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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 3 July 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 3 July 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 3 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 Friday 3 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 3 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 98W, on motor vehicles: manufacturing industries, whether he plans to assess the effect of the vehicle scrappage scheme on the second-hand car market. | | (284158) | 2
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms there will be for co-operation between Manufacturing Insight and (a) Business Link and (b) the Manufacturing Advisory Service. | | (284373) | 3
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are planned for his Department's Manufacturing Insight office. | | (284374) | 4
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, who has been asked to be a role model for young people as part of the Manufacturing Insight programme. | | (284375) | 5
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on the Manufacturing Perceptions survey. | | (284376) | 6
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent to date on establishing Manufacturing Insight. | | (284379) | 7
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has allocated for Manufacturing Insight in the next 12 months. | | (284434) | 8
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what provisions of competition law apply to mobile telephone companies. | | (284590) | 9
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent under the Train to Gain scheme in each year of its operation in each sector of the economy as classified by Sector Skills Council. | | (284246) | 10
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of residents in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) the South East and (e) England entered university in each of the last 10 years. | | (284316) | 11
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Hemel Hempstead constituency were declared bankrupt in each of the last five years. | | (284489) | 12
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire (i) have sought access to funding under and (ii) are receiving assistance from the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme. | | (284561) | 13
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire (i) have sought access to funding under and (ii) are receiving assistance from the Working Capital Scheme. | | (284562) | 14
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses in (i) Hemel Hempstead, (ii) Dacorum and (iii) Hertfordshire which will be liable for payment of the proposed levy contained in the Digital Britain White Paper. | | (284563) | 15
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire have successfully completed a Train to Gain course in each year of its operation. | | (284564) | 16
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency and (b) Hertfordshire were admitted to university in England in each of the last five years. | | (284565) | 17
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses; and which do not contain personal information. | | (284392) | 18
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Royal Mail post boxes there are in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. | | (284458) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 19
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff based in 10 Downing Street who advise the Prime Minister on foreign policy are not members of staff of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | | (284027) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 20
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of appeals made to the Valuation Office Agency against assessment for business rates resulted in a change to rateable value in each billing authority area in each of the last five years. | | (284032) | 21
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of appeals made to the Valuation Office Agency in respect of ratings assessments for business rates relating to (a) a valuation officer changing a property's rateable value, (b) part of the property becoming exempted from rate liability and (c) a material change in circumstances affecting the value of the property in each of the last five years. | | (284226) | 22
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against ratings assessments for business rates levied in each billing authority area have been made to the Valuation Office Agency in each of the last five years. | | (284227) | 23
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of schemes under the private finance initiative in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire. | | (284323) | 24
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the merits of introducing (a) a loan guarantee scheme and (b) direct lending from banks wholly or partly in public ownership for first-time buyers to participate in shared ownership schemes. | | (284411) | 25
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the banks in which the Government has purchased a shareholding provide mortgage finance for purchases under the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First-time Buyers' Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy schemes. | | (284498) | 26
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use the Valuation Office Agency (a) has made and (b) plans to make of data on social housing gathered by the National Register of Social Housing. | | (284480) | 27
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284385) | 28
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what upgrade is being undertaken to the National Insurance computer system; what assessment he has made of the effect of the upgrade on (a) access to National Insurance records and (b) the time taken to process new claims for retirement pension; and when he expects the upgrade to be completed. | | (284245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 29
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer. | | (284325) | 30
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has provided for the enhancement of public play facilities in the London Borough of (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest in the last 12 months. | | (284449) | 31
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who are permanently excluded from a mainstream maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary school were placed in a (i) maintained school and (ii) pupil referral unit in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (284031) | 32
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 50W, on pupil exclusions, how many of the exclusions were from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools. | | (284244) | 33
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to improve child protection services in Doncaster. | | (284447) | 34
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the grade is of the most senior member of staff at Ofsted with a qualification in social work. | | (284448) | 35
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who attended independent schools have been entered for GCSE Latin in each year since 1997. | | (284576) | 36
