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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 16 October 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 16 October 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 16 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Friday 16 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 16 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of households which have access to high-speed broadband internet; and if he will make a statement. | | (294013) | 2
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding support for the (a) Train to Gain and (b) Skills for Life programme (i) was provided in 2008-09 and (ii) is to be provided in 2009-10 to each receiving college in the Leeds area. | | (294017) | 3
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies in Leeds West constituency have taken up support from the Export Credits Guarantee Scheme in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (294019) | 4
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many school students from Leeds West constituency entered higher education in the academic year 2008-09. | | (294020) | 5
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department has made available to (a) all unemployed persons and (b) unemployed persons under the age of 21 in Leeds West constituency to learn new skills to retrain in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (294021) | 6
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of firms in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) the City of Leeds are involved in manufacturing. | | (294024) | 7
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies in Leeds West constituency have become insolvent in each year since 2005. | | (294025) | 8
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Export Credits Guarantee Department has requested information from (a) MW Kellogg Limited and (b) Halliburton regarding Mr Jeffrey Tesler in connection with the LNG Plant at Bonny Island in Nigeria. | | (293951) | 9
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the extent to which Post Office services in North East Fife constituency comply with the access criteria set out in the Network Change Programme. | | (293978) | 10
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the manufacturing industry in the UK of levels of foreign ownership of that industry; and what discussions he has had with trade union representatives on the subject. | | (293885) | 11
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidelines will be applied by the Shareholder Executive to safeguard national security in the sale of the UK share in Urenco; and whether any prohibition will be put on bids from companies or organisations from particular countries. | | (293886) | 12
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value of (a) video game exports and (b) video game imports was in each year from 2001 to 2008. | | (293981) | 13
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding the Technology Strategy Board has allocated to (a) businesses and (b) video games businesses in 2008-09. | | (293982) | 14
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to protect members of the public from organised fraudulent schemes which solicit money and bank details; and if he will make a statement. | | (294069) | 15
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made towards establishment of an independently produced guiding technical arbitration on the cost of 900 spectrum refarming paid for by an industry fund. | | (293758) | 16
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people living in (a) the City of Sunderland and (b) England who have access to broadband internet at home. | | (293943) | 17
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department and its predecessors have taken to support research and development in the automotive industry in the last five years. | | (293950) | 18
| Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Post Office Ltd on the future of the Network Change programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (293883) | 19
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on the proposed Quantum Technology Partnership in South Worcestershire; what involvement (a) his Department and (b) the regional development agency have had with the project; and if he will make a statement. | | (293755) | 20
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Regulatory Policy Committee has met since April 2009; and what advice it has provided to Ministers on better regulation. | | (294076) | 21
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons were for the higher expenditure by the Insolvency Service on promotional items in 2007-08 than in the previous two years. | | (294077) | 22
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) regulations and (b) other proposals for new regulation the National Economic Council Sub-Committee on Better Regulation has considered since its establishment. | | (294078) | 23
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the National Economic Council Sub-Committee on Better Regulation has reported to the National Economic Council its conclusions on (a) regulation and (b) proposals for new regulation regulation since its establishment. | | (294079) | 24
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much it cost to establish the Regulatory Policy Committee; and what estimate he has made of its running costs are for 2009-10. | | (294080) | 25
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the National Economic Council Sub-Committee on Better Regulation has met since April 2009. | | (294081) | 26
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the size of the Royal Mail pension fund deficit is; what it has been in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (293539) | 27
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the merits of the proposal by the Communication Workers Union that the dispute with the Royal Mail be resolved with third party mediation; and if he will make a statement. | | (293540) | 28
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had on the terms of proposals put by the Communication Workers Union to Royal Mail on 13 October 2009 on the postal services dispute; and if he will make a statement. | | (293843) | 29
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to resolve the industrial dispute affecting Royal Mail. | | (293844) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 30
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support her Department has made available to charities in the Leeds area during the recession; and if she will make a statement. | | (294014) | 31
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government employees in England and Wales were subject to basic disclosure checks undertaken by Disclosure Scotland in each year since 2002. | | (294162) | 32
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what percentage of Government 0800 helpline numbers are registered with the telephone helpline association. | | (294008) | 33
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2009, Official Report, columns 690-2W, on charities: insolvency, how many registered charities have declared themselves insolvent in each month since March 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (294028) | 34
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2009, Official Report, columns 251-53W, on charities, how many charities there were on the Charity Commission register in each month since March 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (294029) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 35
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in Leeds West constituency had received child trust fund payments on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (294018) | 36
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the recession on the economy in Leeds West constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (294022) | 37
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Chairman of the Financial Services Authority on the social usefulness of activities of the financial services sector. | | (293993) | 38
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 November 2008, Official Report, columns 46-47WS, on value added tax, whether he still plans to raise the rate of value added tax to 17.5 per cent. on 1 January 2010. | | (293960) | 39
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people would pay (a) more, (b) less and (c) the same for calls to HM Revenue and Customs helplines with 0845 prefixes if they were changed to numbers with 0300 prefixes. | | (293637) | 40
