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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 2 July 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 2 July 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 2 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 2 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 2 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship places have been created as a result of the awarding of new public procurement contracts since January 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (283898) | 2
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued on the inclusion of apprenticeship opportunities in criteria for Government procurement contracts. | | (283899) | 3
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has yet established its proposed construction task force. | | (283900) | 4
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has yet established its proposed construction clearing house. | | (283901) | 5
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date his Department was first informed of the Higher Education and Funding Council for England's audit of student numbers and course completion rates at London Metropolitan University. | | (283560) | 6
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to protect (a) student places and (b) staff jobs at London Metropolitan University following the Higher Education and Funding Council for England's request for repayment of funds allocated to the university in previous years. | | (283561) | 7
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure publication of the KPMG report commissioned by the Higher Education and Funding Council for England (HEFCE) into the finances of London Metropolitan University on its receipt by HEFCE. | | (283562) | 8
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with the Higher Education and Funding Council for England on the (i) finances of and (ii) student numbers at London Metropolitan University; and on what dates those discussions took place. | | (283563) | 9
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure an independent inquiry into the finances of London Metropolitan University following the Westminster Hall adjournment debate of 20 May 2009, Official Report, columns 435-57WH. | | (283745) | 10
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of students who will be seeking full-time university courses in England following the publication of relevant examinations results in August 2009. | | (283097) | 11
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of funded, full-time university places that will be available for students seeking to commence studies in (a) autumn 2009 and (b) autumn 2010 in each region. | | (283098) | 12
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, columns 981-2W, on Learning and Skills Council: finance, when he expects to announce the funding allocations to local authorities through the Learning and Skills Council for the academic year 2009-10. | | (284053) | 13
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, columns 981-2W, on the Learning and Skills Council: finance, what funding allocations were made to the London boroughs through the Learning and Skills Council in the academic years (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (284054) | 14
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, columns 981-2W, on the Learning and Skills Council: finance, what funding allocations were made to each London borough for informal adult learning in the academic years (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and what funding is planned for the academic year 2009-10. | | (284055) | 15
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on which universities offer (a) degrees and (b) other qualifications in forensic science. | | (283599) | 16
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which locations the Mimimum Wage Battle Bus visited in 2009; and on what dates those visits took place. | | (284149) | 17
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding each regional development agency has granted to trade union bodies since each such agency was established. | | (284173) | 18
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations his Department has received from businesses on the application of business rates to ports in the last 12 months; and what responses have been made to such representations. | | (284271) | 19
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Tamworth constituency were declared bankrupt in each of the last five years. | | (283846) | 20
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire were admitted to universities in England in each of the last five years. | | (283851) | 21
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment UK Trade and Investment has made of the UK's business competitiveness in international markets in each of the last three years; and against which competitors each assessment was made. | | (284037) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) engineering and (d) information and communication technology graduates were women in each year since 2001. | | (284281) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of apprenticeships were completed by women in each of the last 10 years. | | (284282) | 24
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to provide a substantive answer to Question 278968 tabled on 8 June 2009 by the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire, on the role of the Enterprise Champion; what the reasons for the time taken are; and if he will make a statement. | | (283444) | 25
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require small companies to disclose political donations in the notes to their financial statements. | | (284204) | 26
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit small companies from making donations to political parties. | | (284205) | 27
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1445-6W, on insolvency, what the reasons are for the time taken to finalise liquidation of companies which commenced 10 or more years ago. | | (284217) | 28
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require large companies to publish an annual table showing their assets, liabilities, incomes, profits, losses, employees and taxes paid in each country in which each operates. | | (284218) | 29
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has received the report of the inspectors investigating MG Rover. | | (283495) | 30
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will assess systems for widening participation in higher education applied in other countries for the purposes of the development of best practice in England. | | (283914) | 31
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency have successfully completed a Train to Gain course. | | (283895) | 32
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residents of (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency who have registered for Train to Gain courses have not yet commenced their training. | | (283896) | 33
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point which will be liable for payment of the levy proposed in the Digital Britain White Paper. | | (283897) | 34
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of apprentices starting this year who are (a) new employees hired as apprentices and (b) existing employees converting to apprentices; and what the equivalent figures were in each of the last three years. | | (283961) | 35
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Perth and North Perthshire constituency (a) have sought access to funds under and (b) are receiving assistance from the Working Capital Scheme. | | (284202) | 36
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Perth and North Perthshire constituency (a) have sought access to funds under and (b) are receiving assistance from the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme. | | (284203) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 37
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will meet representatives of mobile telephone companies to discuss reducing the cost of calling Government services from a mobile telephone. | | (283824) | 38
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people seeking work in the construction industry at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (283454) | 39
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment has been made of the cost-effectiveness of Government funding for (a) charities, (b) social enterprises and (c) voluntary organisations. | | (284206) | 40
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the 2002 cross-cutting review on the voluntary and community sector conducted by HM Treasury; and if she will make a statement. | | (284207) | 41
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the Government funding allocated to third sector organisations in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (284212) | 42
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information is held by (a) the Office for the Third Sector and (b) her Department on the level of Government funding for (i) charities, (ii) voluntary organisations and (iii) social enterprises. | | (284213) | 43
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of her Department's programmes allocate funding to charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations. | | (284278) | 44
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps have been taken to promote the Capacitybuilders and Futurebuilders schemes to charitable organisations in the West Midlands. | | (283850) | 45
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she expects to respond to the First Report of the Public Administration Select Committee, Session 2008-09, on Lobbying: access and influence in Whitehall, HC 36. | | (284298) | 46
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding has been allocated under the CapacityBuilders programme to charitable organisations active in each constituency in Essex in the last 12 months. | | (283893) | 47
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many loans of each type have been provided from the Futurebuilders programme to organisations in each constituency in Essex since the inception of that scheme. | | (283894) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 48
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of UK citizens who have deposits with banks in (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) other EU member states. | | (284126) | 49
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what compliance referencing of council tax lists is undertaken by (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) billing authorities. | | (283773) | 50
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Valuation Office Agency has made of the outcome of integrity checks of council tax lists in (a) England and (b) Wales. | | (283774) | 51
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use has been made of the Valuation Office Agency's council tax banding support tool in relation to properties in respect of which no formal appeal has been lodged. | | (283837) | 52
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Valuation Office Agency forms VO6403 have been (a) sent out and (b) returned as part of the 2010 business rates revaluation. | | (283839) | 53
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency form VO6403 used for the 2010 business rates revaluation. | | (283840) | 54
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology the Valuation Office Agency uses to calculate the rateable value of supermarket car parking spaces for the 2010 rates revaluation. | | (283844) | 55
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 772W, on the Valuation Office: freedom of information, and the subsequent deposited paper DEP2009-1797, if he will publish for each of the listed (a) freedom of information and (b) environmental information regulation requests details of the information requested. | | (283970) | 56
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's performance target on value for money from local taxation, what methodology is used to calculate yield from local taxation. | | (283996) | 57
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which elements of home information packs valued added tax is levied. | | (284006) | 58
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds records of the location of each mobile telephone mast for the purposes of the 2010 rates revaluation; and what data mobile telephone operators are required to provide to the Agency. | | (284045) | 59
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many homes had qualified for the zero carbon stamp duty exemption on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (284074) | 60
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the revenue which has accrued to the Exchequer from value added tax on home information packs. | | (284075) | 61
