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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 19 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 19 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 19 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Friday 19 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 19 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to recommendation 57 on page 16 of the Digital Britain White Paper, what assistance his Department will provide to households who are unable to meet the 50 pence per month charge to be levied on fixed lines as payment for the Next Generation Fund and who are not on a social telephony scheme. | | (281465) | 2
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make provision for the vehicle scrappage scheme to be open to persons who have taken on the registration of a vehicle over 10 years old which was initially registered in the name of their deceased spouse. | | (281255) | 3
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much UK Trade and Investment has received from each of its funding streams in each year since 2003. | | (281679) | 4
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) staff had at least one year's experience in the commercial sector prior to joining UKTI. | | (281706) | 5
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government plans to introduce a (a) debt arrangement scheme and (b) low income low assets bankruptcy scheme. | | (281586) | 6
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses in the London Borough of Bexley. | | (281657) | 7
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received payments from the £2.3 billion scheme for the automotive industry; and how many such companies have received monies for low-carbon technology investments. | | (281195) | 8
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding he plans to allocate to Wales in the next five years in fulfilment of the universal service commitment outlined in the Digital Britain White Paper. | | (281622) | 9
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses in Wales liable to pay the levy on fixed copper lines proposed in the Digital Britain White Paper. | | (281726) | 10
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements he proposes to make for the recruitment of the chief executive officer of the Network Design and Procurement Group announced in the Digital Britain White Paper; and what the salary scale for the post will be. | | (281751) | 11
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of businesses in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) the UK using tips as a means of ensuring their employees receive the national minimum wage; what estimate his Department has made of (i) the number of employees involved and (ii) the monetary value of such tips in the last 12 months; what steps his Department plans to take on the matter; and what assessment has been made of the effects of the practice on expenditure on benefits. | | (281647) | 12
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students resident in Peterborough constituency were in higher education in each of the last 10 years. | | (281670) | 13
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people from (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Peterborough constituency who have registered for a Train to Gain course but have not yet commenced their training. | | (281717) | 14
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): 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 Peterborough constituency. | | (281718) | 15
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Peterborough 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 Peterborough under each such scheme in 2009. | | (281719) | 16
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of overseas student (a) fees and (b) spending to the economy. | | (281393) | 17
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281508) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 18
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a progress report on his consultation on a code of conduct for banks; which organisations and companies (a) have been and (b) will be consulted; and how the terms and details of the consultation are being publicised. | | (281384) | 19
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the total amount of household debt in the UK. | | (281463) | 20
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans next to review the number of hours of work a week which determines eligibility to receive working tax credit payments. | | (281587) | 21
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of implementing the provisions of the Child Poverty Bill (a) in Wales and (b) in total. | | (281581) | 22
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from the British Bankers' Association on the regulatory reforms proposed by the Financial Services Authority on capital requirements for banks. | | (281582) | 23
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fees (a) Barclays Capital, (b) Goldman Sachs, (c) HSBC and (d) the Royal Bank of Scotland received from his Department for taking part in the syndicated government bond sale of 16 June 2009. | | (281388) | 24
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents of Peterborough constituency are in receipt of tax credits; and what the average level of tax credit payment to such residents was in the last 12 months. | | (281700) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on child benefit in 2008-09; what proportion of that was paid to families with gross incomes of over (a) £25,000, (b) £40,000, (c) £60,000 and (d) £100,000 per year; and if he will make a statement. | | (281648) | 26
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281523) | 27
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff administered the provisions of anti-tax avoidance legislation (a) in 2007, (b) in 2008 and (c) on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (281659) | 28
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Services Authority has issued on the level of cash deposit lenders when granting mortgages for those participating in shared ownership schemes. | | (281697) | 29
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has commissioned on the effect of the provisions on IR35 on the IT contractor sector in the last five years. | | (281694) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 30
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-departmental public bodies have been (a) established and (b) abolished since May 1997. | | (281499) | 31
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) single parents were (i) in employment and (ii) unemployment for at least a period in Peterborough in each of the last five years. | | (281666) | 32
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average unemployment rate among the working age population in Peterborough was in each of the last five years. | | (281667) | 33
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people resident in Peterborough were in employment for at least a period in each of the last five years. | | (281668) | 34
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of cancer have been diagnosed in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) England in each year since 2000. | | (281669) | 35
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many loans of each type have been provided by the Future Builders programme in Tamworth constituency since the scheme began. | | (281690) | 36
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding Capacity Builders has provided to charitable organisations active in Tamworth constituency in the last 12 months. | | (281691) | 37