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to report on the conclusions of Sir Gerry Grimstone's review of the operational efficiency of (a) the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency, (b) the Royal Mint and (c) the Land Registry. | | (293955) | 41
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the independent valuation of Northern Rock will be completed. | | (294006) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 42
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools had (i) value-added scores and (ii) points scores above the national average at each level of assessment in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (293938) | 43
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many nursery nurses per head of population there were in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) the City of Leeds and (c) West Yorkshire in each year since 2005. | | (293941) | 44
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools Ofsted judged to be outstanding or good in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (293945) | 45
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the pupil to teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Leeds West constituency was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (293947) | 46
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many new Sure Start centres his Department plans to open in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) West Yorkshire in the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (293948) | 47
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of childrens' services in Leeds West constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (293949) | 48
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) all schools and (b) Catholic schools Ofsted rated as excellent or very good against its respect for others measure on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (293956) | 49
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children had been permanently excluded from (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (293957) | 50
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils at (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools were permanently excluded in the last 12 months. | | (293958) | 51
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils at (a) schools and (b) Catholic schools are from ethnic minority backgrounds. | | (293959) | 52
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the per pupil funding for (a) primary and (b) secondary school children in Leeds West constituency was in each of the last five years. | | (294015) | 53
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many nursery places per head of population there were in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) Leeds City area and (c) West Yorkshire in each year since 2005. | | (294026) | 54
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost to the public purse was of payments to European Schools in respect of (a) teachers' salaries and (b) other support in the last year for which figures are available. | | (294031) | 55
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much and what proportion of the education budget is expected to be used for sex and relationships education in 2009-10. | | (293984) | 56
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to publish the School Sport Survey for 2008-09. | | (293879) | 57
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schoolchildren participated in (a) two, (b) four and (c) five or more hours of sport each week in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (293882) | 58
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 234W, on schools: asbestos, when he expects the evaluation of responses to the questionnaire about the management of asbestos in system-built schools to be completed. | | (294157) | 59
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in (a) independent and (b) comprehensive schools achieved five or more A* grades at GCSE in the last year for which figures are available. | | (293606) | 60
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils on free school meals were awarded a grade A in A Level history in 2008. | | (293607) | 61
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the rate of permanent exclusion from school was in each income deprivation affecting children index decile of deprivation in the last year for which figures are available. | | (293608) | 62
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students in academies achieved five or more A* grades at GCSE in the last year for which figures are available. | | (293609) | 63
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October 2009, Official Report, column 15WS, on official receptions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of the guests who attended each reception. | | (293877) | 64
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what average total point score was achieved by pupils taking A level or equivalent qualifications in each school in Tamworth constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (294095) | 65
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many year 7 pupils entered secondary school in Tamworth in each of the last 10 years. | | (294096) | 66
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 996W, on schools: standards, what the estimated cost of collecting the information would be; which data protection rules would be contravened by collecting it; on what basis the estimate of £90 million was made; how much of the £90 million was paid by his Department; and from which budgetary headings the money came. | | (293542) | 67
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people convicted of each type of offence have successfully appealed against automatic barring from working with children. | | (293543) | 68
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services in each year since its creation; and what the projected spending on the centre is in each of the next five years. | | (293544) | 69
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Minister has responsibility for the security of data held on the ContactPoint database. | | (293545) | 70
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to table 8.4 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, page 176, what the breakdown of spending is for youth programmes for 2010-11. | | (293631) | 71
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much each local authority (a) has spent on youth inclusion programmes in each year since their inception and (b) plans to spend on such programmes in each of the next five years; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the programmes. | | (294093) | 72
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 442W, on schools: standards, for what reasons comparable information for each year since 1997 is not available; and for which years comparable information is available. | | (294148) | 73
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, columns 997-8W, on pupil referral units, what the equivalent figures are for each local authority area. | | (294152) | 74
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to answer Question (a) 256860, (b) 258648 and (c) 260486 on special educational needs, tabled on 26 February, 20 February and 10 February 2009 respectively. | | (294221) | 75
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of childcare settings have (a) applied for and (b) been granted exemption from parts of the early years foundation stage. | | (294068) | 76
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children at schools in Enfield North constituency obtained nine or more GCSEs at grades A* to C or equivalent including English and mathematics in each year since 1997. | | (294195) | 77
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children at schools in Enfield North constituency obtained five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C or equivalent in each year since 1997. | | (294196) | 78
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made towards the Government's target to extend the reading recovery scheme to 30,000 children by 2011; and how many children are currently taking part. | | (294007) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 79
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many acres of the Church Commissioners' strategic land portfolio are (a) in the UK and (b) overseas. | | (294163) | 80
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what acreage of land has comprised the Church Commissioners' strategic land portfolio in each of the last five years. | | (294164) | 81
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much of the Church Commissioners' assets were held in their strategic land portfolio (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in each of the last five years. | | (294166) | 82