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate had been made of the gross cost to the Exchequer of the planned 2005 council tax revaluation prior to its postponement. | | (284076) | 62
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the gross cost to the public purse of the 2005 council tax revaluation in Wales. | | (284077) | 63
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets have been set for the Valuation Office Agency on value for money in relation to (a) local taxation and (b) inheritance tax; when those targets were set; and how performance against those targets is measured. | | (284078) | 64
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Valuation Office Agency has to replace its world class branding. | | (284079) | 65
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account the Valuation Office Agency takes of the effect of flooding of the market in assessing the value of a property for the purposes of inheritance tax. | | (284080) | 66
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 7.7 of the Minutes of the 49th Meeting of the Steering Committee on Harmonisation (Practice and Procedure) between England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland of 6-7 May 2009, which EU directive is expected to require all properties to have water meters. | | (284142) | 67
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 6 November 2008, Official Report, column 682W, on housing: valuation, in which locality in the valuation area of Westminster the dwelling with billing authority reference T2902011000007 is located. | | (284275) | 68
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been issued to bingo operators on whether the prohibition of smoking in public places represents a material change of circumstance for the purposes of the calculation of business rates levied on bingo halls. | | (284286) | 69
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Financial Services Authority on politically-exposed persons and bank accounts operated by regulated institutions. | | (284263) | 70
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Financial Action Task Force on the proposals made by the G20 leaders to improve the processes for compliance by jurisdictions with anti-money laundering and combating financial terrorism standards. | | (284267) | 71
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of anti-money laundering legislation in preventing people with connections with corrupt regimes having accounts with regulated banks. | | (284270) | 72
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the expenditure proposals contained in Annex A of the Building Britain's Future document will have a Barnett consequential for Wales. | | (283976) | 73
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money was paid to external advisers by (a) Northern Rock, (b) RBS, (c) other financial sector firms in which the Government owns a shareholding and (d) other financial sector firms in which the Government has been involved in recent restructuring for goods and services delivered to (i) his Department and (ii) the Bank of England during (A) 2008 and (B) 2009 to date. | | (283861) | 74
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the odds of winning a minimum prize with a £500 Premium Bond holding were in (a) 1992, (b) 1997, (c) 2001, (d) 2005 and (e) 2009. | | (284297) | 75
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid by HM Revenue and Customs in redundancy packages to employees following recent branch closures. | | (283699) | 76
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to hold public consultations on proposed changes to his Department's policy on levels of public debt. | | (283821) | 77
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time is for new child benefit claimants to receive written notification of their child benefit entitlement following their request for such notification; and in how many cases new claimants waited at least 30 days for such notification in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283624) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take further steps in co-operation with the mortgage insurance industry to assist first-time buyers to gain access to mortgage finance. | | (283904) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take further steps to assist first-time buyers to gain access to mortgage finance. | | (283905) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 80
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1069-70W, and 1434W, on rehabilitation: Lincolnshire, where the 35 residential places are located. | | (284146) | 81
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what terms and conditions are set by his Department in relation to the provision of funding from his Department's budget to (a) charities, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) social enterprises. | | (284210) | 82
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of A-level examinations in (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) mathematics, (d) information and communications technology and (e) a modern language were sat by women in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (284283) | 83
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much of his Department's £2.4 billion unspent capital funding at the end of the financial year 2008-09 referred to in the National Audit Office's report on financial management in his Department, HC 267, Session 2008-09, had been earmarked for early years capital programmes; for which such programmes such funding was earmarked; and whether that unspent funding will be carried over into future years. | | (284302) | 84
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local authorities did not meet the ContactPoint readiness assessment 7 deadline of 26 June 2009. | | (283441) | 85
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will publish each (a) letter and (b) email sent from his Department to the Youth Citizenship Commission since the commission was established. | | (283443) | 86
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, ccolumns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what the evidential basis is for his estimate that 4,000 additional dyslexia teachers will be required; in which local authority areas he expects such requirements to arise; and what plans he has to make funding allocations to schools for the employment of dyslexia teachers. | | (284062) | 87
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of implementation of his proposals for one-to-one tuition at (a) primary and (b) secondary level; and how many hours of such tuition per pupil per week he plans to provide. | | (284063) | 88
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, whether he plans to make additional funding allocations in respect of children with additional needs who are not dyslexic. | | (284064) | 89
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what process a prospective teacher will be required to follow to obtain a licence to teach; whether a licence to teach will be required of holders of a postgraduate certificate of education qualification; how often the licence to teach will have to be renewed; whether he proposes that a teacher should undertake a minimum number of hours of teaching to keep the licence to teach; whether teachers will be required to make a payment to obtain a licence to teach; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of administering the licence to teach scheme in the first 12 months of operation. | | (284065) | 90
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what arrangements he plans to make to enable teachers from overseas to obtain the licence to teach. | | (284066) | 91
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils between Years 3 and 6 who will require additional one-to-one tuition in (a) English and (b) mathematics in each of the next three years; how many hours of additional tuition per child he expects to provide; and how much he plans to allocate to the budgets of (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools to fund such tuition. | | (284067) | 92
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what criteria he plans to use to identify children who are behind at the end of their primary school education who are to be offered additional tuition at the start of their secondary education; what arrangements will be made for allocating funding to meet expenditure on such tuition; and whether the tuition offered will be in hours outside those provided for the teaching of the secondary school curriculum. | | (284068) | 93
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, what additional training he proposes for chairs of school governing bodies; from what budget the cost of such training will be drawn; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of (a) funding and (b) monitoring the outcomes of such training. | | (284069) | 94
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 165-80, on 21st century schools, how many members he expects a slimmer school governing body to comprise; and what criteria he plans to apply to reduce the size of school governing bodies. | | (284070) | 95
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of schools that cover issues related to violence against women in personal, social, health and economic education classes. | | (283600) | 96
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to respond to the letter of 12 May 2009 from the right hon. Member for Maidenhead on Aiming High for Disabled Children. | | (283606) | 97
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of attainment in science subjects by children at secondary level of the proposal of the Rose Review to replace science as a core subject in primary schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (284011) | 98
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will estimate the effect on public expenditure of reducing class sizes at Key Stage 1 to an average of 15 pupils. | | (283913) | 99
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of school days missed through unauthorised absence in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (284293) | 100
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many faith-based schools have received grants under both the Targeted Capital Fund and the Standards and Diversity Fund in the last two years. | | (283938) | 101
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants have been allocated under the Targeted Capital Fund in the last three years for which figures are available; and which of these were made under the standards and diversity element of the fund. | | (283962) | 102
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the objectives of the Standards and Diversity Fund are; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Fund. | | (283963) | 103
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 49-50WS, on schools capital funding (2009-10), how much funding his Department has allocated to the Targeted Capital Fund to date; and what the likely distribution of such funding is between the fund's programmes. | | (284056) | 104
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among those social services employees for which his Department is responsible in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. | | (283885) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 105
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what terms and conditions are set by his Department in relation to the provision of funding from his Department's budget to (a) charities, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) social enterprises. | | (284208) | 106
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the latest timetable is for each of the regional fire control room to become fully operational; whether any control room is expected to go live before June 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (283696) | 107
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the latest estimated total gross cost is of the FireControl project. | | (283697) | 108
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 203W, on official hospitality, in what format the intranet staff handbook is held. | | (283768) | 109
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 20, chapter one of the Draft Legislative Programme 2009, Cm 7654, what definition his Department uses of city-regional government. | | (283769) | 110
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the proposals relating to council and other social housing waiting lists in the Draft Legislative Programme 2009, Cm 7654, will apply to (a) immigrants from other EU member states and (b) asylum seekers from outside the EU. | | (283770) | 111
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on the use of Article 4 directions in relation to conservation areas. | | (283772) | 112
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the absolute monetary value of each local authority's net collectable debt has not been collected in each year since 1997-98. | | (283775) | 113
