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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 25 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 25 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 25 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 25 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 25 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what dates since 1 January 2007 (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and its predecessors have had discussions with (i) Lord Rothermere, (ii) Matthew Freud and (iii) Freud Communications, with particular reference to ownership of the London Evening Standard. | | (282270) | 2
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what written and oral contacts (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and its predecessors had with (i) Lord Rothermere, (ii) Matthew Freud and (iii) Freud Communications in connection with the sale of the London Evening Standard to Alexander Lebedev before the decision was taken on whether to issue an intervention notice under the Enterprise Act 2002. | | (282271) | 3
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the increase in car sales attributable to the introduction of the car scrappage scheme; and what percentage of this increase is represented by vehicles produced in the UK. | | (282550) | 4
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of 18 to 25 year olds resident in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby were in higher education (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which information is available. | | (282527) | 5
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of young people resident in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby were in further education (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which information is available. | | (282528) | 6
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of provision of universal broadband access at 2Mbps on the global competitiveness of businesses in rural areas. | | (282000) | 7
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Government plans to establish the Network Design and Procurement Group proposed in the Digital Britain Report; what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the group; and from which of his Department's budgets he expects such costs to be met. | | (282615) | 8
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department plans to raise from the private sector before 2012 to fund universal broadband commitment of two megabits per second. | | (282619) | 9
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of households on social telephony tariffs; and whether such households will be exempt from the proposed levy on fixed copper lines. | | (282622) | 10
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs to be created through (a) the roll-out of universal broadband access to 2012 and (b) the roll-out of next generation broadband services. | | (282638) | 11
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the UK which the allocation of launch aid funding for the Airbus A350 would (a) create and (b) secure. | | (282173) | 12
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in his Department work (a) full-time and (b) part-time on matters related to preventing violent extremism in universities. | | (282662) | 13
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will restrict or prohibit the supply to Iran by UK companies of technologies capable of use to monitor, inspect or filter internet content. | | (282195) | 14
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate the Government has made of the quantity of exports from the UK to Iran of technology intended to inspect, monitor or filter internet content in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282199) | 15
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what monitoring of compliance with the Statement of Insolvency Practice 16 on pre-packaged sales in administrations is taking place; and if he will publish the results of such monitoring. | | (282177) | 16
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans have been granted under the Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to small and medium-sized businesses in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency since the establishment of the scheme. | | (282574) | 17
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the merits of the Post Bank initiative. | | (282620) | 18
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the English language training sector; and what steps his Department is taking to assist that sector. | | (282627) | 19
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to support the manufacturing sector in South Devon. | | (282633) | 20
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what date he has set for the appointment of members to his Department's proposed regulatory policy committee; and if he will make a statement. | | (282511) | 21
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): 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 the (a) establishment and (b) operation of his Department's proposed regulatory policy committee. | | (282513) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 22
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average unemployment rate among the working age population in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby was in each of the last five years. | | (282522) | 23
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs in the UK dependent on the aviation industry. | | (282417) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 24
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations have received funding from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme; and how much each has received. | | (282506) | 25
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations have provided funding for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme; and how much each has provided. | | (282507) | 26
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of residents of (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby who have individual savings accounts. | | (282523) | 27
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what crèche facilities his Department provides for its employees working in Whitehall. | | (282230) | 28
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, columns 444-45W, on taxation: alcoholic drinks, whether he has made an estimate of the revenue that could result from the taxation of expenditure on advertising by businesses producing alcoholic drinks. | | [R] (282211) | 29
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department does not hold information on the number of claims for non-domiciled status for tax purposes which have been (a) granted and (b) refused. | | (282545) | 30
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of access to credit by the social enterprise sector. | | (282579) | 31
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to review the outcome of the pathfinder Money Guidance service announced in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report. | | (282604) | 32
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any performance-related incentives are available to staff of the Valuation Office Agency. | | (282631) | 33
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Dundee West of 16 April 2007, Official Report, column 422W, on working tax credit, what the evidential basis was for the statement that it is those aged 25 years or over who are most likely to face poorer incentives to work or suffer persistent poverty in work. | | (282640) | 34