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils have been entered for GCSE Latin in each year since 1997. | | (284577) | 37
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible to receive free school meals have been entered for GCSE Latin in each year since 1997. | | (284578) | 38
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible to receive free school meals have been entered for GCSE history in each year since 1997. | | (284579) | 39
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any elements of the Targeted Capital Fund have been subject to a moratorium on spending. | | (284377) | 40
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what internal computer databases his Department maintains; and which of them contain personal information. | | (284393) | 41
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many families were (a) eligible for and (b) awarded grants under the Home Access Grant scheme in the (i) Oldham and (ii) Suffolk pilot area. | | (283987) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 42
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from groups representing disabled people on the adequacy of the level of provision by local authorities of public conveniences with disabled access. | | (284433) | 43
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 199W, on Chorley Borough Council: bank services, what steps he has taken to assist local authorities in the recovery of deposits held by them in Icelandic banks. | | (284589) | 44
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many procurement contracts have been agreed by (a) unitary or county councils and (b) district councils with IBM in the last five years. | | (284407) | 45
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each of the last eight quarters. | | (284317) | 46
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many armed forces personnel resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the South East 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 2006. | | (284427) | 47
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with housing associations on lender support for shared ownership housing schemes. | | (284412) | 48
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if (a) his Department and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency will urge lenders (i) in the private sector and (ii) partly or wholly in public ownership to maintain credit flows to first-time buyers to participate in shared ownership schemes. | | (284413) | 49
N | 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 and what proportion of bidders for funding from the Kickstart Housing Delivery programme have applied for support via (a) Affordable Housing Grant, (b) Investment Support and (c) Homebuy Direct; and if he will make a statement. | | (284128) | 50
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what obligations local authorities will have in relation to housing capital receipts under changes to the Housing Revenue Account system proposed by his Department. | | (284237) | 51
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provision for redistribution mechanisms has been made in changes to the Housing Revenue Account system proposed by his Department. | | (284238) | 52
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were purchased under (a) OwnHome, (b) MyChoice HomeBuy and (c) Open Market HomeBuy in each of the last three years; and how many have been purchased under each such scheme during 2009-10. | | (284240) | 53
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans next to review the fees charged for adding an entry to the register of energy display certificates. | | (284473) | 54
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to commission evaluations of the performance of each of his Department's HomeBuy schemes. | | (284474) | 55
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions the Homes and Communities Agency has had with each bank in which the Government has a shareholding on providing mortgage finance for (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First time Buyers' Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy. | | (284475) | 56
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 7-10WS, on housing, on what date he plans to publish his Department's consultation document on the reform of the council housing finance system; and when he expects the consultation exercise to be completed. | | (284476) | 57
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 753W, on mortgages: Government assistance, whether (a) the Bank of Ireland, (b) GMAC, (c) Kensington Mortgages, (d) GE Money and (e) the Post Office has joined the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (284477) | 58
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the £1.5 billion expenditure on housing announced on pages 37 and 38 of Building Britain's Future, Cm. 7654, will be (a) new money, (b) money reallocated from other budgets and (c) expenditure brought forward from future years. | | (284497) | 59
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First-Time Buyers' Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy scheme. | | (284499) | 60
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Infrastructure Planning Commission has budgeted for legal costs in its first full year of operation. | | (284441) | 61
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on local authority budgets for 2009-10 of his Department's decision to reduce housing and planning delivery grant allocations in order to fund changes to local authority rent increases. | | (284442) | 62
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at what sale price his Department's property at 62 Eaton Place was marketed; for how long it was marketed; and whether the property has now been sold. | | (284478) | 63
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements there are upon local authorities to complete an equality impact assessment. | | (284479) | 64
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, column 112, on housing policy, whether his Department is on course to deliver three million new homes by 2020. | | (284481) | 65
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2009, Official Report, column 1001W, on Homes and Communities Agency: expenditure, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Homes and Communities Agency's (a) brand induction flyer for staff, (b) brand guidelines and (c) stationery design guidance. | | (284482) | 66
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much money was raised in gross council tax receipts in England in each year from 1997 to 1998. | | (284504) | 67
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of gross revenue from business rates in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 in England. | | (284505) | 68
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average business rate bill in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 in England. | | (284506) | 69
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the study produced by Ordnance Survey on the cost of a free data model, with commercially confidential elements redacted as necessary. | | (284566) | 70
