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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 17 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 17 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 17 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 17 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 17 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea under each such scheme in 2009 to date. | | (280979) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses in Essex; and if he will make a statement. | | (280980) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what services his Department's face-to-face debt advice project has provided since September 2008; how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group have applied for assistance under the project since September 2008; what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of such people who have had their debt problems resolved; whether the project is able to loan money to applicants; and if he will make a statement. | | (281100) | 4
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281080) | 5
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281081) | 6
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of merging the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to form his Department. | | (280648) | 7
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on marketing itself during its existence. | | (280664) | 8
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of re-branding the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform as the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. | | (280785) | 9
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what expenditure was incurred by his Department's predecessors on the establishment of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. | | (280788) | 10
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Secretary of State expects to appoint a new Chair of the North West Development Agency. | | (280994) | 11
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much each of the regional development agencies and the London Development Agency (a) spent on media monitoring in each of the last three years and (b) has allocated to expenditure on media monitoring in each of the next three years. | | (280507) | 12
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the systems Royal Mail has in place to monitor the content of mail order catalogues from health food manufacturers distributing products from the Channel Islands who have previously breached the requirements of the Advertising Standards Agency's Committee on Advertising Practice code. | | (281104) | 13
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on action taken by Royal Mail against health food manufacturers operating from the Channel Islands whose mail order catalogues were found to be in breach of the requirements of the Advertising Standards Agency's Committee on Advertising Practice code in the last 12 months. | | (281105) | 14
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people from the North East registered for Train to Gain courses but who have not yet commenced their training. | | (280703) | 15
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providing to small and medium-sized businesses in Milton Keynes. | | (280879) | 16
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to conclude his discussions with Jaguar Land Rover on loan guarantees from the Automotive Assistance Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (280593) | 17
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent application he has received from the aerospace sector for repayable launch investment; and if he will make a statement. | | (280594) | 18
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to appoint a chief construction officer; and if he will make a statement. | | (280645) | 19
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions the Secretary of State has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the future procurement of rolling stock; and if he will make a statement. | | (280646) | 20
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on small and medium-sized businesses of the closure of Skillfast UK. | | (280870) | 21
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Phorm on the use of its targeted online advertising technology. | | (280893) | 22
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what response he has made to the European Commission's decision of 14 April 2009 to open an infringement proceeding relating to the use of Phorm's targeted online advertising technology by UK internet service providers. | | (280894) | 23
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the compliance with UK and EU legislation of the use of Phorm's targeted online advertising technology by internet service providers. | | (280982) | 24
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the water consumption on the office estate of his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280938) | 25
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280939) | 26
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280940) | 27
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department and its predecessors which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280941) | 28
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281017) | 29
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste his Department and its predecessors recycled in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (281018) | 30
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport for administrative operations by his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281019) | 31
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281020) | 32
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on his constituent Mr Watt of Cruden Bay. | | (280795) | 33
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to stimulate business growth in super output areas with high levels of deprivation. | | (280736) | 34
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on post-implementation reviews of regulations affecting businesses. | | (280737) | 35
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations Ministers from his Department and its predecessors have made to the European Union on a reduction in the regulatory burden on business in the last 12 months. | | (280738) | 36
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been (a) received and (b) accepted for the credit insurance scheme announced in Budget 2009. | | (280728) | 37
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 2288-9W, on the departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by each website in each of the last 12 months. | | (280729) | 38
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the domain name (a) www.berr.gov.uk, (b) www.dius.gov.uk and (c) www.bis.gov.uk was registered. | | (280777) | 39
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the Learning and Skills Council has not taken decisions on colleges' capital programme in accordance with its originally planned timetable; and if he will make a statement. | | (279662) | 40
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Learning and Skills Council in each of the last five years. | | (280605) | 41
| 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 London Development Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (280613) | 42
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employment agencies have been found by a court to have been in breach of the law in respect of allegations first made through the Pay and Work Rights helpline in each of the last 12 months. | | (280670) | 43
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria the Learning and Skills Council uses to determine which further education colleges receive funding for building projects from the £300 million capital fund announced in Budget 2009. | | (280710) | 44
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department intends to consult on the wider application of the Kent County Council Act 2001 and the Medway Council Act 2001 for the regulation of markets and occasional sales. | | (280890) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 45
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Report of the Select Committee on Public Administration on Equitable Life. | | (281111) | 46
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the most recent report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman on Equitable Life. | | (281114) | 47
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281086) | 48
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281087) | 49
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of private finance initiatives in (a) West Derbyshire constituency and (b) Derbyshire. | | (280872) | 50
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 31 March 2009 on the KSFIOM Depositors Group. | | (280873) | 51
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to monitor the practices of private debt collection firms contracted by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (280892) | 52
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the evidence given by the Health Service Ombudsman to the Public Bill Committee on the Health and Social Care Bill, Session 2007-08, what the outcome was of discussions between his Department and the Ombudsman on the additional funding required by the Ombudsman for her new role in the NHS complaints process. | | (281106) | 53
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology his Department uses to account for the (a) actual and (b) potential debt of NHS trusts and foundation trusts. | | (281108) | 54
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280926) | 55
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280927) | 56
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280928) | 57
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280929) | 58
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281026) | 59
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281027) | 60
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281028) | 61
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter of 29 January 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on the closure of the Peterhead HM Revenue and Customs office. | | (280796) | 62
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of assisting private finance initative projects through (i) its Infrastructure Finance Unit and (ii) direct funding from the public purse. | | (280901) | 63
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the adequacy of the resources available to the Financial Ombudsman Service to deal with present levels of demand. | | (280904) | 64
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to assess the effect on the expenditure from the public purse for administration of the collection of local taxation of the replacement of council tax with a local income tax. | | (281103) | 65
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations provided cleaning services to his Department in each of the last three years; and what the cost of each such contract was in each such year. | | (280759) | 66
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 585W, on the departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions each website received in each of the last 12 months. | | (280768) | 67