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the conditions necessary for the lowering of borrowing costs; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of Government borrowing. | | (282656) | 35
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between the enforcement of fiscal rules and levels of public debt. | | (282675) | 36
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 444W, on HM Revenue and Customs: closures, what the cost is of the improvements to HM Revenue and Customs' IT systems referred to in the Answer; and if he will make a statement. | | (282422) | 37
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish an inquiry into the events leading to and following the failure of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man); and if he will make a statement. | | (282657) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 38
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were in residential care in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby in each of the last five years. | | (282529) | 39
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated for children's play schemes in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby in 2009-10. | | (282530) | 40
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young carers in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby. | | (282548) | 41
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information about the EU his Department provides to primary schools for teaching purposes. | | (282424) | 42
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on teachers: training, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of teachers' professional bodies and industry on teachers' continuing professional development; and what recent consideration he has given to teachers' participation in continuing professional development during school holidays. | | (282489) | 43
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the results of the School Sport Survey for 2008-09 to be published. | | (282252) | 44
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated for the development of environmental education initiatives in schools in Tamworth constituency in 2009-10. | | (282426) | 45
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of looked-after children in Staffordshire achieved results equivalent to or higher than the average results achieved by all children in (a) England and (b) Staffordshire in each key stage examination in each of the last five years. | | (282488) | 46
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children's centres there are in Tamworth constituency; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of such provision for children under five in Tamworth. | | (282582) | 47
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to publish the most recent national statistics on school admission; what the reasons are for the time taken to publish them; and if he will make a statement. | | (282383) | 48
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of the intake of each school in the National Challenge Programme did not achieve a level 3 qualification or above in English in Year 6 in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (282502) | 49
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of 11 year-olds entering a secondary school in the National Challenge Programme did not achieve a level 3 qualification or above in English in Year 6 in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (282503) | 50
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools were recorded by the 2009 school census as (i) walking and (ii) cycling to school; and for how many pupils no transport data was recorded by that census. | | (282601) | 51
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on its Better Regulation Unit in each year since its inception. | | (282602) | 52
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who boarded at school were recorded by the 2009 school census as being looked after children. | | (282616) | 53
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on each Sure Start centre in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency in each year since such centres were established. | | (282571) | 54
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated for children's play schemes in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency in the last 12 months. | | (282576) | 55
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has commissioned on the effect on educational outcomes of levels of parental choice of school. | | (282629) | 56
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research his Department has commissioned on the effect of academies on the academic performance of their pupils. | | (282630) | 57
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of maintained schools have identified the social and emotional aspects of learning as a key focus for their work with children; and if he will make a statement. | | (282440) | 58
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of schools staff have been admitted to hospital as a result of violent behaviour by pupils in the last 12 months. | | (282441) | 59
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of head teachers have been subject to disciplinary procedure in each of the last five years. | | (282442) | 60
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has given to the Learning Outside the Classroom programme in each of the last three years; and what funding has been allocated to the programme for each of the next three years. | | (282418) | 61
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have indicated their support for the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto in each year since its launch. | | (282419) | 62
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children of each age in each region experienced learning outside the classroom in each of the three years (a) before and (b) after the launch of the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto. | | (282420) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 63
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes classified as energy-efficient have been built in Crosby constituency in each of the last five years. | | (282519) | 64
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates the monitoring group established under the Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 has met; whether minutes of the meetings of that group are published; and what the names of the members of that group are. | | (282198) | 65
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the responses received relating to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) stage one financial viability study of the eco-towns programme have been passed to the PwC team; and what provision there is for earlier comments to be taken into account during stage two of the study. | | (282212) | 66
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties have been sold under the HomeBuy Direct Scheme in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire. | | (282431) | 67
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for Homeowners Mortgage Support have been granted to residents of (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire. | | (282432) | 68