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether information derived from (a) building control and (b) planning departments is transferred to the Valuation Office Agency from local authorities using the Valuebill electronic interface. | | (284567) | 71
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for the 10 planned eco-towns to be constructed. | | (284568) | 72
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of providing the 49 additional pitches for Travellers sites in Hinckley and Bosworth required by the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment under the Local Development Framework. | | (284551) | 73
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284394) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 74
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to bring the level of take-up of digital broadcasting in Northern Ireland up to average levels in the rest of the UK. | | (284161) | 75
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourist visitors there were to each region in the first quarter of (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. | | (284241) | 76
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on tourism by local authorities in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (284307) | 77
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the application by Chorley Borough Council for a grant for modernisation work at Astley Park in Chorley was received by the Heritage Lottery Fund; how much funding was (a) applied for and (b) awarded; and on what date the grant was awarded. | | (284556) | 78
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many grace and favour residences there are at (a) Hampton Court and (b) Kensington Palace; and how much income has been received from the residences in the last five years. | | (284401) | 79
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate (a) Chance to Shine and (b) his Department has made of the percentage of schools which are playing competitive inter-school fixtures with hard cricket balls. | | (284233) | 80
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Sport England has paid to the Football Foundation in each of the last three years; and what payments he expects to be made in each of the next three years. | | (284234) | 81
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to receive the report of the inquiry into the World Class Payments Bureau at Sport England; and whether the full report will be published. | | (284235) | 82
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the employment status is of the Chief Executive of Sports Coach UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (284236) | 83
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 615W, on the UK School Games: finance, how much funding the UK School Games received from (a) the Exchequer, (b) the National Lottery, (c) private sponsorship and (d) the host city money between 2006 and 2009; and how much funding from each source he expects to be provided in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011. | | (284239) | 84
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to make tourist attractions more accessible to disabled people. | | (284372) | 85
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284395) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 86
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum number is of members of the armed forces who may be deployed to serve in Afghanistan. | | (284242) | 87
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 899W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, how many British troops were required to serve in the Regional Command South Headquarters between May 2007 and February 2008. | | (284516) | 88
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the (a) Defence Council and (b) Defence Ministerial Committee has met in the last three years. | | (284517) | 89
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy personnel (i) entered and (ii) completed pilot training for each helicopter type in each of the last five years. | | (284518) | 90
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel (a) entered and (b) completed fast jet training in each aircraft type in each of the last five years. | | (284519) | 91
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of army recruits passed through phase (a) 1 and (b) 2 training without taking the military swim test in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (284520) | 92
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army recruits passed through phase (a) 1 and (b) 2 training without achieving entry level 3 in (i) literacy and (ii) numeracy in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (284521) | 93
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many doctorates of philosophy studies his Department funded for military students attending a civilian university in each of the last four years. | | (284522) | 94
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Masters and (b) doctoral military students attending the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom his Department has funded since 2003. | | (284523) | 95
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department incurred on postgraduate education for serving members of the armed forces in each year since 2003; and what estimate he has made of such expenditure in each of the next three years. | | (284524) | 96
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's science innovation and technology budget is for 2010-11. | | (284525) | 97
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of training instructors for each helicopter type was in each of the last five years. | | (284526) | 98
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for duty strength of each infantry battalion is. | | (284527) | 99
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of phase (i) 1 and (ii) 2 training instructors is in each of the armed services. | | (284528) | 100
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) instructors and (b) recruits there are in each training establishment listed in the Ofsted report on the duty of care for recruits and trainees in the armed forces. | | (284529) | 101
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the drop-out rate is of each recruit training establishment listed in the Ofsted report on the duty of care for recruits and trainees in the armed forces. | | (284530) | 102
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles of each type are (a) in service with the UK Land Command, (b) fit for purpose, (c) undergoing repair and (d) unavailable for operations for other reasons. | | (284531) | 103
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the future aircraft carrier programme in each of the next five years. | | (284532) | 104
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many raiding craft there have been in the Royal Navy in each year since 1997. | | (284533) | 105
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure on parachute training his Department has incurred in each of the last five years. | | (284534) | 106
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many airborne jumps armed forces personnel undertook for training purposes from civilian aircraft in each of the last five years. | | (284535) | 107
