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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 14 July 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 14 July 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 14 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 Tuesday 14 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 14 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking in conjunction with BT to upgrade the BT broadband service in the Chartwell and Pootings area of West Kent. | | (286782) | 2
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what account has been taken of the merits of maintaining an international centre of nuclear expertise in the UK in deciding on the future of UKAEA Ltd. | | (286908) | 3
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post office branches there were in Nottinghamshire in each of the last 30 years. | | (286831) | 4
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what expenditure his Department incurred in (a) producing and (b) publishing its document, Better Deal for Consumers; and how many copies were printed. | | (286914) | 5
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter from Mr Vernon Holloway, a constituent of the hon. Member for New Forest West, of 15 May 2009 on small businesses. | | (285231) | 6
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged 16 to 24 started an apprenticeship in each quarter since August 2007. | | (283991) | 7
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of people aged 16 to 24 were not in education, employment or training in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in the first quarter of (i) 2001 and (ii) 2009. | | (283992) | 8
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 420W, on unemployment, how many and what percentage of persons in each category not in education, employment or training in the first quarter of 2009 were (a) male and (b) female. | | (283993) | 9
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of people aged between 18 and 24 years were not in education, employment or training in the first quarter of each year since 2000. | | (284312) | 10
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many live accounts the Student Loans Company holds in respect of which no repayment is being received; what the reasons are for which no repayments are being made; and how many live accounts are not receiving repayments for each such reason. | | (286833) | 11
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of students enrolled on their first degree course have received a tuition fee loan in each year since 2006. | | (286834) | 12
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many first degree undergraduates from (a) England and (b) other EU member states have been enrolled at a university in each year since 2005. | | (286835) | 13
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many EU-domiciled students have received a tuition fee loan in each year since 2006. | | (286836) | 14
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to monitor compliance with regulations regarding emergency service numbers on the part of EU-registered voice over internet protocol providers offering services in the UK. | | (286619) | 15
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of voice over internet protocol providers which offer access to emergency service telephone numbers. | | (286620) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 16
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what expenditure her Department incurred in the production of its document, Building Britain's Future; and how many copies were printed. | | (286918) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 17
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the net cost to the public purse of increasing personal allowances to provide a (a) £2 and (b) £3 rise in net income per week if the whole of the value of the increase in income were clawed back through national insurance contributions from those earning more than £18,000 per year. | | (286911) | 18
N | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further plans he has for the reform of banking regulation. | | (286212) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 19
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 819W, on children: day care, what his definition is of the term philosophical convictions contained in the Early Years Foundation Stage exemption document. | | (286841) | 20
| Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to parents on the terms under which crèches can voluntarily register with Ofsted under the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. | | (286935) | 21
| Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the measures to regulate childcare for children under eight years old contained in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 will be implemented; and whether they will apply to children's crèches. | | (286936) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities (a) have been selected and (b) are under consideration for participation in the trial of the new requirement in relation to parents' views on secondary school places, as referred to in paragraph 5.39 of the Building a 21st Century Schools System White Paper; and what criteria his Department uses to select local authorities to participate in such trials. | | (286954) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 14 to 19 providers formerly part of a diploma consortium have informed his Department that they will no longer be offering diploma lines from September 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (286957) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils he expects to enrol on a diploma course in each subject in September 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (286958) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area had (i) no kitchen facilities for producing school meals and (ii) no daily access to hot school meals for pupils in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (286959) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have applied for the exceptional capital funding for new kitchens in schools announced in December 2007; which local authorities have received such funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (286960) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress his Department has made on its objective of bringing secondary school buildings up to 21st century standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (286961) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have received Building Schools for the Future funding for ICT projects in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (286962) | 29
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress he has made in increasing the availability of textbooks to blind and partially-sighted children. | | (286956) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 30