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding (a) the Government Office for London and (b) his Department has given to (i) Capital Standards and (ii) the London Environment Directors' Network in each of the last three years; and for what purposes. | | (283779) | 114
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Tribunal Service makes an estimate of the number of homes which are (a) over-valued for council tax purposes and (b) in too high a council tax band. | | (283780) | 115
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent payments the North East Regional Assembly and its successor have made to Sovereign Strategy in each of the last three years; and for what purposes. | | (283781) | 116
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to public bodies on allocation of services to Travellers. | | (283782) | 117
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the additional net revenue raised under the new arrangements for empty property business rates in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (283828) | 118
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will withdraw plans for unitary local government restructuring in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon. | | (283829) | 119
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the new London fire control centre to be operational. | | (283833) | 120
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for the publication of (a) draft and (b) final national policy statements. | | (283834) | 121
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities in relation to overpayments of council tax. | | (283838) | 122
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average annual change in council tax revenue collected by local authorities exercising their powers to reduce council tax discounts on (a) second and (b) empty homes in the last three years. | | (283841) | 123
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for completion of the research commissioned by his Department into the effects of paving on back gardens on levels of flood risk; how much that research has cost; and which organisation has been commissioned to undertake that research. | | (283842) | 124
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the roles are of (a) local and (b) regional resilience forums in preparations for an influenza pandemic. | | (283843) | 125
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of levels of compliance with duties relating to home information packs (HIPs) by (a) sellers and (b) estate agents since the introduction of HIPs. | | (283882) | 126
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which public bodies are responsible for overseeing the preparations made by local authorities for an influenza pandemic. | | (283884) | 127
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on his Department's review of the Housing Revenue Account; and if he will make a statement. | | (283912) | 128
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding the Homes and Communities Agency has allocated to each local authority for 2009-10. | | (283918) | 129
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the planned change in expenditure by his Department is in each of the next three years, expressed in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms. | | (283921) | 130
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many transactions have been completed under the HomeBuy Direct scheme to date. | | (283972) | 131
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 755W, on official hospitality, what the monetary value is above which special advisers in his Department are required to declare (a) hospitality and (b) gifts. | | (283979) | 132
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies for (a) 2009-10 and (b) each of the next three years. | | (283994) | 133
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated to his Department was allocated to local authorities in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (283995) | 134
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) location of refuse fires reported as having been deliberately set in the last 12 months. | | (283997) | 135
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of planning cases relating to Travellers were determined by the Planning Inspectorate in favour of those Travellers in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (283998) | 136
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to fire authorities for the purposes of meeting diversity and equality recruitment targets in each of the last five years. | | (283999) | 137
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department and its agencies have allocated for the advertisement of non-executive director posts at the Fire Service College. | | (284000) | 138
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the annual fee to be charged in respect of the proposed national registration scheme for landlords; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of that fee on the levels of rent charged by landlords. | | (284001) | 139
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the practice of co-mingling in relation to (a) local authority investments and (b) funds from the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (284002) | 140
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 318W, on fire services, whether staff in the London Fire Control Room will be eligible for the Fire Brigade's Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. | | (284003) | 141
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 7 January 2008, Official Report, column 252W, on planning permission: aerials, what progress has been made on the review of planning regulations affecting mobile telephone masts; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require full planning permission for the construction of such masts. | | (284004) | 142
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the recent judgement of the Court of Appeal in the case of Risk Management Partners United v Council of the London Borough of Brent and others on the establishment of new joint working service ventures. | | (284007) | 143
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether firms which are in arrears in their business rate payments will be eligible for the business rate deferral scheme. | | (284008) | 144
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant posts at the Infrastructure Planning Commission are being advertised to civil servants only. | | (284009) | 145
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of social housing units which are occupied by British nationals. | | (284039) | 146
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Audit Commission has for the rebranding of its comprehensive area assessment programme. | | (284040) | 147
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to collate and publish figures for allowances paid to councillors by each local authority. | | (284043) | 148
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage public satisfaction rate with (a) household waste collections and (b) local government as a whole was recorded by the (i) Best Value Survey and (ii) Place Survey in each relevant year since 1997. | | (284044) | 149
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the requirement of the Local Government Act 2003 in relation to the pooling of receipts from equity share sales on the number of local authorities which offer shared equity housing schemes. | | (284046) | 150
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for the forthcoming consultation exercise on local democratic renewal. | | (284071) | 151
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimated timetable is for the construction of each eco-town. | | (284072) | 152
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the gross cost to the public purse of the recent round of local government restructuring. | | (284073) | 153
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the rate of take-up of small business rate relief amongst eligible firms; and on what assumptions on take-up made in the 2008-09 financial year the increase in the multiplier for business rates for medium-sized and large firms was based. | | (284081) | 154
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 23W, on planning, what assessment he made of the effects on local authorities of the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on the time limits relating to planning permission. | | (284083) | 155
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the expected take-up rate of the partial deferment scheme for increases in business rates. | | (284084) | 156
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Audit Commission plans respond to the Seventh Report of the Communities and Local Government Committee of Session 2008-09, HC 164, on local authority investments. | | (284089) | 157
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on levels of (a) employee and (b) employer pension contributions in relation to councillors who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (284090) | 158
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the average maximum duration of validity of an energy performance certificate for a domestic property. | | (284167) | 159
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many completed transactions there have been under the (a) Social HomeBuy and (b) HomeBuy Direct scheme. | | (284168) | 160
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households have received financial support under the (a) Mortgage Rescue Scheme and (b) Mortgage Homeowners Support Scheme. | | (284169) | 161
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to discourage the (a) closure and (b) development for other uses of local authority allotments. | | (284170) | 162
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether business rates may be levied in respect of mobile telephone pico-masts. | | (284174) | 163
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the proposed business rate partial deferment scheme will provide for refunds to businesses which have paid more than 40 per cent. of the value of the 2009-10 rate increase. | | (284175) | 164
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) energy performance certificates and (b) home information packs that were purchased in the last 12 months. | | (284264) | 165
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to his Department in each of the next three years. | | (284265) | 166
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much he has allocated to local authorities in planning grant for each of the next three years. | | (284266) | 167
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of implementation of the proposals in the draft legislative programme 2009 on his Department's budget for the next two years. | | (284284) | 168
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have included reference to the use of wheelie bins in their annual efficiency reports to his Department. | | (284287) | 169
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers local authorities have to charge households for the provision of wheelie bins. | | (284290) | 170
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to his core Department in real terms in (a) 2009-10 and (b) each of the next three years. | | (284291) | 171
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 999W, on the Commonhold and Leasehold Act 2002, what informal discussions his Department has had with local authority officers on sections 152 and 153 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Act 2002 in the last two years; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's record of each such discussion. | | (284036) | 172
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing (a) starts and (b) completions there were under the National Affordable Housing Programme in each region in each of the last five years. | | (283449) | 173
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households rent a property under Rent to HomeBuy scheme in each region. | | (283450) | 174
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of housing (a) starts and (b) completions under the National Affordable Housing Programme in each region in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (283451) | 175
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, columns 642-3W, on council housing, if he will place in the Library a copy of each research report produced by external organisations in relation to his Department's Review of Council Housing Finance. | | (283496) | 176
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have required the Ministry of Defence to obtain a possession order before providing housing assistance to ex-armed forces personnel in each of the last five years. | | (283497) | 177
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 833W, on housing: construction, how many bidders for funding under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme have applied for (a) equity and (b) loan investment support. | | (284116) | 178