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times each type of aircraft has (a) come under fire and (b) been damaged by enemy fire in Afghanistan in each of the last five years. | | (284536) | 108
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operational sorties have been flown by each aircraft type deployed to (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) other locations in each year since 2003. | | (284537) | 109
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training sorties have been flown by each aircraft type in each of the armed forces in each year since 2003. | | (284538) | 110
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for duty strength of each rank in the Intelligence Corps has been in each year since 1997. | | (284539) | 111
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many equipment failure reports have been recorded in respect of each helicopter type in the (a) Army Air Corps, (b) Fleet Air Arm and (c) Royal Air Force in 2009 to date. | | (284540) | 112
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many equipment failure reports have been recorded for each aircraft type in the armed forces in 2009 to date. | | (284541) | 113
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual crew number for each aircraft type in the armed forces was in each of the last five years. | | (284542) | 114
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual crew number for each helicopter type was in each of the last five years. | | (284543) | 115
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assumption has been made for planning purposes of the service entry date for the Joint Strike Fighter. | | (284544) | 116
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of training instructors for each Royal Air Force aircraft type was in each of the last five years. | | (284545) | 117
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's (a) gross resource outturn, (b) operating appropriations on aid outturn, (c) gross capital outturn and (d) non-operating appropriations on aid outturn was under each budgetary sub-heading in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms for the financial year 2007-08. | | (284569) | 118
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's (a) gross resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) operating appropriations on aid, (c) net capital DEL and (d) non-operating appropriations on aid outturn in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms was for the financial year 2007-08. | | (284570) | 119
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkha soldiers who served with the UK armed forces before 1997 receive no pension from his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (283985) | 120
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkha soldiers have died while serving with the UK armed forces since 1979; and if he will make a statement. | | (283986) | 121
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed services have been diagnosed with swine flu. | | (284034) | 122
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what change in the number of jobs at his Department's bases in each (a) county in England and Wales and (b) local authority area in Scotland was in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. | | (284591) | 123
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have received a Certificate of Cessation of Entitlement to Occupy Service Living Accommodation (a) five months, (b) four months, (c) three months, (d) two months and (e) less than one month before discharge in each of the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (283498) | 124
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284396) | 125
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of measures to preserve the identities of the battalions which make up the Royal Regiment of Scotland since the merger of the Scottish regiments. | | (283626) | 126
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of proposals to introduce a single colour of hackle for all Territorial Army soldiers in the Royal Regiment of Scotland. | | (283627) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 127
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer. | | (284327) | 128
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to announce his decision on the future of (a) the Severn Tidal Barrier and (b) each other proposed renewable energy project under consideration by his Department. | | (284315) | 129
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which contain personal information. | | (284397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 130
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many qualified (a) lepidopterists, (b) botanists, (c) lichenologists, (d) bryologists and (e) mycologists are employed by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make an assessment of levels of recruitment and retention of personnel with qualifications in these disciplines. | | (284019) | 131
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects an equality impact assessment of the location of the headquarters of the future Marine Management Organisation to be made. | | (284381) | 132
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department provides (a) financial and (b) other support to the RSPCA in respect of its Freedom Food Initiative. | | (284313) | 133
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many maps of their land submitted by farmers in claiming Common Agricultural Policy subsidies in 2007-08 were judged by his Department to be materially incorrect. | | (284402) | 134
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood defence schemes are under construction in the Wessex Water area; and how many such schemes were planned for this year in the capital funding programme for such schemes. | | (284403) | 135
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much remuneration the Chairman of the Wessex Flood Defence Committee received in each of the last three years; and how much he received in expenses (a) in total and (b) for overseas visits in each of those years. | | (284404) | 136
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people applied for appointment to the committee of the Exmoor National Park as one of his appointments on the last occasion on which such appointments were made; what criteria were used to decide whom to appoint; and what the (a) name and (b) job was of each person on the selection panel. | | (284405) | 137
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers did not receive Common Agricultural Policy subsidy payments because of inaccuracies in the maps of their land which they submitted to his Department in the last two years. | | (284408) | 138
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the development of agricultural business in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years. | | (284318) | 139
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): 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 Hemel Hempstead constituency in each of the last three years. | | (284559) | 140
