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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 21 October 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 21 October 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 21 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 Wednesday 21 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 21 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the consultation on the Office for Life Science blueprint, including proposals for an innovation pass, will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (295039) | 2
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints received by UK Trade and Investment were responded to (a) within one to 10 days, (b) within 11 to 15 days, (c) within 16 to 20 days and (d) more than 21 days after receipt in each of the last four years. | | (294869) | 3
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Investment employees have taken time off work as a result of diagnosed stress in each of the last five years. | | (294870) | 4
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies who received assistance from UK Trade and Investment in 2008-09 also received assistance from a regional development agency in the same period. | | (294871) | 5
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) accommodation and (b) staff costs his Department incurred in relation to UK Trade and Investment employees based overseas in 2008. | | (294872) | 6
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) accommodation and (b) staff costs his Department incurred in relation to employees based at UK Trade and Investment headquarters in 2008. | | (294873) | 7
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Investment staff were based in each region in each of the last four years. | | (294874) | 8
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which companies in each region received assistance from UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (294875) | 9
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what expenditure has been incurred on marketing UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (294876) | 10
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made of UK Trade and Investment's performance against its targets for attracting (a) high value, (b) good quality and (c) priority projects in each of the last four years. | | (295049) | 11
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff were allocated to defence-related work in each of the last four years. | | (295050) | 12
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what quantified targets UK Trade and Investment used in relation to its objective of attracting (a) high value, (b) good quality and (c) priority projects in each of the last four years. | | (295051) | 13
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on (a) car hire, (b) train travel, (c) air travel, (d) hotels and (e) restaurants by UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (295052) | 14
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on (a) standard, (b) business and (c) first class air travel by UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (295053) | 15
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much financial assistance UK Trade and Investment provided to businesses in the defence sector (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the financial assistance provided to all businesses in each of the last four years. | | (295054) | 16
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much UK Trade and Investment spent on consultants and other external advice in each of the last four years. | | (295055) | 17
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employees of UK Trade and Investment attended the Beijing Olympics in July 2008 in an official capacity. | | (295079) | 18
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies which have received support from UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years can be classified as involved in (a) low carbon technologies and (b) advanced engineering. | | (295080) | 19
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications have been (a) received and (b) granted for funding from the £100 million Government support scheme made available for small and medium-sized enterprises in Budget 2009 to improve their energy efficiency. | | (295081) | 20
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to promote the RealHelp website. | | (295117) | 21
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the team investigating the collapse of MG Rover first notified the Government that there were sufficient grounds for referral to the Serious Fraud Office. | | (295118) | 22
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on the relocation of staff to posts in (a) Belfast, (b) Leeds, (c) Newport, (d) Birmingham, (e) Manchester and (f) Swindon. | | (295119) | 23
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the work of Manufacturing Insight. | | (295120) | 24
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time employees there are in the Manufacturing Insight office. | | (295121) | 25
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the £100 million Government support made available in the Budget 2009 to help small and medium-sized enterprises to improve their energy efficiency has been distributed to date. | | (295122) | 26
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) schools and (b) universities have been visited by representatives of the Manufacturing Insight office since its inception. | | (295123) | 27
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has made available to Manufacturing Insight for the promotion of manufacturing in the UK in the last three years. | | (295124) | 28
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students received non-repayable maintenance grants from (a) Richmond-upon-Thames education authority and (b) all English local education authorities in each of the last five years; and what the average grant received by such students was in each case in each of the last five years. | | (294754) | 29
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged (a) 21 years and under and (b) over 21 years old in each socio-economic group resident in (i) Twickenham constituency, (ii) Richmond-upon-Thames, (iii) London and (iv) England attended university in each of the last five years. | | (294755) | 30
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies there were in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Richmond-upon-Thames and (d) Twickenham constituency of individuals in each age group of each of the last five years. | | (294756) | 31
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Government-funded apprenticeship places were available in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Richmond-upon-Thames and (d) Twickenham constituency in each of the last five years. | | (294757) | 32
