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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 29 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 29 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 29 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 29 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 29 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what projects the Export Credits Guarantee Department has supported through its Fixed Rate Export Finance scheme since 1 January 2009; and what the (a) date of approval, (b) amount of exposure at that date, (c) UK company concerned, (d) destination country for the export and (e) project or product involved was in each case. | | (283271) | 2
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department has provided to (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses in (i) Merseyside and (ii) Crosby constituency during the economic downturn. | | (283185) | 3
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on (a) the placing into administration of Setanta and (b) the future financial position of (i) Setanta and (ii) its employees; and if he will make a statement. | | (282801) | 4
N | Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of those who were released from prison in each year from 2000 to 2006 (a) did and (b) did not achieve a degree while in prison. | | (282235) | 5
N | Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of those released from prison who (a) achieved and (b) did not achieve a degree whilst in prison re-offended within two years of their release in each year from 2000 to 2006. | | (282236) | 6
N | Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many prisoners gained a degree while in prison in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003, (e) 2004, (f) 2005, (g) 2006 and (h) 2007. | | (282237) | 7
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to facilitate the establishment of the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills; and if he will make a statement. | | (282468) | 8
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the provision of funding for the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills in Thurrock has been delayed; and if he will make a statement. | | (282469) | 9
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of trade between the UK and Saudi Arabia in the last five years. | | (283313) | 10
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of trade between the UK and Lebanon in the last five years. | | (283314) | 11
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage trade between the UK and Saudi Arabia. | | (283317) | 12
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made in selling parts of the student loan book following the enactment of the Sale of Student Loans Act 2008. | | (283171) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 13
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths there have been from each type of cancer as recorded by the ICD-10 classification in each year since 1997. | | (283288) | 14
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many adult males have been diagnosed with breast cancer in England in each year from 2005. | | (282925) | 15
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men have died from breast cancer in each year since 2005. | | (282926) | 16
| Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the latest estimate is of the number of children in a household in which no adult is in work in (a) the UK and (b) Stoke-on-Trent. | | (283099) | 17
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the effect on the publication of the Basingstoke Water Cycle report of the interpretation of the national security circular in relation to water assets. | | (282805) | 18
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department provides facilities for meditation for its staff. | | (283103) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 19
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, columns 982-3W, on taxation: rebates, what the longest time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to process an application for a tax refund was in the last 12 months. | | (283178) | 20
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average the Tax Credit Office took to respond to written queries in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (282923) | 21
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any full-time equivalent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to legacy planning for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (283163) | 22
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was collected in amusement machine licence duty in respect of each category of amusement machine in each year since its inception. | | (283252) | 23
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the monetary value of claims lodged with HM Revenue and Customs for repayment of overpaid value added tax arising as a result of the decision of the House of Lords in the cases of Fleming and Conde Nast and (b) the amount paid out by HM Revenue and Customs in respect of such claims. | | (282981) | 24
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) rules and (b) procedures apply to (i) the sale by Departments of property they own and (ii) the allocation of any proceeds from the sale. | | (282985) | 25
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of public debt interest as a percentage of tax revenue in each of the next five years. | | (283227) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 26
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have requested the name of one of their children to be removed from the ContactPoint database since the database was introduced. | | (283205) | 27
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have been convicted of an offence related to misuse of information on the ContactPoint database. | | (283274) | 28
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have been disciplined for misuse of data collected for the ContactPoint database in each year since data collection for that database began. | | (283329) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of spending by his Department on the gifted and talented programme in each year from 2009-10 to 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. | | (283223) | 30
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding from each source fund of his Department's standards funds has been allocated in the last 12 months; and how much such funding he expects to be allocated in the next 12 months. | | (283224) | 31
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding from each source fund of the area-based grant scheme he expects to be allocated in the next 12 months. | | (283225) | 32
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what budget his Department has agreed with each of its non-departmental bodies for the period 2009 to 2011. | | (283290) | 33
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) most recent annual budget, (b) purpose and (c) staff complement is of each of his Department's (i) advisory bodies, (ii) tribunals and (iii) corporations. | | (283291) | 34
