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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 15 July 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 15 July 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 15 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 Wednesday 15 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 15 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the findings were of the evaluation undertaken by GHK Consulting of the Learning Grid and other Motorsport Development UK iniatives; and whether he plans to publish the report. | | (287296) | 2
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report on Accelerating the SME economic engine in its procurement processes. | | (287132) | 3
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the resignation letter of Mark Haysom, former Chairman of the Learning and Skills Council. | | (287251) | 4
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants there were for General Social Care Council-accredited social work degree courses in each of the last 10 years. | | (287254) | 5
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what range of broadband speeds the Universal Service Commitment will deliver to rural areas by 2012. | | (287418) | 6
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Secretary of State last (a) met and (b) communicated with (i) Mr Derek Draper and (ii) Mr Charlie Whelan in the course of his official duties. | | (287350) | 7
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Electoral Commission's publication of registered donations to political parties in the first quarter of 2009, for what reason Royal Mail donated £3,000 to the Labour Party. | | (287357) | 8
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the Secretary of State last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287364) | 9
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been (a) offered to businesses, (b) accepted by businesses and (c) received by businesses under the Capital for Enterprise Fund. | | (287032) | 10
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value is of loans underwritten by the Automotive Assistance Programme which have been drawn down by businesses. | | (287037) | 11
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much in loans guarantees have been (a) applied for and (b) provided under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme. | | (287109) | 12
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the extent of UK commercial operations in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last five years. | | (287152) | 13
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether UK Trade and Investment has provided any (a) financial assistance and (b) advice to UK companies trading with or investing in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last 12 months. | | (287153) | 14
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will commission research into the level of investment in the UK by (a) companies owned by Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory and (b) companies located in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. | | (287161) | 15
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK companies operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are aware of their obligations under (a) the Geneva conventions, (b) the Hague regulations and (c) other international law. | | (287163) | 16
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287322) | 17
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those made redundant in each of the last 12 months were women by (a) region and (b) age. | | (287328) | 18
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of eligible students took out (a) a maintenance loan only, (b) a tuition fees loan only and (c) loans for both for maintenance and tuition from the Student Loans Company in the most recent academic year for which figures are available. | | (286985) | 19
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what margin of flexibility on UK and EU undergraduate student numbers has been offered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in each year since 1997. | | (286986) | 20
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, where Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills press releases are archived on the internet. | | (286991) | 21
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of application of the provisions of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2009 on each type of funding support his Department provides for students in 2009-10. | | (286993) | 22
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many career development loans were taken out for study (a) in each subject area and (b) at each level of education in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (287028) | 23
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of the funding awarded to higher education institutions as a result of the changes to the funding for students studying for equivalent and lower qualifications has been designated as core teaching funding for 2009-10. | | (287029) | 24
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many learners at futher education colleges paid (a) no fees, (b) partial fees and (c) full fees in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287030) | 25
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people studying at further education level are entitled to partial or complete remission of fees in respect of (a) age, (b) previous skills levels, (c) status as a benefit or tax credit claimant and (d) employment status. | | (287031) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 26
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Government plans to provide to protect UK IT networks from cyber attacks in 2009-10. | | (286994) | 27
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Office of Cyber Security plans to take to raise awareness of cyber security in the Government. | | (286998) | 28
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times (a) Mr Derek Draper and (b) Mr Charlie Whelan has visited the Cabinet Office/Downing Street complex in the last six months. | | (287211) | 29
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) role and (b) remit of the Cabinet Office is in relation to resilience and civil contingency planning measures for an influenza pandemic. | | (287239) | 30
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Cabinet Office's most recent organisational chart, including Ministerial responsibilities. | | (287240) | 31
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Office for National Statistics holds on the (a) non-ministerial departments, (b) non-departmental public bodies and (c) public corporations which pay a salary of more than (i) £100,000, (ii) £150,000 and (iii) £200,000 to one or more individual civil servants. | | (287242) | 32
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the planned real terms change in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms in her Department's expenditure is in each of the next three years. | | (287249) | 33
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria are used to ascertain whether a Minister has received a gift or hospitality in a private capacity for the purposes of declarations under the Ministerial Code. | | (287250) | 34
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in (a) departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies receive an annual salary of over £150,000. | | (287257) | 35
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the works in 10 Downing Street under Westminster City Council planning application reference 09/00619/LBC have been completed. | | (287260) | 36
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the meaning is of each (a) acronym and (b) abbreviation used on the editorial policy section of her Department's CabWeb intranet site. | | (287261) | 37
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of each edition of the Cabinet Office's staff magazine from the last three months redacting (a) personally identifiable names and photographs of junior civil servants and (b) information necessary to safeguard national security. | | (287262) | 38
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable she has set for responding to the First Report of the House of Lords Communications Committee, on Government Communications, HL 7. | | (287263) | 39
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Charity Commission has issued on whether registered charities may (a) register as third parties with the Electoral Commission and (b) engage in political campaigning during a regulated election period. | | (287264) | 40