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Government-funded apprenticeships have been undertaken in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Richmond-upon-Thames and (d) Twickenham constituency in each of the last five years. | | (294758) | 33
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2009, Official Report, column 1047W, on Charlie Whelan, whether the EU Agency Workers Directive was discussed at the meeting between the Secretary of State and Charlie Whelan on 15 January 2009. | | (294745) | 34
N | Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the extent to which pension matters are included in collective bargaining negotiations; and if he will make a statement. | | (294310) | 35
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) the Secretary of State and (b) the Minister for Employment Relations have had with the Prime Minister on the date for implementation of the EU Agency Workers Directive. | | (294851) | 36
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have held with the British Chamber of Commerce on a date for implementation of the EU Agency Workers Directive. | | (294852) | 37
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation paper of May 2009 on the implementation of the EU Agency Workers Directive. | | (294853) | 38
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many households have discontinued their fixed line telephone connection in each of the last 12 months. | | (294752) | 39
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to (a) discourage manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment from making devices which can only function if left switched on permanently and (b) require such manufacturers to provide information to prospective purchasers on the energy consumption of their products. | | (295059) | 40
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 657W, on the North West Development Agency: public appointments, when the Secretary of State received for approval the nomination of Robert Hough as the Chair of the North West Development Agency. | | (294839) | 41
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the letter sent from Lord Davies of Abersoch to the hon. Member for Selly Oak dated 12 October 2009, ref JB/148761, was printed on only one side of paper; if he will make it his Department's policy to use two-sided printing for its correspondence; and whether he has made an estimate of the potential effects on his Department's level of paper use consequent on the implementation of such a policy. | | (294771) | 42
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to protect UK internet users from computer viruses and malicious software. | | (294926) | 43
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of computer viruses originating in the UK; and how many prosecutions there have been for offences related to writing viruses and malicious software in each of the last five years. | | (294927) | 44
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the £250 million Low Carbon Industrial Strategy Fund has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date on each project which has received funding. | | (294721) | 45
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what projects have been granted funding under the advanced manufacturing package. | | (294722) | 46
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294989) | 47
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department (a) has spent since its inception and (b) plans to spend in 2010-11 on market research to improve the usability of its website. | | (294780) | 48
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department (a) has spent since its inception and (b) plans to spend in 2010-11 on (i) the design of its website and (ii) other market research for promotional purposes. | | (294781) | 49
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on advertising and publicity in each of the last five years. | | (294972) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 50
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public relations companies were awarded the contracts arising from the Central Office of Information Framework Agreement with contract reference 2007/S 156-194886; and what the total value was of the Framework Agreement. | | (294963) | 51
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account was taken of the process and results of the 2001 Census in deciding which religions to list on the 2011 Census; what criteria were used to determine the list; and if she will make a statement. | | (295047) | 52
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2009, Official Report, column 835W, on departmental buildings, in what formats records are held of expenditure on the renovation and refurbishment of 10 Downing Street; and whether copies of suppliers' invoices are held. | | (295048) | 53
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many helplines her Department operates; and how much her Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294973) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 54
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider introducing tax exemption for mineralogical processes which use recovered fuel oil. | | (294959) | 55
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is in the tax treatment on the use of recovered fuel oil in the (a) steel, (b) electricity and (c) lime manufacturing industries; and if he will make a statement. | | (294960) | 56
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) accrued revenue in the last three months from callers to HMRC 08 telephone numbers being kept on line while waiting to be answered. | | (295035) | 57
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects Sir John Chadwick to issue his advice to Ministers on an ex-gratia compensation scheme for Equitable Life policyholders; and what estimate he has made of the time to be taken in dealing with compensation claims following the determination of the structure of the compensation scheme. | | (294928) | 58
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to respond to the interim advice given by Sir John Chadwick on Equitable Life. | | (294929) | 59
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on compensating all Equitable Life policyholders for losses attributable to the manner in which Equitable Life was regulated. | | (294970) | 60
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294986) | 61
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the costs associated with private finance initiatives. | | (294914) | 62
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties have been imposed by HM Revenue and Customs on estates as a consequence of a difference between the official valuation of a property and the final sale price in the last 12 months; how many such penalties have been challenged; how many such challenges have been upheld; and how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from the imposition of such penalties. | | (294125) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 63
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children have been living in a household with neither parent in employment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2006. | | (295093) | 64