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost of educating a pupil with special educational needs was in a (a) special school, (b) mainstream primary school and (c) mainstream secondary school in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282649) | 35
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in each local authority area received three or more fixed-period exclusions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (282920) | 36
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has allocated for enhancements to the Integrated Children's System in 2009-10; what criteria were used in determining such allocations; and how much of such funding has been passed to local authorities. | | (282921) | 37
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 234W, on children: protection, under what budgetary headings he expects the £57.8 million new spending to come. | | (282922) | 38
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what budget he has allocated to the Child Workforce Development Council for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) each future year for which figures are available. | | (283236) | 39
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent staff the Child Workforce Development Council employed in each year since its establishment. | | (283237) | 40
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 996W, on schools: standards, how many field forces there are; what the remit of the National Strategies Field Force is; and what expenditure his Department incurred on each of the 10 largest field forces in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283238) | 41
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 989W, on children: databases, by what date he expects all local authority ContactPoint teams to have been given access to ContactPoint. | | (283239) | 42
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to promote the teaching of science in primary schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (283275) | 43
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will assess the effects of school admissions policies based on residential location on social diversity among school pupils. | | (283094) | 44
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent research he has evaluated on levels of efficiency in relation to (a) his Department's spending on schools and (b) funds spent by maintained schools. | | (283096) | 45
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many leave to remove applications have been brought in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and how many such cases have been granted in each such year. | | (283303) | 46
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on the well-being of families of the use of leave to remove applications; and if he will make a statement. | | (283304) | 47
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of successful leave to remove applications on the well-being of the (a) children subject to the application and (b) parent remaining in the UK. | | (283305) | 48
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department takes steps to monitor the welfare of those children who have been the subject of successful leave to remove applications; and if he will make a statement. | | (283306) | 49
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the rights of parents resident in England seeking to challenge leave to remove applications; and if he will make a statement. | | (283307) | 50
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information he holds for benchmarking purposes on the policies of the (a) US and (b) New Zealand government on leave to remove applications. | | (283308) | 51
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy not to recognise leave to remove applications; and if he will make a statement. | | (283309) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 52
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for Homeowners Mortgage Support have been granted to residents of (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency. | | (283172) | 53
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were in temporary accommodation in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency in each of the last five years; and what the average time spent in such accommodation was. | | (283181) | 54
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the delivery by local authorities of the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) scheme in relation to (a) levels of local authority contributions to DFG, (b) the prioritisation of applications from individuals in urgent need of adaptations to their homes and (c) levels of compliance with target times for delivery under the scheme; and if he will take steps to ensure that uprating of DFG funding allocations by his Department is implemented by local authorities administering the scheme. | | (283193) | 55
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which regional spatial strategies are being reviewed in relation to provision for sites for Gypsies and Travellers; and when he expects each such review to be completed. | | (282927) | 56
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the 2006 baseline requirement for Gypsy and Traveller pitches is in each region; and what requirement for such pitches for the period 2006 to 2016 has been included in each (a) finalised and (b) draft regional spatial strategy. | | (282928) | 57
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to (a) local authorities, (b) leaseholders and (c) tenants about the health risks from asbestos in residential property; and if he will make a statement. | | (282466) | 58
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many small businesses in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) the West Midlands claimed relief under the Small Business Rate Relief Scheme in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (283230) | 59
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the establishment of the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills in Thurrock is progressed. | | (282470) | 60
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which banks (a) participate in and (b) offer mortgage finance for purchasers under the (i) HomeBuy Direct, (ii) OwnHome, (iii) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (iv) the First-time Buyers' Initiatve, (v) MyChoice HomeBuy, (vi) New Build HomeBuy, (vii) Social HomeBuy and (viii) Rent to HomeBuy scheme. | | (283235) | 61
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households on social housing waiting lists which are (a) single person, (b) two-person, (c) three-person and (d) four or more person households. | | (283241) | 62
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated by (a) his Department and (b) local authorities in Supporting People grants in each of the last five years. | | (283330) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 63