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 93-99W, on public bodies, for what reason (a) the Met Office, (b) Ordnance Survey, (c) Royal Mint and (d) the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre were reclassified as public corporations. | | (287278) | 41
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 93-99W, on public bodies, which of the bodies classified as public corporations in (a) 1996 and (b) 2008 were deemed to be part of the Civil Service. | | (287279) | 42
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 78W, on 10 Downing Street: repairs and maintenance, how much was paid to Ecovert FM for the works carried out in August and September 2008. | | (287280) | 43
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1479W, on trades union, what checks are undertaken by the Cabinet Office on whether office working space provided to trade union representatives is used for political activities. | | (287281) | 44
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2009, Official Report, column 1464W, on public appointments, what financial saving was attributed to the closure of the Public Appointments Unit when it was counted as a Gershon efficiency saving; and what assessment has been made of the effect of the closure on the costs of other Government departments. | | (287282) | 45
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1473W, on civil servants: vacancies, how many civil service jobs were advertised in the last 12 months (a) externally and (b) internally. | | (287283) | 46
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1473W, on civil servants: vacancies, what the job titles were of each of the vacancies in the last 12 months which were advertised on the internal gateway; and in which Department each of the vacancies was. | | (287284) | 47
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Office of the Third Sector guidelines on Criminal Records Bureau checks for volunteers issued to local authorities. | | (287285) | 48
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Pendle of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 694W, on lobbying, which interested parties the Government has consulted; and when the Government plan to respond to the report. | | (287287) | 49
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable she has set for consultation on a social investment bank. | | (287346) | 50
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether employees in public corporations are reckoned to be Civil Service employees for headcount purposes. | | (287347) | 51
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average rate of change of pay growth, including bonuses, in the (a) private and (b) public sector was in the last 12 months. | | (287348) | 52
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what organisations have received funding from Communitybuilders; and for what purpose in each case. | | (287355) | 53
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of her official duties. | | (287399) | 54
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death certificates mentioning (a) methadone, (b) cannabis, (c) benzodiazepine, (d) barbiturates, (e) steroids and (f) stimulants were issued in each of the last five years. | | (287370) | 55
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) under 20, (ii) 21-30, (iii) 31-40, (iv) 41-50, (v) 51-60 and (vi) 61 years and above died from an underlying cause which was (A) obesity-related, (B) diabetes-related, (C) drug-related, (D) eating disorder-related and (E) related to a sexually transmitted infection in each of the last 10 years. | | (287377) | 56
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she expects to publish her Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287323) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 57
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 207W, on the Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP) Review, which private sector stakeholders have been met by (a) Ministers and (b) officials as part of the OEP process relating to the Met Office. | | (287084) | 58
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of employees in his Department are on a (a) flexible working contract and (b) job share employment contract. | | (287105) | 59
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 985W, on Government departments: aviation, whether the Government Air Programme includes flights by (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff, (b) Ministry of Defence civilian staff, (c) members of the armed forces and (d) Department for International Development staff. | | (287289) | 60
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 985W, on Government departments: aviation, what the estimated expenditure on domestic flights is of each year of the Government Air Programme contract. | | (287290) | 61
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Euro Steering Committee of 6 June 2007. | | (287359) | 62
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which public bodies are not required to report their actual and vacant property to the e-PIMS database. | | (287360) | 63
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287408) | 64
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the Child Trust Fund annual report for 2009. | | (287319) | 65
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of recipients of tax relief on pension contributions are women. | | (287326) | 66
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287344) | 67
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 325W, on EU grants and loans: Wales, whether monies received by the Welsh Assembly Government from the EU Convergence Programme are paid through his Department. | | (287265) | 68
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any change has been made to the overall block grant received by the Welsh Assembly Government as a result of monies received from the EU Convergence Programme in each year from 2007 to date; and whether any such change is likely to be made in each year from 2010-13. | | (287266) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 69
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect of Learning Grid programmes on the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects in schools; what funding his Department has provided for the Learning Grid in each year since it was founded; and what the Government's future plans for the Learning Grid are. | | (287256) | 70
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287133) | 71
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract and (b) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287094) | 72
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost has been of relocation of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority from London to Coventry; how much was spent on (a) consultants for advice in relation to the move and (b) on physically moving; how many (i) retention payments, (ii) relocation payments and (iii) redundancy payments were provided to staff at each grade; how many staff received each type of payment; whether retention payments were single payments; what costs were met through relocation payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (286984) | 73
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have been closed for each reason for closure since 1997. | | (287221) | 74
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have been placed in special measures more than once since 1997; and how many of those schools have been closed. | | (287222) | 75
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many head teachers left the profession for reasons other than retirement in each of the last 10 years. | | (287223) | 76
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) persistent truants and (b) all pupils gained fewer than five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008. | | (287224) | 77
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools do not have a playing field. | | (287225) | 78
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of teachers did not satisfactorily complete their induction year in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287226) | 79
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints were made against children's social services departments in each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287227) | 80
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified teachers have left the maintained sector since 1997. | | (287228) | 81
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified (a) teachers and (b) male teachers under the age of 60 years are not teaching. | | (287229) | 82
