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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 16 July 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 16 July 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 16 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 16 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 16 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) public and (b) private sector funding has been provided for the UK High Technology Fund; what the cost of management fees related to the fund has been; and how many companies have received funding from the fund in each year since its formation. | | (284880) | 2
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 61W, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Billericay of 26 February and 26 March 2009 on his constituent, Mr Piechuta. | | (287127) | 3
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects a decision to be made on the outstanding bids for capital funding under the Building Colleges for the Future programme. | | (287312) | 4
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 989W, on motor vehicles: manufacturing industries, what estimate he has made of the maximum number of car purchases that can be funded by the £300 million allocated by his Department to the car scrappage scheme. | | (287588) | 5
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 989W, on motor vehicles: manufacturing industries, how many of the 94,000 orders for new vehicles qualify for Government funding under the car scrappage scheme. | | (287600) | 6
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287794) | 7
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 766W, on the Export Credits Guarantee Department, what projects the Export Credits Guarantee Department supported through its Fixed Rate Export Finance Scheme between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2008; and what the (a) date of approval, (b) amount of exposure at that date, (c) UK company concerned, (d) destination country for the export and (e) project or product involved was in each case. | | (286915) | 8
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government plans to take to use UK scientific expertise in support of the recommendation for a co-ordinated approach in the field of global weapons of mass destruction knowledge, proliferation and scientist engagements in the L'Aquila declaration of 9 July 2009. | | (287537) | 9
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the £150 million Innovation Fund referred to in paragraph 35 of Building Britain's Future, Cm 7654, will be established; and how manufacturing firms will be able to obtain funding from that Fund. | | (287539) | 10
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the financial benefits to UK businesses of the EU single market. | | (287769) | 11
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the cost to UK businesses of the implementation of EU regulations. | | (287808) | 12
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on UK (a) businesses and (b) consumers of the import from the Channel Islands of health food products which contain illegal ingredients or are marketed using illegal claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (288016) | 13
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when officials of his Department last met representatives of the health food industry to discuss the effect of the trade in health food products from the Channel Islands on (a) UK businesses and (b) UK consumers. | | (288017) | 14
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on enforcement action by the Office of Fair Trading in circumstances where companies repeatedly distribute mail order catalogues containing illegal claims about health products. | | (288018) | 15
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding allocated by his Department to each regional development agency was spent on tourism in each of the last five years. | | (287907) | 16
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions the Secretary of State has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on levels of funding allocated by regional development agencies for expenditure on support for the tourism industry. | | (287908) | 17
N | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent on rebranding the former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's website for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. | | (287058) | 18
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which 10 vocational training courses funded by his Department had the lowest participant job entry rate after completion in the last 12 months. | | (287740) | 19
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress his Department has made in increasing access to finance for small and medium-sized businesses. | | (287050) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each age group received an adult learning grant in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (287526) | 21
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies went into administration in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) England in each of the last five years. | | (287862) | 22
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies were declared insolvent in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) England in each of the last five years. | | (287863) | 23
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people from low income families in Hemel Hempstead constituency who took (a) paternity and (b) maternity leave in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (287864) | 24
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Ministers who sit in the House are required to reckon the hours worked in pursuit of their Ministerial duties together with hours worked as an hon. Member for the purposes of keeping records to comply with the requirements of the EU Working Time Directive. | | (287589) | 25
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether EU Working Time Directive restrictions on working hours apply to Ministers in the performance of their Ministerial duties. | | (287590) | 26
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether EU Working Time Directive restrictions on working hours apply to hon. Members when (a) acting as constituency Members and (b) undertaking duties in the House. | | (287591) | 27
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there is a restriction on the number of hours an hon. Member may work in their capacity as (a) a hon. Member and (b) a Minister. | | (287592) | 28
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there are restrictions on the number of hours a person who is (a) self-employed and (b) a chief executive officer of a major (i) public body and (ii) private corporation may work. | | (287593) | 29
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for the time taken to answer Question 245130, tabled on 15 December 2008, on replies to correspondence. | | (286350) | 30
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to which projects in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency the North West Regional Development Agency has provided funding in the last five years. | | (287977) | 31
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of his Department's (i) male employees and (ii) female employees was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287121) | 32
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 284440, on national skills academies, tabled on 1 July 2009. | | (287131) | 33
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department allocated to Advantage West Midlands in each of the last five years; and what funding his Department will provide to Advantage West Midlands in each future year for which provision has been made. | | (288037) | 34
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what adjustments have been made to his Department's funding allocations to Advantage West Midlands in each of the last three years. | | (288038) | 35
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of 16 to 24 year olds were not in education, employment or training in the second quarter of each year since 1997. | | (284954) | 36
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of people with student loans have paid back the full amount within the first two years of leaving higher education since loans were introduced. | | (287685) | 37
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years started an apprenticeship in each region in the period (a) September 2007 to July 2008 and (b) September 2008 to July 2009. | | (287751) | 38
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people went on to higher education after completing an apprenticeship in each year since 1997. | | (287752) | 39
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged (a) between 16 and 24 years and (b) 25 years and over stopped claiming jobseeker's allowance in order to start an apprenticeship in each year since 1997. | | (287753) | 40
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years started an apprenticeshp in (a) construction, (b) manufacturing, (c) health and beauty, (d) engineering, electrician and building services and (e) other sectors in the period (i) September 2007 to July 2008 and (ii) September 2008 to July 2009. | | (287754) | 41
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of apprentices were unemployed 12 months after completing their apprenticeship in each year since 1997. | | (287755) | 42
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of graduates were unemployed three months after obtaining their degree in each year since 1997. | | (287756) | 43
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of students in higher education left their course before completion in each year since 1997. | | (287757) | 44
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applicants to higher education institutions (a) found a place in clearing and (b) were eligible to find a place in clearing in each year since 1993. | | (287758) | 45
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people (a) applied and (b) were accepted through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service for a place on a higher education institution undergraduate course in each year since the service was established. | | (287776) | 46
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1065W, on adult education, how much was spent on evaluating the Impact of Skills for Life Learning initiative under each budgetary heading. | | (287781) | 47
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2009, Official Report, column 1124W, on apprentices, what the most recent figures are for the number of apprenticeship vacancies (a) advertised and (b) filled through the National Apprenticeship Service online vacancy matching system. | | (287784) | 48
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 182W, on apprentices, whether all existing learners who have started their training since 1 April 2009 on (a) apprenticeship programmes and (b) Train to Gain courses funded by the Learning and Skills Council will be funded to complete their existing training at the agreed rates. | | (287785) | 49
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 17WS, on the Education (Student Support) Regulations, when the cancellation of the guarantee of student support for education maintenance allowance recipients will take effect; and whether students planning to enter higher education in 2009-10 will be covered by the guarantee. | | (287829) | 50
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students lived at home while studying in the most recent year for which figures were available. | | (287830) | 51
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Skype provides access to emergency numbers. | | (287126) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 52
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths there were in respect of which pressure ulcers were listed on the death certificate as a contributory cause of death in each region in each of the last five years. | | (287683) | 53
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths in which alcohol was an underlying cause were recorded in each health trust area within the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years. | | (287764) | 54
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much income the National School of Government received for consultancy services in 2008-09. | | (287739) | 55
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance sets out the procedures to be followed by (a) civil servants and (b) senior officials of non-departmental public bodies in relation to their receipt of gifts. | | (287742) | 56
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which companies purchased consultancy services from the National School of Government in 2008-09; and if she will make a statement. | | (287747) | 57
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were self-employed in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | (287860) | 58
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates the Forfeiture Committee has met since 1 January 2009. | | (287855) | 59
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of employees in the Leader of the House's Office are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of (i) male employees and (ii) female employees in that Office was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287120) | 60
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many graduate vacancies in the Civil Service there (a) were in 2008 and (b) are expected to be in 2009. | | (287777) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 61
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of companies which relocated their headquarters from the UK to countries outside the United Kingdom in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (287822) | 62