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reptiles of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species were recorded as being imported into the EU on the Trade Control and Expert System database in each year since 2000. | | (284507) | 141
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reptiles of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species were recorded on the Trade Control and Expert System as being imported into the UK from (i) EU member states and (ii) other countries in each year since 2000. | | (284508) | 142
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reptiles were seized by HM Revenue and Customs under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in each year since 2000. | | (284509) | 143
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in respect of fishing vessels that do not comply with the provisions of the Incidental Catches of Cetaceans in Fisheries (England) Order 2005. | | (284510) | 144
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK fishing vessels of 12 metres or more in length using gillnets or entangling nets comply with the provisions of the Incidental Catches of Cetaceans in Fisheries (England) Order 2005 on the use of acoustic deterrents on nets. | | (284511) | 145
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which countries outside the EU birds of species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species have been imported into the UK in each of the last five years; and for what purposes they have been imported. | | (284512) | 146
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many birds were seized by HM Revenue and Customs under the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species in each year since 2000. | | (284513) | 147
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many birds of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species were recorded as being imported into the (i) EU and (ii) UK on the Trade Control and Expert System database in each year since 2000; and of those recorded as being imported into the UK how many in each category were imported from countries (A) within and (B) not part of the EU in each year. | | (284514) | 148
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence his Department holds on the effect of the ban on importation of wild birds into the EU on the number of reptiles imported into the EU since 2007. | | (284515) | 149
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284398) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 150
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the return of Sri Lankan Muslims in Puttalam who were displaced by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. | | (284422) | 151
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he expects a second EU delegation to visit Orissa. | | (284451) | 152
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the Indian government on the protection of Christians called as witnesses in trials relating to the recent violence in Orissa. | | (284452) | 153
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the UN's role in Orissa since the publication of the UN's recent report on Orissa; and if he will make a statement. | | (284575) | 154
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British (a) nationals and (b) residents have been detained by the Egyptian authorities on suspicion or charge of terrorist activities since 2000. | | (283865) | 155
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the Taking Chess to the Townships project; if he will meet representatives of the organisers of the project and other stakeholders to discuss the project's future; and if he will make a statement. | | (284129) | 156
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 September 2008, Official Report, column 2126W, on imports: Israel, for what reasons the Government is not seeking a prohibition on the importation of goods from illegal Israeli settlements other than under the Preferential Trade Agreement. | | (284588) | 157
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department 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. | | (284023) | 158
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bournemouth East of 6 February 2007, Official Report, column 821W, on embassy closures, which (a) UK High Commissions and Embassies and (b) other UK diplomatic posts have closed in each year since 2007. | | (284024) | 159
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK gross domestic product (a) allocated to and (b) spent by his Department in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) the most recent financial year for which figures are available. | | (284025) | 160
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of his Department are based in 10 Downing Street as foreign policy advisers to the Prime Minister. | | (284026) | 161
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will make representations to the Indian government on the effects of bauxite mining on the Adivasi population in India; and if he will make a statement. | | (284457) | 162
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Burma on the continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi. | | (284305) | 163
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284399) | 164
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the BBC World Service has received from his Department through grant-in-aid in each of the last three years. | | (284459) | 165
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 70W, on Colombia: foreign relations, if he will have discussions with his Colombian counterpart on bilateral relations and broader global issues. | | (284460) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 166
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer. | | (284326) | 167
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will revise his Department's document, NHS chaplaincy: meeting the religious and spiritual needs of patients and staff of 2003 to reflect the needs of the secular community; and if he will include in the working party referred to in annex 3 of the document members and representatives of the secular community. | | (284314) | 168
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on research into (a) chronic kidney disease, (b) acute kidney injury, (c) kidney cancer, (d) dialysis, (e) end-of-life care for kidney patients and (f) other kidney disease in each of the last three years; and how much it plans to spend on such research in 2009. | | (284484) | 169
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what health education programmes his Department has initiated in the last 12 months to raise the level of public awareness of chronic kidney disease; and what further such programmes are planned in the next 12 months. | | (284485) | 170
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether nurses receive (a) pre-registration and (b) post-registration education and training in the provision of continence services. | | (283981) | 171
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to revise his Department's guidance on good practice in continence services issued in 2000. | | (283982) | 172
| Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to inform (a) members of the public and (b) health professionals about (i) osteoporosis, (ii) bone health and (iii) fragility fractures in the last three years. | | (284409) | 173