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers have been suspended for each reason in each of the last 10 years. | | (287230) | 83
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers have been dismissed in each of the last 10 years. | | (287231) | 84
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many specialist history teachers there were in mainstream maintained secondary schools in each of the last 10 years. | | (287232) | 85
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many specialist physical education teachers there were in mainstream maintained schools in each of the last 10 years. | | (287233) | 86
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours were spent on sport by secondary school pupils on average in (a) maintained mainstream schools and (b) independent schools in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287234) | 87
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's document, Schools for the Future - Inspirational Design for Kitchen and Dining Spaces. | | (287235) | 88
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 13 to 19 year olds who were (a) not in employment, education or training and (b) in employment, education or training received guidance from a Connexions adviser in each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (287243) | 89
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 13 to 19 year olds received one-to-one careers guidance from a Connexions adviser in each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (287244) | 90
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were rated unsatisfactory in both of their last two Ofsted inspections. | | (287245) | 91
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools rated unsatisfactory in their most recent Ofsted inspection had been rated satisfactory in the preceding inspection. | | (287246) | 92
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were rated unsatisfactory in both of their last two Ofsted inspections. | | (287247) | 93
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) maintained mainstream schools and (b) independent schools are offering a diploma course in the 2008-09 academic year; and how many pupils are taking each diploma course in each such school. | | (287248) | 94
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils are studying for the International Baccalaureate at each school which provides the course. | | (287252) | 95
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which local authorities one or more schools offers an International Baccalaureate course. | | (287253) | 96
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the lower layer super output area code is for each (a) maintained mainstream and (b) independent school in England. | | (287255) | 97
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students achieved Grade B or above in both GCSE English and mathematics in 2008. | | (287384) | 98
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what monitoring his Department plans to undertake to ensure that Aiming High for Disabled Children short break funding meets its objectives in respect of the provision of services to (a) disabled children and (b) disabled children with palliative care needs. | | (286975) | 99
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure access for local voluntary sector providers to the Aiming High for Disabled Children short breaks funding distributed to local authorities. | | (286976) | 100
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated to each local authority through the dedicated schools grant in each year since its introduction. | | (286980) | 101
| Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how he plans to monitor the effectiveness of the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 in protecting vulnerable young people under the age of eight. | | (287241) | 102
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England have had revenue balances in excess of those predicted in each year since 1997. | | (287394) | 103
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England have had revenue balances in excess of those predicted in each year since 1997. | | (287395) | 104
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) revenues raised by and (b) public expenditure on (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) the Vale of York and (B) England has been in each year since 1997. | | (287414) | 105
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he last (a) met and (b) communicated with (i) Mr Derek Draper and (ii) Mr Charlie Whelan in the course of his official duties. | | (287351) | 106
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date (a) he and (b) his special advisers last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of their official duties. | | (287367) | 107
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to ensure that school nurses and school health workers are informed of the life-saving service provided by the MedicAlert Foundation; and if he will make a statement. | | (287413) | 108
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received in respect of the cancellation of school excursions arising from the proposed scheduling of Key Stage 2 standard assessment tests in June. | | (287147) | 109
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 110
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of businesses in England and Wales with a rateable value of over £15,000 in respect of which empty property rate relief has been awarded. | | (287039) | 111
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287134) | 112
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287086) | 113
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 February 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on the Central Manchester Development Corporation: archives, which archives of the Central Manchester Development Corporation are within the Government Office for the North-West registry. | | (287405) | 114
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths were caused (i) by all fires and (ii) by fires with a source of ignition in (A) wires and cables and (B) leads and appliances in each year since 2003. | | (287083) | 115
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of families living in overcrowded conditions in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (287387) | 116
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children were accommodated in bed and breakfast accommodation in each local authority area in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available. | | (287388) | 117
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the performance of each local authority against statutory overcrowding standard for housing was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287390) | 118
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287366) | 119
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): 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, for how long the consultation on council housing finance will last; and when he expects it to report. | | (287033) | 120
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2009, Official Report, columns 912-13W, on non-domestic rates: ports, what guidance his Department provided to the Valuation Office Agency on the 2005 revaluation. | | (287107) | 121
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2009, Official Report, column 912W, on non-domestic rates: ports, for what reasons the Valuation Office Agency did not initiate its review of all major ports in 2005; how many properties identified by the review as separately rateable had not been assessed; for what reasons those properties were not separately listed in 2005; and when and how the owners of such properties were notified of the findings of the review in respect of their properties. | | (287111) | 122
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2009, Official Report, columns 912-3W, on non-domestic rates: ports, how many separate assessments on port businesses were undertaken by the Valuation Office Agency in 2005; whether such assessments were listed in respect of how many other businesses it was established that a separate assessment should be made; when such assessments were (a) made and (b) listed; and how many businesses which were separately assessed in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006 consequent on the review of all major ports were reassessed in (A) 2007, (B) 2008 and (C) 2009. | | (287112) | 123
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of housing revenue account subsidy was for each local authority in 2009-10. | | (287113) | 124