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has accepted the recommendations of the All-Party Parliamentary Small Business Group report on access to public procurement in respect of (a) the introduction of specific proposals aimed at the micro-enterprise sector and (b) the provision of feedback on unsuccessful bids; and if he will make a statement. | | (287678) | 63
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow South West constituency claiming family tax credit. | | (287596) | 64
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow South West constituency claiming working tax credit. | | (287597) | 65
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the level of take-up of working tax credit in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow South West constituency. | | (287598) | 66
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the level of take-up of family tax credit in (a) Scotland, (b) Glasgow and (c) Glasgow South West constituency. | | (287599) | 67
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he received from representatives of (a) bank employees and (b) consumer groups during the drafting of the proposals contained in Reforming Financial Markets, Cm 7667. | | (287828) | 68
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of UK Financial Investments on its policy on publishing information about its activities. | | (287851) | 69
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value is of (a) bequests and (b) other gifts and donations made to the nation in each of the last five years; and how much was given (i) in the form of (A) cash, (B) works of art and (C) property and (ii) in other forms. | | (287516) | 70
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of local Zimbabwean bonds held by his Department was in each of the last 10 years, expressed in (a) Zimbabwean dollars and (b) pounds sterling. | | (287517) | 71
N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letters dated 3 March, 28 May and 15 June 2009 from the right hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe, with regard to Mr Bernard Lockett. | | (287042) | 72
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287903) | 73
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire had received Child Trust Fund payments on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (287861) | 74
N | Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of preventing car insurance companies under-settling claims through the practice of early settlement. | | (287060) | 75
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the tripartite regulatory regime in relation to the regulation of banks. | | (287945) | 76
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people from ethnic minority backgrounds are employed by his Department. | | (287946) | 77
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many copies of the Budget 2009 Report his Department ordered; and what the cost was of that order. | | (287947) | 78
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Isle of Man government on Isle of Man tax reforms. | | (287948) | 79
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the sale and rent back market. | | (287949) | 80
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on flowers in each of the last five years. | | (287950) | 81
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on health and safety training in each of the last two years. | | (287951) | 82
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on bottled water in each of the last six months. | | (287952) | 83
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on the maintenance of his Departmental website in each of the last two years. | | (287953) | 84
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with charities which have lost money as a result of the collapse of Icelandic banks. | | (287954) | 85
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many banks he has visited on official business in the last 12 months. | | (287955) | 86
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on water coolers in each of the last six months. | | (287956) | 87
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase levels of equality for employees in his Department. | | (287957) | 88
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many flags his Department owns; and what the cost of maintaining them was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287958) | 89
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the banking industry on a code of practice on tax for banks. | | (287959) | 90
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on economic growth rates over the next two financial years. | | (287960) | 91
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been received by the Exchequer in duties collected from companies importing goods into the UK from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (287170) | 92
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many consignments of goods were imported into the UK from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (287171) | 93
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of goods exported from the UK to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (287172) | 94
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of his Department's (i) male employees and (ii) female employees was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287119) | 95
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many commercial Real Estate Investments Trusts have been established; and what effect their establishment has had on levels of receipts of the Exchequer. | | (287512) | 96
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) proportion and (b) monetary value of UK property which is held offshore by investment funds or limited partnerships. | | (287513) | 97
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of capital gains tax receipts which would have accrued from the UK property market if there had been no offshoring in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287514) | 98
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many authorised property units trusts there are; and what types of property they are allowed to invest in. | | (287515) | 99
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exempting authorised property unit trusts exempt from corporation tax in 2010-11. | | (287522) | 100
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the exemption from capital gains tax of authorised property unit trusts in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287523) | 101
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 16 June 2009 on a constituent, case reference 1685132723. | | (287041) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 102
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people were on the barred list maintained under the Protection of Children Act 1999 in each of the last five years. | | (287922) | 103
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have been added to the barred list maintained under the Protection of Children Act 1999 by the Independent Saefguarding Authority since January 2009. | | (287923) | 104
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will undertake a public information campaign on the rights of children with disabilities. | | (287303) | 105
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287795) | 106
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 1018W, on young people: unemployed, how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years old were not in education, employment or training in each region in the second quarter of 2009. | | (288021) | 107
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the construction of new school buildings. | | (287771) | 108
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many exclusions from schools there have been in each year group in (a) Test Valley Borough and (b) Southampton in each of the last three years; and how many of those pupils who were excluded were also (i) cautioned for and (ii) charged with criminal offences. | | (287767) | 109
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils enrolled on each diploma course are entitled to free school meals; and if he will make a statement. | | (287527) | 110
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on education maintenance allowance for (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18 and (d) 19 year olds in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (287528) | 111
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in the National Challenge programme (a) entered pupils for and (b) offered courses in the separate sciences at GCSE in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (287529) | 112
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils (a) eligible and (b) ineligible for free school meals did not sit GCSE examinations in five or more subjects in (i) 2008, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2005. | | (287530) | 113
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date Dr Ken Boston offered his resignation from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; and on what date it was accepted. | | (287532) | 114
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been paid by his Department and its predecessors to former Ministers as compensation for loss of office in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (287818) | 115
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what responsibilities the Children's Workforce Development Council has for (a) childcare training and (b) accreditation of childcare training schemes. | | (287307) | 116
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what functions have been transferred from his Department to the Children's Workforce Development Council. | | (287308) | 117
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to improve child protection services in Castle Point. | | (287504) | 118
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent assessment is of levels of compliance with his Department's guidance to schools on measures to accommodate (a) religious and (b) cultural beliefs. | | (287601) | 119
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding is available to maintained primary schools to meet the cost of providing a free school meal service for all their pupils. | | (287681) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 120
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contraventions of Part L of the Building Regulations have been identified in each year since 2000; how many of these were resolved before project completion; and how many of those unresolved at project completion resulted in prosecution. | | (288042) | 121
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much social housing grant was (a) allocated to and (b) bid for by each London local authority in each allocation round since 2000. | | (284716) | 122
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homeless, (b) statutorily overcrowded, (c) medical priority and (d) family quota households are on each London local authority housing waiting list. | | (284717) | 123
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many shared ownership purchases were made in (a) London and (b) England by people registered on housing waiting lists in each year since 2000; and what proportion of all such sales this represented in each such year. | | (284718) | 124
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287796) | 125
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Building Britain's Future document, Cm 7654, what criteria will be used to decide where to deploy the £1.5 billion of new investment in energy efficient affordable homes. | | (287866) | 126
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what planning provision he intends to make to regulate the use of back gardens for the landing of helicopters. | | (287788) | 127
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has provided to local authorities on the application of legislation relating to neighbour behaviour which might be used in relation to the landing of helicopters in confined spaces. | | (287789) | 128
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to ensure that district authorities in Lancashire publish their waiting lists for local authority-provided allotments; what recent assessment he has made of local authorities' performance in the provision of allotments; and what formula his Department provides for local authorities to determine the number of allotments each should provide. | | (287690) | 129
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of allotments which each district authority in Lancashire should provide under the formula prepared by his Department; and if he will estimate the number of allotments each such local authority provides. | | (287810) | 130
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of the housing stock in each local authority did not meet the Decent Homes Standard on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (287310) | 131
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of housing stock in each local authority did not meet the Decent Homes Standard in each of the last five years. | | (287311) | 132
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what target has been set for the number of new affordable homes to be built in each region in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; how many he expects to be built in each region in each of those years; and how many he expects to be available for social rent in each case. | | (287305) | 133
| 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. | | (287604) | 134
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what key performance indicators are used by his Department to measure the performance of the Deposit Protection Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (287841) | 135