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it cost to produce each of his Department's publications in each of the last three years. | | (280772) | 68
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what target has been set in respect of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to process a claim for (a) a National Insurance contribution refund, (b) an inheritance tax refund and (c) a capital gains tax refund; and what the (i) average and (ii) maximum time taken to process such a claim was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278868) | 69
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years. | | (280618) | 70
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the Government guarantee scheme for asset-backed securities; and if he will make a statement. | | (280634) | 71
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) planned office closures on average times taken by HMRC to reply to correspondence from members of the public. | | (280672) | 72
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been received by the UK from the EU under the Objective One and Convergence Programmes Fund in respect of Wales in each year from 1999-2000. | | (280213) | 73
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of monies received from the EU as part of Objective One and Convergence Programme funding in Wales has been transferred to the Welsh Assembly Government in each year since 1999-2000. | | (280215) | 74
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which departments have an agreement with his Department permitting the use in accounts of EU receipts to offset expenditure; and from what date each such agreement came into operation. | | (280407) | 75
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to announce (a) the valuation of suspended shares in Northern Rock and (b) arrangements for the compensation for shareholders; and if he will make a statement. | | (280789) | 76
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter of 10 February 2009, ref 5/04229/2009, on banking bonuses from the hon. Member for Congleton on behalf of her constituent Mr Pete Dobson. | | (280713) | 77
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter of 2 February 2009, ref 3/08735/2009, on value added tax from the hon. Member for Congleton on behalf of her constituent Mr Carl Hammonds. | | (280714) | 78
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter of 5 March 2009, ref 6/00178/2009, on the banking industry and pensions from the hon. Member for Congleton on behalf of her constituents Mr and Mrs Brian Evans. | | (280715) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 79
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the abortion rate among those under the age of (a) 18 and (b) 16 years was in each region in 2008. | | (280976) | 80
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) her Department and (b) its agency have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281082) | 81
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) her Department and (b) its agency in the last five years. | | (281083) | 82
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) UK-born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f) non-EU nationals of working age in the UK were in employment in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available. | | (280798) | 83
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 479-82W, on employment, how many (a) UK nationals, (b) UK-born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals and (e) non-EU nationals of working age were in employment in (i) the public sector and (ii) the private sector in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available; and what the percentage change between 1997 and the most recent year for which figures are available was in respect of categories (i) and (ii). | | (281118) | 84
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the five most recent annual reports on the numbers of (a) live births and (b) stillbirths in England were published. | | (281119) | 85
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths of residents of (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Teesside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been attributed to dengue fever in the last 10 years. | | (280699) | 86
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of water consumption on her Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280946) | 87
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280947) | 88
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280948) | 89
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the percentage of electricity used by her Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280949) | 90
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the amount of waste arising from her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281029) | 91
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste her Department recycled in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (281030) | 92
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281031) | 93
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281032) | 94
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which organisations provided cleaning services to the Cabinet Office in each of the last three years; and what the cost of each such contract was in each such year. | | (280761) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 95
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many laptop computers belonging to his Department and its predecessor have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281068) | 96
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many breaches of information security there have been at his Department and its predecessor in the last five years. | | (281069) | 97
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each region in the first quarter of 2009. | | (280896) | 98
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has allocated to local authority child protection services for 2009-10; and what recent steps his Department has taken to protect children from abuse. | | (280706) | 99
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of GCSE entrants achieved each grade in (a) history, (b) citizenship, (c) physics, (d) English and (e) mathematics in each of the last five years. | | (280441) | 100
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many and what proportion of mainstream maintained schools no pupil has achieved a grade of G or above in GCSE history in each year since 1997. | | (280442) | 101
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many and what proportion of mainstream maintained schools no pupil has achieved a grade of C or above in GCSE history in each year since 1997. | | (280443) | 102
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280958) | 103
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280959) | 104
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280960) | 105
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280961) | 106
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281014) | 107
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281015) | 108
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281016) | 109
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (a) the effectiveness of his Department's arrangements for the engagement of young people in decision-making and (b) means to increase such engagement. | | (280747) | 110
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents in each local authority area in Yorkshire and the Humber appeared in court on charges related to the unauthorised absence of their child from school in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (280689) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 111
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281066) | 112
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281067) | 113
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were in temporary accommodation in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in each of the last five years; and what the average time spent in such accommodation was. | | (280685) | 114
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to seek the views of those living in the most deprived areas when examining the merits of formal city regional governance in conurbations outside London. | | (280595) | 115
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to propose the introduction of formal city regional governance in conurbations outside London. | | (280686) | 116
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on the separate recording of numbers of complaints received from (a) hon. Members and (b) councillors of (i) the same authority and (ii) another authority. | | (280895) | 117
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on recording the number of complaints about their services received (a) by mail, (b) by email, (c) by telephone, (d) in person and (e) by other means. | | (280993) | 118
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the number of empty dwellings in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Teesside and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (280705) | 119
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the construction industry of compliance with conditions attached to planning permissions in respect of (a) great crested newts and (b) bats in each of the last five years. | | [R] (280860) | 120
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280954) | 121
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280955) | 122
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280956) | 123
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280957) | 124
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281006) | 125
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport of administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281007) | 126
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281008) | 127
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on town centre development in the last five years. | | (280739) | 128
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the effect of a universal business rate on local economies. | | (280740) | 129
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent research his Department has commissioned on public involvement in its policy formulation at a local and regional level; and what steps his Department is taking to increase public involvement in its policy formulation. | | (280741) | 130
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals for local authorities to be requirted to pay interest to council taxpayers in respect of overpayments of council tax. | | (280742) | 131
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a summary of representations received by his Department on council tax in the last three years. | | (280881) | 132
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the effects on high street retailers of his Department's planning policies in respect of out of town (a) retailing and (b) warehousing. | | (280905) | 133
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers his Department subscribes; and what the cost of such subscriptions has been in each of the last three years. | | (280767) | 134