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the policy of the Church Commissioners is on the use of land which is owned by them for the production of food. | | (294170) | 83
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many acres of the Church Commissioners' rural let land portfolio has been transferred to their rural strategic land portfolio in each of the last five years. | | (294171) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 84
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Leeds West constituency have (a) applied for and (b) been granted assistance under the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme in each quarter since the scheme's inception; and if he will make a statement. | | (293942) | 85
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase public awareness in Leeds West constituency of measures to assist homeowners with mortgage repayments; and if he will make a statement. | | (293944) | 86
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have (a) applied to their local authority for housing and (b) been designated as intentionally homeless following a repossession in each of the last three years. | | (294071) | 87
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Disabled Facilities Grant funding was (a) applied for and (b) received by each local authority in each year since 2001. | | (294094) | 88
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the likely timetable is for the commencement of each provision of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill if enacted. | | (294082) | 89
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in (a) the East of England and (b) the West Midlands provide details of (i) building control commencement lists and (ii) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency; and whether the Valuebill/e-BAR interface is used in each case. | | (294084) | 90
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 389W, on the European Commission, what the sterling equivalent is of the totals provided in euros in the Answer. | | (294085) | 91
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Community Infrastructure Levy will be applied to new (a) affordable housing and (b) social housing developments. | | (294086) | 92
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to encourage social landlords to allow social tenants to engage in home working. | | (294087) | 93
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the membership of the Shared Ownership Lending Working Group is; what terms of reference have been set for the Group; and on what dates the Group has met. | | (294088) | 94
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) audit and (b) inspection fees the Audit Commission has charged each local authority in England in each of the last three years. | | (294089) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what ways the Valuation Office Agency's methodology and guidance for valuing car parking spaces has changed since May 1997. | | (294090) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hereditaments were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List with SCAT code 030 in each year since 1997; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the Agency's methodology and guidance for valuing bowling greens. | | (294091) | 97
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of hereditaments in London are (a) above and (b) below the £50,000 rateable value threshold according to (i) the 2005 Rating List and (ii) the latest modelling for the 2010 Rating List. | | (294092) | 98
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the size of the financial correction likely to be imposed by the European Commission in respect of irregularities in management of European funds in relation to those (a) 1997-99 programmes and (b) 2000-06 programmes for which his Department has responsibility. | | (294098) | 99
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the Valuation Office Agency's full-time equivalent staff work on valuations for council tax purposes. | | (294099) | 100
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a billboard site with no poster is deemed to be an empty property for the purposes of empty property rates relief. | | (294100) | 101
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the 2010 business rates revaluation; and when he expects bills reflecting the revaluation to be issued to those liable for business rates. | | (294101) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an improvement in the environment due to expenditure and activity undertaken by a business improvement district is deemed by the Valuation Office Agency to be a material change of circumstance when assessing the rateable values of the hereditaments within the improvement district. | | (294102) | 103
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons business revaluation transitional relief will not apply to supplementary business rates from April 2010. | | (294126) | 104
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons local authorities are ineligible for Kickstart Housing Delivery funding. | | (294127) | 105
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data sets on (a) council tax collection, (b) business rate collection and (c) other matters not contained in the national indicator set local authorities are required to provide to his Department. | | (294131) | 106
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contingency arrangements have been made for the use of fire appliances in the event of a strike by firefighters; which appliances would be used; and if he will make a statement. | | (294132) | 107
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been accredited to Level 6 under the Code for Sustainable Homes to date. | | (294133) | 108
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on supermarket parking charges to be issued by local authorities under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. | | (294134) | 109
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual hereditament (a) betting shops and offices, (b) bingo halls, (c) public houses, licensed restaurants and wine bars, (d) night clubs and discotheques and (e) casinos and gambling clubs were on the Valuation Office Agency's 2005 Rating List in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (294135) | 110
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to planning protection arrangements for farmland classified as Best and Most Valued since May 1997; and whether impact assessments were undertaken on the likely effects on England's agricultural capacity of such change. | | (294136) | 111
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department carried out an impact assessment of (a) the revision of Planning Policy Guidance 3 and (b) its policies on (i) density and (ii) brownfield classification in 2000. | | (294138) | 112
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the report by Professor John Hills' on social housing and social mobility. | | (294146) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the revenue raised by local authorities from parking (a) fines and (b) charges in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (294147) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 114
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the inclusion of Leeds as a venue in the Football Association's bid to host the 2018 World Cup; and if he will make a statement. | | (294016) | 115
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what response he has made to ITV regarding the proposal on its entitlement to a portion of the revenue from the television licence fee; and if he will make a statement. | | (293890) | 116
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with English Heritage on the designation of the Purton Hulks site as an ancient monument since July 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (293891) | 117
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) he and (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Bradford South, were first informed of the recent announcement of proposals for the sale of the Tote. | | (293845) | 118
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of progress in establishing a casino in each of the local authority areas where (a) a large and (b) a small casino is permitted. | | (293853) | 119
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of languages in which tests related to obtaining a personal licence for the retail sale of alcohol are administered. | | (293854) | 120
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the travel and tourism industry on the effects of single person supplements on tourism. | | [R] (293633) | 121