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in negative equity have received assistance under the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. | | (282433) | 69
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have (a) received and (b) been declined assistance under the Mortgage Rescue Scheme in (i) the London Borough of Enfield and (ii) Enfield North constituency in each month since the scheme was established. | | (282567) | 70
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to distribute the Working Neighbourhoods Fund to those super output areas within the highest 10 per cent. of deprivation. | | (282632) | 71
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has evaluated on the social effects on local areas of prosperous town centres. | | (282637) | 72
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated by the Homes and Communities Agency to each local authority in each of the next two years. | | (282256) | 73
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding each local authority has received from the Homes and Communities Agency since its establishment. | | (282257) | 74
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in each local authority area registered with HomeBuy agents in each of the last three years. | | (282258) | 75
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what remuneration the members of the Homes and Communities Agency's Housing Finance Group will receive. | | (282607) | 76
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what budget the Homes and Communities Agency has assigned to its Housing Finance Group in each of the next two years. | | (282608) | 77
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how often he expects the Homes and Communities Agency's Housing Finance Group to meet; and if he will make a statement. | | (282609) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what date he expects the Homes and Communities Agency's Housing Finance Group to submit its proposals to the Agency. | | (282610) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Invest to Save bids his Department sponsored in each of the last five years; what the total monetary value of such bids was; and what proportion of such bids were related to housing projects. | | (282611) | 80
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies received from Invest to Save budgets in each of the last five years. | | (282612) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date he expects to publish his Department's most recent figures on Right to Buy (a) receipts, (b) sales and (c) levels of discount. | | (282613) | 82
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what purposes revenue collected from Right to Buy receipts in each of the last three years has been allocated. | | (282628) | 83
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the net subsidy paid to each local authority from the Housing Revenue Account was in each of the last three years. | | (282658) | 84
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the next revaluation for council tax purposes will take place. | | (282384) | 85
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the eligibility criteria for social housing providers are in respect of the Social Housing Energy Saving Programme scheme. | | (282385) | 86
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to regional planning bodies on the production of environmental impact assessments for proposals in regional spatial strategies which direct a review or deletion of an allocation of green belt land. | | (282386) | 87
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what ways the (a) role, (b) powers and (c) funding of economic prosperity boards will differ from those held by local authorities. | | (282387) | 88
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to each local authority under the Repossessions Prevention Fund. | | (282388) | 89
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which proposals in his Department's White Paper, Communities in control: real people, real power are not planned to be implemented. | | (282389) | 90
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Government's Respect agenda on implementation of the Government's policy on community cohesion. | | (282390) | 91
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Ordnance Survey spent on external public relations in each of the last three years; and how much it will pay (a) 3 Monkeys Communications and (b) Target under its contracts with them. | | (282391) | 92
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce the first pilot city regions. | | (282392) | 93
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2006, Official Report, column 1794W, on council tax, how many dwellings have value significant code data for the (a) GG code and (b) OS code. | | (282394) | 94
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the automated valuation model is used for the purpose of council tax valuations and revaluations in (a) England and (b) Wales. | | (282396) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authorities in England the average house price is above £225,000. | | (282398) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the role of (a) regional planning bodies and (b) regional development agencies is regarding decisions on regional funding allocations. | | (282407) | 97
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria apply in respect of the release of funds by Homebuy Zone Agents under the Homebuy Direct scheme. | | (282408) | 98
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirement there is for regional planning bodies to develop regional transport strategies. | | (282409) | 99
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to increase the valuation cap under the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. | | (282411) | 100
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what eligibility criteria apply to (a) developers and (b) social landlords in respect of assistance under the Kickstart housing delivery scheme. | | (282412) | 101
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria apply to local authorities for them to be eligible for assistance under the Local Authority Challenge Fund. | | (282421) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on whether stop notices can be used against temporary dwellings erected by Travellers which are not caravans. | | (282482) | 103
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether regional transport strategies will be incorporated into integrated regional strategies. | | (282483) | 104
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for the use of wellbeing powers by local councils of the ruling of the Court of Appeal in the case of Risk Management Partners Limited v Council of the London Borough of Brent and others; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals for a general power of competence for local councils. | | (282517) | 105
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what Specified Capital Grant has been provided to each local authority in the East Midlands in each year since 2001; what bids each authority has made to meet its obligation to provide disabled facilities grant in each such year; and if he will make a statement. | | (282634) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 106
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Lottery funding has been allocated to organisations in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby in each of the last five years; and which organisations received such funding. | | (282524) | 107