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of primary care trusts which have implemented National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations on provision of both single embryo transfer and three cycles of in vitro fertilisation/intracytoplasmic sperm injection. | | (283984) | 174
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to announce policy decisions following his Department's consultation on supporting volunteering in health and social care. | | (284428) | 175
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-EU doctors were granted entry to work in the NHS (a) through the points-based immigration system and (b) under other systems in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of the doctors in the NHS were non-EU doctors in each such year. | | (284429) | 176
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects all NHS and independent sector treatment centres to be compliant with the provisions of the EU Directive on Medical Devices in relation to the sterilisation of surgical instruments. | | (284430) | 177
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS institutions were assessed by the Healthcare Commission as being (a) compliant and (b) non-compliant with the Standards for Better Health Core Standard C4c in 2008-09. | | (284431) | 178
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which independent sector treatment centres were assessed by the Healthcare Commission as being (a) compliant and (b) non-compliant with the the National Minimum Standard A11 in 2008-09. | | (284432) | 179
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) NHS and (b) independent sector treatment centre sterile service departments have been assessed by a notified body under Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency as compliant with the EU Directive on Medical Devices, EU 93/42. | | (284571) | 180
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average inpatient waiting time for treatment on the NHS was in each primary care trust area in Hemel Hempstead in each of the last 10 years. | | (284450) | 181
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS staff-to-patient ratio was in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (284557) | 182
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for lung cancer in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hemel Hempstead, (d) the South East of England and (e) England in each year since 2001. | | (284558) | 183
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was amongst those social service employees for which his Department is responsible in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire 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. | | (284560) | 184
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number and location of households liable to be affected by high levels of radon gas; and if he will make a statement. | | (284406) | 185
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women (i) over 25 years old and (ii) 25 years old and under have had tattoos removed by the NHS in each year since 2000; and how many and what proportion were aged 25 years and under. | | (284410) | 186
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284400) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 187
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of companies offering vehicle clamping services on private land to individuals and businesses. | | (284162) | 188
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of regulating the activity of companies offering vehicle-clamping sources on private land in the same manner as the regulation by local authorities of parking companies. | | (284163) | 189
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer. | | (284324) | 190
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the size of the Muslim population of the UK in each year since 1979. | | (284443) | 191
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from (a) the police, (b) coroners and (c) the government of the Isle of Man as part of his Department's consultation on the Forensic Science Service. | | (284500) | 192
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with coroners based in the North West on the proposed closure of the Forensic Science Service laboratory in Chorley. | | (284501) | 193
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has consulted the police force of (a) Lancashire, (b) Merseyside, (c) Greater Manchester, (d) Cumbria and (e) Cheshire on the proposed closure of the Forensic Science Service laboratory in Chorley. | | (284502) | 194
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which company has been appointed as a consultant on human relations in the Forensic Science Service. | | (284503) | 195
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to announce his decision on the application for a residence permit submitted by Mrs Tatiana Stebel-Nowakowska. | | (284423) | 196
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for residence permits by the spouses or partners of EU citizens have been awaiting a decision for more than six months. | | (284546) | 197
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which consultants have been engaged to work on the Forensic Science Service Transformation Plan; what the monetary value of each contract is; and what task each contract is for. | | (283866) | 198
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for the Forensic Science Regulator was in 2008-09; and what it is for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (283867) | 199
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff at each Civil Service payband are employed by the Forensic Science Regulator. | | (283868) | 200
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's paper on the risk modelling of in-house forensic services provided by police forces. | | (283869) | 201
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) crimes of burglary, (b) violent crimes and (c) vehicle crimes were reported in (i) Hemel Hempstead, (ii) Dacorum and (iii) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years. | | (284319) | 202
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): 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 Hertfordshire Constabulary 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. | | (284445) | 203
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of violent crime in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire was perpetrated against (i) young people, (ii) families and (iii) pensioners in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (284446) | 204
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what explanation his Department has received from the British High Commission in Delhi on its refusal to issue a visa to Harvinder Singh Bhandal, ref 2572710; and whether his Department has issued further guidance to the High Commission on this case subsequent to the initial approval of the application. | | (284306) | 205
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to local residents from the police to prevent illegal Travellers sites being established at times when local authority offices are closed, with particular reference to cases where the land is owned by the Travellers concerned. | | (284550) | 206