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on re-branding the Responsibility in Gambling Trust into The GREaT (Gambling Research, Education and Treatment) Foundation; and how much will be spent on setting up a new website for the organisation. | | (293878) | 122
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of sports facilities in each region are listed on the Active Places website; and how many unique users the website has had in each year since it was set up. | | (293880) | 123
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times Sport England has been consulted on planning applications on playing fields below 0.4 hectares in size since April 2009; and how many of those planning applications have been rejected. | | (293881) | 124
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in the development of a new licensing system for travelling circuses; and if he will make a statement. | | (293940) | 125
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received from organisations interested in buying the Tote; and if he will make a statement. | | (293745) | 126
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in relation to the sale of the Tote; how much he expects to spend on such fees; and if he will make a statement. | | (293746) | 127
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to guarantee the jobs of Tote staff on the sale of the Tote; and if he will make a statement. | | (293747) | 128
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the internet services provided by the Tote are not transferred abroad on the sale of the Tote; and if he will make a statement. | | (293748) | 129
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress has been made in relation to the modernisation of the Horse Race Betting Levy; what progress he expects to be made in the next three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (293749) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 130
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veteran's badges have been issued to residents of (a) Fife and (b) North East Fife constituency; and how many of those were awarded to widows or widowers of former service personnel. | | (293979) | 131
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving soldiers have injuries sustained during operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (293632) | 132
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many press officers his Department has. | | (293994) | 133
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department (a) are classified as Government communicators and (b) have access to the Government Communications Network. | | (293995) | 134
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff received annual remuneration, including benefits, of £100,000 or more in the last year for which figures are available. | | (293996) | 135
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) overpayments and (b) underpayments of salary there were to armed forces personnel in each month since January 2008; and of what total amount in each case. | | (293997) | 136
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many drug tests for each class of drugs on (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF personnel from each regiment produced positive results in each quarter since January 2008. | | (293998) | 137
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving armed forces personnel are awaiting (a) reconsideration of a decision on their claim under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) an appeal hearing before the Pensions Appeal Tribunal. | | (293999) | 138
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of carbon monoxide poisoning were reported as occurring in services accommodation in each of the last five years. | | (294001) | 139
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers are contracted by Modern Housing Solutions to undertake work on service accommodation; and at what cost. | | (294002) | 140
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) brigadiers and (b) generals were on the active list in the Army in each year since 1997. | | (294009) | 141
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) air commodores and (b) air marshals were on the active list in the Royal Air Force in each year since 1997. | | (294010) | 142
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on information campaigns and advertising in each year since 1997. | | (294063) | 143
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) all food, (b) beef and (c) lamb supplied to UK forces based in (i) the UK, (ii) Germany, (iii) Iraq and (iv) Afghanistan was sourced from UK producers in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (294064) | 144
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has refused to provide assistance to any (a) individuals and (b) units of the Colombian security forces on human rights grounds in the last five years. | | (293604) | 145
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which official in his Department is responsible for monitoring the human rights performance of members of the Colombian security forces who have received training or other assistance from the United Kingdom. | | (293613) | 146
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Colombian security forces personnel have received United Kingdom counter-narcotics assistance in each of the last five years. | | (293614) | 147
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 1999, Official Report, column 115W, on Colombia, whether (a) advisory visits and (b) information exchanges between the UK and Colombia on operations in urban theatres, counter guerrilla strategy and psychiatry continue to take place. | | (293754) | 148
N | Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what official links there are between UK and Israeli armed forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (293011) | 149
N | Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent meetings have taken place between senior members of the UK armed forces and representatives of the Israeli Defence Force; what the purpose of each meeting was; and who attended each meeting. | | (293630) | 150
N | Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2000W, on helicopters: Nepal, whether the Government has made any representations to the government of Nepal as a result of the investigation. | | (293750) | 151
N | Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2000W, on helicopters: Nepal, what concerns prompted the establishment of the inquiry into the gifting of two helicopters to the Royal Nepal Army in 2002. | | (293751) | 152
N | Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2000W, on helicopters: Nepal, what the cost to the public purse was of each helicopter gifted to the Royal Nepal Army; and what the purchase price of a new model M1-17 helicopter was at the time the gift was made. | | (293752) | 153
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the Territorial Army will be paid if they are called out as part of the Civil Contingency Reaction Force in the next six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (293987) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 154
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons the Committee on Climate Change's first annual report to Parliament was not available in the Vote Office to hon. Members on its day of publication or the following day; and what steps he has taken to ensure that future such reports are available to hon. Members on publication. | | (293936) | 155
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to assist park home residents to reduce their (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) heating bills. | | (293635) | 156
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the projected emissions savings of 1.2 million tonnes of carbon per year by 2020 under the Carbon Reduction Commitment in the achievement of the target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32 per cent. on 1990 levels by 2020. | | (294070) | 157
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 16 June 2009, on climate change. | | (293846) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 158
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will conduct a risk assessment of the extent to which the importation of dogs infected with echinococcus multilocularis might be increased if the requirement for treatment with Praziquantel under the Pet Travel Scheme were relaxed. | | (294030) | 159
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable he has set for the bovine tuberculosis vaccination of badgers project; and what steps he has taken to encourage (a) farmers and (b) landowners to participate in the project. | | (293892) | 160