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Deposit Protection Service's most recent monthly report on its performance. | | (287842) | 136
| 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. | | (287843) | 137
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rating was applied to the Deposit Protection Service in relation to each of its key performance indicators in each of the last six months. | | (287844) | 138
| 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 month since the service was commenced. | | (287845) | 139
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regional targets have been set for affordable housing (a) starts and (b) completions in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11; how many such starts and completions are expected to be for (A) intermediate low cost ownership and (B) social rent; on what date the targets were set; and what the previous regional targets had been. | | (287846) | 140
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding will be provided from (a) the National Affordable Housing Programme and (b) other funding streams to meet regional affordable housing targets in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (287847) | 141
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funding allocated to the National Affordable Housing Programme for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 is expected to be spent. | | (287848) | 142
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funding allocated to the National Affordable Housing Programme for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 was expected to be spent prior to the agreement of the new regional targets for affordable housing. | | (287849) | 143
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many energy performance certificates have been issued by local authorities in respect of privately-rented properties in each year since their introduction; what recent progress has been made in increasing the energy efficiency of buildings; and if he will make a statement. | | (288022) | 144
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of time was between a home being placed on the market and being sold in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287506) | 145
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties were sold in England in 2008-09; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of such properties expected to be sold in 2009-10. | | (287507) | 146
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new housing units were completed in 2008-09; and how many are predicted to be completed in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (287508) | 147
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people are of no fixed abode in each region in England. | | (287509) | 148
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average annual service charges were for social housing run by (a) local authorities, (b) arms-length management organisations and (c) housing associations in each region in England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287510) | 149
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how long on average a household was on a social housing waiting list before being allocated social housing in each region in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the longest time was for which a household in each region had been waiting during that period. | | (287511) | 150
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing investment trusts have been established since 1996. | | (287524) | 151
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average private sector rent was in each region of England in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05, (e) 2005-06, (f) 2006-07, (g) 2007-08 and (h) 2008-09. | | (287689) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 152
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287797) | 153
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was claimed in expenses by staff of each grade at the Gambling Commission in the last 12 months. | | (287772) | 154
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much each of the senior officials at the Gambling Commission spent on (a) official hospitality, (b) official travel, (c) office expenses and (d) other official expenses in the last 12 months. | | (287773) | 155
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with VisitEngland on its guidance to hoteliers on the DVD concierge licence. | | (287906) | 156
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, columns 139-40W, on casinos: licensing, when he plans to issue guidance to licensing authorities on definitions of a gaming table in operation and ratios of gaming tables in use. | | (287909) | 157
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2008, Official Report, column 1046W, on bookmakers, whether the outstanding issues have been resolved following the local negotiations; and if he will make a statement. | | (288003) | 158
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding from the public purse has been made available for tourism regeneration projects in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency in the last five years. | | (287833) | 159
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding from the public purse has been given to the Winter Gardens Project in Morecambe since its inception. | | (287834) | 160
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage people to take a greater proportion of their holidays in the UK. | | (287839) | 161
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of restrictions on participation in boxing at competition level by people with insulin-dependent diabetes. | | (287525) | 162
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provision will be made for radio reception by residential properties where digital radio signals cannot be received after the discontinuance of analogue radio signals in (a) Powys, (b) Wales, (c) each region of England, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland. | | (287169) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 163
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287798) | 164
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to deploy in Afghanistan helicopters which are out of service for repair or maintenance work on completion of that work. | | (287180) | 165
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether legal aid has been made available to any persons who are to appear as witnesses at the Baha Mousa Inquiry. | | (287179) | 166
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of all Afghan government military forces are based in Helmand province; and what efforts are being made to increase that percentage. | | (287272) | 167
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals the Government intends to make at the next NATO summit on (a) nuclear sharing, (b) nuclear first-strike and (c) the reliance by NATO members on nuclear weapons as a guarantee for their security; and if he will make a statement. | | (287910) | 168
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2009, Official Report, column 558W, on gifts and endowments, which military bases in Northern Ireland were sold to the Northern Ireland Executive; and at what cost. | | (287786) | 169
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of units of service (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation at each location in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland are in each condition grade. | | (287911) | 170
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more bedroom properties are owned by or managed for his Department in inner London boroughs; and what his most recent estimate is of the average annual net cost of managing properties in each category. | | (287190) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 171
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Ofgem's ruling of March 2009 on biodiesel, glycerol and the Renewables Obligation on the production of bio-fuels from used cooking oil; and if he will make a statement. | | (288039) | 172
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what incentives his Department provides for the production of biofuels from used cooking oil; and if he will make a statement. | | (288040) | 173
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on the use of recycled waste materials in the biofuel production process. | | (288041) | 174
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287799) | 175
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings have been held between officials of his Department and the hon. Member for Nottingham South in his capacity as adviser on the implementation of the feed-in tariff programme. | | (287541) | 176
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Association for the Conservation of Energy as part of the preparation of the White Paper on low carbon energy strategies. | | (287542) | 177
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what quantities of safeguarded plutonium have been exported since July 2008; and for what purpose. | | (287543) | 178
N | John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with the energy industry the employment opportunities for British workers arising from any programme to build new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement. | | (287065) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 179
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what publicly-funded research has been undertaken by his Department into (a) levels of public interest in and (b) public attitudes towards environmental issues in the last five years. | | (287125) | 180
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many qualified (a) lepidopterists, (b) botanists, (c) lichenologists, (d) bryologists and (e) mycologists are employed by Natural England. | | (287177) | 181
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Invasive Non-native Species Framework Strategy for Great Britain in tackling invasive species arriving from countries which have no comparable strategies. | | (287595) | 182
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287800) | 183
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he next plans to revise guidelines to farmers on the spraying of pesticides near schools and residences. | | (287819) | 184
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable he plans for the establishment of a voluntary approach to set-aside. | | (287820) | 185
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to expedite single farm payments to farmers affected by the taking into receivership of Dairy Farmers of Britain. | | (287821) | 186
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made in reducing levels of live animal exports. | | (288011) | 187
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) undertake and (b) publish an equality impact assessment of the relocation of Marine and Fisheries Agency staff out of London. | | (288015) | 188
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the effects on the intellectual property rights of members of staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) their change in status as a result of the creation of that organisation; and whether those staff are to be permitted to publish in their own name work produced for the MMO. | | (288000) | 189
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2009, Official Report, column 1590, on fishing catches, whether the Lithuanian and Polish vessels referred to were entitled to fish in North Sea fishing grounds prior to their countries' accession to the European Union. | | (287856) | 190
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on his Department's request for a derogation from EU air quality standards in respect of particulate matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (287840) | 191
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date he last met Mr Damian McBride in the course of his official duties. | | (287904) | 192
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water meters were installed in homes in Castle Point by water supply companies in each of the last five years. | | (287503) | 193
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the effect on mammalian wildlife of the removal of trees from Thundersley Common. | | (287868) | 194
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Essex County Council and (b) Castle Point Borough Council in respect of Thundersley Common in the last five years. | | (287870) | 195
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what public consultations have been held in respect of the removal of trees from Thundersley Common; and if he will make a statement. | | (287872) | 196
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the round table meeting on 31 March 2009 with representatives from food retailers and trading organisations on food labelling, what steps his Department is taking in the preparation of voluntary guidance to supermarkets on country of origin labelling of produce from Israeli settlements. | | (287173) | 197
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer from the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak, of 8 July 2009, Official Report, column 856W, on Israel: imports, when he expects to announce the next step in public consultation on the labelling of goods imported into the UK from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories. | | (287174) | 198
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the introduction of practical steps to reduce levels of bovine tuberculosis in Devon; and what the timescale is of those plans. | | (287782) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 199
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the alleged broadcasting by Hamas of children's television programmes glorifying (a) terrorism and (b) attacks on the State of Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (287518) | 200