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in designating intertidal wreck sites as ancient monuments; what recent discussions he has had with English Heritage on that matter; what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals for the designation of wreck sites; and what assessment he has made of the merits of designating the Purton Hulks site, Gloucestershire, as an ancient monument. | | (283169) | 64
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's estimate is of the level of under-spend over the whole period of the Digital Switchover Help Scheme, as referred to in the Digital Britain report; and how this estimate has been arrived at. | | (283164) | 65
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to encourage children to adopt more active lifestyles in (a) Test Valley Borough and (b) Southampton in the last 12 months. | | (283320) | 66
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary or State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the contribution of the proposed National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills in Thurrock to the London 2012 Olympic events including training and technical support; and if he will make a statement. | | (282467) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 67
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the acquisition of rights over design information and assured access to relevant design knowledge in respect of procurement of (a) armoured fighting vehicles, (b) fixed wing piloted aircraft, (c) helicopters, (d) unmanned aerial vehicles, (e) ships, (f) submarines, (g) electronic equipment and programmes and (h) other purchases. | | (282807) | 68
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether civilians and non-combatants have been injured during operations by British military personnel using white phosphorus in (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) elsewhere in the last 10 years; what his policy is on the use of white phosphorus munitions by British forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (283298) | 69
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in establishing a defence-specific inflation index. | | (283300) | 70
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve accommodation for service personnel. | | (282460) | 71
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve accommodation for service families. | | (282461) | 72
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides for the families of service personnel killed in action. | | (282462) | 73
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve equipment for Army personnel. | | (282463) | 74
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve equipment for Royal Air Force personnel. | | (282464) | 75
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure has been incurred in respect of (a) upgrading facilities and (b) other purposes for missile testing facilities at (i) the Hebrides Range and (ii) each other such range in the UK in each of the last three years. | | (282806) | 76
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 35-6W, on armed forces: housing, what discussions he has had with Modern Housing Solutions on the figures for numbers of married quarters by standard for condition in the Faithful and Gould survey carried out by Modern Housing Solutions. | | [R] (282754) | 77
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has been represented at a meeting of the UK Health Departments Partnership Board in each year since 2007; and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have attended each such meeting. | | (283177) | 78
| 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 sharing of best practice between the Defence Medical Services and NHS Scotland in the last two years; and what other mechanisms are in place to ensure that best practice between those services is shared. | | (283201) | 79
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the (a) travel and (b) accommodation costs of families visiting service personnel in hospital have been met by his Department in the last two years. | | (283202) | 80
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the new armed forces accommodation announced in Budget 2009 to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (283311) | 81
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have resumed (a) front line service and (b) civilian military support duties after being diagnosed with a mental health condition in each year since 1997. | | (283312) | 82
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases his Department have closed in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (283321) | 83
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases his Department has in Northern Ireland; and how many such bases it (a) owned and (b) operated in each year since 1998. | | (283324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 84
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many representations he has received on the clarity of information on energy bills and tariffs since the Ofgem Energy Supply Probe was launched in February 2008. | | (283276) | 85
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings Ofgem has had with (a) energy suppliers and (b) consumer groups and representatives on its Energy Supply Probe since 2008. | | (283277) | 86
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings he and other Ministers in his Department have had with (a) Ofgem, (b) energy suppliers and (c) energy consumer groups or representatives since October 2008 in the last 12 months. | | (283278) | 87
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Board of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority has taken to protect consumers. | | (283279) | 88
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects Ofgem to publish its final report on its Energy Supply Probe. | | (283280) | 89
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to his statement on 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 382-4, on coal carbon capture and storage, what assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition of the additional CCS demonstration projects. | | (283179) | 90
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Statement on 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 382-4, on coal carbon capture and storage, whether any recent changes have been made to his Department's policy for the phased scaling of carbon capture and storage demonstration plants. | | (283180) | 91
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much Ofgem has paid to Opinion Leader Research (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2009-10 to date. | | (283203) | 92
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of the Fuel Poverty Summit convened by Ofgem in April 2008. | | (283244) | 93
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) interim and (b) final audit report complied by PFK for Ofgem on complaint handling. | | (283245) | 94
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many boilers running on (a) wood chips and (b) other biomass fuels have been installed under the Warm Front scheme in each of the last five years. | | (283246) | 95