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what crèche facilities his Department provides for its employees working in Whitehall. | | (282231) | 108
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of appliances to be made redundant by (a) digital television switchover, (b) the roll-out of universal broadband access and (c) digital radio switchover. | | (282618) | 109
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of analogue radios in use in the UK. | | (282621) | 110
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs to be created through digital radio switchover. | | (282639) | 111
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the results of the Taking Part Survey for 2008-09 to be published. | | (282253) | 112
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department plans to provide for sport-related activities in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in 2009-10. | | (282563) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 113
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the agreement of 5 November 2007 between the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to amend the boundaries of the land in the Register of Titles concerning RAF Fylingdales. | | (282518) | 114
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for New Forest East of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 626W, on piracy, under what authority the Royal Navy seizes piracy equipment from suspected pirates. | | (282667) | 115
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for New Forest East of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 626W, on piracy, how many weapons of each type the Royal Navy has seized from suspected pirates in the last 12 months. | | (282668) | 116
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he received the latest Theatre Capability Review for Afghanistan; and what change in the number of troops the review recommended. | | (282182) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 117
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will allocate funds to pay the subsistence and accommodation expenses of the expert stakeholders invited to attend the workshop on proposals for a future exemptions regime under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 and draft Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010, to be held in Manchester on 9 July. | | (282434) | 118
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between consumer awareness of energy efficiency and consumer behaviour adopting energy-efficiency practices. | | (282603) | 119
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of placing underground (a) new and (b) existing electricity transmission lines. | | (282406) | 120
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the forthcoming National Policy Statement on electricity transmission networks will require good design, as defined in the Planning Act 2008, to be considered in the construction of new overhead transmission lines. | | (282413) | 121
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department last assessed the need to retain all parts of the overhead electricity transmission and distribution network; and if he will make a statement. | | (282414) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 122
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Billericay of 6 April and 7 May 2009 regarding his constituent Fran Smith. | | (282181) | 123
N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours he spent on his Ministerial duties in the seven day period beginning Sunday 7 June 2009. | | (282180) | 124
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the BTV8 vaccination programme; what recent assessment he has made of the effects on veterinary practices of undertaking the programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (282437) | 125
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the policy of the Forestry Commission England is on the re-creation of (a) lowland heathland and (b) other open habitats on its estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (282478) | 126
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what area and proportion of land in each forest district managed by Forestry Commission England which has potential for lowland heathland re-creation (a) has been replanted with conifers since 2005 and (b) is scheduled for conifer re-planting. | | (282479) | 127
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the area of plantation forest in the public forest estate which could be restored to (a) lowland heathland and (b) blanket bog. | | (282480) | 128
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has of the area of (a) lowland heathland and (b) blanket bog which (i) Forestry Commission England and (ii) other public bodies have restored since 2005. | | (282481) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 129
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request a report from the Cameroon authorities on the (a) health of and (b) availability of medical assistance, (c) physical conditions at the place of detention and (d) process for appeal against their sentence of the imprisoned chairman and vice chairman of the Southern Cameroons National Council. | | (282179) | 130
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the Fourth Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 2008-09, on Global Security: Non-proliferation, HC 222. | | (282445) | 131
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sudanese government on the allocation of funding to non-governmental organisations to support the forthcoming elections. | | (282397) | 132
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what crèche facilities his Department provides for its employees working in Whitehall. | | (282229) | 133
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with the government of Egypt on the opening to cargo of the Rafah border crossing; and if he will make a statement. | | (282183) | 134
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which companies his Department, excluding its overseas posts, entered into contracts in the last financial year. | | (282659) | 135
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget for his Department's (a) policy planning staff and (b) research analysts was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (282660) | 136
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what unclassified reports his Department's policy planning staff have produced in the last 12 months. | | (282661) | 137
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of threat to shipping from pirates off Somalia in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (282665) | 138
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) institutions supported by the Higher Education Funding Councils and (b) other organisations and bodies have been awarded contracts by his Department's (i) research analysts and (ii) policy planning staff in each financial year since 2003. | | (282666) | 139
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used in assessing the merits of negotiating trade agreements with Colombia; and what consideration is given to the application of EU policy on human rights in relation to such negotiations. | | (282624) | 140
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had at EU level on the conditions relating to the (a) labour rights and (b) human rights policies of the Colombian government to which negotiation of the proposed free trade agreement between the EU and Colombia is subject. | | (282625) | 141
