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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 15 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 15 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 15 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, what the cost of (a) designing and (b) purchasing branded stationery for the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was during its existence; how much such stationery remains unused; and what plans he has for that stationery. | | (279781) | 2
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of likely future trends in the pump prices of (a) unleaded petrol and (b) diesel. | | (280157) | 3
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what UK Trade and Investment support is planned for UK low carbon sector businesses at (a) the architecture seminar on sustainable buildings as part of the Singapore Design Festival in November 2009, (b) BESAsia in Kuala Lumpur in November 2009, (c) Technology World in November 2009, (d) the NanoForum and Energising Technologies Conference in November 2009, (e) the World Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi in January 2010, (f) Ecobuild in London in March 2010 and (g) the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. | | (280312) | 4
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the organisational chart for the UK Trade and Investment Low Carbon Sector Group. | | (280328) | 5
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which section of his Department has lead responsibility for trade and export promotion of renewable energy. | | (280329) | 6
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work the UK Trade and Investment Low Carbon Sector Group has undertaken; and what further work is planned. | | (280330) | 7
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of designating electric vehicle charging points as regulated assets. | | (280368) | 8
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on establishing a new national proof of concept fund. | | (280369) | 9
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work his Department plans to undertake on policy on the low carbon economy. | | (280370) | 10
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work the Council for Science and Technology (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake on energy and climate-related matters. | | (280371) | 11
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work the Council for Science and Technology is undertaking on future infrastructure policy. | | (280372) | 12
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, who attended the UK Trade and Investment low carbon partnership event on 25 March 2009. | | (280373) | 13
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress the Government has made towards its target of reducing administrative burdens on the private and third sectors by 25 per cent. by 2010. | | (280121) | 14
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress the Government has made towards its target of identifying annual net reductions in costs to private sector organisations of £3.5 billion by 2010. | | (280133) | 15
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department and its predecessors allocated for the development of small businesses in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280099) | 16
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department and its predecessors allocated to the development of information technology businesses in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280100) | 17
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from UK leisure and gaming businesses on the (a) level of competition in the online gambling sector in the EU and (b) effects on them of differences between the regulatory systems operated by individual EU member states in relation to online gambling. | | (280144) | 18
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria are used by the Learning and Skills Council to allocate funding to local authorities. | | (280168) | 19
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding was allocated to local authorities through the Learning and Skills Council as part of the most recent Comprehensive Spending Review over the period of the review. | | (280169) | 20
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to local authorities through the Learning and Skills Council for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10. | | (280170) | 21
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in the London Borough of Southwark have (a) applied for and (b) received assistance from the (i) Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme and (ii) Capital for Enterprise Fund in 2009; and how much funding has been provided to businesses in Southwark under each scheme. | | (279301) | 22
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with accredited lenders under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme about the terms and conditions under which loans are made to businesses; and if he will make a statement. | | (279302) | 23
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme in supporting small businesses; and if he will make a statement. | | (279303) | 24
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what sources of support are available to raise finance for small businesses which apply for assistance under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme and meet the eligibility criteria but are not accepted on the scheme by commercial lenders; and if he will make a statement. | | (279444) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what committees the Secretary of State chairs; and if he will make a statement. | | (280166) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people (a) enrolled on and (b) completed an apprenticeship in the childcare sector in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (280243) | 27
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the (a) allocation of responsibilities to (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department and (b) the administrative changes in his Department consequent on the recent machinery of Government changes to have been completed. | | (280311) | 28
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providng to small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point. | | (280226) | 29
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on students in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point of the recent changes to the budget of the Learning and Skills Council. | | (280229) | 30
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Learning and Skills Council office in each of the last five years. | | (280319) | 31
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 7 May 2009 on BWB Consulting Ltd. | | (279841) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 32
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's international financial services sector is globally competitive in carbon trading. | | (280331) | 33
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any consortiums have requested loans from his Department's Infrastructure Finance Unit. | | (280094) | 34
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2009, Official Report, column 910W, on taxation: construction, if he will take into account the environmental impact of sourcing of the construction materials that become landfill waste in determining levels of landfill tax; and if he will make a statement. | | (280201) | 35
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards implementation of the recommendations in the May 2009 review Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement (a) to empower commercial directors in Government departments to agree targets for uptake of collaborative strategies for each non departmental public body and executive agency within their department, (b) for review groups to monitor the collaborative procurement performance of Government departments and (c) for Office of Government Commerce to (i) agree a Government eProcurement policy, (ii) expand the contracts database and (iii) perform an investment appraisal for a central eAuction Centre of Excellence. | | (279780) | 36
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on public expenditure of raising the public sector pension age to 68 on a phased basis in line with the increase in the state pension age; and if he will make a statement. | | (280165) | 37
