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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 12 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 12 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 12 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 Friday 12 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 12 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when funding first became available under the Strategic Investment Fund; which Government bodies will administer the fund; what guidelines apply to the allocation of grants from the fund; how much has been allocated under the fund; and which organisations have received funding. | | (278320) | 2
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much in (a) compensation for foreign exchange exposure, (b) loans and (c) other funding his Department has provided for the research councils in addition to the allocations in the 2007 Science Budget. | | (278469) | 3
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the Science and Technology Facilities Council is (a) experiencing a budgetary shortfall and (b) is planning a programme of funding delays and reductions for 2009-10. | | (278772) | 4
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of rebranding necessitated by the creation of his Department; and under what budgetary heading he expects such expenditure to be incurred. | | (279831) | 5
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279822) | 6
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants from his Department are based in (a) Basra, (b) Baghdad, (c) Erbil and (d) other locations in Iraq. | | (279965) | 7
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to promote the uptake of collaborative procurement strategies within universities and further education colleges, as recommended in HM Treasury's May 2009 review, Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement. | | (279714) | 8
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of young people living in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport entered university in each of the last 10 years. | | (279762) | 9
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many public sector apprenticeships have been started in (a) Stockport and (b) Tameside local authority area since 2005. | | (279768) | 10
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure universal availability of broadband access in the UK. | | (280044) | 11
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to assist households in the UK which cannot access broadband services. | | (280045) | 12
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has allocated for the roll-out of high-speed broadband in the next three years. | | (280046) | 13
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department funds training programmes which provide skills relevant to the beauty treatment and tanning sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (280079) | 14
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what skills courses funded by his Department are provided by trade unions. | | (280080) | 15
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were awarded to individuals subsequently discovered to be illegal immigrants in the last year for which figures are available. | | (280081) | 16
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans have been made to the automotive industry under the Automotive Assistance Programme since the programme became operational; and what the monetary value of such loans is. | | (280003) | 17
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been made to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme; and how many of these have met the eligibility criteria. | | (280004) | 18
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been made to the Capital for Enterprise Fund; and how many of these have met the eligibility criteria. | | (280005) | 19
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps have been taken to ensure that proposals for the sale of parts of Royal Mail provide value for money. | | (280054) | 20
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have submitted bids for part-ownership of Royal Mail. | | (280055) | 21
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the outcome was of the Secretary of State's discussions on further share sales in Royal Mail beyond a 30 per cent. stake. | | (280056) | 22
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the asset value of Royal Mail has been calculated in the last two years; and what action was taken following each such calculation. | | (280057) | 23
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what basis it was decided to propose a sale of 30 per cent. of Royal Mail; what other percentages were considered; and why they were rejected. | | (280058) | 24
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) written and (b) oral representations Ministers in his Department have received on the timing of the proposed part-sale of Royal Mail; and what response has been made to those representations. | | (280059) | 25
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of Lord Davies of Abersoch's working time as a Minister is spent on matters relating to his Department. | | (279803) | 26
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Milton Keynes which do not have access to high-speed broadband. | | (279659) | 27
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding was allocated by the Learning and Skills Council to each educational establishment in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years. | | (279720) | 28
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) land and (b) buildings owned by the South East of England Development Agency are unused. | | (279721) | 29
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the skills base in Milton Keynes. | | (279737) | 30
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): 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 Milton Keynes. | | (279738) | 31
| Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the further development of the toolkit on business and human rights. | | (279653) | 32
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in remote rural areas who have access to broadband. | | (279649) | 33
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans have been made to small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Derbyshire and (b) West Derbyshire under the Small Business Loan Guarantee scheme since its inception. | | (279652) | 34
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent changes there have been to the investment budgets of each regional development agency. | | (279897) | 35
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what records the Insolvency Service holds on the number of firms in ports which have gone into administration in the last six months. | | (279898) | 36
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) festivals and (b) other events the North East Regional Development Agency has undertaken to support or sponsor through the culture10 Partnership; and what sums have been allocated in each case. | | (279899) | 37
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1276W, on regional planning and development, on what date the regional industrial development boards were established; how much funding his Department has allocated to each such brand for 2009-10; and what the remit and function of each such board is. | | (279992) | 38
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of business failures in the last 12 months attributable to late payments; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of such failures. | | (279985) | 39
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on tickets for (a) air and (b) rail travel for (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department which were not used in each of the last three years. | | (280008) | 40
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Technology plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 15 April 2009, on broadband for pensioners. | | (279441) | 41
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 21 April 2009, on Royal Worcester porcelain. | | (279442) | 42
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) research and (b) total cost was of preparing and publishing the Evaluation of the impact of skills for life learning report. | | (279889) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 43
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure the early publication of the Chadwick Review into payment of compensation to policy holders who lost money in the collapse of Equitable Life. | | (279571) | 44
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions Lloyds TSB held with UK Financial Investments Ltd on its plans to close high street branches of Cheltenham and Gloucester; and what reports he received from his Department's representative on the Board of Lloyds TSB on the matter. | | (279470) | 45
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date persons under 50 years old will be eligible for the increase in the level of the annual maximum permissible investment for individual savings accounts. | | (280047) | 46
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the increase in the level of the annual maximum permissible investment in individual savings accounts was initially available only to persons aged over 50 years old. | | (280048) | 47
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase annually the maximum permissible annual investment in individual savings accounts. | | (280049) | 48
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 539W, on public expenditure, if he will publish the forthcoming factual paper on the Barnett Formula before the summer adjournment. | | (279568) | 49
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expected exposure range for bad debt is in relation to the Asset Protection Scheme. | | (279978) | 50
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made in the implementaton of the Asset Protection Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (279979) | 51
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent timetable is for repayment of loans advanced to Northern Rock. | | (279980) | 52
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress his Department has made in ensuring that invoices for public sector contractors are paid within 10 days. | | (279981) | 53
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue from road fuel duty has been raised from sales in Na h-Eileanan an Iar in each year since 2005-06. | | (279857) | 54