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have used their powers under the Planning and Energy Act 2008 to date. | | (286725) | 31
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities are able to require the creation of apprenticeship or trainee places as a condition of (a) granting planning permission for new developments and (b) allocating funding to new developments. | | (286765) | 32
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) apprenticeships and (b) graduate trainee places offered by local authorities in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08, (iv) 2008-09 and (v) 2009-10. | | (286766) | 33
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship places which have been created or safeguarded by social house-building projects to date. | | (286767) | 34
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes in levels of provision of translation and interpreting services have been made by local authorities in the last 12 months. | | (286724) | 35
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer on 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 958W, on home information packs, if he will assess performance of local authority weights and measures authorities in enforcing home information pack duties under the Housing Act 2004. | | (286621) | 36
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes classified as energy efficient were built in each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (286917) | 37
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Deposit Protection Service's most recent monthly performance report. | | (286955) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 38
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on bed and breakfast proprietors of the implementation of Visit Britain's concierge licence scheme. | | (286916) | 39
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress has been made in modifying television transmitters in (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the UK for the digital switchover; and if he will make a statement. | | (286950) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 40
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on UK membership of the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. | | (286946) | 41
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton of 19 June 2009, Official Report, column 512W, on Gurkhas: pensions, what proportion of the £1.5 billion estimated cost to his Department he expects to be incurred in each of the next 20 years. | | (286347) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 42
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what further steps he plans to take to ensure that households with pre-payment meters are not charged more for energy than households without such meters. | | (286757) | 43
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many claims made by UDM-Vendside for compensation for (a) vibrator white finger, (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (c) hearing loss have not been settled (i) in full and (ii) in part. | | (286902) | 44
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been paid in fees in respect of coal miners' compensation claims to UDM-Vendside in each year since 1997. | | (286903) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 45
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what waste products have been classified as (a) inert and (b) toxic waste in the last 18 months. | | (286964) | 46
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Youth Hostel Association on the effectiveness of its steps taken with his Department to increase levels of (a) rural employment and (b) access to the countryside. | | (286723) | 47
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last reviewed the powers available for control of the use of the public highway for the sale of motor vehicles. | | (286953) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 48
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of India to urge that Mr Manoj Pradhan, Member of the Legislative Assembly in Orissa, is brought to trial on the charges which have been made against him. | | (286934) | 49
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what visits have been made to Tamil refugee camps in Sri Lanka by representatives of his Department in the last 12 months; and what recent representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the operation of those camps. | | (286764) | 50
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the legality of the practices of the Moroccan government in extracting resources from Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement. | | (286783) | 51
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the authorities in Honduras on the principle of democracy and the restoration of the government and President Zelaya. | | (286830) | 52
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on cyber security; and what assessment he has made of the merits of taking steps in co-operation with the US administration to prevent cyber attacks. | | (286948) | 53
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to volume two of his Department's Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2008-09, page 39, for what reasons his Department's estimated expenditure on consultants has increased to £60 million in 2008-09. | | (286033) | 54
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 25 June 2009, Official Report, column 1072W, on Iran: internet, whether his Department has received reports of the Iranian government using technology or software provided by British companies to inspect, monitor or filter internet content. | | (286034) | 55
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Cypriot government on the effects on British citizens of title deed trap fraud perpetrated in Cyprus. | | (286965) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 56
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people each primary care trust had registered as having (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (b) asthma, (c) tuberculosis and (d) lung cancer on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (286913) | 57
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated for the provision of mental health services in West Kent for 2009-10. | | (286758) | 58
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug-related finished hospital admissions with a primary or secondary diagnosis of road traffic accidents there have been for (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 18, (ii) between 18 and 25, (iii) between 26 and 30, (iv) between 31 and 50, (v) between 51 and 70 and (vi) over 71 in each (A) region and (B) primary care trust area in each year since 1997. | | (286837) | 59