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of of the likely effects on levels of poverty and social inequality in Colombia of the implementation of the proposed free trade agreement between the EU and Colombia. | | (282626) | 142
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations at EU level for a prohibition on the supply to Iran of technology to inspect, monitor and filter internet content; and if he will make a statement. | | (282196) | 143
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has made any representations to the Portuguese authorities on pursuing its investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in the last six months. | | (282490) | 144
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Burma on the military offensive against the Karen ethnic group; and if he will make a statement. | | (282491) | 145
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had at the United Nations on the Burmese offensive against the Karen ethnic group. | | (282492) | 146
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department began to keep for monitoring purposes a record of Colombian security force personnel who have received UK training in Colombia. | | (282493) | 147
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much compensation has been paid to foreign nationals who were victims of terrorism in the UK in each year since 1997. | | (282494) | 148
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries he has made representations regarding compensation for British victims of overseas terrorism. | | (282496) | 149
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Iran on the execution of Delara Darabi on 1 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (282497) | 150
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals affected by overseas terrorism have been assisted by exceptional assistance measures since 2006; and how much each such measure cost. | | (282498) | 151
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to introduce a compensation scheme for British victims of terrorism overseas; and if he will make a statement. | | (282500) | 152
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the meetings of the General Affairs and External Relations Council in 2010 and 2011 are scheduled to take place. | | (282588) | 153
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the meetings of the European Council in 2010 and 2011 are scheduled to take place. | | (282589) | 154
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the meetings of (a) G8 Heads of Government and (b) G8 Foreign Ministers in 2010 and 2011 are scheduled to take place. | | (282590) | 155
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the opening sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in 2010 and 2011 are scheduled to take place. | | (282591) | 156
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the (a) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and (b) Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' meeting in 2011 are scheduled to take place. | | (282592) | 157
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consultations his Department held prior to its decision to transfer the passport issue service from the British High Commission in Ottawa to the North American Passport Production Centre; and if he will make a statement. | | (282593) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 158
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of standards of out-of-hospital (a) palliative and (b) dementia care for elderly patients in (i) England, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) Crosby; and if he will make a statement. | | (282525) | 159
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of average waiting times for hospital treatment in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) Greater London. | | (282474) | 160
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age category under the age of 18 years underwent surgery for obesity in each of the last three years; and what surgical treatments have been administered to treat the condition. | | (282484) | 161
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each age under the age of 18 years were prescribed medicine on the NHS to help them lose weight in each of the last three years; and what types of medicine have been prescribed for this purpose. | | (282485) | 162
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department has incurred on services enabling patients to make hospital appointments in the last 12 months; and how many people worked on these services at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (281872) | 163
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the results of the National Child Measurement Programme for 2008-09 to be published. | | (282254) | 164
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS dentistry provision in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire. | | (282487) | 165
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were treated for lymphoedema in each year since 2004; how many of those patients received treatment after being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer; what plans the NHS has to change methods of collection of data on lymphoedema treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (282614) | 166
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of centres of excellence for people with muscular dystrophy. | | (282178) | 167
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the change in the tariff of (a) NHS East Lancashire Primary Care Trust and (b) other primary care trusts in the North West needed to pay for hospital services in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (282520) | 168
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes to international financial reporting standards on (a) capital accounting in relation to and (b) recurrent costs of (i) existing and (ii) proposed local investment finance trust schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (282521) | 169
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many in-vitro fertilisation treatments were funded by the National Health Service in each region in each of the last three years. | | (282255) | 170
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospital trusts have fully implemented his Department's recommendations on the proportion of lung cancer patients who should receive active treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (282415) | 171
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the number of off-label drug treatments (a) provided and (b) denied to patients in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (282416) | 172
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department is providing for research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy in 2009-10. | | (281772) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 173
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2009, Official Report, column 1092W, on travel: personal records, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the collection of advance passenger data on domestic air and sea journeys will focus only on crossings between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | | (282395) | 174
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made against police officers in each police force for not displaying their shoulder number in the last five years. | | (282504) | 175