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when allocations of capital spending for Government departments from 2011 onwards will be made; and if he will make a statement. | | (280334) | 38
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of the effects of swine influenza on inflation in the UK. | | (280230) | 39
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the headquarters of the (a) European Systemic Risk Board and (b) European System of Financial Supervisors will be. | | (280234) | 40
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a summary of representations received by his Department on the management of UK financial investments' controlling interest in banks in the last two years. | | (280279) | 41
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of administering council tax. | | (280409) | 42
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 of 12 May 2009 on National Savings, PO reference: 1/72186/2009. | | (279916) | 43
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 7 May 2009 on interest rate reductions, PO reference: 1/71848/2009. | | (279918) | 44
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child trust fund vouchers have been issued to residents in Castle Point constituency; how many accounts have been opened by residents of the constituency; and what his estimate is of the value of those accounts. | | (280220) | 45
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each HM Revenue and Customs office in each of the last five years. | | (280313) | 46
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was received by the Exchequer in (a) vehicle excise duty and (b) fuel duty receipts in each of the last five years. | | (280375) | 47
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what publication sets out the Government's budgeting rules for EU receipts in respect of Wales. | | (280205) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 48
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 170W, on departmental recruitment, what progress has been made on consideration of whether a revised version of the European Fast Stream should be reintroduced for 2010. | | (280327) | 49
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of (a) conception and (b) pregnancy terminated by abortion was among those under the age of 18 years in (i) England, (ii) Essex and (iii) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (278013) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 50
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent from the public purse on petitioning and balloting procedures in relation to selective admission arrangements for grammar schools since the coming into force of the provisions of the Education (Grammar School Ballots) Regulations 1998. | | (280122) | 51
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what costs his Department has incurred in respect of retaining the services of the Electoral Reform Society for (a) petitions and (b) ballots on selective admission arrangements to grammar schools. | | (280152) | 52
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) grammar schools were eligible for free school meals in the last year for which figures are available. | | (280239) | 53
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) grammar schools had special educational needs in the last year for which figures are available. | | (280240) | 54
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children attended grammar schools in each year since 2007; what proportion of the secondary school population this figure represented in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (280333) | 55
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the requirement for repairs to school buildings in Milton Keynes in the next five years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such repairs. | | (280287) | 56
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of year 11 pupils (a) entitled to and (b) not entitled to free school meals who achieved at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and mathematics in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006, achieved a level 3 qualification within two years of completing their GCSEs; and if he will make a statement. | | (280172) | 57
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on first class train tickets for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (280174) | 58
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what qualifications his Department deems to have equivalent status to GCSEs; and if he will make a statement. | | (280242) | 59
N | Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to apprenticeships for young people aged 16 to 18 years in 2010-11. | | (279183) | 60
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 279W, on special educational needs: general certificate of secondary education, at how many mainstream schools which had between one and nine pupils with statements of special educational needs no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008. | | (279910) | 61
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 442W, on schools: standards, what the name is of each adviser; and how much each has cost in 2008-09. | | (279911) | 62
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost of placing a child with a statement of special educational needs for behavioural, emotional and social difficulties in a special school was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (279912) | 63
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have received the education maintenance allowance since the inception of the scheme. | | (279987) | 64
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) assistance and (b) funding his Department provides to people under 18 years old undertaking an apprenticeship. | | (279788) | 65
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have enrolled in Sure Start in each year since 2003. | | (280219) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 66
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 749W, on fires, what categories of household items are included in the statistical reporting of fire incidents as (a) item first ignited and (b) other. | | (280364) | 67
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide guidance to local authorities on use by tenants in sheltered housing of individualised budgets for the employment of housing scheme managers in advance of the expected increase in take-up of direct payments in 2011. | | (280275) | 68
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) large and (b) small properties were assessed as having capped rises in business rates bills under a fifth year of transitional relief in 2009-10 as part of the analysis undertaken for Department's August 2004 National Non-Domestic Rates Transitional Arrangements Consultation; and what estimate was made under that analysis of the external revenue implications of a fifth year of transition. | | (279782) | 69
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were on a local authority housing waiting list in Milton Keynes on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (280286) | 70
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built in Milton Keynes in each of the last 48 months. | | (280347) | 71
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many injunctions have been (a) sought and (b) obtained under section 13 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 in each local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (280262) | 72
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many injunctions have been (a) sought and (b) obtained under section 153A of the Housing Act 1996 by landlords in each local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (280263) | 73
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many injunctions have been (a) sought and (b) obtained under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 by each local authority in each of the last three years. | | (280264) | 74
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities and planning bodies on ensuring that affordable housing development meets local needs. | | (280283) | 75
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 749W, on HomeBuy schemes, what the cost of services related to the design of HomeBuy brand logos was in each of the last three years. | | (279783) | 76
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on the establishment of websites for the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority. | | (280285) | 77
