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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 26 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 26 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 26 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 26 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 26 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, what consideration was given to the merits of introducing a vehicle scrappage incentive scheme based on a vehicle's carbon dioxide emissions. | | (282551) | 2
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department in taking to encourage small independent businesses located in urban high streets. | | (282943) | 3
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from (a) training providers and (b) further education colleges on (i) Train to Gain and (ii) apprenticeship places in 2009-10. | | (283014) | 4
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship places that have been lost in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London as a result of the recession in the last 12 months. | | (283016) | 5
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to his Department of employing (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997. | | (283071) | 6
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government plans to take to secure the future of Corus in the North East. | | (282795) | 7
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what training schemes will be provided for skilled steel workers who are made redundant to retain and develop their skills. | | (282877) | 8
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will take steps to increase the demand for steel in the UK. | | (282878) | 9
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282536) | 10
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of expenditure by his Department and its predecessors on grants for research and development in each region in each of the last three years; and what his Department's budget for such expenditure is for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (282816) | 11
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of households without access to broadband in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point. | | (282845) | 12
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Castle Point 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 has been provided to businesses in Castle Point under each scheme. | | (282968) | 13
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the Learning and Skills Council funding allocation for 2009-10 to providers of Train to Gain and apprenticeship training he expects to be spent on learners who started their courses in 2008-09. | | (282841) | 14
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people with (a) maintenance loans, (b) tuition fee loans and (c) both maintenance and tuition fee loans have outstanding debts to the Student Loans Company. | | (282842) | 15
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much interest was accrued on outstanding debts to the Student Loans Company in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (282843) | 16
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time, UK-domiciled undergraduate students there are in each of the teaching and learning price bands used by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. | | (282844) | 17
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the paper on Managing Demand (LSC 21/2009) presented to the meeting of the Council of the Learning and Skills Council on 22 April 2009. | | (282850) | 18
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department is negotiating to end the lease of any buildings leased by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. | | (282851) | 19
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which buildings the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills took a lease on; and how long each such lease was for. | | (282852) | 20
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount the Student Loans Company will lend in (a) tuition fee loans and (b) maintenance loans to (i) domestic and (ii) overseas students in the 2008-09 academic year. | | (282853) | 21
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the student loan book has been sold under the provisions of the Sale of Student Loans Act 2008. | | (282854) | 22
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Learning and Skills Council (a) has distributed to training providers for 2008-09 and (b) expects to distribute to training providers in 2009-10 for (i) Train to Gain learners, (ii) apprentices aged between 16 and 18 years, (iii) apprentices aged between 19 and 24 years, (iv) adult apprentices and (v) other training programmes. | | (282955) | 23
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the paper on the regional and sub-regional presence of the Young People's Learning Agency and the Skills Funding Agency, which the former Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills undertook to provide to the Learning and Skills Council at its Council meeting on 22 April 2009, has been completed. | | (282961) | 24
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people borrowed money from the Student Loans Company for (a) maintenance only, (b) tuition only and (c) maintenance and tuition in the latest academic year for which figures are available. | | (282965) | 25
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average fee grant received by part-time students for courses with an intensity of (a) between 50 to 59 per cent., (b) between 60 to 74 per cent. and (c) 75 per cent. or more was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (282966) | 26
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent in (a) (i) fee grant payments, (ii) course grant payments and (iii) teaching and learning payments for part-time students to institutions from the Higher Education Funding Council for England and (b) other forms of support for part-time students in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (282967) | 27
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of applications from (a) school leavers and (b) mature students to higher education institutions for a first degree course in (i) a science, technology, engineering or mathematics subject and (ii) all subjects from school leavers were from (A) women and (B) men in each year since 1997. | | (282729) | 28
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in prison received (a) a student maintenance loan and (b) a student grant in each of the last five years. | | (282730) | 29
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of people undertaking apprenticeships are (a) new recruits to and (b) existing staff in the organisation employing them. | | (282733) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 30
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the unemployment rate among the working age population in (a) Barnsley, (b) Doncaster and (c) South Yorkshire was in each of the last five years. | | (282792) | 31
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much time was spent on Ministerial duties between 4 May 2009 and 5 June 2009 by each Minister in her Department who is also a Member of the House of Commons. | | (282819) | 32
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff in No. 10 Downing Street has been in each year since 1997. | | (283061) | 33
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to her Department of employing press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. | | (283083) | 34
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) sections of her Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282540) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 35
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Child Benefit Office in Washington plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 29 April and 10 June 2009 on his constituent Miss Laura Grieve. | | (282973) | 36
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days' training has been given on average to a front line customs officer on the introduction of the points-based immigration system. | | (282988) | 37
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in levels of bank lending in the last six months. | | (282882) | 38
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Department's (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies have submitted bids for efficiency savings to be used for pay improvements in 2009 pay offers. | | (283029) | 39
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the application of value added tax to fees charged for the repair and maintenance of listed buildings; and if he will make a statement. | | (282452) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 40
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): 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) Barnsley, (b) Doncaster and (c) South Yorkshire. | | (282791) | 41
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools in which over (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 per cent. of pupils were persistent absentees had less than 30 per cent. of pupils gain five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C in each year since 2005. | | (282726) | 42
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools which received an Ofsted rating of (a) satisfactory and (b) inadequate for behaviour had less than 30 per cent. of pupils gain five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C in each year since 2005. | | (282727) | 43