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2009, Official Report, column 912W, on non-domestic rates: ports, how many port businesses have been subject to separate assessments; and how many of those businesses were reassessed in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (287165) | 125
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the size of buffer zones between proposed opencast mining planning developments and residential housing in England to the size they are in Scotland. | | (287011) | 126
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many opencast mining planning applications he has (a) approved and (b) refused between July 2008 and July 2009. | | (287014) | 127
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which key performance indicators are used by his Department to measure the performance of the Deposit Protection Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (286969) | 128
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget of the Deposit Protection Service is for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (286970) | 129
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rating was reported by the Deposit Protection Service in relation to each of its key performance indicators in each of the last six months. | | (286971) | 130
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 959W, on mortgages: Government assistance, on what date (a) the Bank of Ireland, (b) GMAC, (c) Kensington Mortgages, (d) GE Money and (e) the Post Office joined the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme. | | (286972) | 131
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) landlords and (b) lettings agents were registered with the Deposit Protection Service in each of the last three years. | | (286973) | 132
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect (a) green belts and (b) green open spaces in (i) Huntingdonshire and (ii) Cambridgeshire. | | (287202) | 133
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287339) | 134
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the running costs were of each regional Government Office in the last year for which figures are available. | | (287018) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 135
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287135) | 136
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287087) | 137
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287397) | 138
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provisions in (a) his Department's funding agreement with Sport England and (b) Sport England's guidance to national governing bodies concern management of capital funding; and if he will place in the Library a copy of Sport England's guidance. | | (287415) | 139
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287338) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 140
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287136) | 141
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the first Future Lynx helicopters to enter service. | | (287236) | 142
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the procurement of Future Lynx helicopters. | | (287237) | 143
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on proceeding with the Future Lynx contract. | | (287238) | 144
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel have lost limbs in the course of (a) Operation Herrick 10 and (b) Operation Herrick 9. | | (286974) | 145
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's plans are for replacing the Royal Navy's mine countermeasures vessels. | | (287166) | 146
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce decisions on the future of the Military Aircraft Reach and Sustainability programme. | | (287191) | 147
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated in-service date is for each of the first four Astute-class submarines. | | (287192) | 148
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long RFA Fort Austin is planned to remain in extended readiness; and for what reasons it is not being used. | | (287193) | 149
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the disposal of HMS Invincible. | | (287194) | 150
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many naval officers are serving on all ships in commission, including those in refit. | | (287195) | 151
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of operating a (a) Type 22, (b) Type 23 and (c) Type 42 vessel was in the last year for which information is available; and what the estimated annual cost of operating a Type 45 vessel is. | | (287196) | 152
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the Principal Anti Air Missile System; and what the estimated cost is of the construction of HMS Daring. | | (287197) | 153
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving officers there are in each of the three services. | | (287198) | 154
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff his Department (a) employed in each of the last three years, (b) employs and (c) plans to employ in each of the next three years. | | (287199) | 155
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on Trident II; and what his Department's estimate is of how much it would cost to order (a) three and (b) four boats to replace Trident I. | | (287200) | 156
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkha soldiers who retired prior to 1997 would have qualified for a British Army pension given their length of service, if eligibility for a British Army pension was extended to such soldiers. | | (287432) | 157
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions British commanders in Afghanistan have requested the use of coalition helicopters; and on how many occasions this has been agreed to. | | (287433) | 158
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel have been killed or seriously injured while being transported in road vehicles on operations in Afghanistan in circumstances where helicopters would have been used for the transport if they had been available in each of the last five years. | | (287434) | 159
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287396) | 160
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the UK basing arrangements for the new RAF Regiment Field Squadron. | | (286987) | 161
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart about the reported involvement of Chinese nationals in fighting UK armed forces in Afghanistan. | | (287025) | 162
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the maingate timetable for the Defence Training Review Programme. | | (287391) | 163
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287337) | 164
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were used in the evaluation process for the procurement of the new Husky vehicle. | | (287099) | 165
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the new Husky vehicle to withstand the impact of improvised explosive devices and mines in Afghanistan. | | (287100) | 166
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost per vehicle is of the extra armour added to the new Husky vehicle prior to deployment. | | (287101) | 167
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the unladen weight is of the new Husky vehicle. | | (287102) | 168
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost is of upgrading a Merlin helicopter for use in Afghanistan. | | (287103) | 169
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the conversion of the eight Mark 3 Chinook helicopters; and if he will make a statement. | | (287104) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 170
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287137) | 171
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287088) | 172
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many persons with active claims under the Coal Health Compensation Scheme his Department has informed of the findings of solicitors' disciplinary tribunals in respect of the solicitors (a) Beresfords, (b) Avalon and (c) Raleys. | | (287017) | 173
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287404) | 174
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the first of the new nuclear power stations to be producing energy for the National Grid. | | (287010) | 175
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to reply to the letter of 10 June 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on his constituent Mr Thomson. | | (287385) | 176
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287336) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 177
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287138) | 178
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vaccinations of each badger will be required under the new Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme. | | (287212) | 179