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private dwellings were being leased by (a) registered social landlords and (b) local authorities for the purpose of housing homeless households in the latest quarter for which figures are available. | | (280293) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many offices are operated by the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority; and where each office is located. | | (280294) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the salary is of each (a) board member and (b) executive team member of the (i) Homes and Communities Agency and (ii) Tenant Services Authority. | | (280295) | 80
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints the Tenant Services Authority has received about the quality of its service in each month since its establishment. | | (280296) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were registered on the (i) Homes and Communities Agency and (ii) the Tenant Services Authority website in each month since its creation. | | (280297) | 82
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) board members and (b) employees of (i) the Homes and Communities Agency and (ii) the Tenant Services Authority received a bonus in the last 12 months; and what the average bonus payment was. | | (280299) | 83
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) board members and (b) employees of the (i) Homes and Communities Agency and (ii) Tenant Services Authority are paid more than (A) £50,000, (B) £75,000 and (C) £100,000 per annum. | | (280301) | 84
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority has paid in staff bonuses in the last 12 months. | | (280302) | 85
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people are employed by the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority. | | (280305) | 86
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the staffing budget of the Tenant Services Authority is for 2009-10. | | (280308) | 87
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd of 9 December 2008, Official Report, columns 56-7W, on the coastal town network, on what dates the coastal towns network has met since October 2008. | | (279915) | 88
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the London Development Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280320) | 89
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much revenue was collected in (a) rent and (b) right to buy receipts in each local authority in each of the last 10 years. | | (280175) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 90
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department allocated for the development of the tourism sector in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280101) | 91
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will refer the matter of the establishment of a sports right for online betting operators to the new expert panel on sports betting. | | (280145) | 92
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the online gambling industry to identify and prevent fraud in relation to bets taken on sport. | | (280146) | 93
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will submit to the European Commission a paper giving the Government's opinion on the legislation proposed by the French government on the operation of its domestic online gambling market; and if he will discuss with the government of Malta the likely effects of its policy on that matter on UK leisure and gaming businesses. | | (280147) | 94
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from UK leisure and gaming businesses on the likely effects on them of (a) provisions relating to a sports rights levy and (b) other provisions proposed by the French government in draft legislation on its domestic online gambling market. | | (280148) | 95
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the budget for the Culture and Sport Evidence Programme has been spent. | | (279846) | 96
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of progress on the Culture and Sport Evidence Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (279847) | 97
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding he plans to provide for sport in Milton Keynes in 2009-10. | | (280346) | 98
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what means the UK School Games has been funded in each of its first three years; and how it will be funded in each year to 2012. | | (279840) | 99
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) enable and (b) encourage local authorities to increase their provision of sports pitches. | | (280269) | 100
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local government and (b) regional public bodies on developing the role of cultural and historical resources in local economies. | | (280270) | 101
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial assistance his Department has provided for the redevelopment of leisure centres in each local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (280271) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 102
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of making retrospective wage payments to (a) Commonwealth soldiers and (b) soldiers of other nationalities who served in the British armed forces between 1947 and 2004 to make their earnings equivalent to those of UK service people. | | (280272) | 103
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the location is of each Territorial Army centre in the United Kingdom. | | (280199) | 104
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment figure, (b) current manning figure and (c) location is of each unit of company equivalent level or higher of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom. | | (280200) | 105
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans he expects to attend the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the ceasefire in the Korean War on 27 July 2010; and if he will make arrangements to facilitate their attendance through (a) financial support and (b) other means. | | (279656) | 106
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the replacement of the Royal Navy's fleet of Lynx helicopter at the end of its service life. | | (280087) | 107
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the monetary value is of his Department's contract for the upgrade of Puma helicopters; and if he will make a statement. | | (280088) | 108
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 697W, whether his Department has procedures to (a) (i) minimise and (ii) record the risk to civilians from use of enhanced blast munitions and (b) investigate cases of injury and death caused to citizens by such munitions in Afghanistan. | | (280093) | 109
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether contruction work has been started at St Athan military academy; when the work is expected to be completed; and how much (a) has been spent and (b) is planned to be spent on the project in each year of the project. | | (280162) | 110
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many weapons of each type have (a) been stolen and (b) gone missing from armed forces bases in each year from 1997 to 2004. | | (280292) | 111
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 14 April 2009 on Trident (reference: MC01616/2009). | | (279917) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 112
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 628W, on departmental personnel, how many Civil Service fast streamers are in post in his Department. | | (280332) | 113
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the report of the Special Representative of the Prime Minister on International Energy Issues on global energy trends and the implications for Britain's energy security will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (280350) | 114
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the development of international financing mechanisms for mitigation and adaptation actions in developing countries as part of a climate agreement to be reached at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. | | (280353) | 115
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to appoint a permanent Director General for National Climate Change and Consumer Support. | | (280354) | 116
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department plans to undertake a departmental staff survey. | | (280355) | 117