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in which (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 per cent. of pupils received three or more fixed term exclusions had less than 30 per cent. of pupils gain five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C in each year since 2005. | | (282728) | 44
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost to his Department of employing (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997. | | (283072) | 45
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people became unemployed after ending an apprenticeship in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire in 2008. | | (282799) | 46
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps have been taken to ensure consistent (a) assessment, (b) recording and (c) quality assurance of educational standards in the 14-19 diplomas. | | (282880) | 47
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time children's social workers there are in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Teesside, (c) the North East and (d) England. | | (282904) | 48
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children went missing from care homes in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year from 1997 to 2008. | | (282907) | 49
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 392W, on the integrated children's system, how many meetings there were with (a) local authorities and (b) front-line social workers in developing the requirements for local authorities to procure systems from IT suppliers to support delivery of the model. | | (282510) | 50
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who were permanently excluded from a mainstream maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary school were next placed in a (i) mainstream school and (ii) pupil referral unit in each year since 1997. | | (282641) | 51
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Ofsted inspectors of children's services have degrees in social work. | | (282646) | 52
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of students achieved a B grade at GCSE in each subject in each of the last three years. | | (282457) | 53
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent research he has evaluated on the relationship between levels of funding for schools and pupils' academic performance. | | (282681) | 54
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) 16 and (b) 17 year olds are participating in apprenticeships linked to (i) full-time and (ii) part-time jobs. | | (282734) | 55
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the minimum (a) number of hours a week for an apprenticeship and (b) number of guided learning hours for an apprenticeship framework will be for apprentices aged 16 and 17 following the raising of the age of participation in education or training to 18. | | (283050) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 56
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on biodiversity of the implementation of the provisions of section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006; and whether his Department has issued recent guidance to local authorities in respect of applications to create (a) byways open to all traffic and (b) restricted byways. | | (283010) | 57
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties had been sold under the HomeBuy Direct Scheme in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (282789) | 58
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes classified as energy-efficient have been built in Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency in each of the last five years. | | (282790) | 59
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to his Department of press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. | | (283068) | 60
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in Tamworth constituency since 2005. | | (282757) | 61
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social rented homes have been built in Tamworth since 2005. | | (282758) | 62
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association homes in Tamworth met the decent homes standard in each of the last five years. | | (282759) | 63
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to assist households ineligible for the Mortgage Rescue Scheme to avoid repossession. | | (282760) | 64
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were living in temporary accommodation in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (282903) | 65
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282539) | 66
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has provided to Bassetlaw local authority to provide small loans for householders facing serious mortgage arrears; and what terms and conditions apply to such loans. | | (282455) | 67
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, columns 210-211W, on unitary councils: costs, what estimate has been made of (a) transition costs and (b) efficiency savings in respect of each new unitary authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (282869) | 68
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 135W, on housing: low incomes, what the average amount of grant paid for (a) intermediate affordable housing and (b) housing for social rent in each region was in each of the last five years. | | (282584) | 69
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to the Delivering Better Skills for Better Places programme in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (282644) | 70
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding from the National Affordable Housing Programme was allocated to each region in each of the last 12 quarters. | | (282645) | 71
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount of Housing Revenue Account Subsidy to be paid to each local authority in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12. | | (282648) | 72
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in (a) Welwyn Hatfield and (b) Hertfordshire have (i) applied for and (ii) been accepted to the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. | | (282963) | 73
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the responsibilities are of each Minister in his Department. | | (282737) | 74
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for implementation of each proposal contained in his Department's response to the Councillors Commission. | | (282746) | 75
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that the information contained in local spending reports is published in a format suitable for (a) syndication and (b) mashing via XML feed. | | (282747) | 76
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of (a) employee and (b) employer contribution to the Local Government Pension Scheme, as a percentage of the employee's salary is, for each of the different options within the scheme. | | (282750) | 77
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council tax appeals the Valuation Tribunal Service has considered in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a change to a lower band for the dwelling in question. | | (282751) | 78
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information is provided to the public by his Department on procedures for challenging council tax banding of their properties. | | (282752) | 79
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding (a) his Department, (b) each of its executive agencies and (c) the Audit Commission has provided to eQuality Networks in the last 12 months; when the funding was provided; how much was provided; and for what purposes. | | (282794) | 80
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many completed Social Homebuy transactions there have been in each local authority area in each year since the scheme's inception. | | (282870) | 81
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the South East Regional Spatial Strategy will next be reviewed. | | (282871) | 82
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what strategic environmental assessments were produced for (a) the East of England Regional Spatial Strategy and (b) the South East Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (282872) | 83
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is expected to be raised in gross revenue from business rates in (a) England and (b) each local billing authority in England in 2009-10. | | (282951) | 84
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings in England were moved into a higher council tax band as a result of a revaluation of the property when the property was sold in the last year for which figures are available. | | (282952) | 85
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency's new Geographical Information System will be used to assist with council tax valuations and revaluations. | | (282953) | 86
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 298W, on council tax: valuation, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting, redacting elements relating to advice to Ministers on the formulation and development of Government policy. | | (283021) | 87
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 517W, on recreation spaces, whether his Department's green spaces database holds information on (a) public gardens and (b) gardens of residential properties. | | (283022) | 88
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of negative equity in the housing market in each region. | | (282813) | 89
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to collect figures for the number of complaints received by local authorities on the standards of their services. | | (282814) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 90