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the results of his Department's consultation on proposals on eligibility of overseas visitors for free primary medical services; what the reasons are for the time taken to respond; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the unpublished consultation responses. | | (286924) | 60
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether continence education and training is included in the national curriculum for pre- and post-registration training for nurses. | | (286925) | 61
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, columns 346-48W, on NHS: finance, when each loan was made; for what purpose each loan was made; what the reasons are for differences in the interest rates charged; and which of the trusts listed in the Answer are in the financially challenged trusts regime. | | (286926) | 62
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 1199-1200W, for what reason each breach of contract notice to Fujitsu under the Local Service Provider contract was issued. | | (286966) | 63
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 1199-1200W, on NHS: information and communication technology, what definition of the term contractor event of default he uses; to which suppliers and on what dates, each contractor event of default was issued; and for what reason each such notice was issued. | | (286967) | 64
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1121-2W, on prescriptions: fees and charges, which organisations responded to the written consultation; which stakeholders contributed to the oral evidence sessions; which GPs attended the workshops; and at what locations the workshops were held. | | (286912) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 65
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the merits of granting children who have remained in their country of origin while their parents have claimed asylum in the UK the right to join their parents in circumstances in which their parents are unable to return to their country of origin; and if he will make a statement. | | (286938) | 66
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the merits of extending the right to automatic family reunion to people claiming asylum from persecution who are granted the right to live in the UK under the Legacy programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (286939) | 67
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the merits of granting children who have remained in their country of origin and who have reached the age of 18 years in the period during which their parents have been seeking asylum in the UK, the right to join their parents in the UK on the settlement of their parents' asylum claim if they turn 18 during the period in which the claim is being settled; and if he will make a statement. | | (286940) | 68
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications made by those under the age of 18 years and resident in their country of origin to join their parents who (a) have been granted refugee status, (b) have been granted humanitarian protection, (c) have been granted discretionary leave to remain and (d) are awaiting a decision on their immigration application in the UK have been accepted in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (286941) | 69
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1163W, on immigration, whether the UK Border Agency has obtained the further information needed in order to be able to decide the immigration case of Mrs Mohinder Kaur. | | (286710) | 70
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports his Department has received on the safety of deportees removed to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last two years. | | (286763) | 71
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of cyber attacks against Government IT systems in each of the last three years; and how many such attacks originated outside the UK. | | (286937) | 72
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to co-ordinate the work of police forces in reducing levels of cyber crime. | | (286943) | 73
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the regional police squads established to tackle cyber crime to be operational; and what (a) budget and (b) personnel will be provided for those squads. | | (286944) | 74
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition his Department uses of (a) cyber terrorism and (b) cyber warfare. | | (286945) | 75
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce levels of (a) cyber attacks and (b) other cross-jurisdictional crimes affecting the UK. | | (286947) | 76
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent reports he has received on cyber attacks on government websites in (a) South Korea and (b) the US. | | (286949) | 77
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation has been awarded to foreign national prisoners held in custody beyond the expiry of their sentence while awaiting deportation in each month in each of the last five years. | | (286609) | 78
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners who were released from prison between February 1999 and March 2006 have (a) since been deported and (b) remain at large. | | (286610) | 79
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of time spent by police officers in each police force (a) on front-line duties and (b) in completing (i) all administrative, (ii) incident-related administrative and (iii) stop and search forms in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (286930) | 80
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the working day spent by police officers, (a) on front-line duties and (b) in completing (i) all administrative forms and (ii) stop and search forms in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (286931) | 81
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology his Department uses to collate figures on the amount of time spent by police officers on administrative tasks; and who in his Department has responsibility for the collection of such figures. | | (286932) | 82
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell of 20 May 2009, Official Report, columns 1467-68W, on police: powers, what definition of the term front-line policing he uses. | | (286933) | 83
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he next expects to meet the (a) Head of the Home Office Scientific Development Branch and (b) President of the Association of Chief Police Officers to discuss stab-proof vests for police community support officers. | | (286907) | 84
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the average cost of equipping a police community support officer with a stab-proof vest. | | (286910) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 85
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will discuss with the appropriate authorities in the House of Lords the compilation of information on the number of (a) offices occupied by and (b) computers provided for members of each House in the Palace of Westminster. | | (286951) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 86