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the revenue from road fuel duty raised from sales in each region in 2008-09. | | (279858) | 55
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to extend entitlement to tax credits to people with children under the age of 25 who receive education maintenance grant on the basis of parental income. | | (279866) | 56
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date Ministers in his Department asked departmental officials to draft proposals to take the Bradford and Bingley Building Society into public ownership. | | (280083) | 57
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the decision to take the Bradford and Bingley Building Society into public ownership was taken. | | (280084) | 58
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department determined that (a) bonds held by the Government in Bradford and Bingley would be ranked above Bradford and Bingley subordinated bondholders for settlement and (b) bonds held by the Government in Northern Rock would be ranked below Northern Rock subordinated bondholders for settlement. | | (280085) | 59
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the introduction of a gross profit tax to replace amusement machine licence duty with the Hampton principles of better regulation; and if he will make a statement. | | (279741) | 60
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regulatory impact assessment he plans to publish as part of the consultation on the introduction of a gross profit tax to replace amusement machine licence duty. | | (279742) | 61
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the introduction of a gross profit tax to replace amusement machine licence duty system; and if he will make a statement. | | (279743) | 62
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1046W, on the Regional Economic Council, what the name of each local government representative is. | | (279791) | 63
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1049W, on the Valuation Office: Northern Ireland Land and Property Services, if he will place in the Library a copy of minutes of the (a) 47th, (b) 48th and (c) 49th meetings. | | (279796) | 64
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1049-50W, on the Valuation Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of (a) the electronic capture of hard copy records project board and (b) the installation of a geographical information system project board. | | (279797) | 65
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 384W, on council tax: valuation, what types of property data are provided to the Valuation Office Agency by the Stamp Duty Office of HM Revenue and Customs. | | (279799) | 66
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many valuations the Valuation Office Agency undertook for inheritance tax in 2008-09. | | (279800) | 67
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies have been awarded the contracts under OGC.buying solutions contract tender Reference RM 341, on geographic information services and solutions; and which public bodies are purchasing geographical information under the contracts. | | (279801) | 68
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 1006W, on the Valuation Office: South East, if he will rank each individual locality reference in each valuation area in the East Midlands according to its value significance. | | (279882) | 69
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1043W, on council tax: valuation, if he will rank each individual locality reference in each valuation area in the West Midlands according to its value significance. | | (279883) | 70
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1043W, on council tax: valuation, what the average number of dwellings is in each locality group in England. | | (279884) | 71
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency has produced any video films under its e-learning programme relating to council tax valuations. | | (279900) | 72
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Valuation Office Agency's council tax banding support tool became operational for the whole of England; what the cost of the project to develop the tool was; and which external organisations were engaged to support the development process. | | (280015) | 73
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many domestic property transaction records the HM Revenue and Customs Stamp Duty Office provided to the Valuation Office Agency in 2008-09. | | (280038) | 74
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) proposals he has considered and (b) discussions he has had on amendment of the lower rate of income tax in the last nine months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279975) | 75
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the costs and benefits of schemes under the Private Finance Initiative. | | (279984) | 76
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on pot plants in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (280022) | 77
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 28 April 2009, on fuel tax PO Ref: 1/71584/2009. | | (279439) | 78
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards were modified or changed in-year from their original calculation in 2007-08. | | (279733) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 79
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suicides there were in Easington constituency in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008. | | (279853) | 80
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 391W, what data the Office of National Statistics' uses to make comparisons between spending levels of local authorities. | | (279795) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on tickets for (a) air and (b) rail travel for (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in her Department which were not used in each of the last three years. | | (280011) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 82
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1434W, on rehabilitation: Lincolnshire, how much of the (a) £24.7 million and (b) matched additional funds for drugs and alcohol treatment is being provided for residential treatment for under-18s. | | (279298) | 83
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279817) | 84
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken to promote the uptake of collaborative procurement strategies within schools, as recommended in HM Treasury's May 2009 review, Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement. | | (279715) | 85
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of bullying in secondary schools in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport in each year since 2001. | | (279763) | 86
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the (a) requirement for and (b) cost of school building repairs in (i) Tameside and (ii) Stockport in the next three years. | | (279764) | 87
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated for children's play in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport in 2009-10. | | (279770) | 88
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to teacher recruitment in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. | | (279717) | 89
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding the Government has allocated to reducing class sizes in Milton Keynes in each of the last 10 years. | | (279718) | 90
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many registered childcare places for children under eight years old there are in Milton Keynes. | | (279719) | 91
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department plans to take to increase support for children diagnosed with diabetes in school. | | (279850) | 92
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average number of days taken to pay an invoice by (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies was in each month since November 2008. | | (279524) | 93
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many potential sponsors are in discussion with his Department on the establishment of a new academy; and if he will make a statement. | | (279930) | 94
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academies have been established in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279931) | 95
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Minister in his Department has lead responsibility for the academies programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (280006) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 96
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish the final regional spatial strategy for the South West before the end of June 2009. | | (279573) | 97
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the (a) Cotswolds Conservation Board and (b) Chilterns Conservation Board is not on the list of statutory consultees for national planning policy statements. | | (279861) | 98
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279819) | 99
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to promote the uptake of collaborative procurement strategies within local authorities, as recommended in HM Treasury's May 2009 review, Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement. | | (279716) | 100
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people are on a local authority housing waiting list in Stockport; and how many were on such a list in (a) 2004 and (b) 1999. | | (279755) | 101
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time for a person to obtain local authority housing with disabled access in Stockport was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279756) | 102
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes were built on brownfield sites in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport in each year since 1997. | | (279760) | 103
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the official engagements of (a) the Minister for London, (b) the Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber, (c) the Minister for the South East, (d) the Minister for the North West, (e) the Minister for the East of England, (f) the Minister for the East Midlands, (g) the Minister for the South West, (h) the Minister for the North East and (i) the Minister for the West Midlands in their roles as regional ministers were between (i) 1 and 31 March, (ii) 1 and 30 April and (iii) 1 and 31 May 2009. | | (279569) | 104
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications have been made to the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme to date; and how many of these have met the eligibility criteria. | | (280051) | 105