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Lottery funding has been allocated to organisations in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each of the last five years. | | (282788) | 91
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with his Israeli counterpart to seek to improve collaboration between the UK and Israel in (a) theatre, (b) the music industry and (c) sport. | | (282761) | 92
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to his Department of (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997. | | (283063) | 93
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282537) | 94
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the recommendations made in the Digital Britain report; and if he will make a statement. | | (282859) | 95
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of moving the Acquisitions, Export and Loans Unit of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council from London to Birmingham. | | (282534) | 96
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his Department's museums strategy. | | (282535) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 97
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of replacing bearskin caps worn by the Guards Regiments with caps made from synthetic material. | | (282942) | 98
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 June 2009, Official Report, columns 58-9WS, on Afghanistan air support, whether the Tornado GR4s are at full operational capability with the urgent operational requirement enhancements which have been delivered. | | (283005) | 99
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department of (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997. | | (283064) | 100
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the launch of the Type 45 destroyer has been delayed; and if he will make a statement. | | (283017) | 101
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282538) | 102
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on employment of the decision by QinetiQ to relocate operations from the Hebrides Range to Aberporth Range. | | (282596) | 103
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the effects on the (a) economy and (b) society of the Western Isles of QinetiQ's decision to relocate operations from the Hebrides Range to Aberporth Range. | | (282597) | 104
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department consulted (a) community representatives, (b) representatives of QinetiQ employees, (c) local enterprise agencies and (d) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar before QinetiQ's decision to relocate operations from the Hebrides Range to Aberporth Range. | | (282598) | 105
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with the Scottish Government on QinetiQ's decision to relocate its operations from the Hebrides Range to Aberporth Range. | | (282599) | 106
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Hebrides Range is used for weapons testing by countries other than the UK. | | (282600) | 107
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine is expected to start delivering services in Birmingham. | | (282933) | 108
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the new (a) staff and patient accommodation block, (b) prosthetic limb workshop and (c) neurological laboratory at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court is to be (i) completed and (ii) open for use. | | (282934) | 109
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have met Scottish Executive health ministers to discuss the care of soldiers and veterans in each year since 1999. | | (282935) | 110
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many service personnel his Department has purchased accelerated access to (a) NHS and (b) private treatment in each region in each of the last 10 years. | | (282936) | 111
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions officials of his Department have met Scottish Executive health officials in each year since 2007; and at how many such meetings (a) the care of soldiers and veterans and (b) the sharing of best practice between the Defence Medical Services and NHS Scotland have been discussed. | | (282937) | 112
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average waiting time for service personnel to receive physiotherapy (a) on the orthopaedic-fast track programme and (b) in each of his Department's regional rehabilitation units was in each of the last 10 years. | | (283006) | 113
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has arranged fast access to (a) NHS and (b) private surgery under the orthopaedic-fast track programme for service personnel in each region in each of the last 10 years. | | (283007) | 114
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of veterans resident in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland with a health condition related to their service. | | (283008) | 115
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Veterans Forum has met in each year since its establishment; and which Ministers and officials from (a) the Government and (b) the devolved administrations have been present at each meeting. | | (283024) | 116
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of levels of (a) take-up and (b) awareness of his Department's priority treatment scheme for veterans. | | (283025) | 117
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at which armed forces medical centres the Defence Medical Information Capacity Programme is in use; and on what date the programme is expected to be introduced at medical centres where it is not yet in use. | | (283026) | 118
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the exchange of information between the Defence Medical Information Capacity Programme and health services in the devolved administrations. | | (283027) | 119
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress there has been on the pilots to examine ways of meeting the needs of veterans with mental health problems announced in 2007. | | (283028) | 120
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) war pensioners and (b) veterans have received priority treatment in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland in each year the priority treatment scheme has been in operation. | | (283034) | 121
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on arrangements to meet the mental health needs of veterans; and if he will make a statement. | | (283035) | 122
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the roll-out of the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme has been completed. | | (283036) | 123
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has provided to each Combat Stress centre for providing treatment to war pensioners in each of the last 10 years; and how many pensioners have been treated at each such centre. | | (283075) | 124
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many patients have received treatment under his Department's contract with the Priory Group in each year of its operation; and what the cost of the contract has been in each such year. | | (283076) | 125
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has given to each military department of community mental health in each year since their inception; and how much has been allocated to each department in the next two years. | | (283077) | 126
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many community veterans' mental health therapists there were in each region of (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (283078) | 127
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding (a) his Department and (b) the Department of Health has provided to each of the community veterans mental health pilots in each year since their inception; and how much has been allocated to each in the next two years. | | (283080) | 128
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have used each of the community veterans mental health pilots in each year since their inception. | | (283081) | 129
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the interface between the Defence Medical Information Capacity Programme and the NHS National Programme for IT is expected to be completed. | | (283082) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 130
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of UK greenhouse gas emission reductions against a 1990 baseline attributable to (a) the transition of electricity generation from coal to gas, (b) the sourcing of services and goods as between domestic and overseas production, (c) the use of carbon credits sourced outwith the UK, (d) the direct result of Government climate change policies and (e) other identified causes. | | (282817) | 131
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Ashford, (b) Kent and (c) the UK which were in fuel poverty in the last year for which figures are available. | | (283004) | 132
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to assist research into green technology in Peterborough. | | (282797) | 133
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282891) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 134
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received from voluntary and community groups on charges for surface water drainage. | | (283013) | 135
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department of press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. | | (283070) | 136
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on dairy farmers in (a) England and (b) West Derbyshire of the failure of Dairy Farmers UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (282450) | 137