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 833W, on housing: construction, how many of the bids received for funding under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme were from (a) arms length management organisations, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private sector developers. | | (284118) | 179
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his Department's officials have had with (i) HomeBuy agents, (ii) Places for People and (iii) the Co-operative on the winding-up of the Open Market HomeBuy schemes. | | (284119) | 180
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for support under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme have been received from organisations operating in each region; how many projects such bids relate to; and how much funding organisations in each region have bid for to date under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme. | | (284120) | 181
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) average and (b) total monetary value of grants bid for under the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme was. | | (284121) | 182
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) OwnHome, (b) My Choice HomeBuy and (c) Open Market HomeBuy schemes in each of the last three years. | | (284190) | 183
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre has been retained in public ownership. | | (283873) | 184
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many armed forces personnel living in (a) London, (b) the South East and (c) the East of England region have applied for assistance to (i) purchase a home under the New Build HomeBuy scheme and (ii) rent a home under the intermediate rent scheme in each month since October 2006. | | (283492) | 185
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social homes in each region have not reached the Decent Homes standard; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of bringing such homes up to the standard. | | (283831) | 186
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of his Department's budgets have been changed as a result of the proposed additional funding for social homes announced in the Building Britain's Future publication. | | (283832) | 187
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on bringing homes up to the Decent Homes Standard in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 to date; and how much is expected to be so spent in 2010-11. | | (283971) | 188
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget of the Elevate East Lancashire housing renewal pathfinder will be for each of the next five years; and how much of the budget will be spent in Burnley. | | (284188) | 189
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeowners are in receipt of assistance under the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme. | | (284279) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 190
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department (a) on drink, (b) on food and (c) overall in relation to the departmental function held on 23 June 2009; and if he will list the people invited by his Department. | | (283695) | 191
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what timetable has been set for the Audit Commission's review of council funding for local newspapers. | | (284005) | 192
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding the Big Lottery Fund has allocated to the Campaign for Better Transport; and for what projects such funding was allocated. | | (284091) | 193
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of trends in demand for hotels in the UK with (a) up to 20 bedspaces, (b) 21 to 100 bedspaces and (c) 101 or more bedspaces over the last 10 years. | | (283822) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 194
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution his Department makes towards hospitality expenses in respect of the funerals of members of the armed forces killed in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (283455) | 195
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on Ascension Island, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes in response to his query. | | (283752) | 196
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the merits of (a) commissioning a commemorative Christmas Island medal and (b) awarding the general service medal to those who served at Christmas Island; and if he will make a statement. | | (283835) | 197
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 999, on armed conflict: Afghanistan, what his policy is on the introduction of a single, uniform system by which all members of the International Security Assistance Force investigate and provide compensation to civilian casualties. | | (283871) | 198
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of controlling foxes on his Department's land has been in each year since 1997. | | (284010) | 199
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases in Northern Ireland formerly owned by his Department have been gifted to the Northern Ireland Executive in each year since 1998; what estimate he has made of the monetary value of such properties; and what plans there are for further such gifts. | | (284115) | 200
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the prohibition on insulin-treated diabetics joining the armed forces. | | (284047) | 201
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been (a) diagnosed with diabetes while serving in the armed forces and (b) discharged from the armed forces as a result of being diagnosed with diabetes in each year since 2004. | | (284048) | 202
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people had an application to join the armed forces turned down because they had diabetes in each year since 2004. | | (284049) | 203
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people at each rank in the Army have insulin-treated diabetes. | | (284050) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 204
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable has been set for his Department's programme for the insulation of six million homes; and how many homes had been insulated under that programme at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (284041) | 205
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many public consultations his Department has conducted since its creation; what the title of each was; how many responses were received to each; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each. | | (283922) | 206
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with energy supply companies the development of green energy tariffs designed to meet the needs of older people. | | (284125) | 207
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to permit the export of graphite nuclear waste to the United States; and if he will make statement. | | (283860) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 208
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for flood preparedness and flood defence projects in Birmingham in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (283395) | 209
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19 May 2009, Official Report, columns 1279-82W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, what records the Waste and Resources Action Programme holds on the frequency of the collection of household residual waste in each of the new unitary councils. | | (284082) | 210
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Information Commissioner's Office, (b) Local Government Association and (c) Department for Communities and Local Government on the classification of local authority property search data as environmental information; and if he will make a statement. | | (284135) | 211
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency has allocated to the (i) Capital Standards project and (ii) London Environment Directors' Network in the last five years; and for what projects such funding was allocated. | | (284136) | 212
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on research by the Environment Agency and Cranfield University on bio-aerosol emissions from composting sites; what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's waste and recycling policies of the findings of that research; and if he will make a statement. | | (284137) | 213
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency has issued to local authorities on the spraying of pesticides on public footways and pathways. | | (284138) | 214
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Government Office regions have regional recycling forums. | | (284139) | 215
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the ROAME document produced for his Department's research project on impacts of household charging in England, WR0708. | | (284140) | 216
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department had provided to each regional improvement and efficiency partnership on the latest date for which information is available; and for what projects such funding was allocated. | | (284141) | 217
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has issued on the use of wheelie bins for the collection of household waste. | | (284289) | 218
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many residents of Tamworth constituency have received funding from the (a) Rural Enterprise, (b) Processing and Marketing Grants and (c) Vocational Training scheme in each year since the inception of each such scheme; and for what period such funding was allocated from each such scheme. | | (283845) | 219
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of links between stocking densities of broiler chickens and the incidence of avian influenza. | | (283923) | 220
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animal quarantine centres are in operation in the UK. | | (284035) | 221
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether birds other than those in zoos may be vaccinated in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza; and if he will make a statement. | | (284097) | 222
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals of each species were kept in quarantine facilities operated by his Department in 2008. | | (284098) | 223
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities have established dog microchipping schemes; and when each such scheme commenced. | | (284099) | 224
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake research into the effect of dog microchipping schemes on (a) levels of crime and (b) perceptions of crime. | | (284100) | 225
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the availability of avian vaccines in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza. | | (284101) | 226
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals in quarantine were vaccinated against rabies while in quarantine in each of the last five years. | | (284108) | 227
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to protect farm workers from health problems associated with the use of organophosphate sheep dip. | | (283698) | 228
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps in co-operation with local authorities to ensure that recycling initiatives facilitate the participation of older people in composting and re-use schemes. | | (284051) | 229
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of water lost through leaks from water pipes managed by (a) Severn Trent Water and (b) South Staffordshire Water in each of the last five years; what steps he is taking to reduce the volume of water lost through leaks from water pipes; and if he will make a statement. | | (283944) | 230
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the installation of water meters in newly-built dwellings. | | (283945) | 231
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water meters were installed by water supply companies in homes in West Bromwich East constituency in each of the last three years. | | (283946) | 232
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of average level of domestic water rates in each region in each of the last 10 years. | | (284145) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 233
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the Government has made in its assessment of whether to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. | | (283965) | 234
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Kenyan government's political reform programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (283855) | 235
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and when he expects the ratification process to be completed. | | (283493) | 236
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist the government of Pakistan develop a counter-insurgency strategy for (a) Pakistan and (b) the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas. | | (284182) | 237