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to the prevention of crime relating to the trafficking of people from (a) EU member states and (b) other countries in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (282542) | 176
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to border policing in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (282651) | 177
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to the apprehension of illegal immigrants in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (282652) | 178
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to the prevention of illegal immigration in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (282653) | 179
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to assist the co-operation between the UK Border Agency and its predecessors and police forces in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (282654) | 180
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the future functions of the UK's border authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (282655) | 181
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what crèche facilities his Department provides for its employees working in Whitehall. | | (282232) | 182
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 321W, on travel restrictions, what definition of unacceptable behaviour his Department uses as a criteria for exclusion from the UK. | | (281928) | 183
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 321W, on travel restrictions, how many people there are on the list of foreign nationals excluded from the UK on unacceptable behaviour grounds. | | (281929) | 184
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 321W, on travel restrictions, what the outcome of the discussions on the Government's policy on exclusion with US officials was. | | (281930) | 185
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 321W, on travel restrictions, with which foreign governments his officials have discussed the Government's policy on exclusion since 5 May 2009. | | (281931) | 186
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to implement the bicycle purchase initiative in his Department's agencies' offices in Merseyside. | | (282557) | 187
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) between 17 and 24 years, (ii) between 25 and 30 years, (iii) between 31 and 35 years, (iv) between 36 and 40 years and (v) over 40 years have been (A) charged with and (B) convicted of failing to comply with an instruction given by a traffic signal in each year since 1997. | | (282197) | 188
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to tackle anti-social behaviour in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since the inception of such programmes. | | (282427) | 189
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have been recorded in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since the inception of such orders. | | (282428) | 190
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have resulted in a criminal conviction in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since the inception of such orders. | | (282429) | 191
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the new online system for the registration of overseas students to be in operation. | | (282233) | 192
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the effects on the integration of non-EU domiciled students of requiring academic institutions to register their attendance. | | (282234) | 193
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each nationality have been refused entry to the UK at ports and airports on the grounds that they intended to carry out voluntary work during their stay since the Tier 5 volunteer worker category of the points-based immigration system was introduced. | | (282176) | 194
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood policing schemes in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency. | | (282565) | 195
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been made in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency in each of the last five years. | | (282566) | 196
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of local government formula funding has been spent on tackling anti-social behaviour in 2009-10 to date. | | (282544) | 197
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, columns 459-62W, on the UK Border Agency: public consultation, how many management consultancies have held contracts with the UK Border Agency in the last three years. | | (282423) | 198
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for policing in Plymouth was in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (282444) | 199
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the budget for policing in Plymouth was spent on policing in Plympton and Plymstock in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (282446) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 200
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (282495) | 201
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation on the Thai-Burmese border. | | (282501) | 202
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made on preparing its forthcoming annual update on the implementation of its maternal health strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (282476) | 203
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how he plans to consult stakeholders in the fields of (a) sexual and reproductive rights and (b) HIV/AIDS in preparing his Department's annual update on the implementation of its maternal health strategy. | | (282477) | 204
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to publish his Department's forthcoming White Paper on International Development | | (282552) | 205
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to answer Question 272379, on official development assistance, tabled on 28 April 2009. | | (282564) | 206
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking in response to the recommendations of the Eighteenth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2008-09, HC94, on Investing for Development. | | (282635) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 207
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to undertake a full impact assessment before implementing reforms relating to (a) family law legal aid and (b) legal aid client criteria arising from the Legal Service Commission's review of family law legal aid funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (282438) | 208
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used to determine when to commission Ernst and Young to conduct economic research as part of the Legal Services Commission's review of family law legal aid funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (282439) | 209
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby 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. | | (282526) | 210
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure the discount rate for future loss under the Damages Act 1996 reflects the real rate of return for index-linked government stock and equity; and if he will make a statement. | | (282499) | 211
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times in each prison in England and Wales (a) police have been called in to the prison and (b) arrests have been made in the prison following violence, disorder or other incidents in each of the last 12 years; and what the reason for the (i) request for police attendance and (ii) arrest was in each case. | | (282425) | 212