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long the temporary tag on badgers as part of the Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme will last. | | (287213) | 180
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is of the Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme. | | (287214) | 181
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms will be used to assess the effectiveness of the Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme. | | (287215) | 182
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps will be taken to prevent unvaccinated badgers entering Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme areas. | | (287216) | 183
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all badgers will be treated as part of the Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme. | | (287217) | 184
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost is of the Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme. | | (287218) | 185
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people will be employed on the Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme. | | (287219) | 186
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of the proportion of farmers and landowners needed to participate in the Badger Vaccine Deployment Programme for the results of the programme to be scientifically meaningful. | | (287220) | 187
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the cost to the public purse of the establishment of the headquarters of the Marine Management Organisation. | | (287431) | 188
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 700, what mechanisms exist for the independent Marine Management Organisation to report to Parliament. | | (287435) | 189
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has issued on the point at which a waste oil ceases to be considered a waste product. | | (287409) | 190
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals his Department has for the disposal of residual waste from energy production. | | (287410) | 191
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste disposal private finance initiative schemes have been successfully concluded to date; and how many such schemes are awaiting planning permission. | | (287428) | 192
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2009, Official Report, column 1810-11W, on departmental air travel, what the figures are for each entry in the table for which the abbreviation tbc was used. | | (287354) | 193
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislation to prohibit the keeping of primates as pets. | | (287093) | 194
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the report of the Circus Working Group on the future use of wild animals in travelling circuses will be published. | | (287097) | 195
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research into consumer attitudes in respect of country of origin labelling for goods imported into the UK from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. | | (287155) | 196
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): 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 (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Huntingdonshire, (c) Peterborough and (d) Cambridgeshire in each of the last five years. | | (287201) | 197
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287335) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 198
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287139) | 199
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria in respect of fair and open competition apply to appointments to the post of High Commissioner to Australia; and on how many occasions an appointment to this post has been made through open competition within the Diplomatic Service in the last 10 years. | | (287400) | 200
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2009, Official Report, column 856W, on Israel: imports, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the draft voluntary guidance on origin labelling of produce from the occupied Palestinian territories and (b) the minutes of the roundtable meeting with representatives from food retailers and trading organisations. | | (287258) | 201
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 632W, on Palestinians, what response he has received from his Israeli counterpart to his call for Israel to freeze settlement construction; and following the demolition of houses in East Jerusalem, if he will call for the suspension of the EU/Israel Association Agreement. | | (287259) | 202
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's foreign policy on levels of violent extremism in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (287036) | 203
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of humanitarian conditions in the Manik Farm camp in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (287108) | 204
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed the application of economic sanctions to Sri Lanka with his counterparts in other governments in the last two years. | | (287204) | 205
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on access of aid agencies to refugee camps in that country. | | (287380) | 206
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent reports of human rights abuses in refugee camps in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (287381) | 207
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the UN Human Rights Council on a full investigation into alleged human rights abuses during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka. | | (287382) | 208
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287403) | 209
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Pakistani counterpart on the attack on Christians in Bahmani Wala on 30 June 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (287085) | 210
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Association of Tour Operators on introducing a traffic light system to classify foreign tourist destinations as having good, fair or bad human rights records. | | (287012) | 211
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of Arabic speakers in his Department. | | (287013) | 212
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 (a) Israel and (b) Egypt on the transport of goods into Gaza through crossing points. | | (286842) | 213
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made any recent assessment of the economic relationship between Israeli commercial and residential settlements. | | (287151) | 214
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent reports of the use of child labour in the occupied Palestinian territory. | | (287154) | 215
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent reports of Palestinians working in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory being subject to (a) restrictions on their involvement, (b) detention, (c) removal of their work permits, (d) the loss of land and (e) other forms of coertion by Israeli soldiers. | | (287156) | 216
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials of his Department have held recent meetings with representatives of labour rights groups in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory to discuss labour conditions in that territory. | | (287157) | 217
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the working conditions of Palestinians employed in the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory; and on what evidential basis the assessment was made. | | (287158) | 218
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports his Department has received of the terms and conditions of employment of (a) Palestinian, (b) Israeli and (c) Thai workers employed on the Israeli settlements of the occupied Palestinian territory. | | (287159) | 219
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received requests from UK companies for advice on obligations under international law in respect of trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last 12 months. | | (287160) | 220
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of businesses in Israeli settlements which export goods or produce to the UK which have been built on Palestinian private property. | | (287162) | 221
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent consideration he has given to his Department's performance on meeting its obligations in respect of the non-recognition of illegal acts under international law, with particular reference to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. | | (287164) | 222
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to attend the Shanghai World Expo 2010 event. | | (287021) | 223