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle aged (a) over 15 months, (b) 12 to 15 months, (c) nine to 12 months, (d) six to nine months and (e) 42 days to six months have tested (i) positive and (ii) inconclusive for bovine tuberculosis under pre-movement testing regulations in each year since its introduction. | | (283009) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 138
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what targets have been set in relation to the time taken by British High Commissions to reply to correspondence from hon. Members; and what proportion of correspondence from hon. Members received a reply from the British High Commission in Islamabad within the target time in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282724) | 139
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what targets are set in relation to the time taken by British consulates to reply to correspondence from hon. Members. | | (282731) | 140
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal advice he (a) sought and (b) received on the implications for the validity of existing ratifications of the text of the Lisbon Treaty of the changes made to that treaty by the arrangements entered into by the European Council on 18 and 19 June; and if he will make a statement. | | (282594) | 141
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Statement of 23 June 2009, Official Report, columns 661-77, on the European Council, if he will withdraw the UK's instrument of ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. | | (282595) | 142
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 228W, on Western Sahara: fisheries, if he will make it his policy to seek the inclusion of a reference to Western Sahara in any future proposed agreement between the EU and Morocco on fisheries. | | (282868) | 143
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to seek the inclusion of a human rights monitoring role for the United Nations MINURSO mission. | | (283037) | 144
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on regional security in (a) Asia, (b) the Americas, (c) Africa, (d) Europe and (e) the Middle East. | | (282762) | 145
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to his Department of press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. | | (283073) | 146
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise in the UN Council of Human Rights the handling by the authorities in Iran of the public demonstrations on the outcome of the recent presidential election. | | (282459) | 147
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the recent unrest in Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (282508) | 148
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the security of staff in the British Embassy in Tehran. | | (282509) | 149
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to monitor the number of allegations of human rights abuses made against Colombian security force personnel seeking training in the UK. | | (282779) | 150
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Israel on the welfare of Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli detention; and if he will make a statement. | | (282780) | 151
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282892) | 152
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on progress in the review of Shi'a Family Law in Afghanistan ordered by President Karzai; what discussions he has had with the government of Afghanistan on that matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (282820) | 153
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of allegations that candidates for the Jaffna Municipal Council elections in Sri Lanka have been subjected to intimidation; and if he will make a statement. | | (282823) | 154
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the human rights situation in Eritrea; and what steps he plans to take to have human rights included on the Article 8 Political Dialogue agenda for discussion between the EU and Eritrea. | | (282824) | 155
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Eritrea; and if he will make a statement. | | (282825) | 156
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department has provided to the Doha peace talks on Darfur; what recent steps he has taken to seek to secure progress in those talks; and if he will make a statement. | | (282826) | 157
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) military equipment and (b) troops required for the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1843; what steps he is taking to seek to meet such requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (282830) | 158
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect civilians in (a) North and (b) South Kivu; and if he will make a statement. | | (282831) | 159
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of relations between the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (282832) | 160
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Operation Kimia II against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (282833) | 161
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of allegations of the use by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda of Congolese civilians as human shields in Shabunda in South Kivu; and if he will make a statement. | | (282834) | 162
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on attacks on the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (282835) | 163
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, columns 621-2W, on the Democratic Republic of Congo: mining, what steps his Department has taken to promote good practice in (a) the exportation of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo and (b) the mining sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (282836) | 164
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse of the British Embassy in each other European Union member state was in each of the last 10 years. | | (282838) | 165
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's (a) gross and (b) net contribution to the EU budget is in 2009. | | (282749) | 166
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to Part 2, section 8, page 61 of the Government document, Pursue, Prevent, Protect, Prepare, published in March 2009, which countries have been assessed for counter-terrorism capacity; what funding has been provided to which countries under this initiative to date; how much his Department has budgeted for the project in the next three years; from what sources such funding will be drawn; and with which other Departments he has been working to deliver this project. | | (282512) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 167
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which prisons a biometric-based, computer-controlled methadone dispensing system has been installed; and what expenditure his Department incurred in respect of each such installation. | | (282898) | 168
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many (a) young offender institutions and (b) prisons the Integrated Drug Treatment System is operational. | | (282899) | 169
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young offenders in custody are being treated with (a) methadone and (b) subutex. | | (282900) | 170
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS budget has been spent on (a) (i) chaplaincy and (ii) other religious services for each faith and (b) other similar non-faith services. | | (282818) | 171
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) adults and (b) children without access to an NHS dentist in (i) England and (ii) Rochford and Southend East constituency in each year since 1997. | | (282678) | 172
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) adults and (b) children without access to NHS dental services in (i) Barnsley and (ii) Doncaster in each of the last five years. | | (282783) | 173
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has received on the future of Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. | | (282753) | 174
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to primary health care providers on testing of people who think they may have been exposed to the swine influenza virus in cases where an outbreak of the disease has been confirmed; and if he will make a statement. | | (282458) | 175
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve co-operation between primary care trusts and local authorities in planning, commissioning and funding short break services. | | (283058) | 176
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to involve parents in the (a) planning and (b) delivery of Aiming High commissioning by primary care trusts. | | (283059) | 177
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that funding allocated to primary care trusts for Aiming High short breaks is spent on short break services. | | (283060) | 178
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the national awareness-raising campaign for vascular checks to commence. | | (282873) | 179
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in developing (a) a national identity and (b) an information strategy for his Department's vascular checks programme. | | (282969) | 180
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further work his Department is undertaking on the choice of delivery options and roll-out plans for its vascular checks programme. | | (282970) | 181
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to inform primary care trusts of the unit costs of delivering vascular checks in different settings. | | (282971) | 182
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has undertaken market research on the settings in which different categories of patients may wish to receive vascular checks. | | (282972) | 183