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the sum to be repaid to Chorley Borough Council from its deposit with Landsbanki; and when he expects the repayment to be made. | | (280053) | 106
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in each district of Greater Manchester have (a) received assistance from and (b) been refused assistance under the Mortgage Rescue Scheme because the value of their property exceeds the eligible criteria. | | (279864) | 107
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 141W, on planning permission, by how much grant allocation will be reduced if a local planning authority does not complete its priority development plan documents in accordance with the agreed time scale (a) in 2008-09 and (b) under the plans for the new Housing and Planning Delivery Grant system. | | (279789) | 108
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 141W, on planning permission, what the agreed completion date is of the core strategy of each local planning authority. | | (279790) | 109
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1340W, on statistics: council tax, for what reasons his Department has not responded to the UK Statistics Authority's notification of 6 January 2009 that it wished to assess and determine whether the Code of Practice for Official Statistics had been complied with in respect of statistics on council tax levels set by local authorities. | | (279793) | 110
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental procurement, if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods or services to his Department in 2008-09. | | (279798) | 111
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 18 of the Government response to the Communities and Local Government Committee's Report on the Department for Communities and Local Government's Annual Report 2008, Cm. 7614, if he will place in the Library a copy of the comprehensive ERDF User Manual. | | (279802) | 112
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Audit Commission had on deposit in each Icelandic bank when each account was frozen; and how much of each deposit remains unrecovered. | | (279848) | 113
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1104W, on council housing, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the 98 written responses. | | (279860) | 114
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans (a) his Department and (b) the Audit Commission has to review guidance to local authorities on investment policies. | | (279873) | 115
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the members of each regional resilience forum in each Government Office region are. | | (279875) | 116
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's Green Spaces Hub will hold any data relating to green space in private ownership. | | (279876) | 117
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 921W, on non-domestic rates: small businesses, what the maximum cash value of small business rate relief, including the value of the lower small business multiplier to a firm in (a) London and (b) outside London is in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10. | | (279885) | 118
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1119W, on local government finance, for what reasons some local authorities received no funding in the most recent round of the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme. | | (279890) | 119
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local planning authorities have completed the process of adopting their local development documents. | | (279923) | 120
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local planning authorities on Section 106 agreements with (a) parish councils and (b) voluntary organisations applying to build community facilities. | | (279924) | 121
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) remit and (b) membership of the Local Government Delivery Council is. | | (279925) | 122
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements there are on him to consult on revisions to a regional spatial strategy. | | (279926) | 123
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many videos his Department has uploaded to YouTube since July 2007; and what policy his Department has on the use of (a) YouTube and (b) other online media. | | (279943) | 124
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an impact assessment has been produced for his Department's plans for a national registration system for landlords in the private rented sector. | | (279944) | 125
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements there are for (a) audit and (b) evaluation of the customer service given by HomeBuy agents. | | (279968) | 126
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of (a) the annual cost of office accommodation for the Infrastructure Planning Commission and (b) the costs incurred in (i) moving and (ii) refurbishment. | | (279969) | 127
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1164W, on the Waste Regional Advisory Group, what the (a) membership and (b) remit of each waste regional advisory group is. | | (279997) | 128
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 423-4W, on councillors, for what reasons the Audit Commission decided to collect data on all local councillors during its next scheduled exercise; and what assessment the Audit Commission made of the level of risk of fraud involving elected members prior to that decision. | | (280013) | 129
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for changing the political restrictions on council group political assistants. | | (280018) | 130
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding the Housing Corporation provided to the Commission on Architecture and the Built Environment in the last 24 months before the Corporation's merger with English Partnerships; for what purposes; and at what cost. | | (280031) | 131
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's plans to refocus housing and planning delivery grant on the level of grant allocated to local authorities. | | (280032) | 132
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account the regional spatial strategy planning process will take of eco-town sites. | | (280033) | 133
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information (a) his Department, (b) the Homes and Communities Agency, (c) the Tenant Services Authority and (d) the Audit Commission collects on rent arrears in local authority housing. | | (280034) | 134
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the remuneration for the post of Chairman of the Infrastructure Planning Commission will be made personally to Sir Michael Pitt. | | (280035) | 135
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the councillor call for action powers in the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 were implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (280036) | 136
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an impact assessment has been commissioned in respect of the proposed extension to property owners of the scope of business improvement districts. | | (280037) | 137
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information (a) the Secretary of State and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department provided to Surrey Police in July 2008 on the notional council tax precept to be used when setting its 2009-10 budget. | | (279655) | 138
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on the Planning Circular on the Protection of World Heritage Sites. | | (279115) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 139
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279814) | 140
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on reaching agreement on a UK-Israel Film Co-production Treaty. | | (279751) | 141
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery funding was awarded to sport-related groups in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport in each of the last five years. | | (279766) | 142
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of all Lottery funding available has been awarded to organisations in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport in the last 12 months. | | (279767) | 143
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding he plans to provide for sport in Denton and Reddish constituency in 2009-10. | | (279771) | 144
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic viability and (b) social contribution of local radio. | | (279293) | 145
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many apprenticeships in the creative industries have been taken up since his Department's publication of its Creative Britain document. | | (279531) | 146
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect that the introduction of a gross profit tax to replace the amusement machine licence duty system would have on implementation of new stakes and prize levels for Category C and D machines. | | (279744) | 147
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations he has received on the funding by his Department of estimated local authority costs of operating the free swimming programme. | | (279905) | 148
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) UK Sport, (b) Sport England and (c) Arts Council England spent on media monitoring services in each of the last three years; what proportion of such expenditure by each body was drawn from its Exchequer funding in each such year; and which organisations provided those services. | | (279940) | 149
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department, (b) English Heritage, (c) the Heritage Lottery Fund and (d) the Big Lottery Fund spent on media monitoring services in 2008-09; and which organisations provided those services. | | (279941) | 150
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to publish details of the Government's vision and priorities for the historic environment before the Summer Adjournment. | | (279113) | 151
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on the World Heritage for the Nation: Identifying, Protecting and Promoting our World Heritage document. | | (279114) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 152
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Joint Strike Fighter aircraft his Department plans to purchase in the next five years. | | (279936) | 153
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Nimrod MRA4 aircraft his Department plans to procure in the next three years. | | (279937) | 154