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided to the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government in each of the last three years; and how much has been allocated for each of the next two years. | | (280851) | 135
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government in spreading best practice amongst local authority housing professionals. | | (280852) | 136
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum grant available under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme will be. | | (280853) | 137
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many expressions of interest were received by the Homes and Communities Agency in relation to the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme before 8 June 2009; and how many were from (a) arm's-length management organisations, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private sector developers. | | (280990) | 138
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities may apply for National Affordable Housing Programme grant funding to build local authority housing. | | (279779) | 139
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority tenants in Castle Point have been evicted from accommodation for non-payment of rent in each of the last 12 months; and what proportion of those tenants had dependants living with them. | | (280631) | 140
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) been refused assistance through the Mortgage Rescue Scheme in each month since its inception. | | (280675) | 141
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people who qualify for homeowner mortgage support but do not receive such assistance. | | (280676) | 142
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what records his Department maintains of the ways in which local authorities spend funding provided by his Department under the Supporting People programme. | | (280751) | 143
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have used Supporting People funding to provide wardens for sheltered accommodation in the last 12 months. | | (280752) | 144
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department provided to each local authority under the Supporting People programme in each of the last three years. | | (280753) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 145
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281070) | 146
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281071) | 147
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his Department's strategy for library services; and if he will make a statement. | | (280898) | 148
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280950) | 149
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280951) | 150
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280952) | 151
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280953) | 152
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281001) | 153
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste his Department recycled in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (281002) | 154
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport of administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281003) | 155
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281004) | 156
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to produce with the Secretary of State for Transport a draft strategy to develop transport networks in order to encourage growth in the tourism industry. | | (280995) | 157
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers his Department subscribes; and what the cost of such subscriptions has been in each of the last three years. | | (280763) | 158
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on relocation costs for new members of staff in each of the last three years. | | (280776) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 159
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281076) | 160
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281077) | 161
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of up-rating the future pensions of Gurkha ex-servicemen who retired prior to 1 July 1997 to the amount received by their UK equivalents. | | (280987) | 162
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department has on the number of Gurkhas who left the Brigade prior to 1997 and who (a) live in poverty in Nepal and (b) receive charitable assistance to meet their basic needs; and if he will make a statement. | | (280988) | 163
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Gurkhas who were stationed in the UK prior to 1997 receive a pension from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (280989) | 164
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel are stationed at each location overseas. | | (280813) | 165
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual personnel medically fit for purpose strength is for each battalion of the infantry. | | (280814) | 166
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military and what percentage of each helicopter type in the (a) Army Air Corps, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF are (i) in service and (ii) fit for purpose. | | (280815) | 167
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contacts between British and Taliban forces there have been in Helmand Province in each of the last 12 months. | | (280816) | 168
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of personnel in each army corps are exceeding their harmony guidelines for (a) tour intervals and (b) individual separated service. | | (280817) | 169
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-service dates are for the two new aircraft carriers. | | (280818) | 170
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits were made by schools presentation teams in each service to (a) state and (b) private schools in each year since 2005. | | (280819) | 171
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for schools presentation team visits from each service his Department has received in each year since 2005. | | (280820) | 172
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rounds of each type of ammunition were discharged during the last roulement in Afghanistan. | | (280821) | 173
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what studies into counterinsurgency warfare his Department has conducted since 2003. | | (280822) | 174
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of damage to the axles of each type of armoured vehicles have been recorded by his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2006. | | (280823) | 175
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many months and what percentage time each Royal Navy (a) attack submarine, (b) destroyer and (c) aircraft carrier in service spent (i) on operations and (ii) in maintenance in each year since 2006. | | (280824) | 176
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to expand provision of the Combined Cadet Forces in state schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (280825) | 177
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest period of time is for newly trained medical officers to be allocated to postings in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280826) | 178
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing assets lost, damaged or prematurely worn out by the conflicts in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each of the next five years. | | (280827) | 179
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of upgrading naval bases for the new carriers in each of the next five years. | | (280828) | 180
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the procurement of (a) aircraft carriers, (b) Joint Strike Fighter, (c) the Trident replacement programme, (d) Type 45 destroyers, (e) the Future Rapid Effects System, (f) Astute Class submarines and (g) Typhoons in the next 12 months. | | (280829) | 181
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated (a) market value and (b) area is of (i) DCSA Inskip, Preston, (ii) RAF Church Fenton, Tadcaster, (iii) RAF Syerston, (iv) RAF Watton, (v) TAC Worcester, (vi) Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot, (vii) Aldershot Garrison, (viii) RAF High Wycombe, (ix) HMS Daedalus, Gosport and Fareham, (x) Anzio Barracks, Leek, (xi) HMS Forest Moor, Harrogate, (xii) RAF West Raynham, (xiii) RAF Newton, (xiv) RAF Alconbury, (xv) RAF Halton, Wendover, (xvi) RAF Brize Norton, Bicester, (xvii) DMC Dean Hill, West Dean, (xviii) RAF Chilmark, Salisbury, (xix) Connaught Barracks and (xx) Roussillon Barracks; and which of these sites is (A) redundant (B) expected to become redundant. | | (280444) | 182
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280942) | 183
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280943) | 184
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280944) | 185
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280945) | 186
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281033) | 187
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste his Department recycled in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (281034) | 188
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281035) | 189
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281036) | 190
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK provides military aid to Nigeria. | | (279778) | 191
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints about armed forces accommodation his Department has received from the families of servicemen and women on operation abroad in each of the last five years; and how many complainants were moved into different accommodation as a result. | | (280597) | 192
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who was responsible for processing the pension payments to service personnel from the Royal Irish Regiment who received overpayment through the Special Capital Payment Scheme. | | (280642) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 193
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many breaches of information security there have been at his Department since its creation. | | (281096) | 194
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable he has set for the confirmation of planning permissions for the next generation of nuclear power stations. | | (280647) | 195
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has for the future of Hartlepool nuclear power station. | | (280708) | 196
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the creation of apprenticeships in the construction of the next generation of nuclear power stations. | | (280709) | 197
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on the use of artificial measures to create algae bloom for the purposes of carbon capture; and if he will make a statement. | | (281113) | 198
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the effect on progress towards energy consumption reduction targets of the structure of energy (i) bills and (ii) tariffs. | | (280903) | 199
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers his Department subscribes; and what the cost of such subscriptions has been in each of the last three years. | | (280766) | 200