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with aid agencies based in the UK to ensure that aid they provide is not misappropriated by Hamas; and if he will make a statement. | | (287519) | 201
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on recognition of the State of Israel as a Jewish state; what response was received; and if he will make a statement. | | (287520) | 202
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take during the next 12 months at the United Nations in respect of recognition by the Palestinian Authority of the State of Israel as a Jewish state; and if he will make a statement. | | (287521) | 203
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the persecution of Christians in Cuba, with particular reference to the case of Pastor Omar Gride Pérez; and if he will make a statement. | | (288010) | 204
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he has made to the European Court of Human Rights on the application made by the Chagos Islanders. | | (286768) | 205
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek agreement at EU level to withhold EU aid payments to Eritrea if there is no agreed improvement in Eritrea's performance on human rights. | | (288025) | 206
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial support his Department has provided to Eritrea in the last 12 months. | | (288026) | 207
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek to ensure that the rights of the Saharawi population of Western Sahara to enjoy specific natural resources, as stated in Article 1 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, are fulfilled. | | (288001) | 208
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Moroccan fishing zones referred to in the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement are those in the Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone. | | (288002) | 209
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Lord Malloch-Brown plans to vacate Flat 2, Admiralty House; and what use is envisaged for the property after it is vacated. | | (287424) | 210
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of his Department's (i) male employees and (ii) female employees was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287122) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 211
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on the barred list maintained under the Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme in each of the last five years. | | (287920) | 212
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been added to the barred list maintained under the Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme by the Independent Safeguarding Authority since January 2009. | | (287921) | 213
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce inequalities in access to health services for children. | | (287304) | 214
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases were dealt with by the NHS Litigation Authority in 2008-09 in which pressure ulcers were the ground for the claim; how many of them were settled in the claimant's favour; what the administrative cost was of dealing with such cases; and how much was paid in settlements and compensation in such cases. | | (287684) | 215
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he require dermatology to be a mandatory part of medical student and GP training. | | (287876) | 216
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects work to start on developing a future curriculum for pharmacists so that an improvement in the level of dermatology education can be included; and if he will make a statement. | | (287877) | 217
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) membership and (b) remit is of the (i) Programme Board and (ii) Advisory Board for the No Secrets review; on what dates each board has met; and if he will make a statement. | | (287878) | 218
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) start and (b) end date was for his Department's No Secrets consultation; whether his Department's response has been drafted and published in accordance with the timescale set out in the code of practice on consultation; and if he will make a statement. | | (287879) | 219
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287801) | 220
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct each mental health and learning disability trust to publish its contingency plans to deal with swine influenza. | | (288012) | 221
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the numbers of midwives employed by the NHS. | | (288013) | 222
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Statement of 10 October 2007, Official Report, columns 297-300, on health and social care, how much of the funding of £170 million for a psychological therapy service has been allocated to each health trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (287124) | 223
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each primary care trust area have accessed funding through the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in each of the last five years. | | (287852) | 224
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust area did not keep an appointment following a referral to an out of county consultant specialist in each of the last five years. | | (287853) | 225
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to monitor the effectiveness of the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme. | | (287854) | 226
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust area have been referred to out of county consultant specialists in each of the last five years. | | (287874) | 227
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area received referrals to consultant specialists based in a different PCT area in each of the last five years. | | (287875) | 228
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the police have been called out to accident and emergency departments in each NHS trust area because of disorderly conduct by patients in each of the last five years. | | (287759) | 229
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions of each type of drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction were dispensed in each of the last five years. | | (287765) | 230
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pregnancies in girls under 16 years old were recorded in (a) Test Valley Borough and (b) Southampton in each of the last five years. | | (287768) | 231
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the stock of diamorphine for the treatment of patients with serious or terminal conditions. | | (287775) | 232
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2008, Official Report, columns 524-25W, how much of the funding of £4 million from the community hospitals and services programme for the re-development of Thame Hospital, Oxfordshire had been spent as at 1 July 2009, and what the timetable is for the completion of the re-development. | | (287116) | 233
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the investigation commissioned by the Healthcare Commission in April 2008 into the West London Mental Health Trust will be (a) completed and (b) published. | | (287117) | 234
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides there have been of individuals in the care of each mental health trust in each year from 2000 to 2008. | | (287118) | 235
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response his Department made to (a) the interim report of the Government's stakeholder advisory group on extremely low frequency electronic and magnetic fields (SAGE) of April 2007 and (b) the Health Protection Agency's response of October 2007 to the SAGE interim report. | | (286182) | 236
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last 12 months. | | (287531) | 237
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all primary care trusts have anti-viral collection points accessible to all their populations. | | (287306) | 238
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the Young People's Development Programme since its inception; and what the Programme's projected budget is for the next five years. | | (287378) | 239
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on people with epilepsy of generic substitution of anti-epileptic drugs. | | (286349) | 240
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made for (a) pre- and (b) post-registration education and training for nurses on the provision of continence services. | | (288028) | 241
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what host has been appointed to each local involvement network; and how much funding his Department provided to each such network in 2008-09. | | (287997) | 242
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) local involvement networks and (b) the hosts contracted to set up and run those networks. | | (288019) | 243
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all host organisations contracted to set up and run local involvement networks have taken out indemnity cover for members of those networks; and if he will make a statement. | | (288020) | 244
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of the European Commission's proposals on an amendment to Council Directive 2001/83/EC in relation to the prevention of the counterfeiting of medicinal products. | | (287812) | 245
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his response is to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency consultation MLX357, on the medicines' supply chain, completed in March 2009. | | (287813) | 246
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with pharmacists on his Department's proposals to replace the prescription item threshold system with a scale of remuneration for pharmacists. | | (287814) | 247
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve mental health provision for young people in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency. | | (287838) | 248
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for access to NHS dental services was in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287978) | 249
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of swine influenza had been diagnosed in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency by the latest date for which figures are available. | | (287979) | 250
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting for access to NHS dental services in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (287980) | 251
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to assist carers. | | (287981) | 252
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS specialist pain management services there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287497) | 253
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide treatment for (a) psychotic and (b) bipolar depressive conditions. | | (287499) | 254
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) was spent in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09 and (b) is planned to be spent in (A) 2009-10, (B) 2010-11 and (C) 2011-12 on the (1) recruitment processes, (2) better handling of complaints, (3) strengthening clinical governance, (4) information for monitoring, (5) boundary transgressions and special issues in mental health services, (6) revalidation of healthcare professionals, (7) the national clinical advisory group, (8) remediation and rehabilitation, (9) independent adjudication, (10) General Medical Council affiliates, (11) medical training and (12) language testing strand of the safeguarding patients and trust, assurance and safety policy. | | (287505) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 255
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many chief constables took early retirement in each year since 2001; on what grounds each took early retirement; what pension arrangements each received; and if he will make a statement. | | (287825) | 256
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of payments made to police pensioners aged (a) under 50, (b) between 51 and 55, (c) between 56 and 60, (d) between 61 and 65 and (e) 65 and over was in (i) the latest year for which figures are available, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2001, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2007. | | (287826) | 257
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation for which his Department was responsible and which made provision for the (i) retirement and (ii) early retirement of police officers has been enacted since 1997. | | (287827) | 258
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residence applications from EEA nationals are awaiting assessment. | | (287791) | 259
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding residence applications from EEA nationals have exceeded the six month time limit set out in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006. | | (287792) | 260
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the time it will take for the back-log of residence applications from EEA nationals to be cleared. | | (287793) | 261
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is for each information technology project being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. | | (287912) | 262
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in implementing the Bichard Inquiry; what steps still require to be implemented; and when implementation is expected to be completed. | | (287913) | 263
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the IMPACT Programme is expected to be fully operational; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the programme. | | (287914) | 264
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to international conviction data to improve checks on workers from overseas in the UK. | | (287915) | 265
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made with the national deployment of IT-enabled procedures by HM Courts Service to transfer court results automatically to the Police National Computer. | | (287916) | 266