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) purpose and (b) monetary value is of each contract his Department has with Entec UK environmental consultants. | | (280356) | 118
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the establishment of a US Emissions Trading Scheme. | | (280357) | 119
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards liberalisation of the European energy market. | | (280358) | 120
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of progress on meeting the commitments under the Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects. | | (280359) | 121
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Nuclear National Policy Statement will be launched. | | (280360) | 122
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff are on secondment from his Department to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | | (280366) | 123
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff are on secondment from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to his Department. | | (280367) | 124
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average time taken for (a) solar, (b) photovoltaic, (c) ground source heat pump, (d) air source heat pump and (e) biomass microgeneration technologies to produce savings equivalent to their cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (280118) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 125
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to seek to ensure compliance with the decision taken at the last Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference in respect of the closing down of tiger farms. | | (280155) | 126
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) purpose and (b) monetary value is of each contract his Department has with Entec UK environmental consultants. | | (280352) | 127
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to the development of agricultural businesses in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280102) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide a service for the collection and disposal of badger carcases found (a) on land adjacent to individual households and (b) in water courses. | | (280218) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the payment by EU member states of single farm payments based on historic production levels to end. | | (280390) | 130
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide assistance to dairy farmers financially affected by the taking into receivership of Dairy Farmers of Britain. | | (280391) | 131
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated for research and development in each year since 1997. | | (279906) | 132
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings representatives from his Department have had with supermarkets to discuss recycling in the last 12 months. | | (279907) | 133
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals for the Government to underwrite the payments that Dairy Farmers of Britain were due to make to dairy farmers for milk supplied in May 2009. | | (279908) | 134
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a farmer of constructing a winter slurry storage silo. | | (279909) | 135
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the farming industry of the number of cattle slaughtered as a result of infection with bovine tuberculosis in (a) 2009, (b) 2008, (c) 2007 and (d) 2006. | | (280028) | 136
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment Ofwat has made of the level of investment in renewable energy infrastructure by water companies. | | (280365) | 137
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 270193, tabled on 17 April 2009, on domestic waste recycling. | | (280337) | 138
N | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which species of flora and fauna will be considered as features that will be protected by the proposed network of Marine Conservation Zones. | | (279914) | 139
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has issued to Ofwat on surface water drainage charges for (a) voluntary, (b) religious, (c) sporting and (d) not-for-profit organisations. | | (280023) | 140
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many litter abatement notices have been issued by each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (280266) | 141
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of planning applications have been granted against Environment Agency advice on flood risk in each of the last five years. | | (279446) | 142
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research office in each of the last five years. | | (280317) | 143
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research in each of the last five years. | | (280321) | 144
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Central Science Laboratory spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (280340) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 145
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1312W, on EC institutions: manpower, what steps he has taken to increase the number of Civil Service fast streamers working in European Union institutions. | | (280326) | 146
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what channels of communication his Department has with British nationals in Nepal. | | (280278) | 147
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans are in place for the safety of British nationals in Nepal in the case of an emergency. | | (280345) | 148
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the registration of those held in internally displaced persons camps in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (280203) | 149
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the treatment of those who provided medical and financial assistance to the Tamil people during the recent conflict in that country. | | (280204) | 150
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the treatment in Sri Lanka of Tamils visiting Sri Lanka from the UK; what steps he is taking in response to such reports; and if he will make a statement. | | (280284) | 151
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of civilians killed (a) by the Sri Lankan army and (b) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam in the recent conflict in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (280289) | 152
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Tamil civilians in internally displaced persons camps in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (280290) | 153
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to seek an end to the preferred trading arrangements which exist between the EU and Sri Lanka. | | (280291) | 154
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the International Monetary Fund to suspend its support to the government of Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (280298) | 155
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking in collaboration with (a) commonwealth governments and (b) the UN to facilitate a political settlement between the government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil community; and if he will make a statement. | | (280300) | 156
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the freedom of the press (a) in Sri Lanka and (b) to visit and report on (i) Tamil areas and (ii) camps for internally displaced persons; and if he will make a statement. | | (280307) | 157
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the government of Sri Lanka and (b) others on (i) the physical protection and (ii) provision of food, water, clothing and shelter for those held in camps for internally displaced people in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (280309) | 158
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of alleged war crimes during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka; what steps he is taking in collaboration with his international counterparts to establish the veracity of such reports; and if he will make a statement. | | (280392) | 159
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) reports that Eritrea is arming and supporting Islamic insurgents within Somalia and (b) Eritrea's observance of UN resolutions on Somalia. | | (279785) | 160
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness and stability of the power-sharing government in Zimbabwe. | | (279786) | 161
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the inclusion of Gibraltar on the UN's list of territories in the process of decolonisation. | | (280231) | 162