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what terms of reference were given to PFK in respect of its work for Ofgem on complaints handling; and what fees were paid to the company for that work. | | (283247) | 96
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households were on a social tariff from their energy supplier in each of the last five years. | | (283249) | 97
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of a social tariff from their energy supplier who paid less than they would on the cheapest non-social tariff offered by that supplier in each of the last five years. | | (283250) | 98
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what arrangements his Department has made regarding the continuity of fuel supplies to power stations in the event of an influenza pandemic. | | (283254) | 99
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) Display Energy Certificate and (b) advisory report for the offices of the Committee on Climate Change at Manning House, Carlisle Place. | | (283257) | 100
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what payments Ofgem has made to the members of its (a) Consumer Challenge Panel and (b) Consumer First Panel in the last 12 months. | | (283258) | 101
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what process was used to select Opinion Leader Research to conduct work on Ofgem's Consumer First Panel. | | (283259) | 102
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that energy tariffs are the same before account is taken of administration costs for customers who pre-pay and those who pay quarterly bills. | | (283095) | 103
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of heat derived from renewable sources (a) generated and (b) consumed by each industrial sector in each year since 2005. | | (282272) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 104
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of flood risk of the scenarios shown in the most recent UK climate projections. | | (283231) | 105
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take at EU level following the rejection of the Government's proposed amendment to Regulation 21/2004 on electronic identification of sheep at the EU Agriculture Council meeting of 22 June 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (283149) | 106
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make (a) an estimate of the cost and (b) an assessment of compatibility with EU state-aid rules of provision of compensation to members of the Dairy Farmers of Britain co-operative for the loss of payments for milk supplied to the co-operative in May 2009. | | (283216) | 107
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the receivers of the Dairy Farmers of Britain co-operative on payment of the May 2009 milk cheque to members supplying the co-operative. | | (283217) | 108
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the receivers of the Dairy Farmers of Britain co-operative about the business prospects of former members of the co-operative. | | (283218) | 109
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK dairy industry on the collapse of the Dairy Farmers of Britain co-operative. | | (283219) | 110
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 938W, on bovine tuberculosis: vaccination, if he will consult hon. Members for constituencies in the most affected areas on (a) numbers of farmers signing up to participate in the pilots and (b) mechanisms to be put in place for the administration of the vaccine. | | (283299) | 111
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 578W, on waste disposal: Newcastle upon Tyne, whether his Department issues guidance to local authorities on the inclusion of incinerators as a waste management option in private finance initiative contracts for waste disposal. | | (283302) | 112
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste has been recycled by each local authority area in the Ceremonial County of Hampshire in each of the last five years. | | (283297) | 113
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the risk of diffuse pollution from (a) agriculture, (b) transport and (c) industry in the Tame Valley catchment area. | | (283222) | 114
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the publication of the Basingstoke Water Cycle report of the interpretation of the national security circular in relation to water assets. | | (282804) | 115
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the designation of an area as a National Park on the level of wildlife in that area. | | (282803) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 116
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) funding and (b) other assistance his Department has provided to support the National Accord in Kenya in the last 12 months. | | (283273) | 117
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 964W, on Afghanistan: detainees, whether the British Embassy in Washington notified officials in his Department of the transfer of detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Bermuda before those detainees arrived in Bermuda. | | (283232) | 118
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the EU-Jordan Informal Summit on 17 June 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (283233) | 119
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 435W, on departmental opinion polls, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Survey of partners across Government. | | (283234) | 120
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, columns 629-30W, on Afghanistan: detainees, what the role of the (a) government and (b) Governor of Bermuda is in respect of Bermudese foreign affairs; and if he will make a statement. | | (283326) | 121
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 631W, on Afghanistan: detainees. whether the agreement between the United States and the government of Bermuda regarding the transfer of inmates from Guantánamo Bay includes financial provisions; and if he will make a statement. | | (283327) | 122
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 630W, on Afghanistan: detainees, when the Governor of Bermuda was first informed that the four Muslim Uighur refugees had been detainees in Guantánamo Bay | | (283328) | 123
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support a nuclear weapons convention as a means to the elimination of nuclear weapons. | | (282663) | 124
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing a cyber security operations centre. | | (283310) | 125
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on piracy in the waters around the Horn of Africa. | | (283315) | 126
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time staff his Department employs at its embassy in North Korea. | | (283316) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 127
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in implementing (a) recommendation 4 and (b) the other recommendations made in the report by Professor Mike Richards on Improving access to medicines for NHS patients, published on 4 November 2008. | | (283240) | 128