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made by police forces in their implementation of the statutory code of practice on the management of police information. | | (287917) | 267
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of the illicit drugs market in the UK. | | (287918) | 268
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which projects have (a) been funded or (b) had funding allocated to them from the crime prevention budget in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (287919) | 269
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287802) | 270
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the annual cost of providing accommodation for illegal migrants to the UK. | | (287181) | 271
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted UK citizenship in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available. | | (288009) | 272
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the UK has undertaken to provide for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT); where the secretariat of GICNT is based; and when the next meeting of participating parties will be. | | (287536) | 273
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last reviewed his Department's performance in applying its policy of refinement, replacement and reductions in respect of animal experimentation. | | (287982) | 274
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sites are authorised to grow poppies for the production of opium in (a) England and (b) the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire; and what the total area of such sites is in each case. | | (287766) | 275
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners the Government sought to deport when they left prison but were unable to because they were nationals of other EU member states in the last five years. | | (287741) | 276
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter to his Department of 19 May 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr R Crawley. | | (287817) | 277
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of known terrorist plots in the United Kingdom have a connection with Afghanistan; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the matter. | | (287425) | 278
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of known terrorist plots in the United Kingdom have a connection with Helmand province. | | (287426) | 279
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of British military involvement in Afghanistan on levels of violent extremism in the UK. | | (287427) | 280
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost of printing a (a) new and (b) replacement British passport was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287533) | 281
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Serious and Organised Crime Agency staff based in Northern Ireland have received performance-related bonuses; and what the total amount of such bonuses has been. | | (287671) | 282
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in Northern Ireland was in 2008-09. | | (287672) | 283
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Asset Recovery Agency cases based in Northern Ireland were taken up by the Serious Organised Crime Agency; and how many have resulted in (a) prosecutions and (b) seizure of assets. | | (287787) | 284
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers are employed in Lancashire. | | (287837) | 285
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the supply of prohibited substances to problem drug users at street level. | | (287498) | 286
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of violent crime committed in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available was perpetrated against (i) young people, (ii) families and (iii) pensioners. | | (287502) | 287
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009 to Baroness Hanham, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA36 on identity cards, which other organisations representing students have been involved in recent stakeholder activity. | | (287831) | 288
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009 to Baroness Hanham, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA36 on identity cards, what the dates were of meetings held between the Identity and Passport Service and (a) the National Union of Students, (b) Universities UK and (c) other organisations representing students. | | (287832) | 289
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of legacy asylum applications which will be decided by the 2011 target date. | | (287778) | 290
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many legacy asylum cases have been resolved since July 2006. | | (287779) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 291
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is (a) taking and (b) plans to take over the next two years to make available on the Parliamentary website the transcript of Standing Committee debates held prior to 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (287823) | 292
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission (a) is taking and (b) plans to take over the next two years to provide greater electronic access for the public to parliamentary material; and if he will make a statement. | | (287824) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 293
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to answer Question 280485, tabled on 12 June 2009, on payments to contractors; and if he will make a statement. | | (287774) | 294
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287803) | 295
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has had from UNICEF on its Promise Me campaign on children's rights in respect of climate change and HIV/AIDS. | | (287538) | 296
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on the introduction of a currency transaction levy to raise funds for health initiatives in the least developed countries. | | (287544) | 297
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on (a) the effect of the operation of vulture funds on standards of living in the developing world and (b) the extent to which UK businesses participate in such funds. | | (288014) | 298
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the theme park for women in Lashkar Gah; and how much it cost. | | (287269) | 299
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's staff are working at each forward operating base in Helmand province. | | (287270) | 300
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who is responsible for the reconstruction and development programme following the completion of Operation Panther's Claw in Helmand; and how much funding (a) his Department and (b) other agencies have allocated for the programme. | | (287271) | 301
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department intends to take to support the President of the Maldives in the delivery of additional social housing. | | (287783) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 302
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were detained in custody with adults in each of the last five years. | | (287686) | 303
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children commenced a period of definition on the juvenile secure estate (a) on remand and (b) after sentencing for (i) less than one month, (ii) less than six months, (iii) less than one year, (iv) less than three years and (v) more than three years in each of the last five years. | | (287687) | 304
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287804) | 305
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many surplus employees his Department had on the latest date for which figures are available; what expenditure his Department incurred on salaries for surplus employees in the last 12 months; and what roles such employees fulfil. | | (288027) | 306
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held on their own in cells designed for more than one prisoner have been assessed as (a) high risk and (b) very high risk. | | (287873) | 307
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of being under the influence of alcohol while in charge of a bicycle in (i) Test Valley Borough and (ii) Southampton in each of the last five years. | | (287760) | 308
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) arrested for, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of being under the influence of illegal drugs while riding a bicycle on a public road in (i) Test Valley Borough and (ii) Southampton in each of the last five years. | | (287761) | 309
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Office for Criminal Justice Reform spent on (a) external consultants, (b) public opinion research and (c) communications in the last year for which information is available. | | (287128) | 310
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Judicial Pensions Scheme in each of the next 10 years. | | (287129) | 311
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many grants have been made by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform in the last 12 months; and what the total amount of those grants is. | | (287130) | 312
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Archives expects to raise through the introduction of car parking charges at Kew. | | (287175) | 313
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people visited the National Archives at Kew in each of the last five years. | | (287176) | 314
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times restraint has been used on a child in (a) secure children's homes, (b) secure training centres and (c) young offender institutions for the purposes of (i) preventing a criminal offence, (ii) preventing injury, (iii) preventing damage to property and (iv) maintaining good order and discipline in each month of the last three years. | | (287748) | 315
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile telephones were found in the possession of prisoners in (a) top security and (b) all other prisons in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (287998) | 316
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hon. Members have referred responses to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the Information Commission in each of the last three years; and in each case how many such referrals were not resolved after 12 months of consideration. | | (287999) | 317
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been placed on the high visibility payback scheme in each of the last 12 months. | | (287944) | 318
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent to increase diversity amongst magistrates in each of the last three years. | | (287961) | 319
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on the maintenance of his departmental website in each of the last two years. | | (287962) | 320
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve prison conditions. | | (287963) | 321
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on water coolers in each of the last six months. | | (287964) | 322
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each of the last six months. | | (287965) | 323
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on health and safety training in each of the last two years. | | (287966) | 324
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many press releases his Department has issued in the last 12 months. | | (287967) | 325
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had on the effectiveness of the high visibility payback scheme. | | (287968) | 326
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had on Shia courts in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (287969) | 327
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who had been placed on the high visibility payback scheme were rearrested within three months of participating on the scheme since its inception. | | (287970) | 328
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who have been placed on the high visibility payback scheme have not completed the scheme. | | (287971) | 329
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from ethnic minority backgrounds are employed by his Department. | | (287972) | 330
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase equality in his Department. | | (287973) | 331
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many flags his Department owns; and what the cost was of maintaining such flags in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (287974) | 332
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many press officers his Department employs. | | (288036) | 333
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for offences of fraud in relation to child adoption there were in (a) England and Wales, (b) the East of England, (c) Essex and (d) Castle Point in each of the last 10 years. | | (287496) | 334
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ratio of (a) male to female offenders and (b) male to female probation staff in each age range in the Essex probation area was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287500) | 335
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) directors, (b) senior managers and (c) executive support and administration staff there were in each prison in each of the last five years. | | (287871) | 336
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of his Department's (i) male employees and (ii) female employees was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287123) | Questions to the Leader of the House 337
| Sir George Young (North West Hampshire): To ask the Leader of the House, when she plans to reply to the letters of 2 June and 6 July from the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire on the rules on registration of earnings. | | (287811) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 338