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek the addition of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to the UN's list of territories in the process of decolonisation. | | (280232) | 163
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries have informed him of their support for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into alleged human rights abuses in the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka. | | (280233) | 164
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what timetable he has set for publication of the United Kingdom's Fourth Periodical Report on the implementation of policies under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. | | (280310) | 165
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar on 12 November 2007, Official Report, column 37W, on European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, for what reason the UK's third periodical report on the implementation of policies under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages was not published on 1 July 2008. | | (280348) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 166
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to encourage young people to take action to reduce their chances of having (a) osteoporosis and (b) fragility fractures in later life. | | (280238) | 167
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have been (a) detoxed for up to 14 days with the prescription of methadone, (b) maintained on methadone beyond a 14-day detoxification and (c) placed on abstinence-based addiction programmes in each prison and young offender institution in each of the last five years. | | (280349) | 168
N | Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on its proposed review of guidance No. 152 on drug-eluting coronary stents; and if he will make a statement. | | (279443) | 169
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has evaluated on the safety of use of benzodiazepine tranquillisers in clinical practice; and whether it plans to (a) update product information for prescribers and patients and (b) take other steps in response to the findings of such research. | | (280202) | 170
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated for the purchase of (a) spirometers, (b) anaesthesia machines, (c) electrosurgical units, (d) powered chairs and tables, (e) autoclaves, (f) ultrasound equipment, (g) pulse oximeters and EKG machines for hospitals in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) the East of England region in each year since 1997. | | (280151) | 171
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA in the East of England region have been reported to his Department in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280280) | 172
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA in Luton and Dunstable Hospital have been reported to his Department in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280281) | 173
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department allocated for the purchase of (a) densitometers, (b) defibrillators, (c) dental equipment, (d) patient monitors and (e) blood analyzers for hospitals in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) the East of England region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280282) | 174
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve treatment of men who (a) have osteoporosis and (b) are at high risk of fragility fractures. | | (280173) | 175
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many retailers are participating in his Department's Healthy Start scheme. | | (280135) | 176
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the relationship is between his Department's Healthy Start scheme and its Change4Life initiative. | | (280136) | 177
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of stroke there were in (a) males and (b) females in each age group in North Devon in each year since 1999. | | (280159) | 178
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department plans to implement the national stroke strategy in rural areas; and how much funding has been provided to that end in 2009-10. | | (280160) | 179
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group under the age of 50 years were diagnosed as having had a stroke in each year since 1999. | | (280161) | 180
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average treatment waiting times are for (a) Chorley Hospital, (b) Lancashire Primary Care Trust and (c) England. | | (280288) | 181
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential for allowing the use of a range of therapies for psychotherapy treatments for depression; and for what reasons guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence restrict such treatments to cognitive behavioural therapy. | | (279836) | 182
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what forms of psychotherapy treatment for depression were considered by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence as baselines to its guidance in psychotherapy treatments other than randomised controlled trials. | | (279837) | 183
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide guidance on service improvement to those parts of the NHS engaged in the delivery of services to patients with epilepsy. | | (280273) | 184
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to implement the National service framework for long-term conditions; and what assessment he has made of his Department's effectiveness in doing so. | | (280274) | 185
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to develop the role of the voluntary sector in the provision of health and social care. | | (280276) | 186
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners were diagnosed with a mental illness in (a) Essex and (b) the Eastern region in each of the last five years. | | (280221) | 187
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280322) | 188
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the National Health Service spent on external consultants in each of the last five years. | | (280339) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 189
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake in relation to the energy sector. | | (280351) | 190
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigatory procedure is followed in circumstances where a serving police officer is alleged to have acted unlawfully in the course of his duties; what procedure is followed to determine which authority is competent to carry out an investigation; and whether the Independent Police Complaints Commission may carry out such investigations. | | (279628) | 191
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total revenue from fines for offences related to wildlife crime was in each of the last 10 years. | | (280361) | 192
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for offences related to wildlife crime there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (280362) | 193
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from (a) Afghanistan and (b) Pakistan were referred from entry clearance points in those countries to London for decision (i) in each of the last five years and (ii) since 27 October 2008. | | (280125) | 194
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many face-to-face interviews with visa applicants from (a) Afghanistan and (b) Pakistan have been conducted by entry clearance officers based in Islamabad since 27 October 2008. | | (280126) | 195
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone interviews with visa applicants from (a) Pakistan and (b) Afghanistan have been conducted by entry clearance officers in (i) Islamabad and (ii) Abu Dhabi since 27 October 2008. | | (280127) | 196
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from (a) Pakistan and (b) Afghanistan have been rejected by the Abu Dhabi hub after being forwarded for clearance by the entry clearance officers in Islamabad (i) in each of the last five years and (ii) since 27 October 2008. | | (280128) | 197
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications have been checked for fraud by entry clearance officers in Islamabad (a) in each of the last five years and (b) since 27 October 2008. | | (280129) | 198
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry clearance officers based in Islamabad are (a) locally engaged and (b) British nationals. | | (280130) | 199