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children have been living in households with below 60 per cent. of (a) contemporary and (b) 1998-99 median income in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 2005-06. | | (295098) | 65
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many households have CCTV cameras installed inside their homes as part of family intervention projects; and whether he plans to extend the use of such cameras. | | (294895) | 66
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have installed CCTV cameras inside homes as part of family intervention projects. | | (294896) | 67
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has given to support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Month. | | (294897) | 68
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether local authority performance targets on Traveller pupils are part of his Department's national indicator set. | | (294898) | 69
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many laptops have been issued to Travellers under the E-LAMP scheme since its inception; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (294966) | 70
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department and its predecessor has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294974) | 71
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many cases of residents absconding from children's care homes there have been in each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (294772) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 72
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time non-stipendiary Ministers are currently registered by the Church of England. | | (294961) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 73
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 591W, on non-domestic rates: religious buildings, what criteria the Registrar General uses when determining whether to certify the premises of a faith community or religion as a place of religious worship. | | (294776) | 74
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 591W, on non-domestic rates: religious buildings, in respect of which faith communities or religions the Registrar General has certified premises as places of religious worship. | | (294777) | 75
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost incurred in addition to the cost of meeting the requirement of Building Regulations in meeting the requirements of each level of the Code of Sustainable Homes Code in respect of (a) detached housing, (b) end-of-terrace housing, (c) low-rise flats and (d) high-rise flats. | | (294877) | 76
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support small shops through the operation of the planning system. | | (294878) | 77
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on influencing levels of (a) car ownership and (b) car use through the planning system. | | (294879) | 78
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy on the Total Place initiative is; and how many councils he expects to participate in pilot schemes under the initiative. | | (294880) | 79
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the rateable value of each of his Department's buildings was on the most recent date for which figures are available based on (a) the 2005 Rating List and (b) the draft 2010 Rating List. | | (294881) | 80
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what method his Department used to determine the (a) wards and (b) local authorities to receive funding from the first wave of its Connecting Communities programme. | | (294882) | 81
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the errors were in the House Building Statistical Release published on 20 August 2009 which caused it to be withdrawn. | | (294883) | 82
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for (a) the revised edition of Planning Policy Statement 4 and (b) the introduction of a competition test in retail planning. | | (294884) | 83
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) a small firm and (b) a rural proofing impact assessment has been undertaken in respect of the 2010 rates revaluation. | | (294886) | 84
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average rateable value of each type of hereditament is under each special category code in (a) the 2005 Rating List and (b) the draft 2010 Rating List. | | (294887) | 85
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department may transfer to third parties data held on its register of the energy performance of buildings. | | (294889) | 86
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the remit of the Local Government Ombudsman is in respect of parish councils. | | (294890) | 87
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provisions regulate the sharing of data in the joint Ordnance Survey-Land Registry data centre; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the shared service agreement. | | (294891) | 88
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition of consumer choice his Department plans to use in its revision of Planning Policy Statement 4. | | (294892) | 89
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which single conservation areas the Homes and Communities Agency has established; and which local authority areas each covers. | | (294893) | 90
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) the Valuation Tribunal Service takes of increased levels of crime and anti-social behaviour in a specific locality when assessing material changes for the purpose of council tax revaluations. | | (294901) | 91
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost of building a new unit of (a) social housing and (b) affordable housing. | | (294902) | 92
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average rateable value of petrol stations (a) was on the 2005 Rating List and (b) is on the draft 2010 Rating List. | | (294903) | 93
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of National Tenant Voice; and whether it will be located apart from the Tenant Services Authority. | | (294904) | 94
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether additional funding is being provided to local authorities in relation to additional functions and roles resulting from the establishment of the Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (294905) | 95
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the change in revenue to accrue from empty property rates relief in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (294908) | 96
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of dwellings in England are recorded on the Valuation Office Agency's database with (a) dwellinghouse and (b) value significant code data. | | (294911) | 97
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hereditaments in London will be liable for supplementary business rate in London from April 2010. | | (294912) | 98