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284391) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 207
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing funding for the rebuilding work required in Orissa following the violence against Christians in that region. | | (284453) | 208
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of his Department's programmes in India aim to reduce levels of poverty in the rural and tribal regions in that country. | | (284454) | 209
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's assistance to India is being provided through the Indian government in 2009-10. | | (284455) | 210
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to which projects in Orissa his Department is providing assistance. | | (284456) | 211
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects his Department funded in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09; which organisations were involved in the delivery of each such project; and how much funding was allocated to each such project. | | (284185) | 212
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much bilateral aid his Department provided to Pakistan in each of the last five years; and on what projects such aid was spent. | | (284186) | 213
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2008, Official Report, column 2875W, on Kosovo: internet, what recent estimate he has made of the number of internet users in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (284547) | 214
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284390) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 215
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been diagnosed with swine flu to date. | | (284033) | 216
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many high risk (a) male and (b) female offenders in each age group there were in the Hemel Hempstead probation area in each of the last five years. | | (284320) | 217
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average ratio of offenders to Probation Service staff in the Hemel Hempstead probation area was in each of the last five years. | | (284321) | 218
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate for offenders in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) the Hertfordshire probation area was in each of the last 10 years. | | (284322) | 219
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of redirecting funding from offender behaviour programmes towards activities which strengthen offenders' family relationships and employment skills as a means of reducing re-offending; and if he will make a statement. | | (284229) | 220
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure the National Management Service incurred on prison-based offender behaviour programmes (a) in total and (b) per participant in 2008-09. | | (284230) | 221
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284389) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 222
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse of the Consultative Group on the Past has been since its inception in June 2007. | | (284154) | 223
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) target and (b) average actual time taken to respond to correspondence was of (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (284155) | 224
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284388) | Questions to the Prime Minister 225
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on his draft legislative programme for 2009-10 prior to its publication; and if he will make a statement. | | (283980) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 226
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's (a) target and (b) actual performance for the time taken to respond to correspondence was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (284156) | 227
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284387) | Questions to the Solicitor General 228
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Solicitor General, what information databases the Law Officers' Departments (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284380) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 229
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what funding his Department is providing to enable the completion of Guide to Rail Investment Projects 3 work in respect of the proposals to electrify the Gospel Oak to Barking line; and when he expects this stage of the process to be completed. | | (284159) | 230
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what agreement has been reached between his Department and Transport for London in respect of the allocation of costs for the electrification of the Gospel Oak to Barking line. | | (284160) | 231
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cheadle of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 399W, on railways: marketing, for what reason his Department has incurred no advertising expenditure, other than for statutory advertising, since the amalgamation into his Department of the Strategic Rail Authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (284225) | 232
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer. | | (284328) | 233
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the feasibility of restoring disused railway lines in England and Wales for use by cyclists and pedestrians. | | (283864) | 234
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether funding allocated by his Department is able to be used to settle franchise disputes in the High Court during Control Period Four. | | (284488) | 235
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the comparative journey times from city centre to city centre between (a) London and Paris, (b) London and Brussels, (c) London and Amsterdam and (d) London and Cologne when travelling by (i) air and (ii) rail. | | (284548) | 236
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the relationship between journey times and the proportion of journeys made by rail for (a) inter-city journeys within England, (b) inter-city journeys between England and Scotland, (c) inter-city journeys between London and continental Europe and (d) inter-city journeys between UK cities other than London and continental Europe. | | (284549) | 237
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing (a) separated junctions at Sandy, Beeston and Biggleswade and (b) new bypasses for Sandy and Biggleswade on the A1 between the Black Cat roundabout and the A1(M) at Radwell north of Baldock. | | (284486) | 238
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure the installation of separated junctions at the main intersections and roundabouts on the A1 between Alconbury and the A1(M) north of Baldock. | | (284487) | 239
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many pensioners in Hemel Hempstead received concessionary bus passes in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (284424) | 240
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage bicycle usage in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years. | | (284425) | 241