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff with a background in (a) the Prison Service and (b) the Probation Service are employed in the Offender Management Group of the National Offender Management Service. | | (282399) | 213
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were the subject of community supervision during (a) 2007 and (b) 2008 had previously been held in custody; and how many people were on community supervision in each of those years. | | (282400) | 214
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many psychologists were employed by (a) HM Prison Service in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2004 and (b) the National Offender Management Service in 2008. | | (282401) | 215
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members are of the Programme Support Audit Group within the Interventions and Substance Misuse Group of the National Offender Management Service; and which of them have a (a) prison and (b) probation background. | | (282402) | 216
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff with a (a) prison and (b) probation background are employed in the Department of Violence, Extremism and Psychopathy within the National Offender Management Service. | | (282403) | 217
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what programmes to tackle domestic violence are being developed within the National Offender Management Service. | | (282404) | 218
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people working at the National Offender Management Service Head Office have a background in (a) a probation service and (b) a prison service. | | (282405) | 219
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hazel Grove of 16 June 2009, Official Report, columns 256-64W, on prison sentences, how many of the 14 prisoners recalled following release from an indeterminate sentence for public protection were recalled for alleged re-offending; and what the (a) original offence and (b) alleged further offence was in each case. | | (282533) | 220
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harborough of 8 July 2008, Official Report, column 1526-28W, on prisoners: personal property, what the equivalent figures for 2008-09 are. | | (282553) | 221
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Judicial Appointments Commission staff at each Civil Service grade were on secondment from his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years. | | (282554) | 222
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff the Judicial Appointments Commission employs. | | (282555) | 223
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last discussed the criteria for judicial appointments with the chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission. | | (282556) | 224
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the caseload of the Probation Service in London was in each of the last five years. | | (282568) | 225
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been transferred from prison to a secure mental health unit in each of the last five years. | | (282569) | 226
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost of training a probation officer. | | (282570) | 227
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recommendations for the appointment of judges have been made to him in his capacity as Lord Chancellor in each of the last three years. | | (282577) | 228
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for the position of recorder the Judicial Appointments Commission has received in each of the last three years. | | (282578) | 229
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Judicial Appointments Commission has spent on external consultants in each of the last three years. | | (282580) | 230
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appointments the Judicial Appointments Commission has made in each of the last three years. | | (282581) | 231
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population who will be eligible for legally-aided representation in the Crown Court once means-testing is re-introduced. | | (282669) | 232
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population eligible for legally-aided representation in magistrates' courts. | | (282670) | 233
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection have been released upon the expiry of their tariff in each of the last five years. | | (282671) | 234
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious offences in each category of offence were committed by offenders on court-order probation supervision in each of the last five years. | | (282672) | 235
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious offences in each category of offence were committed by offenders on post-release probation supervision in each of the last five years. | | (282673) | 236
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training prison staff receive in (a) offender management, (b) parole assessment and (c) risk assessment. | | (282380) | 237
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the principal duties are of probation staff seconded to work in jails in England and Wales. | | (282381) | 238
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff who have been seconded to prisons in England and Wales have had those secondments cancelled. | | (282516) | 239
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 of the organisations he wrote to have successfully applied for funding for 2009-10. | | (282265) | 240
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 which had not previously received funding from his Department applied for funding for 2009-10; and how many such applications have been approved by his Department. | | (282266) | 241
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on drug abuse and treatment for drug abuse in prisons; and whether he plans to revise that guidance. | | (282623) | 242
| Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the merits of amending the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2002 to provide for the immediate deletion of records held by employers of complaints made by them against former employees in circumstances in which such complaints are withdrawn. | | (282676) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 243
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress his Department has made on preparation of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland in the last six months. | | (282174) | 244
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the consultation on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland will be launched. | | (282175) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 245
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 Olympic cycling events at the VeloPark. | | (280509) | Questions to the Prime Minister 246
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) name, (b) job title and (c) date of appointment to post is of each member of staff providing support to the Intelligence and Security Committee. | | (282674) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 247
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the relocation of operations away from the Hebrides Range. | | (282573) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 248
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the deferral by Network Rail of track renewals as a means to meet efficiency targets imposed by the Office of Rail Regulation; and if he will make a statement. | | (282267) | 249