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist the government of Pakistan in seeking alternatives to militant control in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. | | (284183) | 238
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funds the Government has made available to (a) the government of Pakistan and (b) others to help combat extremism and militant control in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan in the last two years; on what initiatives such funds have been spent; and if he will make a statement. | | (284184) | 239
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of Peru on the protection of rainforest in that country. | | (284214) | 240
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 25WS, on diplomatic missions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter on outstanding business rate bills sent to diplomatic missions on 25 March 2009. | | (283915) | 241
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 25WS, on diplomatic missions,what discretion local authorities have to withdraw public services from diplomatic missions which do not pay the national non-domestic rates billed to them. | | (283916) | 242
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 25WS, on diplomatic missions, on what date the Zimbabwe mission last paid a bill for national non-domestic rates; and how many months of non-domestic rates arrears the sum given in the Statement represents. | | (283917) | 243
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received from French companies operating in Britain on business rates in relation to British ports. | | (284176) | 244
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (284144) | 245
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Russian government on its decision to veto the renewal of the UN observer mission in Georgia. | | (283920) | 246
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on monitoring the security situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. | | (284268) | 247
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Israel on the reported boarding of, and removal of persons from, a Free Gaza boat in international waters by Israeli troops; and if he will make a statement. | | (284127) | 248
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Thai government on the repatriation of Karen civilians to Burma; and if he will make a statement. | | (283947) | 249
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken in relation to the human rights situation in North Korea in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (283948) | 250
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with aid agencies on securing Burmese visas for their workers; and if he will make a statement. | | (283949) | 251
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to assist restorative justice and truth and reconciliation initiatives in East Timor; and if he will make a statement. | | (283950) | 252
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Indian government on the rights and interests of the Dongria Kondh tribe of Orissa; and if he will make a statement. | | (283951) | 253
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Nepal on civilians who are missing following the conflict in that country in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (284013) | 254
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution his Department made to the recent UK-Uzbekistan human rights dialogue in relation to religious minorities in Uzbekistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (284014) | 255
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Afghanistan on ensuring the safety from violent attacks of female journalists in Afghanistan. | | (283518) | 256
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports his Department has received of violent attacks on female journalists in Afghanistan. | | (283519) | 257
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times he has met representatives of the British Council in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (283939) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 258
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for lung cancer in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) Leeds Metropolitan area, (c) Yorkshire and Humberside and (d) England in each year since 2001. | | (283966) | 259
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of treatment to those who have been diagnosed with or treated for lung cancer; and if he will make a statement. | | (283967) | 260
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of support provided to those affected by lung cancer; and if he will make a statement. | | (283968) | 261
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the level of demand for NHS dental services of the economic downturn. | | (283825) | 262
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many communicator-guides there were (a) in 1997 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (284215) | 263
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deafblind people there were in England (a) in 1997 and (b) at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (284216) | 264
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what terms and conditions are set by his Department in relation to the provision of funding from his Department's budget to (a) charities, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) social enterprises. | | (284211) | 265
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance his Department has issued to NHS organisations on the provision of treatment by Travellers. | | (284093) | 266
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which complementary therapies are provided through the NHS. | | (284143) | 267
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, column 1228W, on the mentally incapacitated: community treatment, how many second opinions for treatment under supervised community treatment have been (a) requested and (b) provided under the Mental Health Act 1983 since 1 April 2009. | | (284223) | 268
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects information to be available on the number of community treatment orders (CTOs) that have been (a) issued and (b) revoked under the Mental Health Act 1993; and how many patients have been (i) recalled to hospital while on a CTO and (ii) discharged from a CTO in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (284224) | 269
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have made claims under the NHS Low Income Scheme in respect of NHS dental charges in each of the last five years; and how much has been paid out from the scheme in each such year. | | (283445) | 270
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of Relenza the NHS holds; and when he expects the antiviral stockpile to be complete. | | (283870) | 271
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 219 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, whether the projections for prescription charge income take account of his Department's proposals in relation to the exemption from prescription charges of people with long-term illnesses. | | (283875) | 272
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 219 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, what the reasons are for the difference between the level of spending on EEA medical costs in 2007-08 and the estimate of spending on such costs in 2008-09. | | (283876) | 273
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement of his Department's Emergency Service Review on 3 June 2009, which standards in emergency care are classified as having been challenged in the winter of 2008-09. | | (283877) | 274
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the report of the Emergency Services Review; and what data that review is analysing from the last and previous years to understand the root causes of declines in performance. | | (283878) | 275
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Laird of 1 June 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 31WA, on health: former UK residents, what methodology was used to calculate the UK average cost for pensioners and their dependants; and what information his Department has received from the government of the Republic of Ireland on the calculation of its average cost. | | (283879) | 276
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, with which companies his Department holds advance purchase agreements for pandemic-specific vaccines; how much he expects to be spent on these vaccines; and from which budget funds for such expenditure will be drawn in the next 12 months. | | (283880) | 277
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 232 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, what the job titles are of those staff members who earn more than £150,000 per annum. | | (283883) | 278
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 109W, on NHS: accountancy, what progress has been made in establishing the likely effects on the revenue of NHS organisations of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards from April 2009. | | (283906) | 279
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, what plans are in place to ensure that critical care capacity is in place where it is needed; and what recent assessment he has made of the level of critical care capacity required to meet those needs. | | (283907) | 280
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, from which locations in each primary care trust area patients who require antiviral medication are being asked to collect that medication; what the reasons are for the time taken to designate such collection points; and when he expects all arrangements for such collection points to be in place. | | (283908) | 281
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, for what reasons the National Pandemic Flu Line service will not be operational until the autumn; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the change to the timetable for the establishment of the full service. | | (283909) | 282
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, who the members of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts are; on which dates the group has met; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each such meeting. | | (283910) | 283
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, what steps he is taking to ensure the operation surveillance and testing for swine flu of people in hospital with respiratory illnesses. | | (283911) | 284
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many swine flu information leaflets have been (a) printed and (b) distributed; and how much his Department has spent on their printing and distribution to date. | | (283924) | 285
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC) data fields and definitions for 2008-09; and when he expects the 2008-09 ERIC data to be available. | | (283925) | 286
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many level (a) 3, (b) 2 and (c) 1 care beds there were in hospitals for (i) adults, (ii) children and (iii) neo-natal patients in England in each year since 1997. | | (283926) | 287
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in England have established (a) adult, (b) child and (c) neo-natal intensive care units in each year since 1997. | | (283927) | 288
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the priorities of his Department's new NHS Productivity Unit are. | | (283928) | 289
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times stomach pumping was used in NHS hospitals for the treatment of excessive alcohol consumption in the last 12 months. | | (283929) | 290
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments NHS hospitals provide for patients who have consumed excessive amounts of alcohol. | | (283930) | 291
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of those diagnosed with swine flu have required intensive care treatment to date. | | (283931) | 292
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates his Department's National Director for Flu Resilience has met representatives of (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities to discuss swine flu preparedness in the last three months; and if he will place a copy of the minutes of each such meeting in the Library. | | (283932) | 293
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria are for entitlement to access a nutritionist on the NHS. | | (283933) | 294
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nutritionists (a) have been employed by the NHS in each year since 1997 and (b) were employed by each NHS organisation in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (283934) | 295
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) staff in his Department and (b) NHS staff are on long-term sickness absence; and how many such staff are on long-term sickness absence for mental health reasons. | | (283935) | 296