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department and its predecessor have received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294975) | 99
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities with no known or suspected rough sleeper problem are not required by his Department to conduct rough sleeper counts. | | (294945) | 100
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish the review commissioned by his Department from the Building Research Establishment on the new licensing regime for houses in multiple occupation. | | (294946) | 101
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the Building Research Establishment was commissioned to conduct the review of the effectiveness of the new licensing regime for houses in multiple occupation. | | (294947) | 102
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the Building Research Establishment submitted to his Department the second stage of its review of the licensing regime for houses in multiple occupation. | | (294948) | 103
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has paid to the Building Research Establishment for the research commissioned on the effects of the new licensing regime for houses in multiple occupation. | | (294949) | 104
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the outstanding balance of the Homes and Communities Agency's Recycled Capital Grants Receipts Programme funding was at the last date for which figures are available. | | (294950) | 105
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of homes in each region met the Decent Homes standard in each of the last five years. | | (294951) | 106
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Tenant Services Authority has spent on branded bags since its establishment; and how many such bags have been produced. | | (294952) | 107
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what expenditure was incurred on recruitment agency fees in respect of staff recruited to work in (a) his Department's Housing Directorate, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the Homes and Communities Agency, (d) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, (e) Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and (f) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy in the last five years. | | (294953) | 108
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in external consultancy fees by (a) his Department's Housing Directorate, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the Homes and Communities Agency, (d) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, (e) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (f) the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last five years. | | (294954) | 109
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on (a) consultancy fees, (b) recruitment agencies and (c) staff costs by each of the regional offices of the (i) Homes and Communities Agency and (ii) Tenant Services Authority since December 2008. | | (295095) | 110
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in staff costs by (a) his Department's Housing Directorate, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the Homes and Communities Agency, (d) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit and (e) the Homes and Communities Agency academy in each of the last five years. | | (295096) | 111
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on corporate branding by the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) the Tenant Services Authority since its establishment. | | (295097) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 112
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Sport England has provided for training of (a) pistol shooters and (b) shooters of other weapons in the last 12 months. | | (294717) | 113
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there are plans to allow the British Olympic shooting team to train at Bisley. | | (294718) | 114
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire have participated in the scheme for free swimming for people over 60 years old. | | (294760) | 115
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many children in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire have taken part in the scheme for free swimming for children under 16 years old. | | (294761) | 116
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire receive a free television licence. | | (294844) | 117
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets Sport England has set each of the sports governing bodies on increasing levels of participation of women and girls in sport; and how much funding has been allocated for this purpose in each case. | | (294749) | 118
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults who have (a) participated in musical activity and (b) attended a music event in each region in each of the last five years. | | (294750) | 119
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps (a) Sport England and (b) the Youth Sport Trust is taking to encourage women and girls to participate in sport. | | (294751) | 120
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of eligible sports clubs have joined the community amateur sports club scheme in each year since it was introduced. | | (294753) | 121
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on its (a) Active People Survey 1 and (b) Active People Survey 2. | | (294732) | 122
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much each of the National Lottery distributors spent on (a) surveys and (b) Government relations in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (294733) | 123
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff each National Lottery distributor employs. | | (294734) | 124
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294976) | 125
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the Horserace Betting Levy Board's advice on use of overseas-based betting operators who do not make levy payments in respect of online business. | | (295109) | 126
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the integrity of sporting events of overseas-based online betting operators operating in the UK outside Gambling Commission regulations. | | (295110) | 127
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any Ministers or officials in his Department have had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with the Monitor Group in the last five years. | | (295112) | 128
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what methodology was used to reach the decision to refresh his Department's logo in April 2006; which (a) Ministers and (b) officials were involved in that process; and what steps have been taken to monitor the effectiveness of the refreshment. | | (294919) | 129
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure his Department incurred in refreshing its logo in April 2006. | | (294920) | 130
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department assesses value for money achieved in the consistency and distinctiveness of its communications. | | (294921) | 131