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to publish the Fares Direction for London; and whether the Direction will specify a date by which the use of Oyster Pay As You Go is to be accepted on the national rail network in the London area. | | (282268) | 250
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions the Secretary of State has had with the Mayor of London on (a) responsibility for the rail network in London and (b) re-zoning in London; and if he will make a statement. | | (282269) | 251
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, columns 427-8W, on diesel fuel: EU action, what information his Department holds on the applications (a) made by and (b) granted to member states for derogation from the Fuel Quality Directive 98/70 (EC) in respect of the sulphur content of fuel since its inception. | | (282575) | 252
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions the Secretary of State has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the effect on businesses in and around ports of changes to port rating. | | (282111) | 253
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many pensioners in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby received a concessionary bus pass in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282549) | 254
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Government's further response, HC (2008-09) 422, to paragraph 132 of the Eleventh Report of the Transport Committee, Session 2007-08, HC 460, how many members the proposed independent expert panel on road safety will have; and what criteria will apply to the appointment of members to the panel. | | (282209) | 255
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Government's further response, HC (2008-09) 422, to paragraph 156 of the Eleventh Report of the Transport Committee, Session 2007-08, HC 460, how many safety representatives from each mode will be a part of the cross-modal group; and who these representatives are. | | (282210) | 256
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, in how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there is a cycling safety programme which has been approved by his Department. | | (282546) | 257
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what core criteria his Department approves school cycling safety programmes; and what account is taken of the inclusion of training in safety in relation to heavy goods vehicles in the approval of such programmes. | | (282559) | 258
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions the Secretary of State has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on the efficient funding and delivery of cycling safety programmes in schools. | | (282560) | 259
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations he has received on the allocation of funding for the construction of (a) bicycle paths and lanes and (b) footpaths in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (282436) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 260
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, what use was made of the £200,000 of the £1.1 million special fund for rape crisis centres which was not paid out. | | (282259) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 261
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance had their capability for work assessed as limited by mental ill-health in each year since 1997. | | (282547) | 262
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency were in relative poverty in each of the last five years. | | (282475) | 263
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby were in relative poverty in each of the last five years. | | (282531) | 264
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance in Tamworth constituency gave a severe visual impairment as a reason for claiming. | | (282430) | 265
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the most recent estimate is of the number of key workers in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands. | | (282486) | 266
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Minister represented the UK at the recent International Labour Organization annual meeting. | | (282410) | 267
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of carer's allowance in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (282572) | 268
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in respect of how many child maintenance cases her Department has overridden payment schedules agreed in court in each of the last five years. | | (282543) | 269
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will assess the merits of providing the face-to-face services administered by her Department's agencies in partnership with the post office network. | | (282583) | 270
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to remove restrictions on access to work-related training for jobseeker's allowance claimants. | | (282605) | 271
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission research to examine the adequacy of benefit provision for the basic living costs of people under 25 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (282606) | 272
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will instruct Jobcentre Plus to permit its telephones to be used for calls made for the purpose of applying for a crisis loan. | | (282617) | 273
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will instruct Jobcentre Plus to ensure all calls to social fund offices are free of charge to customers using either landline or mobile telephones. | | (282636) | 274
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have participated in a New Deal programme in each of the last three years. | | (282435) | 275
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants started a work trial in each of the last six months. | | (282443) | 276
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made in opening its procurement process to small and medium-sized enterprises. | | (282505) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 277
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what average length of time jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants resident in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby received JSA in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (282532) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 278
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to implement the recommendation of the Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) recent framework review of a statutory information gateway between the VOA and billing authorities for council tax valuations. | | [Transferred] (282393) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 279
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to ensure that Gypsies and Travellers have the same access as others to the NHS. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (282088) | 280
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's target for the number of school nurses is; what his most recent assessment is of progress in meeting that target; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (282382) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 281
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many local authorities were funding a cycling safety programme in schools on the latest date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (282558) |
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