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many foreign nationals who are not Commonwealth or EEA citizens are employed in the Civil Service and work in positions based in the UK. | | (281652) | 38
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships her Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281510) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 39
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what changes have been made to the methods of recording the number of places provided by childminders since September 2008. | | (281480) | 40
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many nursery school places there are per head of population in each local authority area. | | (281501) | 41
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start centres there are in each local education authority area. | | (281502) | 42
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many residential places there are for children in (a) local authority residential homes, (b) foster homes, (c) local authority secure accommodation and (d) Home Office secure accommodation. | | (281506) | 43
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service employees over the age of 65 years have been refused contract extensions in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (281623) | 44
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281511) | 45
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on eligibility criteria for the education maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (281222) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 46
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what procedure the Church of England follows to seek approval by the Prime Minister of candidates for senior clergy appointments to be recommended to Her Majesty the Queen. | | (281191) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 47
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to respond to the consultation on the South West Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (281220) | 48
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of trends in levels of smoking in domestic premises on trends in the number of domestic fires since 1988. | | (281705) | 49
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications of the recent Slough and Coventry court judgements for the provision of emergency support for vulnerable refused asylum seekers by local authorities. | | (281573) | 50
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to adopt a national registration scheme for private rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement. | | (281588) | 51
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to make a decision on whether a change in the Use Classes Order to recognise houses in multiple occupation is required; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which local planning policies would need to change in the event of such recognition. | | (281589) | 52
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West; and what the reason is for the time taken to publish the strategy. | | (281219) | 53
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire which qualify for small business rate relief and do not claim it. | | (281721) | 54
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be assisted by the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) England in the next 12 months. | | (281692) | 55
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to meet demand for social rented housing in Tamworth constituency. | | (281693) | 56
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): 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 (i) England and (ii) Milton Keynes in each month since the Scheme's inception. | | (281681) | 57
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the number of empty dwellings in Milton Keynes. | | (281682) | 58
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were in temporary accommodation in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years; and how long on average households spent in such accommodation. | | (281683) | 59
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281512) | 60
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from housing associations on provision of credit to those seeking to purchase property under shared ownership schemes from lenders (a) wholly in the private sector and (b) wholly or partly publicly-owned. | | (281696) | 61
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the level of cash deposits requested by lenders granting mortgages for those participating in shared ownership schemes. | | (281707) | 62
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital and (b) operating costs of the FiReControl centre in (i) Durham, (ii) Warrington, (iii) Wakefield, (iv) Castle Donnington, (v) Wolverhampton, (vi) Cambridge, (vii) Taunton, (viii) Fareham and (ix) Morden in each of the next five years. | | (281216) | 63
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 453W, on derelict land, how many (a) registered social landlords (RSLs) and (b) local authorities operated land banks in May 2009; what the estimated monetary value of such land held by (i) RSLs and (ii) local authorities was as at 31 May 2009; and in respect of how many such assets is development expected to commence in the next six months. | | (281396) | 64
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for section 27 consent were (a) made by local authorities and (b) granted in each year since 1997. | | (281416) | 65
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been purchased under (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First-Time Buyers Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy in each of the last three months. | | (281457) | 66
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 996W, on housing: low incomes, what the average price of a property purchased under the (a) Social HomeBuy, (b) Right to Acquire and (c) Right to Buy scheme was in each region in each year since 1997. | | (281458) | 67
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the report of the Review of Council Housing Finance will be published. | | (281493) | 68
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 383W, on council housing, how much was spent under each budgetary heading on each (a) stakeholder workshop and (b) regional event; and how many people attended each event. | | (281494) | 69
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 383W, on council housing, what the Civil Service pay band of each member of the Review of Council Housing Finance team is. | | (281495) | 70
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 383W, on council housing, if he will provide a breakdown of the £186,000 spent by the Review of Council Housing Finance on activity other than external research. | | (281496) | 71
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 383W, on council housing, how much has been spent on the Review of Council Housing Finance on (a) salaries, (b) bonuses and (c) expenses for (i) civil servants and (ii) local authority secondees. | | (281497) | 72
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether tenants who have purchased equity in their houses under the Social HomeBuy scheme are liable for the maintenance costs of their houses; and what guidance is issued to purchasers in relation to liability for service charges for their property. | | (281646) | 73
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether consent for transfer of housing stock from a local authority to a housing association has been withheld on one or more occasions following a ballot of tenants. | | (281750) | 74