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital patient specimens have been submitted to Health Protection Agency regional laboratories in order to be tested for swine flu to date. | | (283936) | 297
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have accessed NHS Direct's online swine flu symptom checker to date; and how much was spent developing this service. | | (283937) | 298
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) gross internal floor area, (b) unoccupied internal floor area and (c) non-patient occupied internal floor area was, according to data from Estates Return Information Collection returns, for each NHS organisation in each year since 1997. | | (284015) | 299
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general and (b) specialist wards were in use according to data from Estates Return Information collection returns for each NHS organisation in each reporting year since 1997, specifying the organisation code in each case. | | (284016) | 300
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many episodes of level (a) 3 and (b) 2 critical care there were in each NHS trust in England in 2008. | | (284192) | 301
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Laird of 1 June 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 31WA, on health: former UK residents, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the EU-level meeting held in Noveber 2008. | | (284193) | 302
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have received NHS treatment for back problems in each year since 1997. | | (284194) | 303
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times an NHS organisation has assessed itself as compliant with a core standard but been found by the Care Quality Commission to be non-compliant in the last three years; and which (a) NHS organisation and (b) core standard was concerned in each such instance. | | (284195) | 304
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on the National Pandemic Flu line in 2009-10; and how many staff he expects will be employed to answer calls to the line. | | (284196) | 305
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many courses of antivirals have been dispensed for the treatment of swine flu; and how many of these have been given to (a) patients with swine flu and (b) contacts of patients with swine influenza as prophylaxis. | | (284197) | 306
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultants in intensive care medicine and (b) specialist intensive care nurses were working in the NHS in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. | | (284198) | 307
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what categories of data his Department collects to maintain the Augmented Care Period dataset. | | (284199) | 308
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date he expects sufficient stockpiles of Tamiflu to be in place to be able to treat 80 per cent. of the population. | | (284200) | 309
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the NHS Chief Executive's Annual Report for 2008-09, whether the £15 to £20 billion in efficiency savings the NHS is expected to plan for in the financial years 2011-12 to 2013-14 will be made available for expenditure in the NHS. | | (284269) | 310
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the NHS Chief Executive's Annual Report for 2008-09, what baseline for spending is being used against which to measure the £15 to £20 billion of efficiency savings for which the NHS is being asked to plan between the financial years 2011-12 and 2013-14; and what plans have been made for achieving such savings in each (a) financial year and (b) NHS organisation. | | (284272) | 311
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-62, on swine flu update, what decisions the Health Minister took regarding pandemic influenza in 2007. | | (284273) | 312
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-62, on swine flu update, what scenarios have been planned for; and which of these has enabled his Department to plan for the worst. | | (284274) | 313
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of critical care beds provided by NHS trusts in England. | | (284276) | 314
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Laird of 1 June 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 32WA, on health: former UK residents, for what reasons the UK has not made claims against other EU member states in relation to overseas visitors treated by the devolved health authorities; and what estimate he has made of the cost of treatment provided by devolved health authorities in respect of which the UK has not made a claim in each of the last 10 years. | | (284280) | 315
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who presented at accident and emergency departments were not subsequently admitted to hospital in each year since 1997. | | (284292) | 316
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology was used to derive the figures contained in the table in Box 8 of his Department's first annual report on the Cancer Reform Strategy, Maintaining Momentum, published on 1 December 2008; and what the equivalent figures are for the latest year for which figures are available. | | (283771) | 317
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among NHS employees in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. | | (283891) | 318
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS staff-to-patient ratio was in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (283892) | 319
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Services plans to meet representatives of the National Allergy Strategy Group to discuss allergy services. | | (283622) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 320
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest time taken for the completion of a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) (a) standard and (b) enhanced disclosure check was in each year since the inception of the CRB. | | (283826) | 321
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of violent crime in the West Midlands was perpetrated against (a) young people, (b) families and (c) pensioners in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (283776) | 322
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of violent crime in the West Midlands was perpetrated against (a) females and (b) males in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (283778) | 323
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the amount of money which has been lost through Ponzi-type frauds in each of the last five years. | | (283748) | 324
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been victims of Ponzi-type frauds in each of the last five years. | | (283749) | 325
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has allocated to the Police National Intelligence and Co-ordination Centre in each year since its establishment; and how many staff the centre has employed in each such year. | | (284133) | 326
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has allocated to the National Public Order Intelligence Unit in each year since its establishment; and how many staff the unit employed in each such year. | | (284134) | 327
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) testing of drugs and (b) testing for drugs using (i) blood and (ii) urine samples were processed at each Forensic Science Service laboratory in each of the last five years. | | (283602) | 328
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department provided to staff at Forensic Science Service laboratories at (a) Chepstow, (b) Birmingham and (c) Chorley on the closure and redundancy programme on 24 June 2009. | | (283603) | 329
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has allocated to (a) local authorities and (b) police forces for the installation and operation of CCTV cameras fitted with microphones in the last 12 months. | | (284147) | 330
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department and its agencies have provided to local authorities on the use of CCTV cameras fitted with microphones to tackle crime. | | (284148) | 331
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) police forces on the use of automated number plate recognition systems to detect parking offences. | | (284178) | 332
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many designated public place orders are in force in each local authority in England and Wales. | | (284179) | 333
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in his Department's review of state powers of entry; and what timetable has been set for publication of (a) an interim and (b) a final report on that review. | | (284180) | 334
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the areas for which regional directors and regional offices of the UK Border Agency are responsible are the same as the areas designated as Government Office regions. | | (284288) | 335
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were being detained without charge on the basis of evidence which had not been disclosed to the detainee at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (283447) | 336
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) data and (b) samples relating to profiles on the National DNA Database have been released to (i) commercial and (ii) research organisations in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (283446) | 337
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been prevented from entering the UK on grounds of (a) national security, (b) unacceptable behaviour, (c) public order and (d) serious criminality since July 2005. | | (283783) | 338
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have had their British citizenship revoked by his Department since 19 February 2001; and how many such individuals have been (a) removed, (b) deported and (c) excluded from the UK. | | (283819) | 339
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals who (a) were suspected of being involved in terrorist-related activity and (b) have completed terrorist-related prison sentences have been deported to their country of origin by the UK Border Agency since the Agency commenced operations. | | (283820) | 340
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 8.19 of The United Kingdom's Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, published in March 2009, what recent progress his Department has made on the formation of powers to exclude European Economic Area nationals from entering the UK on grounds of national security, unacceptable behaviour, public order or serious criminality. | | (284052) | 341
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on knife arches in the last 12 months. | | (284102) | 342
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on levels of immigration to the EU from Somalia. | | (284103) | 343
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Respect on domestic abuse. | | (284104) | 344
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for each category of offence at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. | | (284105) | 345
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many flags his Department (a) owns and (b) maintains; and what the cost of maintaining them was in the last 12 months. | | (284106) | 346
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested at airports for firearms offences in the last 12 months. | | (284107) | 347
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle homophobic crime. | | (284110) | 348
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on (a) bottled water and (b) water coolers in each of the last six months. | | (284111) | 349
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on health and safety training for its employees in each of the last two years. | | (284112) | 350
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on promoting anti-knife initiatives in the last 12 months. | | (284114) | 351
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on maintenance of its website in each year since 2007. | | (284189) | 352
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among Essex Police Authority employees in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. | | (283890) | 353
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, (b) the Department for Children, Schools and Families, (c) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (d) HM Treasury will take to contribute to his Department's cross-government strategy to end violence against women and girls following the end of the consultation on the strategy. | | (283601) | 354
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what obligations set at EU level his Department has in relation the time taken to process applications for EEA residence permits. | | (283952) | 355
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken to process an application for an EEA residence permit was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283953) | 356
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to chief constables on the use of stab-proof vests by police community support officers. | | (283940) | 357