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 408W, on departmental logos, what his definition of his Department's wider visual identity is; what measures he uses to assess the contribution of the logo to (a) explaining the work of his Department and (b) the consistency and distinctiveness of its communications; and what assessment he has made of the impact and success of this identity. | | (294962) | 132
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in staff costs by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last five years. | | (295102) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 133
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 140, on departmental procurement, how many of the recommendations of the Glover Report on Accelerating the SME engine his Department has implemented. | | (294906) | 134
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 140, on departmental procurement, what target date his Department has set for implementation of all the key recommendations of the Glover Report on Accelerating the SME engine. | | (294907) | 135
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department next plans to renew its procurement processes. | | (294503) | 136
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that all troops are properly equipped for each of their duties. | | (294504) | 137
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to seek to reduce the number of armed forces veterans in the criminal justice system. | | (294507) | 138
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff are presently employed in Kentigem House in Glasgow. | | (295106) | 139
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defence establishments in Scotland are presently operated by his Department. | | (295107) | 140
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) armed forces personnel and (b) veterans have received treatment for (i) mental health problems, (ii) alcohol addiction and (iii) drug abuse since 2001. | | (295082) | 141
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of military personnel who have served or are serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. | | (295083) | 142
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have (a) tested positive for drugs and (b) been dismissed from the service for drug taking in the last three years. | | (295084) | 143
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder there have been since 2001. | | (295085) | 144
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on mental health care services in each year since 2001. | | (295086) | 145
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has (a) commissioned, (b) funded and (c) undertaken on the mental health needs of service personnel and veterans since 2001; and what his most recent estimate is of the number of service personnel and veterans with such needs. | | (295087) | 146
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what organisations dedicated to service family welfare and support for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force are supported by his Department; which of the organisations received funding from his Department in each of the last 10 years; and how much funding was provided in each case. | | (295088) | 147
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel stationed at each base in (a) the UK and (b) abroad of the (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) Royal Air Force; which of these bases has an officer in charge of families; and what recreational, social, medical and educational facilities are available at each base for forces families. | | (295089) | 148
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of all meetings of the Families Working Group held in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date. | | (295090) | 149
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which staff have been seconded to his Department from the private sector since 2000, stating in each case the secondee's (a) name, (b) company, (c) position within his Department and (d) start and end date of secondment. | | (295103) | 150
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which staff from his Department have been seconded to the defence industry since 2000, stating in each case the secondee's (a) name, (b) position/rank, (c) company, (d) start and end date of secondment and (e) whether the person concerned is still employed by his Department. | | (295104) | 151
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the initial gate decision on Trident replacement has been delayed until after the forthcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (295105) | 152
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he appointed the Defence Medical Inspector General; on what date he expects the Inspector to publish his first annual report; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on publication. | | (294958) | 153
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made to ensure that all those whose normal duties involve caring for, training, supervising or being in charge of vulnerable service personnel and those under the age of 18 are subject to monitoring under the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. | | (294991) | 154
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that internal disciplinary proceedings and findings of the Service Justice System, including proceedings which have taken place outside the UK, are taken into account. | | (294992) | 155
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions his Department was legally represented at inquest proceedings in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and what the cost to his Department was on each occasion. | | (294993) | 156
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which tribunals of inquiry his Department was represented in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; on what occasions his Department was legally represented; and what his estimate is of the cost to his Department of each such inquiry in each such year. | | (294994) | 157
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294977) | 158
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) provides and (b) sponsors (i) advisory visits and (ii) information exchanges on military operations and tactics in urban theatres to Colombia; when the last such visit or exchange took place; and if he will make a statement. | | (295111) | 159
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ex-service personnel have made claims in the last 30 years for compensation for adverse health effects arising from exposure to chemicals during their service in Canada between 1960 and 1980; and in how many such cases compensation was paid. | | (294782) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 160
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines since its inception. | | (294978) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 161