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date his Department first informed Surrey Police Authority that it intended to use (a) a 2008-09 notional budget requirement and (b) a 2008-09 notional Band D council tax rate when deciding whether to cap Surrey Police Authority's precept. | | (281617) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 75
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 981W, on digital broadcasting, for what reasons the Ulster region was the only region not to have an indicative take-up figure. | | (281462) | 76
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) visual arts, (b) musical arts, (c) music festivals, (d) public art, (e) art galleries, (f) the development of local artists and (g) theatrical arts in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (281703) | 77
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281513) | 78
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the co-ordination of tourism marketing between regional development agencies and Visit Britain. | | (281570) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 79
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2009, Official Report, column 1273W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, when the rules of engagement in Afghanistan were last reviewed; and what changes were made to them as a result. | | (281677) | 80
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are followed when a breach of the rules of engagement in Afghanistan by (a) UK and (b) allied military personnel are reported; and if he will make a statement. | | (281678) | 81
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider (a) reducing the frequency of grass cutting on his Department's military bases and (b) developing wildflower meadows in such locations as a contribution to the Government's targets for biodiversity. | | (281753) | 82
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281514) | 83
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have had salary payments reduced or stopped in order to offset overpayments made as a result of errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system since April 2006. | | (281712) | 84
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to eliminate errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system. | | (281713) | 85
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been overpaid as a result of errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system since 7 April 2006. | | (281714) | 86
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the defence budget was spent in Scotland in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (281650) | 87
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on defence procurement in each of the armed services in the latest year for which figures are available; and how much of that expenditure was incurred in Scotland in each service. | | (281651) | 88
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements have been made for reservists from 33, 34 and 35 Signal regiments of the Territorial Army to continue their duties after the disbanding of their regiment. | | (281695) | 89
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Panther vehicles which are being upgraded for theatre entry will undertake. | | (281610) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 90
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department has on the number of energy supply company customers who are on social tariffs; and whether social tariffs are available to new customers of each of the energy supply companies. | | (281572) | 91
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which areas will be covered by the Community Energy Savings Programme; and what the delivery mechanisms for the programme will be. | | (281590) | 92
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281515) | 93
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will provide funding for the manufacture of domestic energy generation products using photovoltaic technology. | | (281229) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 94
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to appoint an expert in beekeeping and honey bee health to the funding committee for the Living with Environmental Change programme. | | (281188) | 95
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of buildings in Peterborough which (a) are not flood-resistant and (b) are flood resilient. | | (281664) | 96
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of waste arising in Peterborough local authority area was recycled in each of the last five years. | | (281665) | 97
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its next progress report on implementation of the urgent recommendations of the Pitt report on flooding. | | (281649) | 98
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281516) | 99
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to amend the Environmental permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, Schedule 1, Part 2, section 1:1 in the light of the Court of Appeal ruling in the 2007 OSS Group v Environment Agency case; and if he will make a statement. | | (281488) | 100
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what effect he expects the guidance he plans to issue to Ofwat on charges to voluntary, religious and sporting not-for-profit organisations for surface water drainage to have on charges to the organisations concerned. | | (281221) | 101
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will seek derogations to enable inshore fishermen to continue fishing when their fish merchants are unable to report landing details within the time required. | | (280662) | 102
| 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 Environment Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (281627) | 103
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Pesticides Safety Directorate spent on external consultants in each of the last five years. | | (281635) | 104
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what forecast he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of the inshore fisheries and conservation authorities proposed under the Marine and Coastal Access Bill. | | (281498) | 105
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist farmers affected by Dairy Farmers of Britain being taken into receivership. | | [R] (281387) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 106
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to envoys appointed by the Prime Minister on the acceptance of (a) payments, (b) gifts, (c) rewards and (d) other emoluments from (i) non-governmental agencies and (ii) foreign governments. | | (281711) | 107
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on recent incidents of violence in Peru which resulted in the deaths of 54 people from indigenous groups during an operation by the national police in that country. | | (281385) | 108
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Peru on the establishment of an independent investigation into the recent deaths of indigenous people during incidents of violence in Peru. | | (281386) | 109
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on clothing for official visits overseas by members of the Royal Family in 2008-09. | | (281482) | 110
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the BBC World Service in each of the last five years. | | (281415) | 111
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of violent extremism in the UK connected with Tamil extremists. | | (281609) | 112
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports of Tamil fighters aiding Taliban forces in Afghanistan. | | (281708) | 113
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff have resigned from his Department in each year since 2001. | | (281709) | 114