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on its Know Before You Go initiative in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (287022) | 224
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 947W, on departmental internet, which web browser his Department has chosen to replace Internet Explorer 6; what proportion of computers in his Department have been updated; and when he expects the update process to be completed. | | (287023) | 225
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287334) | 226
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the human rights situation in relation to Christians in (a) North Korea, (b) Saudi Arabia, (c) Iraq, (d) Afghanistan and (e) Somalia; and what representations he has made on that situation to the government of each such country. | | (287019) | 227
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many residents of Northern Ireland received consular assistance from his Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (287020) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 228
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287140) | 229
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of employees in his Department are on a (a) flexible working contract and (b) job share employment contract. | | (287096) | 230
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received care packages following an assessment by social services in each local authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (286988) | 231
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received care packages part-funded by the NHS following an assessment by social services in each local authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (286989) | 232
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of (a) continuing care assessments and (b) core assessments by social services in each local authority was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (286990) | 233
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were made redundant from the Meat Hygiene Service in the last 12 months. | | (287389) | 234
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed nights in each hospital trust were spent by patients who were ready for discharge but remained in hospital in the financial year (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of such delayed discharges in each such year. | | (286348) | 235
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287402) | 236
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stomach pumps were administered in accident and emergency departments (a) to under 16 year olds, (b) to under 25 year olds and (c) in total in each of the last five years. | | (287369) | 237
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners were admitted to hospital due to (a) drug misuse, (b) alcohol misuse and (c) self-harm in each of the last five years. | | (287372) | 238
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners received treatment for self-harm in each of the last five years. | | (287373) | 239
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners received treatment for (a) drug misuse and (b) alcohol misuse in each of the last five years. | | (287374) | 240
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physical assaults on health visitors were recorded in each of the last five years. | | (287375) | 241
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for a diabetic ulcer in each of the last five years. | | (287376) | 242
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2009, Official Report, column 590W, for what reasons he has not yet published the information requested; and if he will publish the information before the House rises for the summer adjournment. | | (286927) | 243
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's Preventative Technology Grant (a) was spent on telecare in 2006-07 and (b) he estimates will be spent on telecare in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (286968) | 244
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the use of portable buildings for provision of medical and clinical services in acute hospitals. | | (287027) | 245
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to promote MedicAlert as a sole central register for those with organ donation wishes and advanced decision wishes; and if he will make a statement. | | (287412) | 246
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that, on commencement of their roles, all emergency services personnel receive training in the life-saving services provided by the MedicAlert Foundation. | | (287429) | 247
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287333) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 248
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287141) | 249
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was misappropriated through online fraud in the UK in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (286995) | 250
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his Department's computers were compromised by malicious software in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (286996) | 251
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent assessment is of the extent of use of cyberspace by terrorist and violent extremists in the UK. | | (286997) | 252
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that measures adopted to protect cyber security respect human rights. | | (286999) | 253
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent assessment is of the likelihood of cyberattack on the UK by another state; and if he will make a statement. | | (287000) | 254
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has held with his US and European counterparts on a multilateral approach to securing cyberspace. | | (287001) | 255
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Cyber Security Operations Centre will work in cooperation with the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. | | (287002) | 256
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to improve knowledge of cyber security among (a) citizens, (b) businesses and (c) other Government departments. | | (287003) | 257
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to reduce the impact of cyber operations on UK interests. | | (287004) | 258
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to reduce the vulnerability of UK interests to cyber warfare operations. | | (287005) | 259
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to reduce the likelihood of potential adverseries launching a cyber attack against the UK. | | (287006) | 260
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to involve (a) members of the public, (b) business and (c) international partners in the cyber security strategy. | | (287007) | 261
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he had with cyber security experts from higher education institutions on implementing the cyber security strategy. | | (287008) | 262
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the European Electronic Crime Task force; and what recent discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart on cyber crime. | | (287009) | 263
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of e-crime to the economy. | | (287110) | 264
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences have been issued for the manufacture of analgesics from poppies in the UK in the last three years. | | (287383) | 265
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date (a) he and (b) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of their official duties. | | (287368) | 266
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults and (b) minors reported missing in 2008 remain unaccounted for. | | (287026) | 267
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of rape have been reported (a) in England and Wales, (b) in East Sussex and (c) in Eastbourne in each of the last five years; and how many of these resulted in (i) a prosecution and (ii) a conviction. | | (287386) | 268
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287332) | 269
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 72W, on immigration: deportation, what the cost to the public purse was of engaging contractors to facilitate the removal of individuals deported by the UK Border Agency in each of the last five years. | | (287392) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 270
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 841W, on trade unions, what steps the Commission takes to ensure that facilities given to trade unions are not used for political activity or political campaigning. | | (287288) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 271
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287142) | 272