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the graph in figure 15 of page 119 of his Department's Cancer Reform Strategy, published on 3 December 2007, how much and what proportion of funding has been spent under each heading in each year since 1997-98. | | (283251) | 129
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the incidence of cancer with each ICD-10 classification. | | (283281) | 130
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency for the purposes of treating cancer of each ICD-10 classification. | | (283282) | 131
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of adverse incidents associated with the use of medicines outside their licensed indication in the last 12 months. | | (283283) | 132
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage uplift to the tariff to take account of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) technology appraisals and clinical guidelines has been in each year since the introduction of payment by results; which NICE technology appraisals have met the criteria for tariff adjustment; what the tariff adjustment was in each such case; and on what date each such NICE technology appraisal was published. | | (283284) | 133
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of exceptional case requests in England for anti-nausea treatments used to support patients receiving chemotherapy. | | (283285) | 134
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the review by strategic health authorities of arrangements to support collaboration in (a) decision-making on the use of new medicines, (b) exceptional funding requests and (c) the use of medicines outside their licensed indication. | | (283286) | 135
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his Department's programme budgeting data for 2007-08. | | (283287) | 136
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of appointments with dentists offering an NHS service which have been made in each region in each month of the last two years. | | (283192) | 137
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests for appointments with dentists offering an NHS service in each region have been refused on the basis that the dental practice had used its allocation of NHS funding in each month of the last two years. | | (283198) | 138
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on the provision of local maternity services of implementation of the proposed changes to the services provided on the maternity ward in Solihull Hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (283213) | 139
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) high-risk, (b) complicated and (c) premature births occurred at Solihull Hospital in the last 12 months; and what proportion of all births at the hospital each category represented in that period. | | (283221) | 140
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dentistry in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency. | | (283182) | 141
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of average waiting times for hospital treatment in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency. | | (283183) | 142
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the provision of oxygen cylinders and the transportation of medical equipment free of charge for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are travelling by air. | | (283170) | 143
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the influenza pandemic response strategy in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) nationally. | | (282261) | 144
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of hospital waiting times in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) nationally. | | (282262) | 145
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who were waiting for organ transplants had been waiting for longer than three weeks in (a) Test Valley Borough and (b) Southampton on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (283318) | 146
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England were diagnosed with chronic pain in each year since 1997. | | (283116) | 147
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to assist people diagnosed with chronic pain. | | (283152) | 148
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by the NHS to tackle chronic pain in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283153) | 149
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist pain management services there are in the NHS in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England. | | (283154) | 150
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data is used by NHS healthcare commissioners to determine the demand for specialist palliative and neurological care in Tamworth constituency. | | (283228) | 151
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to increase the uptake of screening for cancer in Staffordshire. | | (283229) | 152
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's guidelines for the treatment of myalgic encephalopathy compared to international best practice. | | (283105) | 153
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the revision of treatment guidelines for myalgic encephalopathy issued to trusts by his Department. | | (283106) | 154
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consult the public on their views on exemptions to the prohibition in smoking in public places for pubs and clubs; and if he will make a statement. | | (283117) | 155
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on the provision of services to adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. | | (283293) | 156
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has allocated to the NHS research and development programme for research into treatments and services for patients with adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the last five years. | | (283294) | 157
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people requiring treatment for adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); and what recent research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the (i) efficacy and (ii) cost-effectiveness of treatments for ADHD delivered by the NHS. | | (283295) | 158
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of a strategy to support adults with adult deficit hyperactivity disorder akin to that for adults with autism. | | (283296) | 159
| Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has evaluated on the potential effects on health of mobile telephone masts; and if he will make a statement. | | (283253) | 160
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has evaluated on the teratogenic properties of thalidomide. | | (279989) | 161
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to compensate those who have suffered adverse effects as a consequence of drugs prescribed by the NHS before the provisions of the Medical Safety Act 1968 came into effect. | | (279990) | 162