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road fatalities there have been in each parliamentary constituency in Greater London in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (284490) | 242
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284386) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 243
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's (a) target and (b) actual performance for the time taken to respond to correspondence was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (284157) | 244
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284384) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 245
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what information databases the Government Equalities Office (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284382) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 246
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department consulted disability organisations on the most recent programme of refurbishment to Jobcentre Plus offices. | | (284017) | 247
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on projects to refurbish Jobcentre Plus offices since 2001. | | (284018) | 248
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the tendering contract for the most recent refurbishment to the Jobcentre Plus offices stipulated the provision of accessible seating for elderly and disabled people in Jobcentre Plus offices. | | (284247) | 249
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on the provision of accessible seating for elderly and disabled people in Jobcentre Plus offices. | | (284248) | 250
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will instruct Jobcentre Plus staff to seek to schedule regular meetings with jobseekers in part-time work to take place on days when they are not regularly employed. | | (284421) | 251
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of medical assessments carried out by Atos Health on behalf of her Department from 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2009. | | (284572) | 252
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms her Department has in place to monitor the accuracy and quality of work carried out for her Department by medical assessors. | | (284573) | 253
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what minimum qualifications are required of medical assessors working for her Department. | | (284574) | 254
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who undertook a health test administered by Atos on behalf of her Department were scored at zero out of 15 in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (283983) | 255
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the South East received pension credit in each year since its introduction. | | (284426) | 256
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): 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 youth unemployment in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the South of England and (d) England. | | (284444) | 257
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to assist young people with no educational qualifications to enter employment. | | (284028) | 258
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects her Department to achieve its public service agreement target in respect of people aged between 16 and 18 years old who are not in education, employment or training. | | (284029) | 259
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to assist young people who are in employment but not receiving training to receive training. | | (284030) | 260
| Christine Russell (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of women who would become eligible to receive a full state pension if the reduction in the number of qualifying years required for those reaching the state pension age at or after 6 April 2010 were applied to all women in receipt of a state pension in 2010-11; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the Exchequer of such an extension. | | (284491) | 261
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason disability living allowance is disregarded for the purposes of calculating child maintenance; for what reason war pensions are assessed in calculating child maintenance; and if she will make a statement. | | (284228) | 262
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Support Agency is taking to recalculate child maintenance liabilities for non resident parents whose income is reduced through loss of overtime, short time working or working without pay; how quickly such recalculations are performed on average; and if she will make a statement. | | (284231) | 263
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on jobseeker's allowance claimants accepting offers of short-term casual employment; what guidance her Department issues to Jobcentre Plus staff on the provision of advice to claimants on this matter; and if she will make a statement. | | (284232) | 264
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of pensioners receiving less than 90 per cent. of the 1997 levels of expected and accrued pensions in Financial Assistance Scheme annuities; and if she will make a statement. | | (283703) | 265
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for income support mortgage interest (ISMI) payments have been made since November 2008; how many such applications were rejected; how many appeals against a rejection (a) were made and (b) resulted in an award; how many such appeals were not processed within the target time; and how many staff in her Department process ISMI payments. | | (284492) | 266
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to inform businesses of their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. | | (284370) | 267
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information databases her Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which do not contain personal information. | | (284383) | 268
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1381-82W, on home responsibilities protection, how many women have been contacted; how many women have received lump sums of backdated pension; how much has been paid in backdated pensions; and what estimate she has made of the amount which will have been paid out by the end of the exercise. | | (284243) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 269
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 29 June 2009, Official Report, columns 21-41, on Building Britain's Future, what categories of asset he plans to include in the proposed £16 billion asset sale. | | [Transferred] (284414) | 270
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Baroness Warsi of 12 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 192WA, on housing: valuations, what factors are taken into account by the Valuation Office Agency when deciding whether to allocate a dwelling with a NA (Quality - atypical for Group or Type) value significant code. | | [Transferred] (284483) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 271
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to travel companies on their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. | | [Transferred] (284371) |
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