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on press monitoring in each of the last five years. | | (287474) | 339
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister on the effects of the recession on Northern Ireland. | | (287475) | 340
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many work placements his Department provided to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (287477) | 341
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on health and safety training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (287478) | 342
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (287479) | 343
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of staff in his Department were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last five years. | | (287480) | 344
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (287481) | 345
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on offsetting its carbon dioxide emissions in each of the last five years. | | (287482) | 346
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff away days his Department (a) held in 2008-09 and (b) plans to hold in 2009-10. | | (287483) | 347
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the safety of Northern Ireland politicians from threats to their personal safety from (a) dissident republicans and (b) loyalist groups. | | (287484) | 348
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of punishment shootings. | | (287485) | 349
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on (a) purchasing and (b) maintaining flags in each of the last five years. | | (287486) | 350
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Orange Order. | | (287487) | 351
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were convicted of offences relating to punishment shootings in the last 12 months. | | (287488) | 352
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were convicted of offences relating to (a) fuel smuggling and (b) fuel laundering in the last 12 months. | | (287489) | 353
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to ensure the security and safety of community halls in Northern Ireland. | | (287490) | 354
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the number of uninsured vehicles in Northern Ireland. | | (287491) | 355
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's expenditure for advertising (a) on UTV, (b) on commercial radio, (c) in the Belfast Telegraph, (d) in the News Letter, (e) in The Irish News and (f) in weekly papers was in each of the last five years. | | (287492) | 356
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on security and policing of the 12 July events in each of the last five years. | | (287493) | 357
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the cost of policing the 12 July events in 2009. | | (287534) | 358
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) uninsured and (b) untaxed vehicles were (i) involved in an accident and (ii) used in a crime in Northern Ireland in the last five years. | | (287535) | 359
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each of the last five years; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (287561) | 360
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on staff surveys in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (287562) | 361
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) the Northern Ireland Executive on the security of energy supply across the border with the Republic of Ireland. | | (287563) | 362
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Police Service of Northern Ireland spent on offsetting its carbon dioxide emissions in each of the last five years. | | (287564) | 363
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pieces of body armour the Police Service of Northern Ireland owns; and how many such pieces were (a) purchased and (b) reported (i) lost and (ii) stolen in each month of the last five years. | | (287565) | 364
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average Police Service of Northern Ireland response time to an emergency call was in each of the policing districts in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287566) | 365
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks involving (a) petrol bombs, (b) blast bombs, (c) paint bombs and (d) pipe bombs there were in Northern Ireland in each month of the last five years. | | (287567) | 366
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many armoured Land Rovers are (a) in operation and (b) in reserve with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | (287568) | 367
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of emergency calls to the Police Service of Northern Ireland were centrally cleared before a response team was sent out in the last 12 months. | | (287569) | 368
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many so-called tiger kidnappings have been carried out in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (287570) | 369
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were arrested for offences connected with so-called tiger kidnappings in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (287571) | 370
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) petrol, (b) pipe, (c) blast and (d) paint bombs were recovered by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of last 12 months. | | (287572) | 371
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of dissident republican groups have been arrested in the last two years. | | (287573) | 372
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been arrested for offences in connection with the activities of loyalist paramilitary groups in the last five years. | | (287574) | 373
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people arrested for offences in connection with the activities of (a) dissident republican groups and (b) loyalist paramilitaries in the last 12 months had (i) a gun licence and (ii) licensed weapons at the time of arrest. | | (287575) | 374
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many legally-owned weapons have been confiscated in connection with (a) dissident republican and (b) loyalist paramilitary activities in the last 12 months. | | (287576) | 375
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles have been hijacked by (a) dissident republicans and (b) loyalist paramilitaries in each of the last 12 months. | | (287577) | 376
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) attempted, (b) threatened and (c) completed attacks there have been by dissident republicans on police stations in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months. | | (287578) | 377
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) attempted, (b) threatened and (c) completed attacks there have been by dissident republicans on schools in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months. | | (287579) | 378
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) attempted, (b) threatened and (c) actual attacks there have been by dissident republicans on army bases in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months. | | (287580) | 379
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many armed robberies are known to have been carried out by (a) dissident republicans and (b) loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months. | | (287581) | 380
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many barrack buster mortars have been recovered by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the last five years. | | (287582) | 381
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks by dissident republicans have involved barrack buster mortars in the last five years. | | (287583) | 382
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the number of rocket launchers held by dissident republicans. | | (287584) | 383
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland firearms have been reported (a) stolen and (b) lost in each month of the last five years. | | (287585) | 384
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many tonnes of fertiliser the Police Service of Northern Ireland seized in the last 12 months. | | (287586) | 385
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many post boxes in Northern Ireland were vandalised in each of the last 12 months. | | (287587) | 386
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many video cameras have been seized by the Police Service of Northern Ireland from dissident republicans in the last 12 months. | | (287605) | 387
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pieces of correspondence he has received in the last 12 months (a) in favour of and (b) against maintaining the level of the police full-time reserve. | | (287606) | 388
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Police Federation for Northern Ireland on the full-time police reserve. | | (287607) | 389
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to protect fire service crews in Northern Ireland from attacks whilst on duty. | | (287608) | 390
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) armoured and (b) unarmoured vehicles the Police Service of Northern Ireland operates. | | (287609) | 391
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for how many days Police Service of Northern Ireland (a) helicopters and (b) fixed-wing aircraft have been out of service for maintenance and repairs in the last 12 months. | | (287610) | 392
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) helicopters and (b) fixed-wing aircraft the Police Service of Northern Ireland operates. | | (287611) | 393
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times the Police Service of Northern Ireland has hired (a) helicopters and (b) aircraft in the last two years; and at what cost. | | (287612) | 394
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements are in place for the Army and the RAF to provide aerial support to the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and how many times in the last two years such support has been provided. | | (287613) | 395
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what damage Police Service of Northern Ireland (a) helicopters and (b) fixed-wing aircraft have sustained from criminal activity in the last 12 months. | | (287614) | 396
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times (a) the Army and (b) the RAF have been asked to provide assistance to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (287615) | 397
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police vehicles in Northern Ireland have been (a) damaged and (b) taken out of service due to criminal acts in each month of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse has been. | | (287616) | 398
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had on personal protection weapons. | | (287617) | 399
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of licensing a personal protection weapon is. | | (287618) | 400
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personal protection weapon applications which were refused in each month of the last five years were subject to (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals against the refusal. | | (287619) | 401
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personal protection weapon applications there were in each month of the last five years. | | (287620) | 402
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what average length of time personal protection weapons were held in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287621) | 403
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personal protection weapons were (a) lost and (b) stolen in each month of the last five years. | | (287622) | 404
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personal protection weapons are held in Northern Ireland. | | (287623) | 405
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personal protection weapons applications were refused in each month of the last five years. | | (287624) | 406
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many personal protection weapons were issued in each month of the last five years. | | (287625) | 407
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many death threats were issued to former members of the (a) Police Service of Northern Ireland, (b) Royal Ulster Constabulary and (c) Ulster Defence Regiment by (i) dissident republicans and (ii) loyalist paramilitaries in each month of the last four years. | | (287626) | 408
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers are based in the Police Service of Northern Ireland headquarters. | | (287627) | 409
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers are based in each of the policing districts in Northern Ireland. | | (287628) | 410
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what damage has been sustained by Land Rovers used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland whilst on patrol in Northern Ireland as a result of paramilitary activity in each of the last 12 months. | | (287629) | 411
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what damage has been sustained by soft top vehicles used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland whilst on patrol in Northern Ireland as a result of paramilitary activity in each of the last 12 months. | | (287630) | 412
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many threats have been issued by (a) dissident republicans and (b) loyalist paramilitaries against off-duty members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (287631) | 413
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recorded attempts have been made by (a) dissident republicans and (b) loyalist paramilitary groups to acquire weapons and munitions using legitimate gun licence holders in the last 12 months. | | (287632) | 414