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the government of (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) New Zealand on the vaccination of badgers against bovine tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement. | | (293893) | 161
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on farmers of operating inside the new Nitrate Vulnerable Zones with effect from 1 January 2010. | | (293634) | 162
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the extent of ragwort poisoning of horses; and if he will make a statement. | | (293861) | 163
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing statutory measures to control bovine tuberculosis in each of the next five years; and what estimate he has made of the likely reduction in such costs consequent on control measures introduced by his Department. | | (293848) | 164
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the requirement under EU Directive 64/432/EEC that all farms in a country where bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is greater than one per cent. of the cattle herd be tested for bTB annually was abandoned. | | (293855) | 165
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department and its predecessor of (a) compensation paid directly to farmers for removal of animals, (b) veterinary tuberculin testing, (c) haulage for removal of animals, (d) abattoir and official veterinary surgeon services in respect of slaughter, (e) on-farm slaughter, (f) disposal and incineration and (g) valuation fees was in respect of the implementation of statutory testing and slaughter under bovine tuberculosis regulations of (i) cattle classed as bovine tuberculosis reactors, inconclusives or dangerous contact animals and (ii) all other mammals (A) between 1986 and 1996 and (B) since 1997. | | (293860) | 166
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will relax the quarantine rules in respect of rescue dogs returning to the UK from service overseas; and what representations he has received in respect of the quarantine of rescue dog Darcy of the Urban Search and Rescue section of the Essex Fire and Rescue Service. | | (293847) | 167
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many panel inquiries have been adjourned for consideration of evidence submitted outside the time limits set in the Rights of Way (Hearing and Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2007; and what the reasons for granting the adjournment were in each case. | | (294227) | 168
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water resource management plans have been submitted by water companies in England. | | (293756) | 169
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) has been spent and (b) is planned to be spent on (i) consultation, (ii) organisational set-up, (iii) project management, (iv) communications, (v) planning, (vi) wages, (vii) pensions, (viii) office running and (ix) other costs of the South Downs National Park in the next 12 months. | | (293991) | 170
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any existing local authority staff will be made redundant as a result of the establishment of the South Downs National Park. | | (293992) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 171
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for institutional changes in the European Union. | | (294000) | 172
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what revenue was received at British Embassies from Overseas Passport fees in each country of the European Union in each of the last five years. | | (294172) | 173
N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Burmese authorities over the recent attack by Burmese forces on the Ler Per Her refugee camp. | | (293757) | 174
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the Cabinet Office inquiry into the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher. | | (294128) | 175
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to meet (a) the Metropolitan Police Service and (b) his Libyan counterpart to discuss the investigation into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher. | | (294129) | 176
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Metropolitan Police officers are working on the investigation into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher. | | (294130) | 177
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to seek (a) the ending of restrictions on access to Gaza imposed by the Israeli authorities and (b) to ensure that international law is observed in that area. | | (293990) | 178
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to seek endorsement by the United Nations Security Council of the recommendations for action contained in the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict. | | (294027) | 179
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Colombian government on its use of landmines to protect military installations. | | (293605) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 180
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of social care and support in Leeds West constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (293946) | 181
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the sale of the vacant premises of the former health centre at Saxon Square, Christchurch to be completed. | | (293753) | 182
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the consultancy work provided to the NHS by Ernst and Young. | | (294004) | 183
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on proposals from the Economic Counsellor of the IMF that reforms are required in the healthcare system to tackle the UK's budget deficit. | | (294005) | 184
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many management consultants were employed on short- and long-term contracts in his Department in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (293629) | 185
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times each Minister within his Department has visited (a) an accident and emergency department, (b) an independent sector treatment centre, (c) a GP surgery, (d) an NHS dentist, (e) an urgent care centre, (f) a GP-led health centre and (g) a NHS hospital trust facility in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (294220) | 186
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) location, (b) date of diagnosis, (c) date of completion of treatment, (d) age, (e) occupation and (f) suspected cause of infection was of each person who contracted Mycobacterium bovis in each of the last 10 years; and how many persons were diagnosed with tuberculosis complex in each such year. | | (293850) | 187
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) levels of the availability of and (b) waiting times for stereotactic radiosurgery treatments for NHS patients. | | (293969) | 188
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has evaluated on the effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of low-grade brain tumours. | | (293970) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 189
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets apply to the British consulate in Islamabad on timescales for replying to letters from hon. Members on visa applications. | | (293612) | 190
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private colleges of further education have been denied registration for the purpose of student visas since the introduction of the points-based scheme. | | (294011) | 191
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each police force area were (a) prosecuted, (b) cautioned and (c) issued with a penalty notice for disorder for selling alcohol to a person under the age of 18 in 2008. | | (294206) | 192
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take towards ratification of the European Cybercrime Convention. | | (294207) | 193
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the records held on the National DNA Database relate to DNA samples taken by police forces in (a) Scotland, (b) England and Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. | | (294208) | 194
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of recorded crimes were detected using DNA profiles from the National DNA Database in 2008-09. | | (294209) | 195
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require internet service providers to block access to foreign websites identified as containing images of child abuse. | | (294210) | 196
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process forensic evidence contained on computer disks and other digital media was in each police force area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (294211) | 197
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on implementation of the National CCTV Strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (294212) | 198