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on (a) the causes of the coolant leak at Sizewell A discovered on 7 June 2007 and (b) when it is understood the leak occurred. | | (280799) | 201
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost was of repairing the coolant leak discovered at Sizewell A on 7 June 2007. | | (280800) | 202
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how frequently inspections are made of the cooling ponds used to store nuclear fuel rods at each location in the UK. | | (280801) | 203
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) coolant leaks and (b) fires have been recorded at each UK nuclear installation in each of the last 10 years. | | (280802) | 204
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contingency plans are in place to deal with serious nuclear incidents. | | (280803) | 205
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what marine environmental assessment the Government has made in respect of the discharge of coolant from Sizewell A. | | (280804) | 206
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his predecessor Department was informed about the coolant leak at Sizewell A discovered on 7 June 2007; and what steps Ministers took following receipt of the information. | | (280805) | 207
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his predecessor Department had with the (a) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and (b) Environment Agency as a result of the discovery of a coolant leak at Sizewell A on 7 June 2007. | | (280806) | 208
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what review of (a) inspection, (b) maintenance and (c) security procedures at UK nuclear installations there has been following the discovery of a coolant leak at Sizewell A on 7 June 2007. | | (280807) | 209
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government has received any requests for additional resources from (a) the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and (b) the Environment Agency as a result of the discovery of a coolant leak at Sizewell A on 7 June 2007. | | (280808) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 210
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281092) | 211
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281093) | 212
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to (a) the Rural Payments Agency, (b) Natural England and (c) regional development agencies for the purposes of the administration of funding allocated under the Common Agricultural Policy in 2008-09; and how much funding his Department has allocated for those purposes in 2009-10. | | (280755) | 213
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 816W, on departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) estimated cost is of each current major information technology project in his Department. | | (280756) | 214
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 31 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on his constituents in Macduff. | | (280794) | 215
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers his Department subscribes; and what the cost of such subscriptions has been in each of the last three years. | | (280764) | 216
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many public consultations have been conducted by his Department since 27 June 2007; what the title of each has been; how many responses were received at each; and what estimate has been made of the total cost incurred for each consultation. | | (280908) | 217
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research spent on external consultants in each of the last five years. | | (280596) | 218
| 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 Pesticides Safety Directorate office in each of the last five years. | | (280607) | 219
| 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 Animal Health Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280608) | 220
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the eutrophication status of the Humber estuary is; and if he will make a statement. | | (280778) | 221
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on levels of greenhouse gas emissions of the designation of the River Humber as a sensitive area under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (280779) | 222
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the costs which would be incurred if the River Humber were to be designated as a sensitive area under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (280780) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 223
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the shooting at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC on 10 June; and if he will make a statement. | | (280991) | 224
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281054) | 225
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281055) | 226
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Bermudan government has held discussions with the Government of the United States on plans to accept further former detainees from Guantánamo Bay; and if he will make a statement. | | (280864) | 227
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department was first notified by the Governor of Bermuda of the Bermudan government's discussions with the US on the transfer of four former detainees from Guantánamo Bay; and if he will make a statement. | | (280865) | 228
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the US administration notified his Department that it had agreed to transfer four former detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Bermuda before the transfer occurred; and if he will make a statement. | | (280866) | 229
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the government of Bermuda notified his Department that it had agreed to accept the transfer of four former detainees from Guantánamo Bay before the former detainees arrived in Bermuda on 12 June 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (280867) | 230
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the security assessment of the four former detainees from Guantánamo Bay who have been transferred to Bermuda is expected to be comlpeted; and if he will make a statement. | | (280868) | 231
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the government of Bermuda began discussions with the US administration on the transfer of detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Bermuda . | | (280869) | 232
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the review of the legal basis of the Government's relations with Bermuda following the transfer of four former detainees from Guantánamo Bay is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (280880) | 233
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280930) | 234
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280931) | 235
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280932) | 236
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280933) | 237
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281040) | 238
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281041) | 239
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281042) | 240
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on (a) democratic accountability of European institutions and (b) financial efficiency of European institutions in the last two years. | | (280745) | 241
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 369-72W, on departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by each website operated by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (280726) | 242
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which organisations provided cleaning services to his Department in each of the last three years; and what the cost of each such contract was in each such year. | | (280760) | 243
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Sri Lankan government on its recent decision to turn away the Vanni Mercy Mission ship MV Captain Ali; and if he will make a statement. | | (280598) | 244
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of violent farm seizures in Zimbabwe which have occurred since the formation of the unity government; and if he will make a statement. | | (280622) | 245
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the treatment of supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe since the formation of the unity government; and if he will make a statement. | | (280625) | 246
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries on the political situation in Zimbabwe; and what assessment he has made of the proposal to convene a SADC extraordinary summit to discuss the matter. | | (280635) | 247
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1425W, when the next meeting of Working Group 1 of the Contact Group on Piracy off the coast of Somalia will be; and what matters will be discussed at the meeting. | | (280684) | 248
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Nigeria on its military action in the Niger Delta. | | (279777) | 249
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employs in each of its embassies in Eastern Europe. | | (280600) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 250
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in (a) the Essex Strategic Health Authority area and (b) England who had had (i) one, (ii), two, (iii) three, (iv) four, (v) five, (vi) six, (vii) seven, (viii) eight, (ix) nine and (x) 10 or more previous abortions had an abortion in 2008. | | (280977) | 251
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged (a) under 16, (b) 16 to 18, (c) 19 to 24, (d) 25 to 29, (e) 30 to 34, (f) 35 to 39 and (g) over 40 years of age in (i) Essex Strategic Health Authority and (ii) England who had (A) no children, (B) one child, (C) two children, (D) three children, (E) four children and (F) five or more children had an abortion in 2008. | | (280978) | 252
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on the reasons for trends in the abortion rate in England in 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (281099) | 253
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281064) | 254
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281065) | 255
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he expects strategic health authorities to take of the 2008 non-medical workforce census in their maternity workforce plans. | | (281120) | 256
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department uses of (a) the rate of attrition from training student midwives and (b) the proportion of newly-qualified midwives who secure employment as midwives with the NHS for the purposes of midwifery workforce planning. | | (281121) | 257
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of midwives recruited into the NHS who were recruited from overseas in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (281122) | 258
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former NHS midwives returned to practise in the NHS in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (281123) | 259
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of midwives retiring from the NHS in the next 10 years. | | (281124) | 260
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwifery training places were commissioned for the 2008-09 academic year. | | (281125) | 261