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry clearance officers based in Abu Dhabi are (a) locally engaged and (b) British nationals. | | (280131) | 200
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to (a) British and (b) locally engaged entry clearance officers in Pakistan and Abu Dhabi. | | (280132) | 201
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications for entry into the UK have been made in Pakistan in (a) each of the last five years and (b) since 27 October 2008. | | (280137) | 202
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) visa entry clearance officers and (b) risk assessment officers are employed in (i) Islamabad, (ii) Pakistan and (iii) Afghanistan. | | (280138) | 203
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications for entry into the UK have been made in Afghanistan (a) in each of the last five years and (b) since 27 October 2008. | | (280139) | 204
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) dispersal orders, (b) local child curfew orders, (c) juvenile curfew orders, (d) directions to leave, (e) child safety orders, (f) designated public place orders, (g) reprimands, (h) warnings and (i) anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (280336) | 205
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been sought under section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in each local authority area in the South West in each of the last five years; and how many such prosecutions were successful. | | (280257) | 206
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of measures it has employed to tackle anti-social behaviour in the last five years. | | (280259) | 207
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a summary of representations received by his Department from the public on measures to tackle anti-social behaviour in the last five years. | | (280260) | 208
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting contracts have been issued under section 19 and 25 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 in each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (280261) | 209
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of mechanisms for restorative justice. | | (280265) | 210
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to bring forward proposals to make nuisance parking on unadopted roads a criminal offence. | | (280267) | 211
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost to the (a) economy and (b) public purse of anti-social behaviour in each local authority area in the East of England region in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280227) | 212
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by each local authority in the East of England region per head of population on tackling anti-social behaviour in each of the last five years. | | (280228) | 213
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Serious Organised Crime Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (280316) | 214
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Serious Organised Crime Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280323) | 215
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the National Policing Improvement Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (280341) | 216
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward proposals to require directly-employed security guards to be licensed. | | (280164) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 217
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the House's catering staff will receive their increases in pay arising from their pay settlement effective in April 2008. | | (279629) | 218
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what settlement was reached in respect of pay for catering staff of the House for 2008-09. | | (280030) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 219
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid the Government has provided to support projects in Kenya in each of the last five years. | | (280163) | 220
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian needs of people in Tamil areas and camps for internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (280303) | 221
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid (a) his Department, (b) the EU and (c) the UN has delivered to the Tamil people in Sri Lanka in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (280304) | 222
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the proportion of humanitarian aid to the Tamil people in Sri Lanka from (a) his Department, (b) the EU and (c) the UN which was delivered (i) via Sri Lankan government agencies, (ii) via non-governmental organisations and (iii) directly in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (280306) | 223
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the World Bank's health programmes in developing countries between 1997 and 2008. | | (280217) | 224
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the World Bank's health, nutrition and population support for poor people in developing countries from 1997 to 2008. | | (280245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 225
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2009, Official Report, column 797W, on prisons, how long on average elapsed between prisoners' cells being unlocked in the morning and prisoners being returned to their cells in the evening in each month between January 1997 and March 2007. | | (279845) | 226
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2009, Official Report, column 894W, on young offenders: education, how much the Youth Justice Board was allocated for expenditure on education in each year since 1999. | | (280235) | 227
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many records are held on the (a) Delius, (b) CRAMS and (c) other Probation Service IT case management systems. | | (280237) | 228
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile telephones were found as a result of searches in prisons in England and Wales in 2008. | | (279842) | 229
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Probation Service (a) officers and (b) other staff in Lancashire who will be made redundant in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (280029) | 230
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the principal duties are of each director of offender management in England and Wales; and whether they have responsibility to supervise the activities of frontline probation services. | | (280179) | 231
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many directors of offender management have been appointed in England and Wales; how many staff are employed by each; what percentage of staff employed by each was previously employed (a) in HM Probation Service, (b) in HM Prison Service background and (c) elsewhere. | | (280180) | 232
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget of each director of offender management in England and Wales is for 2009-10. | | (280181) | 233
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on C-NOMIS. | | (280182) | 234
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the caseload was of the Probation Service in (a) London and (b) England and Wales on the latest date for which information is available. | | (280183) | 235
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offence reviews were carried out in (a) England and Wales and (b) London in 2008-09. | | (280184) | 236
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budgetary reductions there will be for the Probation Service in England and Wales in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (280185) | 237
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce an integrated IT system to link-up the probation, police, courts and prisons services. | | (280186) | 238
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to improve internal communications systems within the criminal justice system. | | (280187) | 239
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent guidance his Department has issued to the courts in relation to the handling of trials for shoplifting offences. | | (280092) | 240
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions under section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have been sought in each of the last 10 years; and how many such prosecutions were successful. | | (280258) | 241
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resources available to coroners' offices in the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority area. | | (280268) | 242