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have obtained his Department's free burglary prevention advice pack since its launch in April 2009; and how many people have redeemed the discount vouchers included in that pack. | | (294213) | 199
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation he has made of the cost-effectiveness of the application of anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs); and what recent discussions he has had with (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations on the effect of the use of ASBOs on community cohesion. | | (293884) | 200
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people arrested were deemed to have mental health problems in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (293980) | 201
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has estimated the cost of establishing a permanent medical staff presence in police custody suites. | | (293988) | 202
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants entered the UK under each tier of the points-based immigration system in 2008. | | (294097) | 203
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have become regularised British citizens by each route to nationality in each year since 1997. | | (294153) | 204
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) offences of bigamy have been recorded and (b) how many people have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted for offences related to bigamy in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (294156) | 205
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force area have had injury awards (a) reduced and (b) reduced to minimum levels on reaching retirement age in each year since 2004. | | (294159) | 206
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have adopted the procedure on reviews of injury awards set out in Annex C to Home Office Circular 46/2004. | | (294160) | 207
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in his Department and its agencies in England and Wales were subject to basic disclosure checks undertaken by Disclosure Scotland in each year since 2002. | | (294161) | 208
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average (a) overseas passport fee, (b) delivery charge and (c) issue time in days was for renewing a British passport for British citizens resident in each country of the European Union in the latest period for which information is available. | | (294173) | 209
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people arrested and tested under the Drug Interventions Programme were positive for (a) heroin and (b) crack cocaine in each police force area in each year since 2003. | | (294178) | 210
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homicides by each method of killing there were in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (294180) | 211
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 10 to 12, (b) 13 to 15 and (c) 16 to 17 year olds were (i) cautioned and (ii) prosecuted for alcohol-related offences in each police force area in each of the last five years. | | (294181) | 212
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female police officers in each police force area (i) resigned and (ii) were dismissed in each year since 2002. | | (294182) | 213
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on the national fingerprint database aged (i) under 10, (b) 10 to 15, (c) 16 to 17 and (d) 18 or more years old had no conviction, caution, formal warning or reprimand recorded on the police national computer. | | (294184) | 214
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) white, (b) black and (c) Asian (i) men and (b) women aged (A) 10 to 15, (B) 16 to 17 and (C) 18 or more years old were on the national DNA database in each year since 2001. | | (294185) | 215
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people now aged over 10 years old on the national DNA database had their profile added to the database when they were under the age of 10; and how many were in each age group under 10 years old at the time their profile was added. | | (294202) | 216
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are expected to be checked by the Independent Safeguarding Authority under the Vetting and Barring Scheme in each of the next five years. | | (294216) | 217
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected running costs are of (a) the Independent Safeguarding Authority and (b) the Vetting and Barring Scheme in each of the next five years. | | (294217) | 218
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) 10 to 15 and (c) 16 to 17 years old have been subject to police stop and search procedures in each police force area in each of the last five years. | | (294218) | 219
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) over 80, (b) 71 to 80 and (c) 60 to 70 years old have been subject to police stop and search procedures in each police force area in each of the last five years. | | (294219) | 220
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police community safety officers there were in Enfield North constituency in each year since 1997. | | (294190) | 221
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of crime were recorded in Enfield North constituency in each year since 1997. | | (294194) | 222
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers there were in each police force in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (294012) | 223
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many profiles have been removed from the national DNA database by each police force in each month since 9 March 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (294061) | 224
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new profiles have been added to the national DNA database by each police force in each month since 8 July 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (294062) | 225
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations there were in each police force area in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each of the last 12 months, excluding mobile police stations; and if he will make a statement. | | (294072) | 226
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations were (a) opened and (b) closed in each police force area in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (294073) | 227
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has allocated to the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) to cover the operational costs of the ISA's first year; and if he will make a statement. | | (294074) | 228
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent to date in (a) the establishment and (b) the operation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority in (i) total and (ii) by (A) staff, (B) information technology, (C) legal, (D) administrative and (E) other costs; and if he will make a statement. | | (294075) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 229
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department plans to spend on social protection programmes in developing countries (a) bilaterally and (b) through multilateral institutions in the next three years. | | (293972) | 230
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department plans to spend on nutrition-related programmes in developing countries (a) bilaterally and (b) through multilateral institutions in the next three years. | | (293973) | 231
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department plans to spend in support of maternal, newborn and child health in developing countries (a) bilaterally and (b) through multilateral institutions in the next three years. | | (293974) | 232
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to help increase standards of (a) female literacy and (b) medical care for women and girls in the world's 10 poorest countries. | | (293954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 233
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the expansion of the programme of compulsory land registration; and if he will make a statement. | | (294023) | 234
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminshed responsibility in each of the last five years. | | (294223) | 235
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for release from custody relating to people who pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished reponsibility were approved by mental health tribunals in each of the last five years; and what the average time taken between their conviction and release of such people was in each such year. | | (294224) | 236
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who had pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished reponsibility were being held in secure accommodation at each location on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (294225) | 237