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what expenditure his Department has incurred in (a) Helmand Province and (b) elsewhere in Afghanistan in 2009-10 to date. | | (286922) | 273
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated for reconstruction, development and stabilisation projects in Babaji, Helmand province following the completion of Operation Panchai Palang; and what steps his Department is taking to secure contributions from international and development agencies for such projects. | | (286923) | 274
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287089) | 275
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287401) | 276
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the UK has pledged to the new G8 food security initiative; what the timescale for that funding is; and whether this funding is additional to existing funding provision. | | (287267) | 277
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to the agricultural sector in each of the bilateral country programmes in sub-Saharan Africa in each of the last five years. | | (287268) | 278
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) agriculture and (b) food security in each of the last three years in (i) bilateral expenditure, (ii) multilateral contributions and (iii) research; and how much it intends to allocate to each such category in each of the next three years. | | (287294) | 279
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) direct and (b) indirect aid his Department provided to Senegal in 2008. | | (287024) | 280
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has (a) committed to and (b) spent in Gaza in 2009-10. | | (286687) | 281
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287331) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 282
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error as a result of (a) mistaken identity and (b) other errors in each of the last 12 years. | | (287035) | 283
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether candidate freepost election mailings in European and Parliamentary elections are delivered to households who have registered with the Mailing Preference Service a desire not to receive unsolicited mailings. | | (287349) | 284
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the recommendation on introducing tax relief for small donations to political parties made in the Sixth Report of the Committee for Standards in Public Life. | | (287353) | 285
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on his Department's review of weekend voting; and what timetable has been set for the Government's response to the consultation. | | (287356) | 286
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) armed forces personnel and (b) members of the public who are registered to vote. | | (287358) | 287
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he anticipates for the commencement of each substantive element of the Political Parties and Elections Bill following Royal Ascent. | | (287361) | 288
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287398) | 289
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pregnant women there were in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (287371) | 290
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate of people in each age group in the Essex probation area was in each of the last five years. | | (287034) | 291
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold discussions with the Legal Services Commission on its procedures for best value tendering; and if he will make a statement. | | (287038) | 292
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287330) | Questions to the Leader of the House 293
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, how much has been spent under the communications allowance in each year since it was established. | | (287210) | 294
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, when she plans to introduce proposals to amend controls on the communications allowance payable to hon. Members to take into account the pre-candidacy spending limits introduced by the Political Parties and Elections Bill. | | (287362) | 295
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, on what date she last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of her official duties. | | (287407) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 296
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of employees in his Department are on a (a) flexible working contract and (b) job share employment contract. | | (287095) | 297
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287421) | 298
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287329) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 299
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what progress the Government Olympic Executive has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287143) | Questions to the Prime Minister 300
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 379W, on Chequers, for what reason Mr Derek Draper was invited to attend Chequers on 16 November 2008. | | (287277) | 301
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he uses when determining whether to request the Security Commission to investigate a breach of security in Government departments. | | (287286) | 302
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what Civil Service procedures govern the handling of complaints of bullying of civil servants by Ministers. | | (287291) | 303
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Lord Carter received a severance payment on relinquishing his role as chief of strategy and principal adviser at 10 Downing Street. | | (287292) | 304
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what responsibilities Lord Mandelson has as First Secretary of State. | | (287293) | 305
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last (a) met and (b) communicated with (i) Mr Derek Draper and (ii) Mr Charlie Whelan in the course of his official duties. | | (287352) | 306
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287363) | 307
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date each of his special advisers last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of their official duties. | | (287365) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 308
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287091) | 309
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who authored the Scotland Office Background Paper, Scotland and oil, published 18 June 2009; when the Paper was commissioned; what background papers the Scotland Office has published since May 1997; who was consulted in the production of the Paper; what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) producing and (b) printing the Paper; and what steps his Department took to publicise the Paper. | | (286784) | 310
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287420) | 311
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287342) | Questions to the Solicitor General 312
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, on what date (a) she and (b) the Attorney General last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of their official duties. | | (287422) | 313
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made by the Crown Prosecution Service in its evaluation of appropriate standards for expert witnesses in criminal trials. | | (287015) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 314
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287144) | 315
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which Minister approved the 2009 pay remit for his central Department; on what date that remit was (a) sent to that Minister, (b) approved by the Minister and (c) sent to HM Treasury. | | (286977) | 316
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the job titles are of the senior managers who approved the 2009 pay remit for his central Department; and on what date (a) that remit was sent to and (b) approved by those managers. | | (286978) | 317
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has for levels of staff recruitment to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (286979) | 318
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date the Secretary of State last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287406) | 319
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase rolling stock available to the First Great Western franchise. | | (287148) | 320
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how his Department co-ordinates its policy on electrification of rail routes with its procurement of rolling stock. | | (287149) | 321