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North Norfolk of 12 February 2009, Official Report, column 2165W, on cardiovascular system: screening, whether his Department is monitoring the settings from which vascular checks are being commissioned in each primary care trust area; and if he will make a statement. | | (283023) | 184
| Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much medical services assigned to the termination of pregnancies under the Abortion Act 1967 cost the NHS in each of the last five years; and what estimate has been made of the cost of such services in 2009-10. | | (282732) | 185
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the expenditure incurred by the NHS on the treatment of malaria in each of the last five years. | | (282879) | 186
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were admitted to hospital as a result of an accident in the home in (a) the North East, (b) Teesside, (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency and (d) England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (282902) | 187
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) funding and (b) facilities his Department has provided to NHS trusts for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder in the last 12 months. | | (282905) | 188
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Teesside and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the last 10 years. | | (282906) | 189
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people, (b) under 18 year-olds, (c) under 16 year-olds and (d) under 12 year-olds were given repeat drug rehabilitation treatment for each type of drug in each of the last five years. | | (282765) | 190
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people, (b) under 18 year-olds, (c) under 16 year-olds and (d) under 12 year-olds were given drug rehabilitation treatment for each type of drug in each of the last five years. | | (282766) | 191
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 650, on influenza pandemic, what the interim service is that could be launched within a week. | | (282767) | 192
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, columns 649-50, on influenza pandemic, what tests of the flu line service have been undertaken; when they were undertaken; what was tested in each case; and what the outcome of each such test was. | | (282768) | 193
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 852W, on departmental pay, how many staff in his Department received a salary of more than £100,000 in each year since 1997. | | (282769) | 194
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 852W, on departmental pay, what position each of the 71 senior civil servants holds; and what their average salary is. | | (282770) | 195
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many episodes of intensive care treatment were provided by the NHS in 2008. | | (282771) | 196
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what central agreements the NHS has entered into for the supply of temporary workers to NHS organisations; what rates of pay have been set through such central agreements; and how many temporary staff have been employed through them. | | (282772) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people (b) under 18 year-olds, (c) under 16 year-olds and (d) under 12 year-olds (i) attended and (ii) were admitted via accident and emergency departments for excessive consumption of alcohol in each year since 1997-98. | | (282773) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of central targets which the NHS has to meet. | | (282774) | 199
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how staff pay levels are agreed with Solace Enterprises for the NHS Flexible Resourcing Service; and how much staff at each level who are recruited through the service are paid per hour. | | (282775) | 200
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS Employers entered into an agreement with Solace Enterprises to provide the NHS Flexible Resourcing Service; how much has been spent by each NHS organisation on interim staff employed through the service; and how many interim staff have been employed by each NHS organisation through the service. | | (282776) | 201
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people, (b) under 18 year-olds, (c) under 16 year-olds and (d) under 12 year-olds were treated with methadone in each of the last five years; and what the (i) mean, (ii) median and (iii) longest time was for which people in each category were on methadone in each year. | | (282777) | 202
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 628W, on NHS: death rates, how many alerts the Healthcare Commission received in respect of each patient group between July 2008 and March 2009. | | (282938) | 203
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2009, Official Report, column 628W, on NHS: death rates, what the names are of the trusts concerned in each of the 85 alerts. | | (282939) | 204
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282893) | 205
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of dental services in Derbyshire. | | (282449) | 206
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reintroduce Government funding for UK MDEX trials researching treatments for muscular dystrophy. | | (282456) | 207
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the NHS provides to staff who wish to volunteer for the Reserve Forces; and what guidance his Department provides to the NHS on the matter. | | (283079) | 208
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of treatment involving meditation in (a) mental health and (b) other health care. | | (282764) | 209
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls the Carers Direct helpline has received since it was established. | | (282448) | 210
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available to mental health patients in the South Essex Strategic Health Authority in each of the last five years. | | (282811) | 211
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for health and social care support services were refused following a positive assessment of need by a specialist in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point in each of the last three years. | | (282815) | 212
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many problem drug users there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last five years; and how many received treatment. | | (282856) | 213
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an NHS operation was in (a) the East of England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last five years. | | (282857) | 214
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients died while on a waiting list for an NHS operation in (a) the East of England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last five years. | | (282858) | 215
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of legal abortions carried out on women aged under 18 years in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282864) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 216
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people aged under 16 years have their details recorded on the ONSET database; and how many such details have been added in the last 12 months. | | (283051) | 217
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals have access to the information contained in his Department's ONSET database. | | (283052) | 218
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ONSET database in predicting levels of future criminal activity. | | (283053) | 219
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rights of access an individual has to their personal information held on the ONSET database. | | (283054) | 220
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had personal information held on his Department's ONSET database removed in each year since its inception. | | (283055) | 221
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long personal information held on his Department's ONSET database is retained; and what criteria apply for its earlier deletion from the database. | | (283056) | 222
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the average annual cost of the operation of his Department's ONSET database; and how much has been spent on the ONSET database since the commencement of the project. | | (283057) | 223
| 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 1091-2W, on travel: personal records, when he plans to decide on whether to carry out a formal consultation on his Department's proposals to collect advance passenger data in respect of domestic air and sea journeys; and if he will make a statement. | | (282680) | 224
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure a sustainable funding strategy for the specialist violence against women voluntary sector. | | (282793) | 225
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been agreed in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each year since the inception of such contracts. | | (282786) | 226
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have been recorded in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each year since the inception of such orders. | | (282787) | 227
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the number of police volunteers in Greater London. | | (283011) | 228
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from (a) training providers, (b) further education colleges and (c) universities on the effect of the points-based immigration system on student visas. | | (283015) | 229