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward measures for the financial compensation of thalidomiders whose mothers were prescribed thalidomide by the NHS. | | (280024) | 163
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation's assessment of the two new candidate vaccines for the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. | | (283167) | 164
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under which budget headings the £80 million of savings from the temporary reduction in value added tax to be used by the NHS for complementary support will be allocated. | | (283220) | 165
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the funds for the extension of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Framework to cover NHS trusts in the South of England that are not included in the Local Service Provider contract with BT will be taken from the existing National Programme for IT budget. | | (282885) | 166
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Framework in the next five years. | | (282886) | 167
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent (a) in total, (b) in accrediting systems for and (c) in staffing costs of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Framework in each year since its inception. | | (282887) | 168
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 494, on NHS debts, what the amount is of each loan provided by his Department to NHS trusts; what interest rate is payable on each; and what the expected redemption date is of each. | | (283204) | 169
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many additional doctors have been recruited since 2004 to enable compliance with the requirements of the European Working Time Directive; and how many he estimates will be so required from August 2009. | | (283212) | 170
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which budget funding for the extension of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Framework to cover the 52 NHS Trusts in the south of England that are not included in the local service provider contract with BT will be drawn. | | (283260) | 171
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Framework in each of the next five years. | | (283261) | 172
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's expenditure on the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Framework has been in each year since its inception; and what the cost of (a) accrediting systems for and (b) staffing the Framework was in each of those years. | | (283262) | 173
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Minister signed off each business case for the NHS IT programme approved since 2002. | | (283263) | 174
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Nutrition Delivery Action Plan Delivery Board's report. | | (283264) | 175
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates the Standing Commission on Carers has met; and if he will publish the minutes of each meeting. | | (283265) | 176
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the quality adjusted life years formula with the NHS constitution. | | (283266) | 177
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (283107) | 178
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of running pilot schemes relating to recommendations of the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England. | | (283109) | 179
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his timetable is for pilot schemes relating to recommendations of the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England. | | (283110) | 180
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full-time, (b) full-time equivalent and (c) part-time staff from his Department provided support for the production and publication of the report of the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England. | | (283111) | 181
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of staff provided by his Department for the production of the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England. | | (283112) | 182
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what remuneration was provided to members of the review team for the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England. | | (283113) | 183
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in recruiting a new Chair of the Food Standards Agency. | | (283155) | 184
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of meditation techniques in (a) mental health care and (b) other aspects of health care for prisoners. | | (283101) | 185
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an assessment of the effects of use of meditation techniques by NHS staff. | | (283102) | 186
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long on average a child waited from initial assessment for mental health service therapeutic support in each local authority area in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (283292) | 187
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls to the Carers Direct helpline have (a) resulted in the allocation to a social worker of a new case and (b) required an urgent case assessment by a social worker since the helpline was established. | | (282465) | 188
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stage has been reached in the process of appointing a new Chair of the Food Standards Agency; and when he expects the successful candidate to take up the post. | | (282888) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 189
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders were recorded in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency in each year since the inception of such orders. | | (283186) | 190
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood policing schemes in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency. | | (283187) | 191
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for policing in Crosby constituency was in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (283188) | 192
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Merseyside aged (a) under 18 and (b) between 18 and 24 years old have been (i) cautioned and (ii) prosecuted for alcohol-related offences in each of the last five years. | | (283189) | 193
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Merseyside aged (a) under 18 and (b) between 18 and 24 years old have been (i) cautioned and (ii) prosecuted for drug-related offences in each of the last five years. | | (283190) | 194
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 667W, on immigration, if he will take steps to expedite his decision in the case with his Department's reference G1082747; and if he will make a statement. | | (282802) | 195
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Zimbabwean nationals (a) resident and (b) who have applied for residency in England in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (282924) | 196
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 321W, on travel restrictions, whether he received any representations from US officials about the inclusion on the list of foreign nationals barred from entry to the UK of (a) Michael Savage and (b) any other US citizen. | | (282340) | 197