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £330 million three-year allocation for improvements to maternity services was committed in 2008-09. | | (281126) | 262
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts provide an integrated continence service. | | (280983) | 263
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of the provision of integrated incontinence services. | | (280984) | 264
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether walk-in health centres will be able to make referrals to incontinence nurses. | | (280985) | 265
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further steps he plans to take to reduce levels of healthcare-associated infections. | | (279577) | 266
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged over 65 years old resident in each local authority area were treated for (a) alcohol-related and (b) drug-related health problems in each year since 1997. | | (280666) | 267
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported assaults on (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in each strategic health authority area in each year since 1997. | | (280781) | 268
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol-related deaths there were in each strategic health authority area in each year since 1997. | | (280787) | 269
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the NHS's expenditure on the treatment of dengue fever in the last 12 months. | | (280698) | 270
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported cases of malaria there have been in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Teesside and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the last 10 years. | | (280700) | 271
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have died while waiting for NHS operations in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Teesside and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (280701) | 272
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an operation on the NHS was in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Teesside and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (280702) | 273
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the nine per cent. reduction in the pooled treatment budget for Milton Keynes from the National Treatment Agency in 2009-10. | | (280678) | 274
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been given to Milton Keynes from the National Treatment Agency in each of the last five years; and how much has been so allocated in the next two years. | | (280679) | 275
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many problematic drug users (a) there were in Milton Keynes and (b) received treatment in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years. | | (280680) | 276
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): 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 Milton Keynes in each year since 1999. | | (280875) | 277
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA infection in Milton Keynes have been reported to his Department in each year since 1997. | | (280876) | 278
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) conception usage and (b) pregnancy terminated by abortion was among those under the age of 18 years in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years. | | (280877) | 279
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the largest (a) single and (b) aggregate claim for NHS treatment made by a carrier of a European Health Insurance Card was in each of the last 10 years. | | (280858) | 280
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultations have been conducted in respect of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; how much each consultation cost; what changes have been made to part IX of the drug tariff as a result; and what estimate he has made of changes to expenditure from the public purse as a result of the changes. | | (280859) | 281
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 40 of his Department's document, Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On, of April 2009, whether an assessment of an individual's weight at an NHS Health Check will include an assessment with a nutritional screening tool. | | (280862) | 282
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 40 of his Department's document, Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On, of April 2009, whether individuals assessed as being underweight at an NHS Health Check will be referred onwards to nutritional support services. | | (280863) | 283
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to publish the final report of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board. | | (280899) | 284
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme on behalf of the Christie Charity. | | (280900) | 285
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with referenc to page 12 of his Department's Resource Accounts for 2007-08, HC (2007-08) 1042, for what reason his Department reported slippage against its target for increasing the proportion of older people being supported to live in their own home; to what extent the target was met in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (280974) | 286
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amendments (a) he has and (b) officials in his Department have proposed to draft parliamentary bulletins to be issued by the (i) agencies and (ii) non-Ministerial department overseen by his Department in the last 12 months. | | (280992) | 287
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of each type of patient safety incident occurred in each NHS trust between April and September 2008; and what percentage of such incidents in each such trust fell within each degree of harm. | | (281107) | 288
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the sums paid by the Government to other EU member states under the provisions of the European Health Insurance Card arose from treatment in each NHS trust in each of the last 10 years. | | (281109) | 289
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1223-4W, on learning disability, by what date he expects NHS bodies and councils with social services responsibilities to satisfy themselves that failures similar to those identified by the Health Service Commissioner are not ongoing; how he intends to assess progress in that regard; whether he has directed the Care Quality Commission to take the Commissioner's report into account; what steps he plans to take to (a) implement and (b) monitor progress against the Commission's recommendations; and from which departmental budget payments for compensation for distress will be drawn. | | (281110) | 290
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280934) | 291
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280935) | 292
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280936) | 293
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280937) | 294
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281022) | 295
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281023) | 296
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281024) | 297
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendations made in the Working for a Healthier Tomorrow report. | | (280748) | 298
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to assess the adequacy of provision of mental health services for people of each (a) age group, (b) sex and (c) race. | | (280902) | 299
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1352-8W, on the departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by each website operated by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (280721) | 300
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on relocation costs for new members of staff in each of the last three years. | | (280775) | 301
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (280612) | 302
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the hours of operation are of the Carers Direct Hotline. | | (280626) | 303
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of those diagnosed with swine influenza have been treated with (a) Tamiflu and (b) Relenza. | | (280632) | 304
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department plans to spend on increasing awareness of cancers affecting men; and if he will make a statement. | | (280671) | 305
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consult members of the public on the means by which health professional regulators are held to account to (a) the public and (b) Parliament might be achieved; and if he will make a statement. | | (280696) | 306
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) members of the public, (b) health professionals, (c) journalists and (d) representatives of patient or service user groups have attended meetings of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence since 1 January 2009. | | (280790) | 307
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence to publish its revised Citizen Engagement strategy. | | (280791) | 308
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what travel costs patient and service user groups may reclaim from the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence when attending meetings of the Council. | | (280854) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 309
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281056) | 310
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281057) | 311
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) highly-skilled migrants and (b) dependents of highly-skilled migrants were given leave to enter the UK under (i) the highly-skilled migrants programme and (ii) tier 1 of the points-based system in the first quarter of 2009. | | (280797) | 312
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits have been issued to non-UK nationals in each quarter since 1 January 2007. | | (281116) | 313
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2057W, on work permits, how many applications for a work permit on the basis of an intra-company transfer in respect of non-UK nationals were (a) made and (b) granted in each quarter since January 2004. | | (281117) | 314
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the US administration on the creation of the list of foreign nationals barred from entry to the UK, with particular reference to the inclusion of Michael Savage on that list. | | (279576) | 315
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported instances of (a) fraud and (b) forgery there have been in each year since 1997. | | (280669) | 316
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racially-motivated crimes were recorded in each police force area in (a) each year from 1997-98 to 2002-03 and (b) 2008-09. | | (280855) | 317
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle child trafficking in the UK. | | (280707) | 318
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department's note on the applicability of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to targeted online advertising was based on the assumption that internet users would have to opt (a) in and (b) out in relation to the use of their data for the purposes of such advertising. | | (280891) | 319