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many threats have been issued by (a) dissident republicans and (b) loyalist paramilitary groups against named individuals (i) in the Police Service of Northern Ireland and (ii) not in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months. | | (287633) | 415
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to protect Police Service of Northern Ireland officers whilst they are off duty. | | (287634) | 416
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland warrant cards have been reported stolen or missing in the last 12 months. | | (287635) | 417
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have been injured by paramilitary activity whilst on duty in each month of the last two years. | | (287636) | 418
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have come under (a) attack and (b) attempted attack from an explosive device whilst (i) on duty and (ii) off duty in the last 12 months. | | (287637) | 419
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times in the last 12 months Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have come under gun fire whilst (a) on duty and (b) off duty. | | (287638) | 420
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland have received specialist training in (a) serious public disorder and (b) counter-terrorist activities. | | (287639) | 421
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time Police Service of Northern Ireland officers there are of each rank. | | (287640) | 422
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of calls answered by the Police Service of Northern Ireland related to counter-terrorism activities in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287641) | 423
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of the number of individuals involved in (a) dissident republican activity and (b) loyalist paramilitary activity. | | (287642) | 424
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times companies have been notified of the refusal of an application they have made for a security licence in each of the last five years. | | (287643) | 425
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many security licences have been (a) refused and (b) revoked by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (287644) | 426
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many security companies have been licensed in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (287645) | 427
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times the Army Bomb Disposal Squad has been deployed against (a) hoax and (b) real devices in each month of the last two years. | | (287646) | 428
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many recruits to the Police Service of Northern Ireland since 2004 had previous policing experience. | | (287647) | 429
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many recruits to the Police Service of Northern Ireland of each (a) religion and (b) country of residence there were in each month of the last two years. | | (287648) | 430
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to introduce mounted police in Northern Ireland. | | (287649) | 431
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police dogs were (a) injured and (b) killed as a result of paramilitary activity in each month of the last five years. | | (287650) | 432
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had on proposals to introduce mounted police in Northern Ireland. | | (287651) | 433
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which duties accounted for the highest proportion of overtime accrued by Police Service of Northern Ireland officers in the last 12 months. | | (287652) | 434
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on overtime for Police Service of Northern Ireland officers for (a) counter-terrorism duties and (b) other duties in each of the last five years. | | (287653) | 435
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the Police Service of Northern Ireland budget was spent on overtime in 2008-09. | | (287654) | 436
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department plans to spend on (a) Irish and (b) Ulster Scots lessons for Police Service of Northern Ireland officers in 2009-10. | | (287655) | 437
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the public attended the most recent meeting of the Policing Board held in Irish. | | (287656) | 438
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of holding meetings of the Policing Board in Irish. | | (287657) | 439
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fire engines in Northern Ireland were (a) damaged and (b) taken out of service due to criminal acts in each month of the last five years; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (287658) | 440
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many ambulances in Northern Ireland were (a) damaged and (b) taken out of service due to criminal acts in each month of the last five years; and at what cost. | | (287659) | 441
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of (a) violence and (b) other crime were reported against ambulance personnel whilst on duty in Northern Ireland in each month of the last five years. | | (287660) | 442
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of (a) violent and (b) other crime were reported against fire service personnel whilst on duty in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (287661) | 443
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of criminal activity of loyalist groups which have decommissioned their arms. | | (287662) | 444
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reports he has received on progress in disbanding the command structures of loyalist paramilitary groups which have recently decommissioned their arms. | | (287663) | 445
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers recruited to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the last 12 months can speak (a) Irish and (b) Ulster Scots. | | (287664) | 446
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Police Service of Northern Ireland spent on translating documents into (a) Irish and (b) Ulster Scots in the last 12 months. | | (287665) | 447
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers had disciplinary action brought against them for each type of disciplinary offence in the last five years. | | (287666) | 448
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints were made against Police Service of Northern Ireland officers relating to their use of firearms in the last five years. | | (287667) | 449
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times Police Service of Northern Ireland officers (a) drew and (b) fired weapons in each month of the last five years. | | (287668) | 450
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed in the personal protection weapon licensing department. | | (287669) | 451
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average (a) length of time and (b) cost was for processing a personal protection weapon application in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287670) | 452
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new security staff notified to his Department under the provisions of paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000 failed vetting; and for what reason in each case. | | (287673) | 453
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many changes in security staff have been notified to his Department by private security companies in Northern Ireland as required under paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000 in each of the last five years; what arrangements are in place for vetting those staff; how many changed staff were vetted; and on average how long each vetting took. | | (287674) | 454
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many companies notified his Department of changes in security staff as required by Article 13(1) of Schedule 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each of the last five years. | | (287675) | 455
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many companies are licensed as private security companies in Northern Ireland under the provisions of paragraph 6 of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000; and how many individuals are recorded as employed in those companies. | | (287676) | 456
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the cases referred to in the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF) Report 2009 where assets were recovered, what the names were of the persons losing assets; what the alleged criminality was in each case; which OCTF agency led each action; what the monetary value of assets recovered was in each case; on what date action was started in the courts to recover the assets in each case; how each case was concluded; what the overall monetary value was of the assets originally frozen in each case; and how much the person concerned was permitted to retain in each case. | | (287677) | 457
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many threats have been issued by (a) loyalist paramilitaries and (b) dissident republicans against former members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (287679) | 458
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on marking (a) St Patrick's Day and (b) the Twelfth in each of the last five years. | | (287680) | 459
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of people who (a) marched at, (b) were spectators at and (c) protested against the parades which took place in Northern Ireland on 12 July 2009. | | (287880) | 460
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have been sent out alone on the beat in the last 12 months. | | (287984) | 461
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received on paramilitary punishment shootings; and if he will make a statement. | | (287985) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 462
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many contracts let by her Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287805) | Questions to the Prime Minister 463
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings the National Security Forum has had in July 2009; and what matters were discussed at each meeting. | | (287494) | 464
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2009, Official Report, column 499W, on Eastern Europe, on what occasions since June 2007 he has met (a) President Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic, (b) President Lech Kaczynski of Poland and (c) President Dmitri Medvedev of the Russian Federation (i) in the UK, (ii) in each leader's home country and (iii) elsewhere. | | (287594) | 465
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he plans to adopt in determining the Government's position on the selection of the next President of the European Commission. | | (287743) | 466
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he plans to adopt in selecting the next UK nominate to the European Commission. | | (287744) | 467
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, what gifts valued at over £140 were purchased by his predecessor on leaving office; and if he will make a statement. | | (287745) | 468
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of the List of Ministerial Gifts Received and Valued Over £140 for 2007-08. | | (287746) | 469
N | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 454W, on Parliamentary private secretaries, when the new list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries will be published. | | (287297) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 470
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what orders for rail carriages have been placed to date under his Department's provision for new carriages under Delivering a Sustainable Railway; when he expects the remainder of such orders to be placed; and when he expects delivery of carriages arising from such orders to (a) commence and (b) be completed. | | (288043) | 471
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what forecast he has made of the number of passengers using each airport in the South East in 2030 on the basis of the most recent gross domestic product forecasts from HM Treasury. | | (288044) | 472
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department considers signalled junctions with pedestrian facilities that do not meet the 2005 Department for Transport safety guidelines to be unsafe. | | (288045) | 473
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average cost per return journey by (a) air, (b) rail and (c) car between (i) London and Edinburgh, (ii) London and Glasgow, (iii) London and Manchester, (iv) London and Aberdeen, (v) London and Newcastle, (vi) Birmingham and Edinburgh, (vii) Birmingham and Glasgow, (viii) Bristol and Edinburgh, (ix) Bristol and Glasgow, (x) Edinburgh and Manchester and (xi) London and Newquay. | | (288046) | 474
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who travelled from (a) London to Edinburgh, (b) London to Glasgow, (c) London to Manchester, (d) London to Aberdeen, (e) London to Newcastle, (f) Birmingham to Edinburgh, (g) Birmingham to Glasgow, (h) Bristol to Edinburgh, (i) Bristol to Glasgow, (j) Edinburgh to Manchester and (k) London to Newquay at least once in the last year for which information is available; and what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of such journeys undertaken by (i) rail, (ii) air and (iii) car in that period. | | (288051) | 475
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, column 1161W, on the Channel Tunnel railway line, whether the (a) Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission and (b) Office of Rail Regulation has powers to hear appeals in respect of Channel Tunnel access charges. | | (288054) | 476