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many registered veterinary nurses there are. | | (294842) | 162
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities have smallholdings; what the area of each such authority's smallholdings is; and whether he plans to undertake a review of the future use and ownership of local authority smallholdings. | | (294843) | 163
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of sheep which will require electronic tagging following the implementation of measures for electronic identification of sheep and goats in accordance with Regulation (EC) 21/2004. | | (294846) | 164
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on disease control which will result from the implementation of measures for the electronic tagging of sheep. | | (294847) | 165
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to farmers of implementing measures for electronic identification of sheep and goats in accordance with Regulation (EC) 21/2004. | | (294848) | 166
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of compulsory electronic tagging of sheep on the (a) domestic and (b) international competitiveness of the livestock industry. | | (295005) | 167
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a compulsory farm of origin labelling scheme for (a) lamb and (b) other meats in conjunction with the operation of (i) electronic sheep tagging and (ii) other European directives on livestock traceability. | | (295006) | 168
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the merits of providing funding from the public purse for the purchase of electronic readers and software by livestock producers required to comply with electronic sheep tagging regulations. | | (295007) | 169
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 98W, on domestic wastes, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness against objectives of the public affairs work undertaken by Chelgate Ltd for the Waste and Resources Action Programme. | | (294778) | 170
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 443W, on the Local Government Association, what guidance his Department has provided on the status of the Local Government Association in respect of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. | | (294779) | 171
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what asessment the Government has made of the merits of introducing a statutory appeals process for fixed penalty notices issued under the Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005. | | (294900) | 172
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Waste and Resources Action Programme has made of household waste collections in overseas countries on (a) three-weekly or (b) four-weekly collection cycles. | | (294964) | 173
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research report commissioned by his Department with reference (a) WR0105 and (b) WR0106. | | (294965) | 174
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reduce the incidence of littering in rural areas. | | (294995) | 175
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Campaign to Protect Rural England on measures to reduce the incidence of littering in rural areas. | | (294996) | 176
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided for Keep Britain Tidy in the last three years; and how much funding he plans to provide in 2009-10. | | (294997) | 177
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what projects funded from the Marine Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund have involved work by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science. | | (294719) | 178
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what projects are being funded by the Marine Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund in 2009-10. | | (294720) | 179
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294979) | 180
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff of the National Bee Unit have qualifications in bee biology at postgraduate level or above. | | (294990) | 181
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has undertaken into smells and odours from household waste. | | (294856) | 182
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to prohibit the disposal of domestic food waste in landfill. | | (294857) | 183
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has issued on the disposal of waste receptacle and recycling boxes at the end of their life. | | (294868) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 184
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the papers submitted by the Government to the meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council held in London on 3 and 4 September. | | (294838) | 185
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his latest estimate is of levels of expenditure by Pakistan on its nuclear weapons programme. | | (294840) | 186
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of UK policy towards Uganda of any discovery of new oilfields in that country. | | (294849) | 187
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Uganda on the subject of refugees from Sudan in that country. | | (294850) | 188
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to seek to encourage MONUC and the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ensure that Operation Kimia 2 does not cause harm to civilians in eastern DRC; and if he will make a statement. | | (294736) | 189
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote full implementation by the governments of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo of their commitments to non-military policies to disarm, demobilise and repatriate members of the FDLR, as agreed in the 2007 Nairobi Communiqué; and if he will make a statement. | | (294737) | 190
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that, in the course of Operation Kimia 2, MONUC is not directly or indirectly supporting FARDC members who have been accused of war crimes; and if he will make a statement. | | (294738) | 191
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294980) | 192
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Ministers or officials in his Department have had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with the Monitor Group in the last five years. | | (295113) | 193
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on advertising and publicity in each of the last five years. | | (294971) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 194
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to primary care trusts on making decisions about the post-licence use of new medicines; and if he will make a statement. | | (295037) | 195
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) members of the House of Lords, (c) patient groups and (d) clinicians on treatment and care for people diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS); what his policy on such care and treatment is; and if he will make a statement. | | (295038) | 196