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will discuss with Phorm the potential for the use of its technologies in surveillance of internet use for the purposes of counter-terrorism. | | (280981) | 320
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will include medical qualifications in the criteria for awarding a Tier 1 visa. | | (280857) | 321
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280918) | 322
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280919) | 323
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280920) | 324
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280921) | 325
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281043) | 326
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281044) | 327
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281045) | 328
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 275375 from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on correspondence with the UK Border Agency on asylum seekers from Zimbabwe. | | (280754) | 329
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation his Department carried out on proposals affecting student visas before the recent changes to the regulations were made. | | (280743) | 330
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations his Department has received from the English Language Training sector regarding visa regulations. | | (280744) | 331
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public consultations have been conducted by his Department since 27 June 2007; what the title of each was; how many responses were received to each; and what estimate has been made of the total cost incurred for each consultation. | | (280912) | 332
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juveniles were taken to court for an appearance pending trial from police cells in the last year for which figures are available. | | (280445) | 333
| 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 National Policing Improvement Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280610) | 334
| 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 UK Border Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (280611) | 335
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds his Department has allocated to the Metropolitan Police's human trafficking team for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; what recent discussions he has had with the Metropolitan Police on (i) funding for and (ii) staff levels in the human trafficking team; and if he will make a statement. | | (280406) | 336
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary Questions for written answer his Department has declined to answer in substantive form on the ground of (a) disproportionate cost and (b) the information sought not being held centrally in each of the last five years. | | (280716) | 337
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency spent on (a) commercial air flights and (b) chartering flights for the deportation of unsuccessful asylum seekers in each month of the last four years. | | (280809) | 338
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether individuals deported by the UK Border Agency are accompanied by officials on their removal from the UK. | | (280810) | 339
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unsuccessful asylum seekers deported from the UK were refused entry on arrival at the country of their origin and subsequently returned to the UK in each of the last four years. | | (280811) | 340
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which countries the UK Border Agency operates points of entry campaigns explaining UK immigration and asylum policy. | | (280812) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 341
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have not lodged the contracts of all their staff with the Department of Resources. | | (280459) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 342
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281060) | 343
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281061) | 344
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's latest assessment is of progress in relation to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. | | (280602) | 345
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department takes to ensure that UK aid money is used for the needs of the people for whom it is intended. | | (280604) | 346
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the outcome of the G8 Development Ministers meeting on 11 and 12 June 2009 was; and if he will make a statement. | | (280688) | 347
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280970) | 348
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280971) | 349
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280972) | 350
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280973) | 351
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281050) | 352
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste his Department recycled in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (281051) | 353
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281052) | 354
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281053) | 355
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2009, Official Report, column 1879W, on the departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by the (i) Research and Development and (ii) Developments website in each of the last 12 months. | | (280765) | 356
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on relocation costs for new members of staff in each of the last three years. | | (280774) | 357
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the number of refugees from Zimbabwe since the formation of the unity government; what assessment he has made of their access to humanitarian aid; and if he will make a statement. | | (280601) | 358
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in Zimbabwe who are now in South Africa who have contracted cholera; and what assessment he has made of their access to medical treatment. | | (280603) | 359
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent estimate is of the number of humanitarian aid organisations operating in Darfur; and what assessment he has made of their capacity to meet the needs of those who need their assistance. | | (280636) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 360
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281088) | 361
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281089) | 362
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) probation staff and (b) staff work for the Interventions and Substance Misuse Department. | | (280830) | 363
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many National Offender Management Service employees are viewed as surplus. | | (280831) | 364
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacant probation officer positions there are in each region. | | (280832) | 365
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers are expected to complete training in 2009. | | (280833) | 366
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of trainee probation officers who will not be offered employment in each region in 2009. | | (280834) | 367
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases the Probation Service handled in each region in each of the last three years; and how many staff were employed by the Probation Service in each region in each such year. | | (280835) | 368
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unfilled posts there are in each region in the Probation Service. | | (280836) | 369
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, columns 954-55W, on crimes of violence: reoffenders, what the conviction rate was for persons charged with murder who were notified to the National Offender Management Service in each year since 2006-07. | | (280837) | 370
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for offenders convicted of sex offences who received (a) a community sentence, (b) a prison sentence of less than 12 months, (c) a prison sentence of between 12 months and two years, (d) a prison sentence of between two and four years and (e) a prison sentence of over four years in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280838) | 371
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ratio of offenders to probation officers has been in each of the last five years, broken down by probation service area. | | (280839) | 372
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were working in an offender management role in each year since 2003. | | (280840) | 373
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) qualified probation officers and (b) Probation Service officers have been employed by the Probation Service in each quarter since the start of 2003. | | (280841) | 374
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence was for offenders convicted of attempted murder or conspiracy to murder in each of the last five years. | | (280842) | 375
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for offenders convicted of violent crimes who received (a) a community sentence, (b) a prison sentence of less than 12 months, (c) a prison sentence of between 12 months and two years, (d) a prison sentence of between two and four years and (e) a prison sentence of over four years in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280843) | 376
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders prosecuted for (a) attempted murder and (b) conspiracy to murder (i) were found guilty, (ii) received a caution, (iii) received a fine, (iv) received a community sentence, (v) were placed in immediate custody, (vi) received a suspended sentence and (vii) received another disposal in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280844) | 377
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the Community Legal Advice telephone service in each year since 2004. | | (280845) | 378
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many calls have been made to the Community Legal Advice telephone service in each year since 2004. | | (280846) | 379
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for arson there were in each London borough in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (280847) | 380
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for offenders convicted of burglary who received (a) a community sentence, (b) a prison sentence of less than 12 months, (c) a prison sentence of between 12 months and two years, (d) a prison sentence of between two and four years and (e) a prison sentence of over four years in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280848) | 381
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for offenders convicted of robbery who received (a) a community sentence, (b) a prison sentence of less than 12 months, (c) a prison sentence of between 12 months and two years, (d) a prison sentence of between two and four years and (e) a prison sentence of over four years in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280849) | 382
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for offenders convicted of theft who received (a) a community sentence, (b) a prison sentence of less than 12 months, (c) a prison sentence of between 12 months and two years, (d) a prison sentence of between two and four years and (e) a prison sentence of over four years in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (280850) | 383