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Nepalese visa legacy cases there were as at 31 May 2009. | | (282944) | 230
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency visa risk assessment officers in Abu Dhabi are working in (a) Canada, (b) Nigeria, (c) Kazakhstan and (d) New Zealand. | | (282945) | 231
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff have been on training courses abroad in each country in each of the last five years. | | (282946) | 232
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his Department's overseas staff have been on training courses in each overseas country in each of the last five years. | | (282947) | 233
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many risk assessment officers are (a) based at the UK Border Agency Abu Dhabi hub and (b) working on Pakistani visas in Abu Dhabi. | | (282948) | 234
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many airport liaison officers are employed by the UK Border Agency; and what their average annual salary is. | | (282950) | 235
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the eborders scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (282986) | 236
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days' training has been given on average to a front line immigration officer on the introduction of the points-based immigration system. | | (282987) | 237
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were working in his Department's European Casework department on 1 June (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (282989) | 238
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department provides to immigration officers on the use of control and restraint techniques. | | (282990) | 239
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals of each nationality who have been released from UK prisons since 2005 have subsequently applied for asylum in the UK. | | (282991) | 240
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new immigration detention places were created in each year since 1997; and what the cost of running the immigration detention estate was in each of those years. | | (282992) | 241
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of the UK Border Agency hold dual citizenship. | | (282993) | 242
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are employed by the UK Border Agency. | | (282994) | 243
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of foreign nationals found guilty of a criminal offence and subject to deportation orders were deported in each of the last 10 years. | | (282996) | 244
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people awaiting deportation were held in open prisons on 1 June 2009. | | (282997) | 245
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intelligence-led checks on people leaving the UK at ports and airports were made by UK Border Agency officers in (a) 2006 and (b) 2008. | | (282998) | 246
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants entered the UK under Tier 2 of the points-based system in 2008. | | (282999) | 247
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been (a) issued and (b) breached in (i) Ashford constituency and (ii) Kent since 31 December 2005. | | (283001) | 248
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) cautions and (b) arrests for alcohol-related offences there were in (i) Ashford constituency and (ii) Kent in the last eight quarters. | | (283002) | 249
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 16 years and under were arrested for carrying knives in (a) Ashford, (b) Kent and (c) England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available. | | (283003) | 250
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Border Agency plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham of 25 March and 19 May 2009 sent on behalf of his constituent, Mr Ali Mohamad. | | (282782) | 251
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to his Department of employing press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. | | (283085) | 252
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for proposing the closure of the Forensic Science Services (FSS) Chorley laboratory as part of the consultation to reduce national FSS staff numbers. | | (282949) | 253
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to assess the (a) quality and (b) adequacy of private forensic science services operating under contract to police forces. | | (283018) | 254
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of staff (a) training and (b) recruitment at each forensic science site in each of the next three years. | | (283019) | 255
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the monetary value of each contract for overseas work held by the Forensic Science Service is; and at which sites work on such contracts is being undertaken. | | (283020) | 256
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the average first year retirement pension payment of a police officer retiring after 30 years service in each of the principal ranks of the police service in 2009. | | (282796) | 257
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average value of pension payments to retired police officers aged (a) under 50, (b) from 51 to 55, (c) from 56 to 60, (d) from 61 to 65 and (e) more than 65 years old was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282874) | 258
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of police pension payments (a) was in each of the last five financial years and (b) is projected to be in each of the next five financial years. | | (282875) | 259
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of payments made to police pensioners (a) under 50, (b) between 51 and 55, (c) between 56 and 60, (d) between 61 and 65 and (e) aged 65 and more was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (282876) | 260
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many retired police officers are aged (a) less than 50, (b) between 50 and 55, (c) between 56 and 60, (d) between 61 and 65 and (e) over 65 years old. | | (282881) | 261
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282894) | 262
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will require the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to report on when a response will be sent to the hon. Member for Sunderland South's letter of 24 April 2009, regarding his constituent, Mrs Louise Chambers, Home Office reference U1062508; and for what reasons no response to the correspondence has been provided to the hon. Member through the hon. Members' hotline. | | (282896) | 263
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of activity of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the UK of the military defeat of that group in Sri Lanka. | | (282822) | 264
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders are in force in Castle Point. | | (282861) | 265
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders Castle Point Borough Council applied for in each of the last five years. | | (282863) | 266
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Somali nationals in the UK who do not have leave to remain. | | (282735) | 267
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Somali nationals have (a) voluntarily returned to and (b) have been forcibly removed to Somalia from the UK in the last two years. | | (282736) | 268
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the review of the policy of no recourse to public funds for those entering the UK on a spouse visa in relation to people who are victims of domestic violence and trafficking. | | (282908) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 269
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will introduce crèche facilities in the House of Commons. | | (282447) | 270
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will publish the information requested in all outstanding requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information relating to hon. Members' expenses. | | (282454) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 271
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to fund rehabilitation and community development projects in Kandmahal, Orissa State, India. | | (282866) | 272
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to his Department of (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997. | | (283062) | 273
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's aid programmes for agriculture and development in Bangladesh of the Tipaimukh Dam construction project; and if he will make a statement. | | (282798) | 274
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) sections of his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offers to staff. | | (282895) | 275
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's humanitarian aid to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (282682) | 276
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Afghan Perspectives Report: The Provincial Reconstruction Team and Quick Impact Projects, Helmand Province of April 2008. | | (282883) | 277
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate has been made of the number of (a) aid agencies and (b) humanitarian workers operating in camps for displaced people in northern Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (282821) | 278
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department plans to contribute to the UN emergency appeal for the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (282827) | 279
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the security situation in North Kivu on the capacity of humanitarian organisations to deliver assistance to that region; and if he will make a statement. | | (282828) | 280