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Jarrow of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 741, on pleural plaques, when he plans to publish a final response to the issue of compensation for people diagnosed with pleural plaques; and what recent representations he has received from the UCATT union on its members who have been exposed to asbestos contamination at work. | | (294003) | 238
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Schedule 1 offenders there are; and how many of them committed the relevant offence when under the age of 18 years. | | (294150) | 239
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted, (b) convicted and (c) imprisoned for dealing (i) cannabis and (ii) ecstasy in each year since 1997. | | (294151) | 240
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people died in prison of drug-related causes in each year since 1997. | | (294154) | 241
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees in his Department and its agencies in England and Wales were subject to a basic disclosure check by Disclosure Scotland in each year since 2002. | | (294158) | 242
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been given indefinite sentences for sexual offences committed when they were under the age of 18 years in each year since 2000. | | (294176) | 243
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were held in prisons more than 50 miles from normal place of residence at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (294177) | 244
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged (a) 10 to 12, (b) 13 to 15, (c) 16 to 17, (d) 18 to 20 and (e) 21 or more years old in each police force area were convicted of robbery in each year since 1997. | | (294179) | 245
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders aged 10 to 17 years entered custody with a substance misuse problem in each year since 1997. | | (294183) | 246
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the imprisonment rate was per 100,000 population in England and Wales in each year since 2001. | | (294197) | 247
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were summoned for jury service in each year since 1997; and how many and what proportion were disqualified, broken down by reason for disqualification. | | (294198) | 248
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) longest, (b) average and (c) shortest waiting period for entry into a domestic violence perpetrator programme was in each probation area in each year since such programmes were introduced. | | (294199) | 249
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) found guilty and (b) sentenced to immediate custody for the unlawful importation of a controlled drug in each year since 1997. | | (294200) | 250
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure was incurred on unemployment pay for prisoners in 2008-09. | | (294201) | 251
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of (a) male and (b) female prisoners were serving sentences for drug-related offences in each year since 1997. | | (294203) | 252
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each age group entered the criminal justice system for the first time in each year since 1997. | | (294204) | 253
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average, (b) minimum and (c) maximum offender caseload was for a probation officer in each probation area in each year since 2002. | | (294205) | 254
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the recommendations of the Blakey Review into disrupting the supply of illegal drugs into prisons have been implemented fully; when he expects all recommendations to be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (294214) | 255
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for smuggling or attempting to smuggle (i) mobile telephones, (ii) drugs and (iii) other contraband into prisons in each year since 1997. | | (294215) | 256
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what tests were carried out on the soil of the former Dynamex site at Caernarfon to assess its suitability as a location for a prison. | | (293851) | 257
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 349W, on Friction Dynamex: asbestos, what his latest estimate is of the likely cost of asbestos remediation on the former Dynamex site in Caernarfon. | | (293852) | 258
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average it has taken for appeals against refusal of employment and support allowance to be heard in the last 12 months. | | (293636) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 259
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. | | (294228) | 260
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has had discussions with the (a) Olympic Delivery Authority and (b) Secretary of State for Defence on safety arrangements for the Olympic and Paralympic shooting event due to be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks in relation to (i) military personnel, (ii) the families of military personnel and (iii) the general public; and if she will make a statement. | | (294229) | 261
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has had discussions with the (a) Olympic Delivery Authority and (b) the Secretary of State for Health on the implications for access to the Queen Elizabeth Woolwich Hospital of the holding of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic shooting event at the Royal Artillery Barracks. | | (294230) | 262
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether the full exclusion zone required by the International Shooting Federations will be in place for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic shooting event to be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks. | | (294231) | 263
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost of hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic shooting event at the Royal Artillery Barracks; what assessment she has made of the cost-effectiveness of hosting the event at that location; and if she will make a statement. | | (294232) | 264
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of the implications of the closure of a lane of the Blackwall Tunnel for the purposes of Olympic Family transport services for the fulfilment of the Olympic commitment on transport during the London 2012 Olympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (294233) | 265
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of the legacy for the sport of (a) shooting at the Royal Artillery Barracks, (b) badminton at Wembley Arena and (c) rhythmic gymnastics at Wembley Arena of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (294234) | 266
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what estimate she has made of the cost of hosting the London 2012 (a) badminton and (b) rhythmic gymnastics events at (i) Wembley Arena, (ii) Barking Riverside and (iii) North Greenwich Arena. | | (294235) | 267
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much has been allocated for spending on (a) imported and (b) domestic Christmas trees for the main Olympic site in 2009. | | (293759) | Questions to the Prime Minister 268
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has received representations in respect of the current investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into BAE Systems. | | (293889) | Questions to the Solicitor General 269
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has requested information from the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) on the support provided by the ECGD to MW Kellogg Limited in connection with the LNG Plant at Bonny Island in Nigeria. | | (293952) | 270
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Solicitor General, what representations the Law Officers have received on the current investigation into BAE Systems by the Serious Fraud Office. | | (293888) | 271
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Solicitor General, how many agency staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years; and in what capacity they were employed. | | (293615) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 272
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many non-Transport for London railway station ticket offices in each London borough have (a) been closed and (b) had opening hours reduced in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement. | | (293059) | 273
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the Government's role is in establishing the future (a) operation and (b) ownership of Gatwick Airport; and if he will make a statement. | | (293849) | 274