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness level of costs charged by bailiffs in the execution of duties ordered by (a) the courts and (b) local authorities. | | (281112) | 384
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for offences relating to child abuse there have been in each local authority area since 1997. | | (280667) | 385
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of those convicted of rape since 2006 were aged (a) 10 to 15, (b) 16 to 18, (c) 19 to 25, (d) 26 to 30 and (e) over 30 years old. | | (280668) | 386
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of sexual offences against children in each year since 1997. | | (280782) | 387
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each region of England and Wales were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted on charges relating to having sexual intercourse with an underage person in each year since 1997. | | (280783) | 388
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget was for each probation area in each year since 1997. | | (280784) | 389
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each age group in each local authority area have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of driving offences in each of the last five years. | | (280786) | 390
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminals were diagnosed with a mental illness in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years. | | (280874) | 391
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280922) | 392
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280923) | 393
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280924) | 394
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280925) | 395
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281046) | 396
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of waste his Department recycled in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (281047) | 397
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281048) | 398
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281049) | 399
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much it cost to produce each of his Department's publications in each of the last three years. | | (280769) | 400
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on service delivery of recent changes to the funding allocation of the Probation Service (a) nationally and (b) in West Yorkshire. | | (280687) | 401
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average a person in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point convicted of (i) grievous bodily harm and (ii) violent disorder was sentenced to serve in custody in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (280599) | 402
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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 HM Prison Service in each of the last five years. | | (280609) | 403
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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 HM Courts Service in each of the last five years. | | (280673) | 404
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) community and (b) custody caseload of Humberside Probation Trust was on 31 March in each of the last five financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (280690) | Questions to the Leader of the House 405
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Leader of the House, how many breaches of information security there have been in her Office in the last five years. | | (281091) | 406
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Leader of the House, how many public consultations have been conducted by her Office since 27 June 2007; what the title of each has been; how many responses to each consultation were received; and what estimate has been made of the total cost incurred for each consultation. | | (280911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 407
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281078) | 408
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281079) | 409
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2009, Official Report, columns 988-90W, on the departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by each website operated by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (280720) | 410
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on relocation costs for new members of staff in each of the last three years. | | (280773) | 411
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders were applied for in Northern Ireland in each year since 2004. | | (280637) | 412
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders Newtownabbey Borough Council applied for in each year since 2004. | | (280638) | 413
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders are in force in Northern Ireland. | | (280639) | 414
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in Northern Ireland in each year since 2004. | | (280640) | 415
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders Larne Borough Council applied for in each year since 2004. | | (280641) | 416
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders in Northern Ireland have been breached in each year since 2004. | | (280643) | 417
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders Carrickfergus Borough Council applied for in each year since 2004. | | (280644) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 418
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many laptop computers belonging to her Office have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281074) | 419
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many breaches of information security there have been at her Office in the last five years. | | (281075) | 420
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, when she plans to answer Question 274955, tabled by the hon. Member for South West Surrey on 7 May 2009, on consultancy fees. | | (280975) | 421
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost of having the Olympic grandstand in Hyde Park. | | (278773) | 422
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, 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 Olympic Delivery Authority in the last 24 months. | | (280616) | Questions to the Prime Minister 423
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the committee of inquiry into the Iraq war will be required to publish the oral and written evidence taken during its inquiry with the report of its findings. | | (280887) | 424
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what remuneration each member of the committee of inquiry into the Iraq war will receive; from which budget such remuneration will be drawn; and what secretariat will be provided for the committee. | | (280888) | 425
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether witnesses called to give evidence to the committee of inquiry on the Iraq war will be required to give evidence on oath. | | (280889) | 426
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost has been of restructuring the machinery of Government since 2007. | | (280665) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 427
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many breaches of information security there have been in his Department in the last five years. | | (281094) | 428
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which organisations provided cleaning services to his Department in each of the last three years; and what the cost of each such contract was in each such year. | | (280758) | 429
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much it cost to produce each of his Department's publications in each of the last three years. | | (280771) | Questions to the Solicitor General 430
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Solicitor General, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281072) | 431
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Solicitor General, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) their agency in the last five years. | | (281073) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 432
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June, Official Report, column 477W, on elections: local government, what steps the Electoral Commission takes to ensure that (a) their guidance is complied with and (b) their published performance standards are met by returning officers. | | (280674) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 433
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent assessment is of the capacity of the existing rail network for (a) passenger and (b) freight services. | | (281097) | 434
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent assessment is of the capacity of the existing road network for (a) car and (b) freight usage. | | (281098) | 435
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what account his Department takes of the effect of expenditure on railways on levels of tax receipts from other modes of transport when considering future rail spending plans. | | (280256) | 436
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281084) | 437
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281085) | 438
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the arrangements for the safety of candidates taking the Module One motorcycle test; and if he will make a statement. | | (279306) | 439
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with regard to what forms of transport colour-blindness is tested as part of driver proficiency tests. | | (280906) | 440
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accidents took place where colour blindness was stated as contributing to the cause of the accident in the last 12 months. | | (280907) | 441
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect of a third runway at Heathrow Airport on the quality of life of people living in (a) Tooting and (b) the London Borough of Wandsworth. | | (279534) | 442
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received about the creation of a Route Development Fund for airports in the South East; when he plans to respond to such representations; and if he will make a statement. | | (281102) | 443
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the effect of whisper concrete on roads and (b) its future use. | | (280871) | 444
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280962) | 445
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280963) | 446
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280964) | 447
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of electricity used by his Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280965) | 448
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281010) | 449
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport of administrative operations by his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281011) | 450
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281012) | 451
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will assess the likely effect on levels of carbon dioxide emissions of electrifying the entire rail network. | | (280730) | 452