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of forces' accommodation units are in each condition grade in each region in England. | | (279938) | 155
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry combatants' courses at Catterick Infantry Training Centre have been cancelled in the last 12 months. | | (279939) | 156
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the mandated target for bottled water holdings is held in Afghanistan. | | (279946) | 157
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of each armoured vehicle type is (a) fit for operations, (b) in limited role, (c) awaiting spares and (d) not operational for other reasons. | | (279947) | 158
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) percentage and (b) actual shortfall of each equipment type used for pre-deployment training is. | | (279948) | 159
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF aircraft are in service; and what the (a) target and (b) actual number of each type of RAF aircraft fit for purpose is. | | (279949) | 160
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters are in service in the armed forces; and what the (a) target and (b) actual number of each type of helicopter fit for purpose is. | | (279950) | 161
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many improvised explosive device attacks there have been on British forces in Afghanistan in each month since January 2008. | | (279951) | 162
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cannibalisations of each type of RAF aircraft there have been in (a) each year since 2005 and (b) the last 12 months. | | (279952) | 163
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of vehicles of each type in the armoured vehicle fleet has been cannibalised in each of the last 12 months. | | (279953) | 164
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles of each type in the armoured vehicle fleet have been cannibalised in each of the last (a) 12 months and (b) four years. | | (279954) | 165
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of pinch point trades are in breach of their (a) tour interval guidelines and (b) individual separated service guidelines. | | (279955) | 166
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent operational requirement armoured vehicles of each type have been (a) ordered since July 2006 and (b) delivered to UK Land Command. | | (279956) | 167
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow rate was of RAF pilot crew for each aircraft type in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (279957) | 168
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of pilots for each aircraft type in the RAF is. | | (279958) | 169
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Army's latest Total Fleet Requirement document. | | (279959) | 170
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) planned and (b) actual average flying hours for each helicopter type in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy and (iii) Royal Air Force were in each month of (A) 2008 and (B) 2009 to date. | | (279960) | 171
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of (a) theft and (b) vandalism have been reported in relation to British military supplies during transit from the port of debarkation in Pakistan to the final destination in Afghanistan in each month in 2009 to date. | | (279961) | 172
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Pakistani military personnel are (a) assigned, (b) attached and (c) embedded with UK military forces in Regional Command South. | | (279962) | 173
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are (a) embedded with Pakistani military units and (b) based in Pakistan to co-ordinate military operations in support of UK military operations in Regional Command South. | | (279963) | 174
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are deployed on operations; and what the location is of each such deployment. | | (279964) | 175
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stage the EU Battlegroup roster has reached. | | (279966) | 176
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) operational control, (b) administrative control, (c) technical control, (d) tactical control and (e) other command relationship between UK and non-UK forces operating in Iraq is at the lowest unit level for which data is available. | | (279967) | 177
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2009, Official Report, column 828W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what his estimate is of the number of troops likely to be required by Regional Command South in October 2009. | | (280077) | 178
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) tax and (b) other payments Gurkhas who retired before 1997 were required to make during their service to the Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (279747) | 179
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to allocate responsibility for defence procurement matters to his Ministers. | | (279986) | 180
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements there are for the training of RAF pilots in air-to-air refuelling techniques before Tornado GR4s deploy to Afghanistan. | | (280000) | 181
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what trials his Department has undertaken with commercial air-to-air refuelling service providers in the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the results of those trials. | | (280001) | 182
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) freight and (b) passenger capacity is of (i) the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft and (ii) each commercial air-to-air service provider. | | (280002) | 183
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the fuel off-load capacity is of (a) the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft and (b) each commercial air-to-air service provider. | | (280060) | 184
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated hourly flying time cost is of (a) the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft and (b) each air-to-air service provider. | | (280061) | 185
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the hourly cost of air-to-air refuelling of an RAF VC10 is. | | (280062) | 186
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he expects the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft to enter service. | | (280063) | 187
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out-of-service dates are for the (a) VC10 and (b) TriStar fleets. | | (280064) | 188
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contractual support arrangements there are for the (a) RAF VC10 and (b) TriStar fleets; and what the cost was in each case in each of the last two years. | | (280065) | 189
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the airworthiness of the (a) TriStar and (b) VC10 fleets. | | (280066) | 190
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) planned and (b) actual usage hours for (i) TriStar and (ii) VC10 aircraft there were in each year since 2003. | | (280067) | 191
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many equipment failure reports there were in respect of (a) TriStar and (b) VC10 aircraft in each year since 2003. | | (280068) | 192
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the pre-deployment urgent operational requirements planned for the Tornado GR4s due to be deployed to Afghanistan have been completed. | | (279736) | 193
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of days taken to pay an invoice by (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies was in each month since November 2008. | | (279523) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 194
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to answer Question 241930, on fuel poverty, tabled on 4 December 2008. | | (279437) | 195
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279816) | 196
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to reduce levels of fuel poverty in Denton and Reddish constituency. | | (279769) | 197
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent in respect of the British Gas council tax rebate scheme for energy efficiency measures; what criteria are used for the allocation of such funding; and what proportion of the costs of the scheme is met by local authorities. | | (280041) | 198
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure energy (a) bills and (b) tariffs are understandable to consumers. | | (279983) | 199
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 28 April 2009, on an emissions performance standard for power generation. | | (279440) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 200
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of sheep in England in each year since 1997. | | (279294) | 201
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to classify hogweed as a notifiable weed. | | (279295) | 202
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the spread of hogweed on soil fertility. | | (279296) | 203
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to inform the public about the potential health hazards of coming into contact with hogweed. | | (279297) | 204
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average amount of time was between the reporting of an initial test for bovine tuberculosis as inconclusive and re-testing in each of the last five years. | | (280082) | 205
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279821) | 206
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain on (a) North Yorkshire and (b) English dairy farmers. | | (279826) | 207
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward measures to assist former suppliers of Dairy Farmers of Britain bring their milk to market. | | (279827) | 208
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the six-day rule for fallen livestock; and whether he plans to end the rule. | | (279828) | 209
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of dairy farming in the UK; and what steps he is taking to ensure the long-term sustainability of the industry. | | (279829) | 210
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the provision of high-speed broadband access in rural areas. | | (279830) | 211
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 701W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, for what reasons the Waste and Resources Action Programme has ceased subsidising compost bins. | | (279849) | 212
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions for fly-tipping were (a) brought and (b) successful in 2007-08; and what proportion of reported fly-tipping incidents in that year this represented in each case. | | (279874) | 213