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which police forces the chief constable is an acting chief constable; and if he will make a statement. | | (283941) | 358
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to require police forces to purchase British-assembled vehicles for police force use. | | (283942) | 359
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations the Security Industry Authority has conducted into individuals (a) working without a licence, (b) working with fake licences, (c) working with revoked or suspended licences, (d) working with expired licences, (e) working with licences that were fraudulently obtained and (f) breaching Security Industry Authority licence conditions in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (283943) | 360
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for a compulsory register of mobile telephones; and if he will make a statement. | | (283858) | 361
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for a national database maintaining records of (a) e-mails, (b) Voice Over Internet Protocol telephone calls and (c) instant messages; and if he will make statement. | | (283859) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 362
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many days sickness absence have been taken by security officers of each category working on the Parliamentary estate in each year since 2000. | | (283823) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 363
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's bilateral aid to each recipient country is (a) budgetary and (b) project support in 2008-09. | | (283964) | 364
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will increase the support provided by his Department for the development of democratic institutions and politicians in Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (283854) | 365
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) receive support from his Department (a) directly and (b) indirectly via the (i) EU and (ii) the United Nations for work in Sierra Leone; what support each such organisation received in (A) cash and (B) kind in 2008-09; for how long each such organisation has been supported by his Department; what projects in Sierra Leone have been supported by such NGOs with funds from his Department; what steps his Department takes to monitor effectiveness of such spending; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (283862) | 366
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations have managed each project funded by his Department in the North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan since 2005; what the budget for each such project was; and how much his Department has spent on each such project to date. | | (284187) | 367
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds his Department has allocated to organisations in the Swat, Dir, Malakand and Buner regions working with internally displaced persons following the Pakistani government's military action against the Swat region. | | (284191) | 368
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 1W, on United Nations: females, what funding to support the establishment of a United Nations Agency for Women his Department has allocated; over what time period; and if he will make a statement. | | (283874) | 369
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated to the Orissa region of India in the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effects of that assistance on the Adivasi population. | | (284012) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 370
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) discussions he has had since January 2009 with (i) hon. and right hon. Members and (ii) Members of the House of Lords wishing to amend the Coroners and Justice Bill to (A) repeal and (B) clarify the provisions of the existing law on the prohibition of assisted suicide and (C) make it easier to assist suicide overseas; and if he will make a statement. | | (283872) | 371
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will discuss with the Legal Services Commission the incidence of solicitors paying referral fees to other solicitors for advocacy work under the Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme. | | (284277) | 372
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) investigated, (b) tried and (c) convicted of Ponzi-type frauds in each of the last five years. | | (283747) | 373
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are in detention having been convicted of participation in or orchestration of Ponzi-type frauds; and what the average length of detention for this particular type of crime is. | | (283751) | 374
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offences committed in each of the last 12 years were classified as offences brought to justice within 18 months of the offence being committed. | | (283856) | 375
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make an appointment to replace the post of Director of the National Probation Service. | | (283857) | 376
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) length and (b) proportion of the sentence served by each offender sentenced for (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences and (iii) robbery was served in a category (A) A, (B) B, (C) C and (D) D prison in each of the last 12 years for which figures are available. | | (284181) | 377
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juveniles remanded in custody were subsequently (a) acquitted and (b) given a non-custodial sentence in (i) a magistrates' court and (ii) the Crown Court in each year since 2003. | | (284299) | 378
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of juveniles appearing before a court on (a) Monday to Friday and (b) Saturday were given a custodial remand in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (284300) | 379
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) monitoring and (b) research his Department has carried out into the effects of the introduction of high-visibility jackets for offenders on unpaid work. | | (284303) | 380
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) persons discharged from prison and (b) persons on probation supervision with an accredited programme reoffended within two years of release in the last period for which figures are available. | | (284304) | 381
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been allocated by his Department through the (a) exceptional funding process and (b) Legal Services Commission to Green Planning Solutions in relation to planning inquiries in the last five years. | | (284085) | 382
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes to the criteria for eligibility for legal aid for civil cases have been made since May 1997. | | (284086) | 383
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what methodolgy is used by the (a) Boundary Committee for England and (b) Boundary Commission to estimate the size of the electorate for the purposes of boundary reviews. | | (284087) | 384
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance the Information Commissioner has provided to local authorities on the use of CCTV cameras fitted with microphones. | | (284153) | 385
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms on legal aid for civil cases in each year since 1996-97. | | (284171) | 386
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (283849) | 387
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average ratio of offenders to Probation Service staff in the (a) Thames Valley and (b) Milton Keynes probation area was in each of the last five years. | | (283830) | 388
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female offenders in each age group there were in the (i) Thames Valley and (ii) Milton Keynes area in each of the last five years. | | (283852) | 389
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate for offenders in (a) Thames Valley and (b) Milton Keynes was in each of the last 10 years. | | (283853) | 390
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people imprisoned for (a) domestic violence and (b) sexual violence offences have been released under the end of custody licence scheme; and how many of each category have committed similar offences since their release. | | (283605) | 391
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 8.05 of the United Kingdom's Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, published in March 2009, what arrangements have been put in place in prisons within the high security estate in England and Wales for the collection of intelligence relating to prisoners suspected or convicted of terrorist-related activities or extremism. | | (284060) | 392
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit companies which have registered a trading loss from making donations to political parties. | | (284219) | 393
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve conditions in prisons. | | (284109) | 394
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had on the effectiveness of the high-visibility unpaid work community sentence. | | (284113) | 395
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues to prisons on informing local housing authorities that prisoners sentenced for a period of 13 weeks or less continue to receive their local housing allowance on an uninterrupted basis. | | (283623) | 396
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has allocated to Essex Probation Service for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (283888) | 397
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among Probation Service employees in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. | | (283889) | Questions to the Leader of the House 398
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to paragraph 20, Chapter 1, of Building Britain's Future, Cm 7654, what proposals she has for building upon the accountability of the system of regional government to regional select committees in the House. | | (283954) | 399
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members have repaid money received by them in allowance payments since the detailed information on hon. Members' allowance payments has been published; and how much has been so repaid (a) in total and (b) on average by hon. Members. | | (283442) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 400
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the peace process on levels of public expenditure in Northern Ireland. | | (283919) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 401
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what proportion of contracts relating to the London 2012 Olympics had been advertised on the CompeteFor website on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (283902) | 402
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether the performance of sub-contractors not directly contracted by the Olympic Delivery Authority is monitored against the balanced scorecard criteria for procurement. | | (283903) | 403
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many days on average (a) her Office and (b) the Government Olympic Executive has taken to pay invoices from suppliers in each month since November 2008. | | (283448) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 404
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what mechanism his Department has in place to monitor the content of comments submitted by members of the public to his Ministerial blog. | | (284201) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 405
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations he has received on exemptions to disability access regulations for the historic Blackpool tram fleet. | | (283494) | 406
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what regulatory provisions apply to the operation of public car parks operated by private companies. | | (284285) | 407
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 170W, on bus services: concessions, if he will seek the consent of the local authorities listed for their written representations to be placed in the Library. | | (283969) | 408
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance notes have been issued to local highways authorities on safety camera partnerships since May 1997; and which of those notes remain in effect. | | (284130) | 409
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, in which local authority areas road pricing technology trials are taking place. | | (284150) | 410
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department and its agencies have provided to the Campaign for Better Transport in the last five years; and for what projects such funding was allocated. | | (284151) | 411
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the level of use of Automated number plate recognition systems in the levying of parking fines; and what guidance his Department has issued on the proportionate use of traffic-based surveillance cameras. | | (284152) | 412