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the average number of journeys per day by each mode of transport between London and (a) the Torbay area, (b) the South Devon area and (c) Devon. | | (280731) | 453
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the environmental impact of new road building; and what guidance his Department has issued to local and regional authorities on the management of such effects. | | (280732) | 454
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what funding his Department is providing for community rail partnerships in 2009-10. | | (280733) | 455
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) reviewed on (i) the efficacy of local transport plans and (ii) other methods for improving transport services and infrastructure at (A) local and (B) regional level. | | (280734) | 456
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the supply and demand of local bus services. | | (280735) | 457
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of shipping technologies based on non-fossil fuel power sources. | | (280749) | 458
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will make it his policy to bring forward proposals for a cap on emissions from the shipping industry. | | (280750) | 459
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 1124W, on departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by each website operated by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (280719) | 460
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much it cost to produce each of his Department's publications in each of the last three years. | | (280770) | 461
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans London Gateway Port has to fund improvements to the A13/M25 junction. | | (280506) | 462
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff there were in each Vehicle and Operator Services Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (280614) | 463
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to transport networks used primarily for tourism in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (280615) | 464
| 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 Driving Standards Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280617) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 465
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many breaches of information security there have been in his Department in the last five years. | | (281095) | 466
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) has been paid by and (b) is planned to be paid in above-Barnett Formula additions to the block grant for Wales from the EU share funding for Objective One and Convergence Programmes for 2007-13. | | (280214) | 467
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the National Assembly for Wales and Welsh Assembly Government's receipts from the EU in respect of Objective One and Convergence Programme funding in Wales are in addition to the overall block grant that they would otherwise have received | | (280216) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 468
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many laptop computers belonging to the Government Equalities Office have been lost or stolen since its creation. | | (281058) | 469
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many breaches of information security there have been at the Government Equalities Office since its creation. | | (281059) | 470
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many press officers the Government Equalities Office has employed in each year since its inception; and what the cost of her Office's press office was in each such year. | | (280727) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 471
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many laptop computers belonging to (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years. | | (281062) | 472
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years. | | (281063) | 473
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 570W, on foreign workers, how many national insurance numbers were issued to adult (a) non-UK EU nationals and (b) non-EU nationals in each quarter between January 2004 and September 2007. | | (281115) | 474
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) local authorities, (b) social enterprises and (c) other third sector providers have (i) applied and (ii) qualified for money from the Future Jobs Fund. | | (280623) | 475
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) young people and (b) people from other disadvantaged groups have received assistance from the Future Jobs Fund. | | (280624) | 476
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer Question 277276, on the Future Jobs Fund, tabled on 20 May 2009. | | (280677) | 477
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit recipients live in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (280704) | 478
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the water consumption on her Department's estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280966) | 479
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (280967) | 480
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280968) | 481
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the percentage of electricity used by her Department which was derived from renewable sources in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (280969) | 482
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount of waste arising from her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281037) | 483
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from road-based transport used for administrative operations by her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281038) | 484
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. | | (281039) | 485
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to reply to the letter of 10 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan. | | (280746) | 486
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations provided cleaning services to her Department in each of the last three years; and what the cost of each such contract was in each such year. | | (280757) | 487
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers her Department subscribes; and what the total cost of such subscriptions has been in each of the last three years. | | (280762) | 488
| 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 the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years. | | (280606) | 489
| 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 Jobcentre Plus office in each of the last five years. | | (280619) | 490
| 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 the Pensions Service in each of the last five years. | | (280620) | 491
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department issues to the relevant authorities on the extent of areas in which persons are liable to be affected by a major accident occurring at (a) large-scale petrol storage depots and (b) onshore non-nuclear major hazard installations. | | (280621) | 492
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers did not remain in work or training for more than 13 weeks under the Progress2Work scheme since its inception. | | (280627) | 493
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many caseworkers in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point are offering support to jobseekers through the Progress2Work scheme. | | (280628) | 494
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers are taking part in (a) stage one, (b) stage two and (c) stage three of the Employment Zones programme in each of the programme's designated areas. | | (280629) | 495
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much on average the Access to Work initiative has paid to employers per registered person to date. | | (280630) | 496
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability cars were being used in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available; how much funding from the public purse was contributed towards the cost of adapted vehicles for the scheme in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (280711) | 497
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the savings which would accrue to her Department if cars used for the Motability scheme were changed every six years; and if she will make a statement. | | (280712) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 498
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider the merits of introducing a maximum interest rate chargeable in respect of unsecured personal loans. | | [Transferred] (280897) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 499
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child trust vouchers have been issued to residents in Milton Keynes North East constituency; how many accounts have been opened by residents of the constituency; and what his estimate is of the value of those accounts. | | [Transferred] (280878) | 500
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2009, Official Report, column 1328W, on Sri Lanka: international assistance, when he expects the International Monetary Fund to present a programme for Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (280683) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 501
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to tackle discrimination against same-sex couples during adoption processes. | | [Transferred] (280697) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 502
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London receive small business rate relief. | | [Transferred] (280650) | 503
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London which qualify for but do not claim small business rate relief. | | [Transferred] (280651) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 504
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received on the provisions made for the Gurkha Pension Scheme in the Sixth Indian Pay Code; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (280986) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 505
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people qualified to survey land in England for signs of great crested newt activity. | | [Transferred] (280861) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 506
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of non-UK doctors granted entry (a) through the points-based system and (b) otherwise is required for the NHS to operate at capacity. | | [Transferred] (280856) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 507
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders given to children aged 10 to 17 years old have had reporting restrictions imposed through the discretion of the court under section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (280633) | 508
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received of allegations that a British resident, Mrs Balasingham, was involved in terrorist activities on behalf of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. | | [Transferred] (280682) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 509
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take towards fulfilment of his commitment to assist children in conflict zones to attend schools. | | [Transferred] (280649) |
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