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 233W, on departmental air travel, whether duty staff travelling on journeys by air of over three hours duration may (a) claim for business class travel as part of the cost of a first class ticket and (b) travel in economy class but claim for a business class ticket. | | (281710) | 115
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make further representations to the Lao government about the welfare and political status of the prisoners Thao Mua, Pa Fue Khang, Thonpaseuth Keuakoun, Seng-Aloun Phengphanh and Bouavanh Chanhmanivong. | | (281507) | 116
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281517) | 117
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the preconditions necessary for the establishment of a lasting two-state solution with regard to Israel and Palestine. | | (281492) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 118
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve services for men with breast cancer. | | (281626) | 119
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on breast cancer in men. | | (281637) | 120
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 1595W, on hospitals: ICT, if he will direct the NHS to develop a national IT protocol for an interface between the x-ray services provided by Centricity and Medway. | | (281680) | 121
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the usefulness of his Department's guidance on the maximum recommended amount of time infants aged up to six months should spend in (a) pushchairs and (b) car seats of categories 0 and 0+. | | (281704) | 122
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported cases of stroke there were in (a) males and (b) females in each age group in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since 1999. | | (281658) | 123
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS staff-to-patient ratio in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Peterborough was in each of the last five years. | | (281686) | 124
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many older people receive social care. | | (281483) | 125
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with a learning disability receive social care. | | (281484) | 126
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of older people living in (a) extra care and (b) extra sheltered accommodation. | | (281485) | 127
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of older people who are supported to live in their own homes by telecare or other assistive technologies; and if he will make a statement. | | (281486) | 128
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the proposals in the Digital Britain report for development of telecare and assistive technology; and if he will make a statement. | | (281487) | 129
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from ill-health was among NHS employees in Yorkshire in 2008-09; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. | | (281725) | 130
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) full terms of reference are and (b) membership is of the health taskforce to spot signs of violence against women announced on 14 May 2009. | | (281460) | 131
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281518) | 132
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) requirements and (b) regulations govern the promotion of medicines outside their licensed indication by (i) manufacturers, (ii) healthcare providers and (iii) other parties. | | (281583) | 133
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) prostatectomies and (b) cystectomies for cancer there were in the latest year for which figures are available; and which NHS trusts performed (i) fewer than 10, (ii) between 10 and 39 and (iii) 40 or more such procedures in that year. | | (281584) | 134
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in commissioning a national audit of demand for unfunded drugs, as referred to on page 6 of Improving access to medicines for NHS patients; what estimate he has made of the cost of meeting such demand; and if he will make a statement. | | (281585) | 135
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 927W, on the NHS: drugs, whether the review by strategic health authorities into collaboration in their areas to support effective decision-making has been concluded; and if he will make a statement. | | (281676) | 136
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects venous thromboembolism to be included in the NHS Operating Framework. | | (281662) | 137
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop a venous thromboembolism prevention strategy. | | (281663) | 138
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 80-4W, on death certificates, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cases of fatal thrombosis which have been acquired during a hospital stay; and if he will make a statement. | | (281702) | 139
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the merits of including venous thromboembolism risk assessment in the full NHS list of indicators for quality improvement. | | (281749) | 140
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the level of the carer's allowance will next be reviewed. | | (281397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 141
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has conducted on the social effects of the (a) distribution of and (b) number of unsupported refused asylum seekers without the right to work; and if he will make a statement. | | (281571) | 142
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rwandans charged with involvement with the 1994 genocide have been deported to Rwanda from the UK. | | (281189) | 143
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to identify Rwandans resident in the UK who are known to be connected with the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. | | (281190) | 144
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all refusals of access to personal data held by his Department for the purpose of safeguarding national security are subject to a certificate signed under section 28 of the Data Protection Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (281500) | 145
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of homicide involving killing by a sharp instrument there have been in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (281673) | 146
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported incidents of (a) attempted murder, (b) wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and (c) wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent by use of a knife or sharp instrument there have been in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (281674) | 147
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of possession of a knife in each police force area in each year since 2007. | | (281675) | 148
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many caseworkers are employed by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner at each of the Office's locations. | | (281417) | 149
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration advisers were registered and exempted by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner between 2001 and 2009. | | (281418) | 150
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how applications for regulation have been received by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner in each year from 2001. | | (281419) | 151
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from ill-health was in South Yorkshire Police Service employees in 2008-09; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. | | (281724) | 152