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, column 1161W, on the Channel Tunnel railway line, what assistance the Government plans to give new rail operators to obtain the necessary safety and access approvals to use the Channel Tunnel. | | (288055) | 477
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, column 1162W, on high speed trains, if he will make it his policy to sell Eurostar UK by competitive auction. | | (288056) | 478
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 June 2009, on Eurostar, by what means his Department intends to demonstrate value for money for the taxpayer by negotiating the incorporation of Eurostar UK into a single company in which the Government has a minority stake; what expressions of interest in Eurostar UK have been received; what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the provision of new services to Amsterdam and Cologne of the establishment of a single Eurostar company; and if he will make a statement. | | (288057) | 479
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, by what date his Department expects to be able to quantify the savings made under the North London Line Camden Road freight scheme announced last year. | | (288058) | 480
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 769W, on rail: electrification, when Transport for London indicated to his Department that there was little likelihood of it funding and bearing the risks of the electrification scheme. | | (288059) | 481
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 769W and 6 July 2009, Official Report, column 539W, on rail: electrification, whether the offer made in January 2009 remains open. | | (288068) | 482
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 93W, on the East Coast Railway Line, what information his Department holds on the operating surplus made by Intercity services in each of the last 10 years during which British Rail operated those services; if he will commission research to establish the proportion of that surplus which was attributable to the Intercity services run on the East Coast Main Line; and if he will make a statement. | | (287815) | 483
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 93W, on East Coast Railway line, if he will set a target for the surplus of income over operating costs to be met in relation to services on the East Coast Main Line during the period that those services are in public sector management; and if he will make a statement. | | (287865) | 484
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287806) | 485
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents involving cyclists were recorded on the roads in (i) Test Valley Borough and (ii) Southampton in each of the last five years. | | (287762) | 486
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many qualified instructors of cycle safety training there were in (a) Test Valley Borough and (b) Southampton in each of the last five years. | | (287763) | 487
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he plans to repond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wycombe of 13 May 2009 on Wycombe Air Park. | | (287178) | 488
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what legislative provisions govern the landing of helicopters on private land. | | (287790) | 489
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what mechanisms his Department has planned for the determination of planning applications in respect of the expansion of Heathrow Airport in circumstances in which his Department's proposed Special Administration Regime for major airports is in use. | | (287905) | 490
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, who is responsible for the pay remit for each of his Department's agencies. | | (287205) | 491
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female staff of his central Department have received the highest appraisal marking in each reporting year since the formation of the central Department. | | (287206) | 492
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his Department's equality impact assessment is of its new probation policy in relation to disability; and if he will make a statement. | | (287207) | 493
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reasons his Department's new probation policy does not give probationers the right to bring a grievance concerning the extension of probation. | | (287208) | 494
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reasons his Department's new probation policy does not make provision for women to take maternity leave during the probation period. | | (287209) | 495
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve rail services in the North West. | | (287976) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 496
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Assembly Government and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Holtham Commission report. | | (287540) | 497
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the draw-down by the National Assembly for Wales of its allocation under EU structural funds on top of its Barnett-determined budget resulted in a reconciliation deduction in the overall block grant for Wales in each year since 2005. | | (287273) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 498
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many contracts let by her Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287807) | 499
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, when she plans to reply to the letter to her of 29 May 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms K Rowley. | | (287816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 500
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claims were made by residents in each London local authority in 2007-08; and how many of these were made in respect of (a) private sector tenancies, (b) social rented tenancies, (c) in-work claims by private tenants and (d) in-work claims by social tenants. | | (284714) | 501
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit payment was in each London local authority area in respect of (a) private and (b) social rented accommodation in 2007-08. | | (284715) | 502
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of the 25p age addition; when the size of the addition was last reviewed; how much it would be if it had been uprated in line with (a) prices and (b) earnings since its introduction; and if she will make a statement. | | (287682) | 503
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts let by her Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year. | | (287809) | 504
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the self employment support available under the six month offer will differ from that offered under the New Deal for Self Employment. | | (288004) | 505
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people she expects to support into self-employment under the six month offer in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (288005) | 506
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a last trading period will be available to a person receiving self-employment support as part of the six month offer. | | (288006) | 507
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been assigned to the self-employment support to be made available under the six month offer in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (288007) | 508
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to make the young persons guarantee mandatory. | | (288008) | 509
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for nuclear safety regulation of the civil nuclear industry of the comparative inspection effort expended for the performance of inspection per nuclear power reactor set out in the extract from Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities of the Nuclear Energy Agency working group on inspection practices published in annex F of the paper presented to the Health and Safety Executive Board in January 2009, No. HSE/09/13. | | (287495) | 510
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 30 of the Building Britain's Future document, Cm 7654, whether the £1 billion Future Jobs Fund to cover new jobs in areas of high unemployment applies to Wales; and by what mechanisms this fund is to be distributed. | | (287867) | 511
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria applied in the selection of employers by her Department in respect of its recent study into discrimination in recruitment practices. | | (287770) | 512
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of calls made to the Crisis Loans Line which are answered; and how many calls the line (a) received and (b) answered in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287983) | 513
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people entitled to pension credit who have not claimed it in (a) St Ives constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (287924) | 514
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed pension credit in (a) St Ives constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (287925) | 515
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to monitor the adequacy of level of carer's allowance in meeting costs incurred by carers. | | (287926) | 516
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have ceased to receive carers allowance due to the receipt of a (a) pension and (b) other income replacement benefit in (i) St Ives constituency, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) England in each of the last five years. | | (287927) | 517
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed carer's allowance in (a) St Ives constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (287975) | 518
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Jobcentre Plus National Workload Projection update for July 2009. | | (287780) | 519
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid to people with (a) hand arm vibration syndrome, (b) noise-induced hearing loss and (c) other work-related diseases through (i) industrial injuries disablement benefit for disease and deafness and (ii) other disability benefits in each of the last three years; and how much of that money has been recovered by the Government in accordance with the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997. | | (287749) | 520
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid to people with (a) mesothelioma, (b) asbestosis, (c) bilateral pleural thickening and (d) other prescribed asbestos diseases (i) under the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers Compensation) Act 1979, (ii) through industrial injuries disablement benefit for disease and deafness, (iii) under Part 4 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 and and (iv) through other disability benefits in each of the last three years; and how much of that money has been recovered by the Government in accordance with the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997. | | (287750) | 521
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency received carer's allowance in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287835) | 522
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency received incapacity benefit in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (287836) | 523
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency were in receipt of housing benefit on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (287995) | 524
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency were in receipt of pensions credit on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (287996) | 525
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of youth unemployment in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point. | | (287501) | 526
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made provision for benefit claimants with swine influenza to sign on for their benefits without attending the jobcentre plus office in person; and if she will make a statement. | | (287309) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 527
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment was made of the sustainability of the policies set out in Building Britain's Future. | | [Transferred] (288024) | 528
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have claimed jobseeker's allowance in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (287857) | 529
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual earnings of people of working age was in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (287858) | 530
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of average earnings growth was in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (287859) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 531
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will revise the £15,000 upper limit for empty property rate relief to take account of the number of businesses eligible to claim the relief at its present level. | | [Transferred] (287602) | 532
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tree protection orders have been granted for trees on Thundersley Common in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (287869) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 533
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps have been taken to prepare Northern Ireland for digital switchover. | | [Transferred] (287476) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 534
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral Answer of 13 July 2009 to the hon. Member for Castle Point, Official Report, column 38, on the G8 Summit, whether the £20 billion to be spent on nuclear power in the UK in the next few years will be from public funds. | | [Transferred] (287603) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 535
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are provided by the NHS for problem drug users; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (287688) |
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