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his policy is on competition on the rail network; and if he will assess the level of competition between the train operating companies serving Torquay and Paignton stations. | | (287150) | 322
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what obligations apply to air carriers to make available to passengers copies of the rules and regulations which apply to them in respect of the carriage of disabled people and the provision of supplementary oxygen to passengers who require it in flight. | | (287167) | 323
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what obligations apply to air carriers based in countries outside the EU in respect of the provision of mobility assistance to passengers on flights into the UK. | | (287168) | 324
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287343) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 325
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287092) | 326
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287423) | 327
N | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implications for Wales of the decision to repeal rules on furnished holiday lettings. | | (286095) | 328
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287345) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 329
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what progress the Government Equalities Office has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287145) | 330
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what percentage of employees in the Government Equalities Office (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. | | (287090) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 331
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes. | | (287146) | 332
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of employees in her Department are on a flexible working contract. | | (287106) | 333
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value of attendance allowance paid to residents from (a) the Vale of York and (b) England was in (i) 1980, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2001, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2008. | | (287393) | 334
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value of all benefit payments made to residents of (a) the Vale of York and (b) England was in (i) 1980, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2001, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2008. | | (287416) | 335
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of total expenditure on benefits payments attendance allowance accounted for in (a) 1980, (b) 1997, (c) 2001, (d) 2005 and (e) 2008. | | (287417) | 336
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claim forms for industrial injuries disablement benefit in relation to beat knee or osteoarthritis of the knee have been (a) ordered from and (b) returned to her Department by claims handlers working for the company BCP. | | (287016) | 337
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to improve the usability of the Directgov website. | | (287203) | 338
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date she last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of her official duties. | | (287419) | 339
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in each birth cohort, as shown in Figure 4.3 on page 55 of DWP Research Report number 558, would be modelled as having payback equivalent to having received at least the full value of the assumed rate of return used in the modelling; and what the equivalent figures are under alternative scenarios (a) 1 and (b) 2 as referred to on page 57 of DWP Research Report number 558. | | (287114) | 340
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in each birth cohort, are modelled as having a payback of (a) less than 0.5, (b) between 0.5 and 1, (c) between 1 and 1.5, (d) between 1.5 and 2, (e) between 2 and 2.5, (f) between 2.5 and 3 and (g) above 3 as shown in Figure 4.3 on page 55 of DWP Research Report number 558. | | (287115) | 341
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish her Department's resource accounts for 2008-09. | | (287295) | 342
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) 18 and (b) 19 year-old jobseeker's allowance claimants reported having been unemployed for over 12 months on initial application in the latest period for which information is available; and if she will make a statement. | | (287313) | 343
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria apply for jobseeker's allowance claimants to be fast-tracked to the gateway period of the Flexible New Deal. | | (287314) | 344
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants she expects to be fast-tracked to the gateway stage of the Flexible New Deal in each of the next 12 months. | | (287315) | 345
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants of each age who have skills levels equivalent to less than level 2. | | (287316) | 346
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) new and (b) re-assessed council tax benefit claims were processed in (i) 10 days or less, (ii) 11 to 15 days, (iii) 16 to 20 days, (iv) 21 to 25 days, (v) 26 to 30 days, (vi) 31 to 35 days, (vii) 36 to 40 days, (viii) 41 to 45 days and (ix) over 45 days in each (A) region and (B) local authority in each of the last six quarters. | | (287317) | 347
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) new and (b) re-assessed housing benefit claims were processed in (i) 10 days and fewer, (ii) 11 to 15 days, (iii) 16 to 20 days, (iv) 21 to 25 days, (v) 26 to 30 days, (vi) 31 to 35 days, (vii) 36 to 40 days, (viii) 41 to 45 days and (ix) over 45 days in each (A) region and (B) local authority in each of the last six quarters. | | (287318) | 348
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) new and (b) re-assessed pension credit applications were processed in (i) 10 days and fewer, (ii) 11 to 15 days, (iii) 16 to 20 days, (iv) 21 to 25 days and (v) over 25 days in each of the last six quarters; and if she will make a statement. | | (287320) | 349
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average it took to process a claim for pension credit in each (a) region and (b) processing centre in each of the last six quarters; and if she will make a statement. | | (287321) | 350
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the number of pensioners that would be lifted out of poverty if take-up of means-tested benefits was 100 per cent.; and if she will make a statement. | | (287325) | 351
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the average weekly payment of the basic state pension for (a) men and (b) women in (i) 2010, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2030, (iv) 2040 and (v) 2050; and if she will make a statement. | | (287327) | 352
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bids for funding from the Future Jobs Fund her Department has received; and when she plans to announce the successful bidders. | | (287341) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 353
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants were from each ethnic minority in each of the last 24 months. | | [Transferred] (287340) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 354
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the amount of the tax-free training bursary for people training to be teachers of mathematics will be in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | [Transferred] (286992) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 355
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste management private finance initiative schemes have been successfully concluded to date; and how many such schemes are awaiting planning permission. | | [Transferred] (287411) | 356
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which (a) organisations and (b) purposes revenue from fines due to breaches in landfill targets will be allocated. | | [Transferred] (287430) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 357
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Minister has lead responsibility for the Young People's Development Programme. | | [Transferred] (287379) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 358
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 17 June 2009, Official Report, columns 295-6W, on road accidents, what the estimated cost in police time of dealing with road closures due to road traffic accidents on (a) motorways and (b) trunk roads in each police force area in the South West was (i) from July to December 2005, (ii) in 2006, (iii) in 2007, (iv) in 2008 and (v) in 2009 to date. | | [Transferred] (287098) |
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