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it took for an overseas student to extend a visa in the last 12 months. | | (281390) | 153
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications from overseas students for visa extensions have taken longer than three months to process in the last 12 months. | | (281391) | 154
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of applications from (a) Chinese, (b) Indian and (c) US nationals for a student visa have been rejected since 31 March 2009. | | (281392) | 155
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed to conduct sponsor inspections under the Tier 4 regulations on immigration; and what training has been provided by his Department for such post-holders. | | (281394) | 156
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281519) | 157
| 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 UK Border Agency in each of the last five years. | | (281629) | 158
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration he has given to the merits of allowing visa applications to be made at the British Embassy in Pristina. | | (281217) | 159
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas from nationals of (a) Macedonia and (b) Kosovo were processed at the visa section of the British Embassy in Skopje in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (281218) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 160
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to improve the survival rate of mothers during childbirth in northern Uganda; and if he will make a statement. | | (281619) | 161
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist women and girls in Africa whose employment and education is jeopardised by the recession. | | (281620) | 162
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify viable alternatives to child labour and (b) improve children's working conditions in the mining industry in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (281621) | 163
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to aid children injured or displaced during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (281671) | 164
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to aid refugees from the Swat valley living in camps or ad hoc accommodation; and if he will make a statement. | | (281672) | 165
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of UK overseas development aid on the level of government corruption in natural resource exporting countries which receive that aid; and if he will make a statement. | | (281687) | 166
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of government corruption on the effectiveness of UK overseas development aid to developing countries. | | (281688) | 167
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of government corruption on the effectiveness of UK aid to Cambodia. | | (281689) | 168
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281520) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 169
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners aged over 70 are being held in each prison in England and Wales. | | (281576) | 170
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners aged over 70 have been assessed under OASys as (a) high risk and (b) very high risk. | | (281577) | 171
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of each category of offence are aged over 70. | | (281578) | 172
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners aged over 70 held in closed prisons have been assessed as suitable for open prison conditions. | | (281579) | 173
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 70 years and over were sentenced to immediate custody on conviction for each category of offence in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (281580) | 174
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been remanded in custody in each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (281503) | 175
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is for which children were held on remand in custody in the last 12 months. | | (281504) | 176
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children who were held on remand in custody in the last 12 months were aged (a) 10 or 11 years, (b) 12 or 13 years, (c) 13 or 14 years, (d) 15 or 16 years and (e) 17 or 18 years. | | (281505) | 177
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated to South Yorkshire Probation Service in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (281722) | 178
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from ill-health was among South Yorkshire Probation Service staff in 2008-09; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. | | (281723) | 179
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2009, Official Report, column 1442W, on victim support schemes, how many organisations that he wrote to have applied for funding from his Department for 2009-10; and when he expects funding to be awarded to successful applicants. | | (281478) | 180
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2009, Official Report, column 1442W, on victim support schemes, whether organisations which had not previously received funding from his Department were able to apply for funding for 2009-10; and when he expects funding to be awarded to successful applicants. | | (281479) | 181
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281521) | 182
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a (a) statutory or (b) other limit on the amount of time made available for the Lord Chancellor to defend land title guarantees at tribunal. | | (281420) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 183
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour orders during the last four years. | | (281461) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 184
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her latest estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics (a) gymnastics, (b) wheelchair basketball and (c) basketball events at North Greenwich Arena 1. | | (278973) | 185
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her latest estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympics (a) badminton, (b) rhythmic gymnastics and (c) volleyball events at North Greenwich Arena 2. | | (279445) | Questions to the Prime Minister 186
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he received on the format and remit of the inquiry into the Iraq war before taking his decision on the committee of inquiry; and if he will make a statement. | | (281624) | 187
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria were used in the appointment of members to the committee of inquiry into the Iraq war. | | (281625) | 188
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Prime Minister, when he received recommendations from the diocese of Hereford for the appointment to the position of Bishop of Ludlow. | | (281389) | 189
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress has been made on the establishment of a joint committee on the national security strategy. | | (281464) | Questions to the Solicitor General 190
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Solicitor General, if the Attorney General will refer the sentences passed on those responsible for the murder of Ben Kinsella to the Court of Appeal for a review of the minimum term to be served. | | (281215) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 191
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to make railway stations accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (281698) | 192
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to encourage rail franchisees to make services accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people in the last five years. | | (281699) | 193