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) postal address and (b) budget for 2009-10 of each Forestry Commission regional advisory committee is. | | (279922) | 214
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to Baroness Warsi of 11 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA177, on waste management, for what reasons a clarification of published policy was undertaken; and what account he took of rulings of the Local Government Ombudsman in his decision to amend section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. | | (279942) | 215
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average number of days taken to pay an invoice by (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies was in each month since November 2008. | | (279526) | 216
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of local planning authorities have granted planning permission for a development against an Environment Agency flood risk objection in each of the last five years. | | (279436) | 217
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in the preparation of detailed implementing rules for an EU scheme for free fruit provision in schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (279748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 218
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has paid towards the cost of visits abroad by members of the Royal Family in each of the last 10 years. | | (279856) | 219
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279820) | 220
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the (a) Serbia-EU interim agreement and (b) Serbia-EU Stabilisation and Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | (279697) | 221
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on (a) the implementation of the Serbia-EU interim agreement and (b) ratification of the Serbia-EU Stabilisation and Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | (279698) | 222
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Serbia's levels of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in light of Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz's report of 21 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (279699) | 223
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress towards meeting the conditions for closure of the Office of the High Representative; and if he will make a statement. | | (279700) | 224
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Swedish counterpart on the closure of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement. | | (279701) | 225
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the UN Security Council to adopt new sanctions on North Korea following its recent nuclear test; and if he will make a statement. | | (279702) | 226
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department last commissioned a staff survey; and which organisation was engaged to conduct that survey. | | (279804) | 227
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of Lord Davies of Abersoch's time devoted to Ministerial duties is spent on matters relating to his Department. | | (279805) | 228
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Lord Davies of Abersoch has an office in his Department. | | (279806) | 229
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's officials based in the UK work on trade promotion matters; and how many did so in 1997. | | (279807) | 230
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 512W, on departmental public expenditure, for what reasons his Department has determined that it is more cost-effective to manage major contracts in Iraq in London. | | (279808) | 231
| Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for further development of his Department's toolkit for business and human rights for use by UK missions overseas. | | (279654) | 232
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average number of days taken to pay an invoice by (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies was in each month since November 2008. | | (279525) | 233
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employs in other of its embassies in South America. | | (279732) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 234
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the design of (a) wheelchairs and (b) other care aids and equipment. | | (279934) | 235
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the conclusions of the review of care services; and what further consultation he proposes to have before so doing. | | (279935) | 236
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of too much fluoride entering the water supply in relation to each water (a) authority and (b) company have been reported since 1997. | | (279855) | 237
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the incidence of primary bone cancer in populations receiving fluoridated water. | | (279886) | 238
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of adding fluoride to public drinking water in the North West. | | (279887) | 239
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients who have been seen initially within the 18-week target and who need follow-up treatment receive it within a similar timescale. | | (279888) | 240
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there are in Easington constituency; and how many patients received NHS services from those dentists in the last 24 month period for which information is available. | | (279851) | 241
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendation put forward by the National Burns Network Board for the treatment of (a) adult and (b) paediatric burns patients in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement. | | (279637) | 242
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest assessment is of the standards of care for (a) adult and (b) paediatric burns patients in Liverpool. | | (279638) | 243
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 1596W, on heart disease, how many finished consultant episodes for congenital heart disease in those aged 16 years old there were in each primary care trust area in 2007-08. | | (279998) | 244
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 1596W, on heart diseases, how many of those consultant episodes involved a consultant whose specialism was paediatric cardiology there were in each NHS hospital trust. | | (279999) | 245
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to promote the uptake of collaborative procurement strategies within the NHS and health sector, as recommended in HM Treasury's May 2009 review, Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement. | | (279713) | 246
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-depressants were dispensed in each of the last five years. | | (279661) | 247
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there have been for diagnosis codes (a) F19.0, (b) F19.1, (c), F19.2, (d) F19.3, (e) F19.4, (f) F19.5, (g) F19.6, (h) F19.7, (i) F19.8 and (j) F19.9 for (i) males and (ii) females aged (A) under 14, (B) 14 to 17 and (C) 18 years and over in (1) each region and (2) each primary care trust in each of the last five years. | | (279723) | 248
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there have been for diagnosis codes (a) F16.0, (b) F16.1, (c), F16.2, (d) F16.3, (e) F16.4, (f) F16.5, (g) F16.6, (h) F16.7, (i) F16.8 and (j) F16.9 for (i) males and (ii) females aged (A) under 14, (B) 14 to 17 and (C) 18 years and over in (1) each region and (2) each primary care trust in each of the last five years. | | (279724) | 249
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there have been for diagnosis codes (a) F14.0, (b) F14.1, (c), F14.2, (d) F14.3, (e) F14.4, (f) F14.5, (g) F14.6, (h) F14.7, (i) F14.8 and (j) F14.9 for (i) males and (ii) females aged (A) under 14, (B) 14 to 17 and (C) 18 years and over in (1) each region and (2) each primary care trust in each of the last five years. | | (279725) | 250
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there have been for diagnosis codes (a) F13.0, (b) F13.1, (c), F13.2, (d) F13.3, (e) F13.4, (f) F13.5, (g) F13.6, (h) F13.7, (i) F13.8 and (j) F13.9 for (i) males and (ii) females aged (A) under 14, (B) 14 to 17 and (C) 18 years and over in (1) each region and (2) each primary care trust in each of the last five years. | | (279726) | 251
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions there have been for diagnosis codes (a) F12.0, (b) F12.1, (c), F12.2, (d) F12.3, (e) F12.4, (f) F12.5, (g) F12.6, (h) F12.7, (i) F12.8 and (j) F12.9 for (i) males and (ii) females aged (A) under 14, (B) 14 to 17 and (C) 18 years and over in (1) each region and (2) each primary care trust in each of the last five years. | | (279727) | 252
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to improve co-operation between hospitals and primary care trusts on specialist care for the management and prevention of diabetic foot disease. | | (279729) | 253
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people diagnosed with diabetes had an amputation in the year 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (279730) | 254
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the risk of amputations for people diagnosed with diabetes. | | (279731) | 255
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance he plans to give local authorities in implementing his Department's deafblind guidance. | | (279854) | 256
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 118W, on mental health services, whether the £13 million package of measures to support people with distress is new money. | | (279993) | 257
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 505W, on mental health services, whether the 3,159 average daily number of available beds in secure units in England includes privately provided beds. | | (280069) | 258
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 505W, on mental health services, what the average daily number of available beds in all secure units in England was in each of the last five years. | | (280070) | 259
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 505W, on mental health services, which 10 mental health hospitals had the highest average bed occupancy levels. | | (280071) | 260
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the provision to local authorities of influenza pandemic preparedness plans produced by (a) primary care trusts, (b) hospital trusts, (c) health protection units and (d) local resilience forums; and what guidance has been issued on co-operation between health authorities and local authorities on (i) overview and (ii) scrutiny of such plans. | | (280039) | 261