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate has been made of the number of people who have been displaced from North Kivu owing to the security situation in that region since the beginning of 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (282829) | 281
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Thailand on the welfare and living conditions of people who have left eastern Burma owing to the renewed military operation in that region; and if he will make a statement. | | (282837) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 282
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are subject to parole supervision in England and Wales who have (a) a drug addiction, (b) an alcohol addiction and (c) a mental health condition; and what funding he has allocated to services for such people in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10. | | (282725) | 283
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the latest period for which figures are available the Probation Service recommended a custodial sentence in pre-sentence reports; and what guidance his Department issues to the Probation Service on whether to recommend custodial sentences for imprisonable offences. | | (282867) | 284
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any people seconded from the Probation Service to (a) the National Offender Management Service and (b) regional offender management services have been (i) offered permanent posts within the Director of Offender Management Structure and (ii) allocated to join a surplus employees' group. | | (283044) | 285
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the secondment of Probation Service staff to the Prison Service. | | (283045) | 286
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances a prison establishment can opt out of arrangements to second Probation Service staff to prisons. | | (283046) | 287
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of a Probation Service secondment to a prison was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283047) | 288
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which budget the salaries of Probation Service staff seconded to work in prisons in England and Wales are drawn. | | (283048) | 289
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review the deployment of Probation Service staff to prisons in England and Wales. | | (283049) | 290
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the net change in numbers of trained probation officers in West Mercia was between 2002 and 2007. | | (282642) | 291
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average change in caseload for trained probation officers in West Mercia between 2002 and 2007 was. | | (282643) | 292
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) qualified and (b) trainee probation officers there were in the Probation Service in England and Wales in each year since 2002. | | (282849) | 293
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outturn expenditure on (a) the National Offender Management Service Head Office and (b) the Probation Service was in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (282855) | 294
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the post of Director of the National Probation Service was discontinued. | | (282962) | 295
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners were in open prisons on 31 May 2009. | | (282995) | 296
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) self-harm, (b) injury caused by restraint and (c) assault there were in each young offender institution in each of the last five years. | | (282913) | 297
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year-olds who were released from each young offender institution in each of the last five years were reconvicted within a year of release. | | (282914) | 298
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year-olds who were released from young offender institutions after serving a sentence for a non-violent offence were reconvicted within a year for a violent offence in each of the last five years. | | (282915) | 299
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year-olds in each young offender institution had previously been in the care of their local authority. | | (282916) | 300
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year-olds who were convicted of non-violent crimes were given a community sentence in the last 12 months. | | (282917) | 301
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year-olds in each young offenders institution committed suicide in each of the last five years. | | (282919) | 302
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trained probation staff there were in the Probation Service in each of the last five years. | | (282809) | 303
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of changes to the number of probation staff in Derbyshire in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (282964) | 304
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were fined for an offence of (a) wasting police time and (b) giving a false report in each year since 2003. | | (282974) | 305
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were fined for offences of using threatening words or behaviour likely to cause alarm, harassment or distress under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 in each year since 2003. | | (282975) | 306
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were fined for offences of intentionally harassing or scaring people in each year since 2003. | | (282976) | 307
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were fined for offences relating to damage to or destruction of property in each year since 2003. | | (282977) | 308
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for offences related to (a) child abuse, (b) child neglect and (c) sexual abuse of children in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282978) | 309
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department of press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since his Department was established. | | (283074) | 310
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for offences of fraud in relation to property leases there were in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East, (c) Teesside and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (282901) | 311
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of his Department's (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies have submitted bids for efficiency savings to be used for pay improvements in 2009 pay offers. | | (283033) | Questions to the Leader of the House 312
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hours between 4 May 2009 and 5 June 2009 each Minister in her Office who is also a Member of the House worked. | | (282778) | 313
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will publish lists of all hon. Members who participated in each round of voting to elect a Commons Speaker on 22 June 2009. | | (282453) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 314
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to his Department of employing press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. | | (283084) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 315
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her latest assessment is of the legacy for Ashford constituency for the London 2012 Olympics Games; and if she will make a statement. | | (283000) | Questions to the Prime Minister 316
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions since June 2007 he has met (a) President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic, (b) President Lech Kaczynski of Poland and (c) President Dmitri Medvedev of the Russian Federation. | | (282723) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 317
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost to his Department of (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997. | | (283067) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 318
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what consideration he has given to the merits of transferring High Speed 1 to Network Rail. | | (282561) | 319
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that SNCF does not secure a disproportionate share of cross-Channel rail traffic. | | (282562) | 320
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 704W, on the Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission, who the UK representatives on the Intergovernmental Commission are; and how they were selected. | | (282585) | 321
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 704W, on the Channel Tunnel railway line: fares, if he will request the Intergovernmental Commission to raise with Eurotunnel the level of track access charges through the Channel Tunnel, with particular reference to the implementation of his policy of encouraging (a) high speed passenger rail traffic and (b) international rail freight. | | (282586) | 322
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 427W, on the Channel Tunnel railway line, for what reason no recent assessment of the effect of track access charges on the potential growth of international freight through the Channel Tunnel has been made. | | (282587) | 323
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many members of staff within (a) his Department and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority were assigned to duties related to ensuring the continuity of rail services following the surrender of franchises by (i) GNER and (ii) Connex. | | (283038) | 324