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in (a) Essex and (b) the East of England region have been transferred from prison to a secure mental health unit in each of the last five years. | | (280222) | 243
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under 18 years old in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point who were convicted of (i) grievous bodily harm and (ii) violent disorder under the provisions of the Powers of Criminal Court (Sentencing) Act 2000 served less than (A) 12 months and (B) 18 months in custody in each of the last five years. | | (280224) | 244
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts Service spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (280342) | 245
| Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of legal aid spending was incurred for lawyers' attendance at (a) police stations, (b) magistrates' courts and (c) Crown courts in each of the last five years. | | (280335) | Questions to the Leader of the House 246
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will estimate the effect on future expenditure from the public purse of amending the parliamentary contributory pensions scheme to (a) cap the Exchequer contribution at (i) 20 per cent. and (ii) 15 per cent. of payroll, (b) move to a career average salary scheme, (c) raise the pension age and time in line with the increase in the age of entitlement to the basic state pension, (d) change accrual rate from 1/40th to 1/50th and (e) raise the employee contribution by 1 per cent.; and if she will make a statement. | | (280167) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 247
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers who (a) retired and (b) resigned from the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last three years retained a personal protection weapon. | | (280027) | 248
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days on average (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies took to pay an invoice in each month since November 2008. | | (279787) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 249
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, for what reasons the cost of the other Olympic Park venues has fallen from £446 million to £337 million in her May 2009 London 2012 Quarterly Economic Report compared with the previous report. | | (279838) | 250
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, for what reasons Stratford City Land and Infrastructure and Stratford City Receipt are show as separate entries in her May 2009 London 2012 Quarterly Economic Report. | | (279839) | 251
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 (a) cross country, (b) equestrian and (c) modern pentathlon events at Greenwich Park. | | (278654) | 252
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) office since the inception of the ODA. | | (280315) | 253
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what estimate she has made of the number of additional visitors expected to visit each (a) region and (b) London borough as a result of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (280363) | Questions to the Prime Minister 254
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the recent (a) Ministerial reshuffle and (b) changes to the machinery of government; and if he will make a statement. | | (279843) | 255
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whom he consulted on his proposals for constitutional reform announced on 10 June 2009; what public consultation he plans to hold on the proposals; and if he will make a statement. | | (280178) | 256
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Prime Minister, who the members of the National Council for Democratic Renewal are. | | (280236) | 257
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 495W, on intelligence services: publication, what facilities the security and intelligence agencies are authorised to afford to persons undertaking research for publications which are not official publications; at what level, and in what circumstances, members of the security and intelligence services are authorised to grant (a) interviews and (b) other assistance to such persons; and if he will make a statement. | | (279129) | 258
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has made to the French authorities on the representatives of the UK Government to be invited to the 65th anniversary commemorations of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (279130) | 259
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations the Government received on the level of official representation of the UK at the 65th anniversary commemoration of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign organised by the French government; when such representations were received; and if he will make a statement. | | (279131) | 260
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date the Government was first invited to send representatives to the 65th anniversary commemorations of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign organised by the French authorities; and what response was made. | | (279132) | 261
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date the Government was first informed by the French authorities of the proposed programme of events to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign. | | (279133) | 262
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to consult (a) the leaders of opposition parties represented in the House and (b) the Chair of the Public Administration Select Committee before announcing (i) the terms of reference and (ii) the composition of an inquiry into the Iraq war; and if he will make a statement. | | (280091) | 263
N | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Prime Minister, what his engagements were between 3pm and 8pm on Wednesday 10 June. | | (279913) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 264
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely effect of the proposed Air Passenger Duty charges on the number of passengers travelling on each Air Passenger Duty band. | | (280134) | 265
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many passengers travelled by air to destinations that would now be classified as Air Passenger Duty Bands (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and (d) D in 2008. | | (280153) | 266
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the likely effect of an increase in the average cost of a domestic flight by one-third on passenger numbers. | | (280154) | 267
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether a mechanism exists for EU member states to seek a temporary derogation from the EU sulphur specification for diesel fuel; and if he will make a statement. | | (280156) | 268
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many requests for information in respect of the registered keeper of a vehicle were made to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) in 2008-09; how many of those were received (a) in electronic form and (b) by post from (i) DVLA-accredited trade associations, (ii) non-DVLA-accredited car park operators, (iii) individuals and (iv) others; and how many in each such category were (A) accepted and (B) refused. | | (280158) | 269
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will seek an exemption for recreational horsebox drivers from EU regulations on drivers' hours; and if he will make a statement. | | (280090) | 270
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated for the construction of bus lanes in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280095) | 271
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for the construction of airports in the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280096) | 272
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for the construction of highways in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280097) | 273
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for the creation of additional lanes on highways in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280098) | 274
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated for the construction of bicycle paths in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280149) | 275
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated for the construction of footpaths in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (280150) | 276