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2008, Official Report, column 746W, on MP3 players, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks on noise from personal music players. | | (279809) | 262
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2008, Official Report, column 746W, on MP3 players, what his Department's policy is on the determination of safe levels of noise in relation to the use of personal music players. | | (279832) | 263
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase levels of public awareness of the potential effects on hearing of listening to personal music players at high noise levels; and if he will make a statement. | | (279833) | 264
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage manufacturers of personal MP3 players to provide users of such players with information on levels of noise which may damage hearing; and if he will make a statement. | | (279834) | 265
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with manufacturers of personal music players on the potential effects on hearing of their use; and if he will make a statement. | | (279835) | 266
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of stocks of (a) lorazepam and (b) diamorphine. | | (279970) | 267
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to prepare and publish a strategy for male mental health. | | (279971) | 268
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the development of measures to co-ordinate the provision of mental health services with the provision of relevant financial advice services. | | (279973) | 269
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of immunisation against tuberculosis in England. | | (279974) | 270
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has evaluated on the link between economic downturns and demand for psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement. | | (280052) | 271
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on tickets for (a) air and (b) rail travel for (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department which were not used in each of the last three years. | | (280012) | 272
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Professor Ian Gilmore's review into prescription charges to be (a) completed and (b) published. | | (279746) | 273
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources his Department has allocated to Professor Ian Gilmore's review into prescription charges. | | (279749) | 274
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on Professor Ian Gilmore's review into prescription charges. | | (279750) | 275
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to (a) increase the number of thoracic surgeons and (b) increase the rates of surgical resection for lung cancer patients. | | (279896) | 276
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has issued recent recommendations to acute hospital trusts on the proportion of lung cancer patients to receive active treatment. | | (280050) | 277
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding he expects to be allocated to community hospitals under the Community Hospitals Fund in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (279929) | 278
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to primary care trusts under his Department's Express Local Improvement Finance Trust programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (279932) | 279
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts made bids for funding from the Community Hospitals Fund in each of the last three years; how many such bids were successful; how much was allocated in respect of each such bid; and if he will make a statement. | | (279933) | 280
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department allocated to cognitive behavioural therapy treatments in NHS facilities in each of the last three years. | | (279565) | 281
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which mental health conditions are treated by cognitive behavioural therapy available on the NHS; and what the average waiting time between diagnosis and commencement of a course of treatment was in each primary care trust in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279566) | 282
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time between diagnosis and the commencement of a course of cognitive behavioural therapy was for persons diagnosed with schizophrenia in each primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (279567) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 283
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Border Agency's MPs' Parliamentary Business Unit plans to reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's correspondence of 13 May 2009 on his constituent Mrs Florence Kpakiwa. | | (279811) | 284
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the visa enquiry office of the Islamabad consulate plans to reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's correspondence of 17 April, 7 May and 20 May 2009, on Mr Abdul Rehman. | | (279824) | 285
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the visa enquiry office of the Islamabad consulate plans to reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's correspondence of 24 April 2009, on his constituent Mr U. Malik. | | (279825) | 286
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which towns in Greater Manchester operate closed circuit television for the purposes of crime prevention. | | (279859) | 287
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279823) | 288
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to promote the uptake of collaborative procurement strategies within police forces in England, as recommended in HM Treasury's May 2009 review, Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement. | | (279712) | 289
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders and (b) acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (i) Tameside and (ii) Stockport in the last 12 months. | | (279772) | 290
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to reduce levels of anti-social behaviour in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport. | | (279773) | 291
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the policing pledge in Greater Manchester. | | (279774) | 292
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood policing schemes in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport. | | (279775) | 293
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions pre-charge bail conditions were imposed by the police in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009; in how many cases the subject of the conditions applied to the police for variation of the conditions in each of those years; how many such applications were unsuccessful; in how many of those cases the subject of the conditions appealed to a magistrates' court; and in how many such cases the bail conditions were (i) varied and (ii) overturned. | | (279745) | 294
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether national guidance has been issued to police forces on information which should be included in Criminal Records Bureau disclosures. | | (279867) | 295
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used by police forces in deciding whether to (a) include and (b) exclude information in relation to a Criminal Records Bureau disclosure. | | (279868) | 296
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) disclosures were issued for those (a) working with children, (b) applying for an alcohol licence, (c) applying to work as a licensed minicab driver, (d) working with vulnerable adults and (e) subject to a CRB check for another reason in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (279869) | 297
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many completed Criminal Records Bureau disclosures which did not contain details of any criminal conviction were issued with notes by a chief police officer in each of the last 10 years. | | (279870) | 298
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many completed Criminal Records Bureau disclosures which did not contain details of any criminal conviction were issued in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (279871) | 299
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Records Bureau disclosures were issued in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (279872) | 300
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much gross revenue council tax police precepts raised in each year, after capping, in each police authority in England and Wales in each year since 1997-98. | | (279852) | 301
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the retention of (a) data and (b) other information collected through directed surveillance or covert human intelligence sources where the surveillance activity has revealed no evidence of wrongdoing. | | (280040) | 302
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to ensure that all police community support officers are issued with stab-proof vests; and if he will make a statement. | | (279108) | 303
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice the Home Office Scientific Development Branch has given to police forces on the issuing of stab-proof vests for police community support officers, with particular reference to the West Midlands Police authority area. | | (279109) | 304
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response he has made to the request to his Department from Unison to provide police community support officers with stab-proof vests. | | (279110) | 305
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers were assaulted while on duty in each of the last three years. | | (279111) | 306
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects next to meet the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police to discuss the issuing of stab-proof vests for police community support officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (279112) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 307
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the Independent Evaluation Group report on improving effectiveness and outcomes for the poor in health, nutrition and population; and what steps his Department plans to take in response to the report. | | (279862) | 308
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average number of days taken to pay an invoice by (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies was in each month since November 2008. | | (279522) | 309