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department issues on the percentage of parking spaces in public car parks to be made available for disabled drivers. | | (281395) | 194
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent research his Department has conducted on the prevalence of colour blindness among heavy goods vehicle drivers; and if he will make a statement. | | (281636) | 195
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average time taken to approve a harbour variation order was in the last five years. | | (281459) | 196
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what funding his Department has allocated to the development of public transport in Peterborough in 2009-10. | | (281684) | 197
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal road traffic accidents were recorded on roads in Peterborough in each of the last five years. | | (281701) | 198
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of transferring commercial vehicle testing to the private sector. | | (281653) | 199
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 959W, on motor vehicles: foreigners, what steps his Department takes to enforce compliance with the requirement to re-register foreign-registered cars after six months of using UK roads. | | (281398) | 200
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to receive the report of the public inquiry on the Humber Bridge toll. | | (281604) | 201
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281522) | 202
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what requirements there are on light aircraft taking off from or landing at airports located close to housing developments to have silencers fitted; and if he will make a statement. | | (281654) | 203
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on its policy on the fitting of silencers to light aircraft; and if he will make a statement. | | (281655) | 204
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which parliamentary constituencies have airports wholly or partly within their boundaries. | | (281656) | 205
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years. | | (281630) | 206
| 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 Highways Agency office in each of the last five years. | | (281631) | 207
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and administration staff in the Vehicle Certification Agency in each of the last five years. | | (281632) | 208
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated for the development of transportation with (a) low and (b) no carbon dioxide emissions in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (281634) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 209
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much each All Wales Economic Summit cost; and who (a) spoke at and (b) attended each summit. | | (281192) | 210
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) cost and (b) print run of his Department's annual report for 2009 is; and how many copies his Department has distributed. | | (281193) | 211
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the provision of lawyers employed by his Department to speak at National School of Government legal training courses. | | (281194) | 212
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what seminars his Department has conducted for other Government departments on the devolution settlement in Wales in the last three years; who spoke at each seminar; who attended from each Department; and what the cost of each seminar was. | | (281254) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 213
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what representations she has received on levels of (a) pensions and (b) other forms of support to (i) Gurkha service personnel and (ii) UK-recruited service personnel who left the armed forces before 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (281752) | 214
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2009, Official Report, column 826W, on rape: victim support schemes, for what reason £200,000 of the £1.1 million special fund for rape crisis centres had not been paid out. | | (281481) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 215
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward proposals to make it mandatory for incapacity benefit assessors to take account of the advice of a person's GP during that person's assessment for incapacity benefit. | | (281256) | 216
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many caseworkers in (a) England, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Peterborough constituency offer assistance to jobseekers through the Progress2Work scheme. | | (281720) | 217
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who retired before April 2005 are members of schemes under the Pension Protection Fund; how many such people have had their pensions capped; what estimate she has made of the annual cost of restoring the full pensions of (a) those people who have had their pensions capped and (b) all of those who retired before April 2005 who are members of such schemes; and what estimate she has made of the effect of such expenditure on the level of the annual levy for eligible schemes. | | (281716) | 218
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been advertised at the job centre in Milton Keynes in each of the last 12 months. | | (281575) | 219
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships her Department has awarded in each of the last six months. | | (281509) | 220
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK citizens resident in other EU countries who are entitled to receive disability living allowance payments have claims outstanding; and what estimate she has made of the time which will be taken to (a) assess and (b) make payment in respect of such claims. | | (281660) | 221
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of housing benefit claimants who have cancelled their benefit immediately prior to making a claim for local housing allowance in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (281661) | 222
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons registered for each category of the New Deal programme at Jobcentre Plus in the last six months. | | (281257) | 223
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made in its review of the Social Fund since the publication in November 2008 of its consultation document, The Social Fund: a new approach. | | (281574) | 224
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) large-scale petrol storage depots and (b) onshore non-nuclear major hazard installations there are in (i) England and (ii) Essex. | | (280663) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 225
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to combat the practice of moving a telephone subscriber's account from one service provider to another without the subscriber's authorisation; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (281715) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 226
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents in Peterborough have appeared in court on charges related to the unauthorised absence from school of their child in the last (i) six, (ii) 12 and (iii) 24 months. | | [Transferred] (281685) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 227
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employs in its diplomatic posts in (a) Washington DC and (b) Ottawa. | | [Transferred] (281633) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 228
| 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 Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (281628) |
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