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what directions his Department issues on the procedures to be followed for the maintenance and servicing of aircraft flown by commercial operators from UK airports. | | (280120) | 277
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2009, Official Report, column 1729W, on shipping, when he expects to decide whether to conduct a second consultation exercise on the draft regulations; and if he will make a statement. | | (280123) | 278
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received on measures to reduce the number of young people killed or seriously injured while riding mopeds; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (280119) | 279
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what measures his Department plans to implement in respect of (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) other pollution from shipping in the next two years. | | (280086) | 280
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much has been allocated by London Gateway Port to finance improvements to the (a) local and (b) strategic road network in the area. | | (279784) | 281
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for transport connections to nature parks in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (280225) | 282
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (280314) | 283
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280324) | 284
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Driving Standards Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (280343) | 285
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicles registered in each of the last 10 years were vehicles previously registered abroad. | | (280374) | 286
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the capital budget of the Highways Agency for (a) maintenance and (b) enhancement work was in each of the last five years. | | (280376) | 287
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the new South Central operator proposed targets for passenger satisfaction as part of its bid. | | (280377) | 288
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) Transport for London plans to spend on deep cleaning stations along the South Central franchise route. | | (280378) | 289
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what definition of station deep cleans is stipulated in the South Central franchise. | | (280379) | 290
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation smartcards are planned to be in place across the whole South Central franchise area by 2012. | | (280380) | 291
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the terms are for the delay repay scheme stipulated in the South Central franchise. | | (280381) | 292
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what period the winning bid for the South Central franchise assumes an RPI plus one per cent. increase for unregulated fares. | | (280382) | 293
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what (a) enhancements and (b) investments stipulated in the South Central franchise will be funded by (i) the Government and (ii) Southern Trains; and how much each will cost. | | (280383) | 294
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what (a) enhancements and (b) investments stipulated in the South Central franchise were stipulated as part of the 2007 High Level Output Statement. | | (280384) | 295
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department plans to spend on staffing of new gating systems for the new South Central franchise; and how much Transport for London has agreed to spend to ensure stations on the new South Central franchise are staffed from first to last service on each operational day. | | (280385) | 296
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was spent by his Department on the re-letting of the South Central franchise. | | (280386) | 297
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many private finance initiative projects have been agreed by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (280387) | 298
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many private finance initiative projects are being negotiated by each directorate in his Department. | | (280388) | 299
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has for the future use of the private finance initiative in the (a) procurement, (b) construction and (c) operation of transport projects. | | (280389) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 300
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for what reasons the amount of EU funding is shown as deducted from the grant to the National Assembly for Wales in the Wales Office Annual Reports up to and including the 2007 report. | | (280206) | 301
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to publish the Wales Office Annual Report 2008. | | (280207) | 302
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 70-1W, on EU grants and loans, how much of the above-Barnett formula additions were actually received by the Welsh Assembly in each year. | | (280277) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 303
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will bring forward proposals to provide a legal right for women to breastfeed in public places. | | (280408) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 304
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of council tax benefit in each constituency in Scotland. | | (279575) | 305
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance her Department is providing to pensioners adversely affected by the economic downturn. | | (280171) | 306
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) debt and (b) cumulative debt resulting from arrears attributed to the non-resident parent accrued to the Child Support Agency in each year since 1993. | | (279844) | 307
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 977-8W, on the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: ICT, what the budget for the gross income statutory maintenance scheme is. | | (279988) | 308
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of children in the UK for whom maintenance payments (a) are and (b) are not made via the Child Support Agency. | | (280025) | 309
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are receiving maintenance payments calculated by the Child Support Agency; and in how many such cases the non-resident parent is in arrears. | | (280026) | 310
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent under the Future Jobs Fund. | | (280338) | 311
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in East Hertfordshire have participated in a new deal programme in each of the last three years. | | (280124) | 312
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people completed a new deal programme in each of the last three years; and what the cost of new deal programmes was in each of those years. | | (280241) | 313
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) benefit delivery centres and (b) customer-facing jobcentres operated by Jobcentre Plus there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last 24 months. | | (280223) | 314
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Child Support Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (280318) | 315
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in Jobcentre Plus in each of the last five years. | | (280325) | 316
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on consultants in each of the last five years. | | (280344) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 317
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons (a) Cabinet papers and (b) information in respect of the Royal Family are not included in his proposals to replace the 30-year rule with a 20-year rule for disclosure of official public documents. | | [Transferred] (280176) | 318
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the likely (a) establishment and (b) running costs of the proposed new Parliamentary Standards Authority (PSA); and whether the PSA will be a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | [Transferred] (280177) | 319
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the statement of 10 June 2009, Official Report, columns 795-9, on constitutional renewal, what options for sanctions he plans to propose for hon. Members who breach the proposed statutory code of conduct. | | [Transferred] (280244) |
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