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of renewing direct aid provision to Zimbabwe. | | (280078) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 310
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a prison is to be market-tested. | | (279945) | 311
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the report of the investigation into the riot at HM Prison Ashwell in April 2009. | | (279810) | 312
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 346, on prisoners release: re-offenders, when he expects to have re-offending data in respect of offenders who are subject to a home detention curfew. | | (280017) | 313
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his response is to the recommendation of the Review of the Thirty Year Rule that reducing the period should be phased through the release of two years' worth of material each year. | | (279877) | 314
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the proposed Bill on constitutional renewal will include provisions relating to the (a) Prime Minister's, (b) Lord Chancellor's and (c) Speaker's pension. | | (279878) | 315
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his response to the consultation on extending the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (279879) | 316
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were granted compassionate release in each of the last five years. | | (279880) | 317
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners in England and Wales are over (i) 70 and (ii) 75 years old. | | (279881) | 318
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many directors of offender management there have been in each month since their inception of the post. | | (279891) | 319
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation offices there were in each year since 1997. | | (279892) | 320
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation offices are open. | | (279893) | 321
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial settlement was reached with the former Chief Executive of HM Courts Service at the end of his tenure. | | (279894) | 322
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders used high-visibility clothing whilst undertaking community payback work in the last period for which figures are available. | | (279895) | 323
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Land Registration Rules Committee which has taken place in the last 12 months. | | (279904) | 324
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) pot plants and (b) cut flowers in 2008-09. | | (280020) | 325
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of the operation of coroners' courts in each of the last five years. | | (279650) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 326
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on tickets for (a) air and (b) rail travel for (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department which were not used in each of the last three years. | | (280009) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 327
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Office are working on (a) project management, (b) legacy planning, (c) project oversight, (d) financial oversight and (e) other matters relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; and what plans she has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279813) | 328
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much the Olympic Delivery Authority spent on media monitoring services in each of the last three years; and which organisations provided such services. | | (280014) | 329
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of hosting the Olympic mountain biking event at Hadleigh. | | (278012) | 330
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics football events at (a) Hampden Park, (b) the Millennium Stadium, (c) Old Trafford, (d) St James' Park, (e) Villa Park and (f) Wembley Stadium. | | (278321) | Questions to the Prime Minister 331
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the agenda for the EU-Israel Association Council meeting on 15 June 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (279752) | 332
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the President of the European Commission on upgrading EU-Israel relations. | | (279753) | 333
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on upgrading EU-Israel relations. | | (279754) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 334
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on pot plants in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (280021) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 335
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of track access charges applicable to the track through the Channel Tunnel on the potential for growth in international rail freight; and if he will make a statement. | | (279347) | 336
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate was made of the cost of the proposed M25 widening scheme when (a) the decision was made to let the contract for that scheme through a private finance initiative scheme and (b) the contract for the widening scheme was signed off. | | (279348) | 337
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 396W, on transport: Royal Family, if he will specify that (a) scheduled flights and (b) timetabled railway services should be used for journeys by members of the Royal Family funded from his Department's budget. | | (279648) | 338
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent progress has been made in the development of a universal consumer protection scheme for air travellers; and if he will make a statement. | | (279527) | 339
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provisions for the protection of passengers affected by the sudden financial collapse of an airline. | | (279528) | 340
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2008, Official Report, column 289W, on the XL Leisure Group, what steps have been taken to improve the experience of passengers in future airline or tour operator failures. | | (279572) | 341
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of sites for Module One motorcycle tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (279300) | 342
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279818) | 343
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2009, Official Report, columns 773-4W, on roads: accidents, what the combined duration of road closures in each police force area in the south west was (a) from July to December 2005, (b) in 2006, (c) in 2007, (d) in 2008 and (e) in 2009 to date. | | (279995) | 344
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2009, Official Report, columns 773-4W, on roads: accidents, what the combined duration of road closures on each trunk road referred to was (a) in the period July to December 2005, (b) in 2006, (c) in 2007, (d) in 2008 and (e) in the period January to June 2009. | | (279996) | 345
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions in each of the last three years for which information is available GPs or other medical practitioners have disclosed information to the medical adviser of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency about licence holders of (a) passenger service vehicles, (b) large goods vehicles and (c) cars and other light vehicles. | | (279292) | 346
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accident fatalities there have been in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport in each of the last 10 years. | | (279757) | 347
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of accessibility of rail stations in Stockport; what plans he has to improve accessibility at these stations; and what estimate he has made of the cost of doing so. | | (279765) | 348
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8 June 2009, Official Report, columns 24-26WS, on London and Continental Railways, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of (a) St Pancras International station and (b) the high speed rail line from St Pancras International station to the Channel Tunnel. | | (279657) | 349
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8 June 2009, Official Report, columns 24-26WS, on London and Continental Railways, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of restructuring (a) HS1 Ltd and (b) the UK's interest in Eurostar. | | (279658) | 350
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 June 2009, Official Report, columns 32-34WS, on the South Central Franchise, what the cost to the public purse was of re-letting the franchise. | | (279706) | 351
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what proportion of the rail budget has been allocated to settle franchise disputes in Control Period Four. | | (279901) | 352
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many disputes were dealt with by the Rail Industry Dispute Resolution Committee in 2008-09; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (279902) | 353
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many assessments under the driving quality monitoring scheme were conducted in (a) Liverpool, (b) Leeds, (c) Sheffield and (d) Glasgow in 2008-09; and how many of the assessments in each area found the quality of driving to be unacceptable. | | (279863) | 354
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 295W, on departmental conditions of employment, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of modifying systems in his Department's shared service centre to accommodate the workings of the flexible benefits project. | | (279994) | 355
| 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, on what calculations the estimate that the level of take-up required to break even with the scheme is about two per cent. over three years was based. | | (280007) | 356
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many bus drivers were examined under the driver quality monitoring scheme in 2008-09; and how many of them were found to be unacceptable with (a) serious faults and (b) dangerous faults. | | (279529) | 357
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether all staff working in the Highways Agency are covered by collective bargaining arrangements. | | (279530) | 358
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average difference between the price of a walk-on train ticket and a ticket for the same journey purchased in advance. | | (279651) | 359
