehicles, (b) vans, (c) cars and (d) motorcycles using UK roads in each of the last five years. | | (279600) | 383
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on preparatory work on uncompleted projects for conventional widening of the (a) M1, (b) M6 and (c) M62. | | (279601) | 384
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much has been allocated from the rail budget for Control Period Four to cover revenue support clauses in train operator franchises. | | (279602) | 385
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which train operator franchises include revenue support clauses. | | (279632) | 386
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has spent on hiring non-departmental premises for (a) hospitality and entertainment and (b) training events in the last 12 months. | | (279645) | 387
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279490) | 388
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279491) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 389
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279389) | 390
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in his Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279488) | 391
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279489) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 392
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what measures are in place to help women affected by the no recourse to public funds rule. | | (279098) | 393
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many centres for male victims of domestic violence have been opened in each month in each of the last five years. | | (279361) | 394
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many centres for victims of domestic violence have been opened in the last 12 months. | | (279362) | 395
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on the maintenance of its website in each of the last two years. | | (279363) | 396
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on promoting International Women's Day 2009. | | (279364) | 397
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent steps the Government Equalities Office has taken to combat homophobia in the work place. | | (279365) | 398
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on water coolers in each of the last two years. | | (279366) | 399
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on health and safety training for its staff in each of the last two years. | | (279367) | 400
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on bottled water in each of the last two years. | | (279368) | 401
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 2007; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose of each was. | | (279369) | 402
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on staff surveys in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (279370) | 403
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many individual representations the Government Equalities Office has received from members of the public concerning the provisions of the Equality Bill since its publication; and how many of these representations were (a) in favour of and (b) opposed to the provisons of the Bill. | | (279372) | 404
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many people from ethnic minority backgrounds are employed by the Government Equalities Office. | | (279377) | 405
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed by the Government Equalities Office. | | (279378) | 406
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many staff the Government Equalities Office has employed in each month since October 2007. | | (279379) | 407
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in the Government Equalities Office have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (279520) | 408
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether the Government Equalities Office has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 409
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to establish the nuclear directorate within the Health and Safety Executive on a statutory basis. | | (279351) | 410
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving fuel assistance as a result of being disabled or long-term ill-health are also eligible for fuel assistance due to their age. | | (279105) | 411
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents have been prosecuted for (a) not providing information and (b) providing false information to the Child Support Agency in each year since 2000. | | (278965) | 412
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training courses have been attended by special advisers in her Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (279388) | 413
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in her Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279425) | 414
| Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former employees of her Department are registered as unemployed at Jobcentre Plus's offices in (a) the Borough of Wyre, (b) the Borough of Fylde, (c) the Borough of Blackpool and (d) the City of Preston. | | (279458) | 415
| Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed in each section of her Department in (a) the Borough of Wyre, (b) the Borough of Blackpool and (c) the City of Preston in each of the last five years. | | (279558) | 416
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that (a) her Department and (b) contractors comply with relevant provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 in respect of those with a mental health condition in (a) allocating and (b) administering work experience and work trial placements. | | (279555) | 417
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she takes to ensure that the typical characteristics of benefit claimants are portrayed accurately in official publications and statements. | | (279643) | 418
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants resident in (a) Great Grimsby and (b) Cleethorpes received JSA was in each of the last five years. | | (279270) | 419
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former Woolworth employees have been placed into new employment by Jobcentre Plus in each constituency. | | (279100) | 420
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former Woolworth employees are claiming jobseeker's allowance in each parliamentary constituency. | | (279101) | 421
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that former Woolworth employees are helped back into work. | | (279102) | 422
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reason was for the decision in Budget 2009 not to pay tenants the local housing allowance rate when their actual rent is less. | | (279562) | 423
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the number of landlords who have not accepted potential tenants who are on local housing allowance housing benefit on the grounds that the benefit is not paid directly to the landlord. | | (279563) | 424
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Pensions Service office in each of the last five years. | | (279288) | 425
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Jobcentre Plus spent on consultants in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (279382) | 426
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency spent on consultants in each year since 2006-07. | | (279626) | 427
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) private meetings and (b) public engagements Ministers in her Department have attended at which representatives from the think-tank Demos were present in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (279486) | 428
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has any contracts with the think-tank Demos. | | (279487) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 429
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Government-led strategy group on next generation access networks has met. | | [Transferred] (279094) | 430
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps have been taken by the Government to help implement the Community Broadband Network's proposals for an umbrella body for local and community broadband networks. | | [Transferred] (279095) | 431
N | Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what policies of his Department have objectives to increase social mobility. | | [Question Unstarred] (278999) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 432
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many health in pregnancy grants have been disbursed. | | [Transferred] (279211) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 433
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the Prime Minister's private office; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (279429) |
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