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the number of unsafe heavy goods vehicles on UK roads which are registered overseas; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce this number. | | (293859) | 275
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress has been made in reinstating the Todmorden Curve; and what estimate he has made of the cost of that work. | | (294137) | 276
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the likely environmental impact of an airport located in the Thames Estuary. | | (293392) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 277
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of pensioners living in poverty in Leeds West constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (293939) | 278
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in North East Fife constituency had been claiming jobseeker's allowance for (a) less than six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between 12 months and two years and (d) more than two years on the latest date for which information is available. | | (293975) | 279
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what average length of time a claimant received jobseeker's allowance in North East Fife constituency in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years. | | (293976) | 280
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the likely impact on the mental health of people in receipt of incapacity benefit due to mental health problems of proposals to change eligibility for incapacity benefit. | | (293887) | 281
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation she has made of the effectiveness of Jobcentre Plus; and what recent steps have been taken to improve the performance of Jobcentre Plus in enabling people to obtain employment. | | (293937) | 282
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have moved from benefits to work as a result of the Better off in Work Credit pilot in Yorkshire. | | (293983) | 283
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2009, Official Report, column 553W, on asbestos: documents, how many and what percentage of electronic files held since 1984 were retained after the seven-year review held in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive's document retention policy. | | (294168) | 284
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2009, Official Report, column 553W, on asbestos: documents, how many and what percentage of paper files held since 1984 were retained after the nine-year review held in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive's document retention policy. | | (294169) | 285
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures her Department follows to revoke national insurance numbers from those whose right to work in the UK has expired. | | (294165) | 286
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to ensure that foreign nationals awarded national insurance numbers cannot continue to use those numbers once their student and work visas have expired. | | (294167) | 287
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were withdrawn from those deemed to be illegal immigrants in each year since 1997. | | (294174) | 288
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her most recent estimate is of the number of people in possession of a national insurance number and working beyond the expiration of their student visa. | | (294175) | 289
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have received assistance through New Deal schemes to undertake voluntary work or training subsequently entered employment lasting five weeks or longer. | | (294060) | 290
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs she expects to be created under the Future Jobs Fund in (a) Tamworth, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in the next 12 months; and what types of job she expects to be created. | | (294066) | 291
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people resident in Enfield North constituency have found employment through the New Deal in each year since 1998. | | (294191) | 292
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents resident in Enfield North constituency found work through the New Deal in each year since 1998. | | (294192) | 293
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people resident in Enfield North constituency found work through the New Deal in each year since 2001. | | (294193) | 294
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) original estimate of expenditure on and (b) actual expenditure on local housing allowance was in each financial year since its introduction. | | (293971) | 295
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure from allowing claimants to receive more in local housing allowance than they have to pay in rent the Government (a) has incurred in each year since the introduction of the allowance and (b) is expected to incur in 2009-10. | | (294059) | 296
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Pension Protection Fund Levy has received contributions from the Parliamentary Pension Scheme since 2004. | | (294226) | 297
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male pensioners with national insurance contributions of between 30 and 43 years were born before 6 April 1945 and (b) female pensioners with national insurance contributions of between 30 and 39 years were born before 6 April 1950. | | (293953) | 298
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects the Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency to respond to emails from the hon. Member for Eastbourne dated 31 July, 11 September and 8 October 2009, regarding his constituent Mrs Baker. | | (293985) | 299
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects the Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency to respond to emails from the hon. Member for Eastbourne dated 20 May, 24 July and 24 August 2009, regarding his constituent Mr Holmes. | | (293986) | 300
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average (a) cost of carrying out and (b) time taken to carry out a work capability assessment for the Employment Support Allowance; and if she will make a statement. | | (294032) | 301
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the ratio of personal advisers to jobseeker's allowance claimants in (a) the UK and (b) each region of England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland has been in each month since May 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (294033) | 302
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Jobcentre Plus offices closed in each of the last six years are under consideration for reopening; and if she will make a statement. | | (294034) | 303
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in Wales had been claiming the allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months in each of the last 18 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (294067) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 304
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications submitted to the British consulate in Islamabad are outstanding; and what steps he plans to take to expedite the processing of such applications. | | [Transferred] (293610) | 305
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets apply for timescales for processing visa applications at the British consulate in Islamabad. | | [Transferred] (293611) | 306
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to police forces was of the attendance of doctors in police custody suites in the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (293989) | 307
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were subject to indefinite notification requirements for sexual offences committed when they were under the age of 18 years in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (294149) | 308
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a property information questionnaire has been produced as part of the home information pack for 62 South Eaton Place. | | [Transferred] (294083) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 309
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the sale value of the Dartford River Crossing; and what assumptions he made in relation to (a) the level of tolls charged, (b) vehicle movements and (c) other factors in making that estimate. | | [Transferred] (294222) | 310
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on levying (a) credit card fees and (b) other surcharges on parking fines. | | [Transferred] (294155) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 311
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of state benefit payments to residents of North East Fife constituency were paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (293977) |
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