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on non-governmental organisations delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza in co-operation with Hamas. | | (286919) | 87
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Aid Control on the provision of emergency licences to USAID-partner organisations to engage social services and civil society in Gaza. | | (286920) | 88
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department plans to take in respect of UK-based, aid-giving non-governmental organisations which deliver aid with the co-operation of Hamas. | | (286921) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 89
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 80-81W, on prison accommodation, what proportion of his Department's expenditure of £60 million at the former RAF Coltishall he expects to be incurred on (a) structural changes, (b) refurbishment, (c) construction of new buildings, (d) security measures, (e) hygiene and other services and (f) other works. | | (286759) | 90
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) ships, (b) hospitals and (c) other sites in public ownership other than sites owned by the Ministry of Defence representatives of his Department have (i) visited to assess and (ii) considered for use as prison sites since 1 June 2005; and on what date each such visit took place. | | (286760) | 91
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the lifetime of (a) the new prison development at RAF Coltishall and (b) the capital construction cost per prison place per year of that lifespan. | | (286761) | 92
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) current and (b) certified normal capacity of the prison estate in each region is; what estimate he has made of the estate's capacity in 2016; and what proportion of the current prison population originated in each region is. | | (286762) | 93
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which parliamentary constituency each Bail Accommodation and Support Service property (a) opened and (b) closed since 12 January 2009 is located. | | (286829) | 94
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 78 of the Legal Services Commission's Annual Report 2008-09, what the expenditure was which was reported as miscellaneous; and if he will make a statement. | | (286909) | 95
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a non-molestation order have been made in each court area in each year since their introduction; and how many such orders have been granted. | | (286608) | 96
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 10 to 12, (b) 13 to 15, (c) 16 to 17 and (d) 18 to 21-year-olds were (i) convicted and (ii) issued with a caution for all offences in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (286611) | 97
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is issued to the courts on discretion to refer to presenting authorities for investigation instances of prima facie evidence of criminal activity contained in papers lodged with a court in the course of a civil action. | | (286721) | Questions to the Leader of the House 98
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, what information she holds on the number of hon. Members taking part in divisions in the House. | | (286952) | Questions to the Prime Minister 99
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the application of the Wilson Doctrine on interception of hon. Members' telephone calls has been amended since September 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (286618) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 100
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he plans to require cabin air quality monitoring systems to be installed on passenger aircraft. | | (286904) | 101
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what procedures are used to quantify and investigate instances of air contamination on board commercial aircraft; and if he will make a statement. | | (286905) | 102
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the responsibilities of (a) his Department, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority and (c) the Health and Safety Executive are in relation to the health of persons on board commercial aircraft; and if he will make a statement. | | (286906) | 103
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions inquiries into road accidents under section 180 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 have been held. | | (286838) | 104
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has withdrawn driving licences after receiving notification that the licence holder was medically unfit to drive from (a) the licence holders and (b) a general practitioner in each year since 1997. | | (286839) | 105
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedure for withdrawal of driving licences as a result of persons being medically unfit to drive; and if he will make a statement. | | (286840) | 106
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much revenue support (a) First Great Western, (b) First Capital Connect, (c) National Express East Anglia, (d) Northern Rail and (e) Virgin West Coast have received from his Department under the terms in their respective franchise agreements to date. | | (286899) | 107
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department expects to receive in premiums from rail franchises in financial year 2009-10. | | (286900) | 108
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department will allocate to rail franchises in revenue support in financial year 2009-10. | | (286901) | 109
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will publish the findings of the research commissioned by his Department, entitled In Depth Study of Motorcycle Training, due to have been completed in October 2007. | | (286963) | 110
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the administrative and legal costs to the public purse of the franchising process were on each occasion when the East Coast Main Line franchise was let. | | (286722) | 111
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether train operating companies which hold more than one franchise and default on the conditions for one franchise may retain the remaining franchises. | | (286832) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 112
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the running costs of the Government Equalities Office have been in each year since its establishment. | | (286942) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 113
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received of the progress made by Sir John Chadwick in the formulation of his advice on an Equitable Life ex-gratia payment scheme. | | [Question Unstarred] (286196) |
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