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been (a) issued and (b) breached in the London Borough of Bexley since December 2005. | | (283160) | 198
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to tackle knife crime; and if he will make a statement. | | (283215) | 199
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision was made on the proposed closure of the Forensic Science Services Chorley laboratory. | | (282980) | 200
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of violent crime requiring forensic science capabilities there have been in the police force areas covering (a) Lancashire, (b) Merseyside, (c) Cumbria, (d) North Wales, (e) Greater Manchester and (f) Cheshire in each of the last five years. | | (282984) | 201
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitor visas were issued to Chinese nationals in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. | | (283323) | 202
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitor visas were issued to Russian nationals in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. | | (283325) | 203
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cautions were given for the (a) possession of and (b) creation of pornographic images of children in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (282745) | 204
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the electronic processing of emergency visa applications from Jamaica has been suspended; when it will be resumed; and what steps he is taking to ensure that applications for emergency visas from that country can be granted where appropriate. | | (282890) | 205
N | Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which boroughs in London the number of police officers will be reduced in the next 12 months as a result of the application of the Metropolitan Police resource allocation formula; and if he will make a statement. | | (281789) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 206
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to build capacity to support democratic institutions in Kenya. | | (283150) | 207
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to the government of Kenya for the promotion and implementation of the National Accord. | | (283151) | 208
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist the development of civic society in Kenya. | | (283166) | 209
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of his Department's development aid to Kenya which was (a) misappropriated and (b) used for purposes other than those for which it was intended in the last two years. | | (283168) | 210
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much overseas development assistance his Department has allocated to projects in Kenya in each year from 2007 to 2010. | | (283272) | 211
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (283161) | 212
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources his Department has committed to developing countries for (a) improving maternal health and (b) address sexual and reproductive (i) health and (ii) rights in each of the next three years. | | (282514) | 213
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to fund programmes for the (a) screening and (b) treatment of ante-natal syphilis in developing countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (282515) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 214
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on legal aid for judicial review cases in each of the last five years. | | (282184) | 215
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much expenditure the Legal Services Commission has incurred on expert witnesses in (a) family law cases and (b) criminal law cases funded through legal aid in each of the last five years. | | (282185) | 216
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are limits on the amount an expert witness may charge in legal aid cases. | | (282186) | 217
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many charging orders for debt were obtained at each county court in each of the last two years. | | (283242) | 218
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average offenders with a minimum sentence of life spent in prison in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283200) | 219
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on his review of the starting point for the minimum sentence for murder involving the use of a knife; and if he will make a statement. | | (283114) | 220
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Chinese nationals who are in prison in the UK. | | (283322) | 221
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provides training for prison staff in meditation techniques. | | (283100) | 222
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake research into the effectiveness of meditation techniques for prison service staff in assisting them to carry out their duties. | | (283104) | Questions to the Leader of the House 223
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she intends to take to improve the system of written Parliamentary questions in the House. | | (282679) | 224
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Leader of the House, when she expects the Government's Draft Legislative Programme for 2009-10 to be published; and if she will make a statement. | | (282650) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 225
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (283162) | 226
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many part-time reservists have been retained by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (282741) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 227
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans she has to encourage construction companies on the Olympic site to use waterborne freight. | | (281746) | 228
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether construction companies working on the Olympic site have clauses within their contracts to encourage waterborne freight. | | (281747) | 229
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) goods and (b) other materials which will be transported to the main Olympic site by water. | | (281748) | 230
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent assessment she has made of the economic effects of the London 2012 Olympics on (a) Ribble Valley constituency and (b) Lancashire. | | (282260) | 231
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympic sailing events at Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour. | | (281643) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 232
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any full-time equivalent members of staff in his Department are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (283158) | 233
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which sections of his Department have requested money saved from efficiency savings to be used for increased pay in their 2009 pay offer to staff. | | (283214) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 234