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) GNER and (b) Connex surrendering their franchise. | | (283039) | 325
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the continuity of rail services in the event of the default of a franchisee; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such provision. | | (283040) | 326
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many staff of his Department would be required to manage the return of a franchise by a train operating company. | | (283041) | 327
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what requirement for train carriages to have windows able to be opened by passengers his Department specified in franchise agreements. | | (283042) | 328
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what maximum temperature in train carriages his Department specified in franchise agreements. | | (283043) | 329
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many rail services of each train operating company were (a) planned to run, (b) cancelled and (c) not in planned preventative maintenance in the last quarter of 2008-09. | | (283065) | 330
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many penalty fares have been issued by each train operating company in each year since 1997. | | (283066) | 331
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which railway stations in the London Borough of Bexley have received financial support from his Department for the installation of step-free access since 1997. | | (282755) | 332
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of mainline railway stations in London that do not have full step-free access. | | (283012) | 333
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many multi-purpose test centres were (a) planned to be open and (b) open at the time of the introduction of the new motorcycle practical test. | | (282909) | 334
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what percentage of the population lives within 20 miles or 45 minutes travel of a multi-purpose test centre. | | (282910) | 335
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many planning applications for multi-purpose test centres were refused by local planning committees. | | (282911) | 336
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost to date of developing and constructing multi-purpose test centres and (b) the cost of completing the remaining centres. | | (282912) | 337
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the cost to his Department of press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997. | | (283069) | 338
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many residents of Tamworth constituency had their driving licences suspended in each of the last three years. | | (282738) | 339
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much has been spent to increase rail capacity in the West Midlands since 2005. | | (282756) | 340
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which of his Department's (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies have submitted bids for efficiency savings to be used for pay improvements in 2009 pay offers. | | (283030) | 341
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 200W, on departmental manpower, what recent forecast his Department has made of the number of posts in each bargaining unit on 31 March 2010. | | (282956) | 342
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether officials in his Department have had discussions on de-recognition of the Public and Commercial Services Union in (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and (b) his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (282957) | 343
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 383W, on departmental training, which bargaining units have rolled out his Department's competency framework for employees in pay bands 1 to 7. | | (282958) | 344
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what percentage of (a) white and (b) non-white staff received the highest performance marking in the core business units of (i) the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions and (ii) the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (282959) | 345
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what percentage of (a) white and (b) non-white staff received the highest performance mark in his Department's 2008-09 reporting round. | | (282960) | 346
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of free bus travel for the elderly; and if he will make a statement. | | (282683) | 347
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Highways Agency on required improvements to the A419 between Nettleton Bottom and Brockworth, Gloucestershire. | | (282722) | 348
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received on funding for the construction of bus lanes in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point. | | (282812) | 349
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many representations his Department has received on traffic congestion in town centres in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (282860) | 350
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average number of journeys per day by each mode of transport between London and destinations in Castle Point constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282862) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 351
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has submitted a bid for efficiency savings to be used for pay improvements in 2009 pay offers. | | (283032) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 352
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of carer's allowance in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in the last 12 months. | | (282784) | 353
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's policies on welfare reform on families in Tamworth constituency. | | (282739) | 354
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Tamworth constituency have claimed pension payments from the Pension Protection Fund in each year since its inception. | | (282740) | 355
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time for claims received for (a) pension credit, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) winter fuel allowance in (i) the UK, (ii) the north-east, (iii) Teesside and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282940) | 356
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of her Department's agencies have submitted bids for efficiency savings to be used for pay improvements in 2009 pay offers. | | (283031) | 357
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide relevant training to help back into employment those who became unemployed during the recession. | | (282451) | 358
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will add those in receipt of high care component of Disability Living Allowance to the list of those considered as having limited capability for work for employment and support allowance. | | (282897) | 359
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her most recent assessment is of levels of poverty among working parents who are not eligible for low income benefits. | | (282848) | 360
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her most recent assessment is of levels of poverty among working parents who are not eligible for tax credits. | | (282865) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 361
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of implementing the EU Agency Workers Directive; and what his policy is on the application of the new burden doctrine to implementation of that Directive. | | [Transferred] (282781) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 362
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of time was for which jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants resident in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster received JSA in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (282785) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 363
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the role of street markets in local economies. | | [Transferred] (282763) | 364
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point receive small business rate relief. | | [Transferred] (282846) | 365
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point which qualify for small business rate relief but do not claim it. | | [Transferred] (282847) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 366
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average sum agreed in settlement was for (a) vibration white finger and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claims submitted by the 10 solicitors firms with the greatest number of claims for each condition under the Coal Miners Compensation Scheme. | | [Transferred] (282810) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 367
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year-olds in each young offenders institution have been diagnosed with mental health problems as a result of their detention. | | [Transferred] (282918) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 368
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the visa enquiry section of the British Consulate in Cairo plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 11 June 2009 on Manal Mohmed Abdalla. | | [Transferred] (282941) | 369
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were fined for an offence of drunkenness in (a) a highway, (b) a public place and (c) licensed premises in each year since 2003. | | [Transferred] (282954) |
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