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether an impact assessment has been prepared in relation to his Department's plans to encourage local authorities to set lower speed limits. | | (284172) | 413
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) offices excluding DVLA Swansea have lease agreements with a break clause that will allow the property to be vacated in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. | | (284057) | 414
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) offices excluding DVLA Swansea have a lease which will expire in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. | | (284058) | 415
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many staff are employed at each Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) office, excluding DVLA Swansea. | | (284059) | 416
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the West Midlands Casualty Reduction Scheme in reducing numbers of road traffic accidents in that region. | | (283847) | 417
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) surface area of and (b) number of people resident within the boundaries of the (i) 43-decibel and (ii) 57-decibel contour at Heathrow in each year since 1997. | | (283957) | 418
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people resident within the boundary of the 43 decibel contour around Heathrow airport following the entry into operation of the third runway. | | (283958) | 419
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations he has received on his proposal to introduce a special administration regime for regulated airports. | | (283959) | 420
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of enacting the proposed special administration regime in the event of a major airport owner going into administration. | | (283960) | 421
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment has been made of the merits of moving staff from DfT Hastings to the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission in Hastings; and if he will make a statement. | | (283700) | 422
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many consultants within his central Department act as interim managers; and of these how many act as (a) reporting officers and (b) countersigning officers for appraisal reporting purposes. | | (283701) | 423
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what meetings he has held with First Group regarding its proposed takeover of National Express; and if he will make a statement. | | (283702) | 424
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the improvements to the Black Cat roundabout at the A1/A421 junction at Eaton Socon cost; and for how long the improvement works affected traffic on the A1. | | (284220) | 425
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the costs arising from delays to traffic on the northbound carriageway of the A1 south of the Black Cat roundabout in each month in the five years before the roundabout was enlarged; and what estimate he has made of such costs in each month since completion of the improvements. | | (284221) | 426
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will request the Civil Aviation Authority to press the International Civil Aviation Organisation to review the design of aircraft black boxes to ensure that after accidents they can (a) be more readily located and (b) transmit location signals for a longer period. | | (283491) | 427
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) flights and (b) passengers travelled from the UK to destinations in the Caribbean in each of the last five years. | | (283827) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 428
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions officials of his Department have had with officials of other Government departments on the contents of Bills referred to in Annex A of the Building Britain's Future document. | | (283977) | 429
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the content of Bills referred to in Annex A of the Building Britain's Future document. | | (283978) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 430
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Ouseley of 18 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA252, on Equality and Human Rights Commission, if she will place in the Library a copy of the results of the Commission's staff survey. | | (283973) | 431
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the proposed duty of local authorities to tackle socio-economic disadvantage on their ability to give priority to housing applications from people who live in the area. | | (284092) | 432
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many women's refuges there are in England; and how many are staffed at all times. | | (284061) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 433
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount of (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit, (c) industrial injuries disablement benefit, (d) carer's allowance, (e) jobseeker's allowance and (f) incapacity benefit unclaimed in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (284222) | 434
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) maximum period between receipt of an application for (i) housing and (ii) council tax benefit and the first payment arising from such a claim was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (283452) | 435
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for (a) housing and (b) council tax benefit have been (i) made and (ii) processed in (A) 2007-08, (B) 2008-09 and (C) 2009-10 to date. | | (283453) | 436
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average age of council tax benefit applicants in the last 12 months. | | (283457) | 437
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department issues to (a) employers and (b) employees on risks arising from the presence of asbestos in commercial properties. | | (283456) | 438
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what terms and conditions are set by her Department in relation to the provision of funding from her Department's budget to (a) charities, (b) voluntary organisations and (c) social enterprises. | | (284209) | 439
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 45 of the Draft Legislative Programme 2009, Cm 7654, on what proposals relating to the reform of housing benefit she intends to consult. | | (284042) | 440
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued to local authorities in relation to the collection of household waste; and whether it has plans to issue (a) revised and (b) further guidance. | | (284088) | 441
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the eligibility of occupants of illegal Traveller sites for housing benefit. | | (284094) | 442
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations her Department has received from local authorities on the implications for local authority budgets of the provisions of the draft Pensions (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2009. | | (284095) | 443
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of council tax benefit was in each local authority in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (284096) | 444
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vacancies were advertised in the Tamworth Jobcentre in 2008; and for how long on average each such job was advertised. | | (283848) | 445
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library a copy of a sample fictitious job application made to a business by the Ethnic Employment Taskforce. | | (284294) | 446
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, between what dates the Ethnic Employment Taskforce sent fictitious job applications to businesses; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (284295) | 447
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Ethnic Employment Taskforce consulted organisations representing (a) employers and (b) businesses on its proposal to submit fictitious job applications to businesses before such applications were sent. | | (284296) | 448
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) criminal and (b) administrative penalties are available in respect of contractors for work under the (i) New Deal and (ii) Pathways to Work programmes found to have defrauded her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (283974) | 449
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations her Department is undertaking into contracts for (a) New Deal and (b) Pathways to Work. | | (283975) | 450
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 684W, on social security benefits: medical examinations, how many of the health care professionals against whom complaints were made under the heading claimants experiences were the subject of more than one complaint and how many health care professionals have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed. | | (283836) | 451
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether free telephones are available for the use of Jobcentre Plus customers in (a) Ormskirk jobcentre, (b) Southport jobcentre and (c) each jobcentre in Liverpool. | | (283604) | 452
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was for a new single claim for housing benefit/local housing allowance to be processed following the cancellation of a joint claim in the latest period for which figures are available; and in how many cases it took 30 days or more to process a claim in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283625) | 453
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 274721, tabled on 7 May 2009, on child maintenance. | | (283746) | 454
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among Jobcentre Plus employees in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if she will make a statement. | | (283886) | 455
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been advertised at customer-facing Jobcentre Plus units in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (283887) | 456
| Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations her Department has received on youth unemployment; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of youth unemployment in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Merseyside and (d) Cheshire. | | (284131) | 457
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expenditure the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority has incurred in each financial year since its inception. | | (284038) | 458
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost of establishing personal accounts schemes; and what proportion of such costs she expects to be recouped from scheme participants. | | (284123) | 459
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much grant-in-aid paid the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority has received from her Department in each financial year since its inception. | | (284124) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 460
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 36 of Building Britain's Future, Cm 7654, which Department will sponsor the proposed new Infrastructure UK advisory body. | | [Transferred] (283955) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 461
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of allowing local authorities to retain capital receipts from (a) Right to Buy and (b) other housing sales in 2010-11. | | [Transferred] (284122) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 462
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received of the outcome of the recent cases (a) R (F) v Secretary of State for Justice and (b) R (Thompson) v Secretary for the Home Department before Lord Justice Latham, Mr Justice Underhill and Mr Justice Flaux; and if he will establish a means to review a requirement for indefinite registration on the Sex Offenders Register. | | [Transferred] (283956) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 463
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any mechanisms exist in the sentencing of those found guilty of Ponzi-type frauds for the provision of compensation or other payment to the victims of the fraud. | | [Transferred] (283750) | 464
| Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of appeals against a refusal to award disability living allowance to young people with autism have been upheld in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (284132) | Questions to the Solicitor General 465
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what training is given to prosecutors who appear in youth courts to enable them to take account of the age and welfare needs of those aged under 18 years. | | [Transferred] (284301) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 466
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the allocation of revenue from local safety camera partnerships. | | [Transferred] (283881) |
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