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the sum which the London supplementary business rate for Crossrail will raise in gross revenue in each year of its operation; and what percentage of the cost of the project this contribution represents. | | (279903) | 360
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 28 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1221-22W, on bus services: concessions, if he will place in the Library a copy of each written representation from local authorities expressing concern. | | (279991) | 361
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking in international fora to reduce pollution emissions from shipping. | | (279972) | 362
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he plans to set targets for carbon dioxide emissions reductions from the shipping industry. | | (279976) | 363
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the methodology for calculating carbon dioxide emissions from shipping. | | (279977) | 364
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the costs and benefits for the transport sector of carbon dioxide emissions trading. | | (279982) | 365
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) pot plants and (b) cut flowers in 2008-09. | | (280019) | 366
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Roads plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 8 May 2009, about shared surface, Ref: JF/PC/012668/09. | | (279438) | 367
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with East Riding of Yorkshire Council on the possibility of re-opening the Beverley to York railway line; and if he will make a statement. | | (279927) | 368
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when the Secretary of State plans to respond to the report of the planning inspectors on the proposed increase of the Humber Bridge toll; and if he will make a statement. | | (279928) | 369
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has discussed with the Civil Aviation Authority the replacement of pitot tubes of the type used by the aircraft involved in the Air France flight 447 crash with alternative designs. | | (279703) | 370
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many A330 and A340 planes using UK airports use pitot tubes of the same type as the aircraft involved in the Air France flight 447 crash to assist in the measurement of airspeed. | | (279704) | 371
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the reliability of equipment for measuring air speed used in A330 and A340 aircraft in the last two years. | | (279705) | 372
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 22 May 2008, Official Report, column 426W, on biofuels, whether he has had discussions with (a) the European Commission and (b) his counterparts in other EU member states on (i) the sustainability criteria for biofuels in (A) the Renewable Energy Directive and (B) the Fuel Quality Directive and (ii) the volume of biofuels required to meet (1) the Renewable Energy Directive target and (2) the greenhouse gas savings of the Fuel Quality Directive. | | (280072) | 373
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 19W, on speed limits: cameras, whether he has established a regular programme of evaluation of speed cameras. | | (280073) | 374
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the International Civil Aviation Organisation on reviewing the Extended Range Twin-Engine Operations dispensation. | | (280074) | 375
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many franchise agreements with train operating companies in force in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 contained revenue support clauses. | | (280075) | 376
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to safety camera partnerships on their (a) expenditure on and (b) use of communications services. | | (280076) | 377
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the National Air Traffic Service on the merits of stacking flights over the sea. | | (278264) | 378
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the feasibility of stacking flights landing at UK airports over the sea. | | (278287) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 379
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many full-time equivalent members of staff of the Government Equalities Office are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (a) project management, (b) legacy planning, (c) project oversight and (d) financial oversight; and what plans she has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279812) | 380
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, when she plans to answer Question 268042, on rape crisis centres, tabled by the right hon. Member for Maidenhead on 26 March 2009. | | (279574) | 381
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer to Baroness Warsi of 5 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 98WA, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, what the (a) job title and (b) salary range is of each of the 83 full-time equivalent posts that are vacant. | | (279792) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 382
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of implementing the child support elements of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (a) were estimated to be on introduction of the legislation and (b) have been. | | (279116) | 383
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to figure 11 in the National Audit Office report Child Support Agency - Implementation of the Child Support Reforms, HC 1174, Session 2005-06, what the figures were for the three types of case in each month since 1993. | | (279117) | 384
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to figure 12 in the National Audit Office report, Child Support Agency - Implementation of the Child Support Reforms, HC 1174, Session 2005-06, if she will provide the same information in tabulated form for each year since 1993. | | (279118) | 385
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases registered with the Child Support Agency were (a) found and (b) projected to contain maintenance calculation errors in each year since 1993. | | (279119) | 386
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) compliant non-resident parents and (b) non-compliant non-resident parents who were registered with the Child Support Agency on the latest date for which figures are available were paying maintenance at the (i) basic, (ii) reduced, (iii) flat and (iv) nil rate. | | (279120) | 387
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans she has for future staffing levels in each case. | | (279815) | 388
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of carer's allowance in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport. | | (279758) | 389
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport receive 100 per cent. council tax benefit. | | (279759) | 390
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport received pension credit in each year since its inception. | | (279761) | 391
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the official engagements of Ministers in her Department were between (a) 1 and 31 March, (b) 1 and 30 April and (c) 1 and 31 May 2009. | | (279570) | 392
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on tickets for (a) air and (b) rail travel for (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in her Department which were not used in each of the last three years. | | (280010) | 393
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on issuing reminders to people who are due to become eligible for pension credit; and if she will make a statement. | | (278011) | 394
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers have (a) received and (b) accepted one or more applications for employment under the work trial scheme in each of the last six months. | | (278972) | 395
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the classification of child tax credit as income when calculating the child support payments of a non-resident parent was last reviewed; and when it will next be reviewed. | | (279739) | 396
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been given to the effect on welfare of non-resident parents in assessing child tax credit as income when calculating their child support payments to the parent with child. | | (279740) | 397
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been (a) awarded and (b) refused a Sure Start Maternity Grant in each of the last five years; and on what grounds such refusals have been made. | | (279660) | 398
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the number of British pensioners living abroad who are in receipt of the basic state pension but do not qualify for the winter fuel payment; and if she will make a statement. | | (279734) | 399
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research she has undertaken on the reasons for which people do not take up Sure Start maternity grants; and if she will make a statement. | | (279735) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 400
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter of 19 May 2009 from the hon. Member for Castle Point, on his constituent, Mrs Hilton. | | [Transferred] (279299) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 401
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department takes in respect of the performance of local authorities with national non-domestic rates collection rates below the national average. | | [Transferred] (280016) | Questions to the Solicitor General 402
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Solicitor General, what compensation for loss of earnings HM Courts Service offers to witnesses in court proceedings who attend court on days when the cases in which they are due to appear are delayed or postponed. | | [Transferred] (280042) | 403
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Solicitor General, when the rates for (a) expenses and (b) allowances payable to witnesses appearing in court proceedings were last set; how the rates are determined; and how often the rates are (i) reviewed and (ii) amended. | | [Transferred] (280043) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 404
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will commission the Health and Safety Executive to undertake research into the circumstances surrounding the capsize of (a) offshore oil-rig support tugs and (b) other vessels in UK and international waters in the last five years for the purposes of improving safety measures in relation to escape routes from such vessels. | | [Transferred] (279865) |
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