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which Crossrail contracts awarded for (a) the Crossrail Programme Partner, (b) the Crossrail Delivery Partner, (c) the DfT Programme Partner and (d) the Network Rail Delivery Partner were awarded to (i) US companies, (ii) UK companies and (iii) other companies; which were subject to open tender; and if he will make a statement. | | (282884) | 235
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated for the purposes of improving public transport in (a) Test Valley Borough and (b) Southampton in the last 12 months. | | (283319) | 236
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal road traffic accidents were recorded in (i) Southampton and (ii) Test Valley Borough in 2008. | | (283332) | 237
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps at EU level to seek to ensure mutual recognition of driving disqualifications in all EU member states. | | (282982) | 238
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the distance travelled on (a) Highways Agency roads and (b) other roads by foreign-registered light vehicles in the last 12 months. | | (282889) | 239
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising at each airport in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (283255) | 240
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operations of each rail franchise in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (283256) | 241
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) consultants and (b) contractors worked in the human resources section of his Department in 2008-09. | | (283194) | 242
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether consultants employed by his Department have served on departmental boards established to determine (a) promotions and (b) level transfers in the last 12 months. | | (283195) | 243
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether consultants acting as interim managers in his Department may (a) dismiss civil servants and (b) initiate formal procedures against civil servants on the grounds of (i) poor performance, (ii) attendance and (iii) discipline. | | (283199) | 244
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many new (a) road traffic signs and (b) road markings have been included in the Highway Code in each year since 1997. | | (282742) | 245
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of levels of (a) understanding of and (b) compliance with road signs and markings among drivers aged (i) between 17 and 24, (ii) between 25 and 30, (iii) between 31 and 35, (iv) between 36 and 40, (v) between 40 and 60 and (vi) over 60 years. | | (282743) | 246
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) collisions and (b) collisions causing injuries occurred during motorcycle driving tests in the calendar year up to 28 April 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (283301) | 247
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he plans to publish the Regulations on Quality Contracts. | | (282541) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 248
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether any full-time equivalent members of staff in his Department are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (283159) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 249
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received on the supply by individual pension providers of updated information to customers under pension simplification regulations. | | (282349) | 250
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) York (i) applied for incapacity benefit, (ii) were required to attend a personal capability assessment, (iii) had their incapacity benefit refused following an assessment and (iv) had their incapacity benefit reinstated following a review or appeal in the latest 12 month period for which information is available. | | (283108) | 251
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her most recent estimate is of the number of key workers in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency. | | (283184) | 252
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the effect on the number of carers eligible for carer's allowance of raising the current earnings threshold for eligibility to (a) £150, (b) £200 and (c) £250 per week. | | (283191) | 253
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many training and skills contracts her Department has with A4e; what percentage of people who have attended such A4e training and skills courses have been placed into permanent employment; who supervises and inspects sites where A4e are giving such courses; and if she will make a statement. | | (283289) | 254
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support her Department provided to debt counselling agencies in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (283243) | 255
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent changes have been made to the methods of delivery of Flexible New Deal contracts in the south east district; and if she will make a statement. | | (282684) | 256
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) lone parents, (b) incapacity benefit claimants and (c) jobseeker's allowance claimants she estimates will be covered by the single personalised employment programme pilot scheme. | | (282685) | 257
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to the single personalised employment programme pilot scheme since it was first announced; and when it is expected to commence. | | (282686) | 258
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8 June 2009, Official Report, columns 27-28WS, on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, whether the optional protocol to the convention will be designated a European Community Treaty. | | (282744) | 259
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in receipt of carer's allowance who may have recourse to national insurance contribution credits in accordance with the provisions of the National Insurance Contribution Credits (Transfer of Functions) Order 2009; and what estimate she has made of the monetary value of such credits in 2009-10. | | (282800) | 260
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department expects to begin data-sharing with energy suppliers. | | (283248) | 261
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland claim disability living allowance; and what the cost to the public purse of such benefits was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (282983) | 262
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been advertised in each Jobcentre Plus district in each of the last 12 months. | | (282979) | 263
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how far in advance of expecting to become eligible for employment support allowance an individual may submit an application for it. | | (283165) | 264
N | Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants there were in (a) the UK and (b) Upminster constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (282358) |
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