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's end of life criteria on patient access to treatments for rare conditions aimed at extending life; and if he will make a statement. | | (295041) | 197
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to review the national haematology guidelines; and if he will make a statement. | | (295042) | 198
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many carers are registered in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire. | | (294762) | 199
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to determine ex-gratia payments to NHS patients who have experienced adverse consequences of NHS treatment. | | [R] (295036) | 200
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to reform the care and support system for disabled people of working age; and if he will make a statement. | | (294740) | 201
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2238W, on health services: travelling people, what benefits he expects Travellers to receive as a consequence of the Friends, Families and Travellers scheme. | | (294910) | 202
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1169-72W, on NHS: finance, how much each loan was for; when each loan was taken out; and how much is expected to be repaid in respect of each loan. | | (294923) | 203
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA infection in (i) Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust and (ii) Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust was in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (294930) | 204
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to accident and emergency departments in hospitals in (a) Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust and (b) Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust in the last three years for which figures are available; and how many such patients spent more than four hours in such departments following admission. | | (294969) | 205
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on transferring patients with mental health problems from Leeds to treatment centres outside the Leeds area during the period April 2007 to March 2009. | | (294730) | 206
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve standards of mental health care in Leeds. | | (294731) | 207
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of (a) independent sector treatment centres and (b) NHS hospitals in undertaking emergency medical procedures. | | (294766) | 208
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) in total and (b) per 50,000 of the population received continuing care in each primary care trust area in England in each quarter of 2008. | | (294767) | 209
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294981) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 210
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) alcohol-related crime and (b) drug-related crime were recorded in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) Richmond-upon-Thames and (iv) Twickenham constituency in each of the last five years. | | (294917) | 211
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the levels of administrative burden upon police forces. | | (295108) | 212
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether enforced returns were suspended for any period of time for nationals or particular groups of nationals from (a) Iraq, (b) Somalia, (c) Eritrea, (d) Democratic Republic of Congo, (e) Afghanistan and (f) Iran between 2000 and 2009. | | (295060) | 213
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Section 4 support were (a) considered and (b) refused in each year since 2006. | | (295061) | 214
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 561W, on official residences, what the present proposed sale price of the former Ministerial residence in South Eaton Place is; and whether there have been any changes to the proposed sale price since the property was first placed on the market. | | (294774) | 215
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 561W, on official residences, whether the advice of the selling agent on the preparation of a home condition report for the property in South Eaton Place was obtained in writing. | | (294775) | 216
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued on (a) the use of fixed penalty notices and (b) the level of fines issued by fixed penalty for (i) shoplifting, (ii) sexual offences and (iii) household waste offences. | | (294894) | 217
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on public safety in West Dorset of the downgrading of Grade 3 Approved Premises Assistants to Grade 2 at Weston Hostel. | | (295062) | 218
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent from the public purse on the policing of online crime in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (294925) | 219
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294982) | 220
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent trends he has identified in the prevalence of dog fighting in the UK; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage police forces to allocate adequate resources towards reducing the incidence of dog fighting. | | (294918) | 221
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to his Department of (a) implementing and (b) managing its pre-entry screening programme for tuberculosis has been since the programme's inception. | | (295001) | 222
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average cost to each applicant of undertaking the pre-entry screening programme for tuberculosis. | | (295002) | 223
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to extend the pre-screening programme for tuberculosis to migrants from more countries. | | (295003) | 224
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation of the effectiveness of his Department's pre-entry screening programme for tuberculosis has been undertaken. | | (295004) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 225
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House of Commons Commission (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to make the Parliamentary House of Commons intranet compatible with computers running Windows Vista 64-bit edition; and if he will make a statement. | | (295040) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 226
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has budgeted for aid to Afghanistan in 2009-10; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's provision of aid to Afghanistan in the last 12 months against its objectives. | | (294773) | 227
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much humanitarian aid the UK has provided to Pakistan in each year since 1998. | | (294841) | 228
N | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's support for the national tuberculosis programme in India in reducing the incidence of tuberculosis in that country. | | (294276) | 229
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of his Department's contribution towards global and regional progress on Millennium Development Goal 6 in relation to tuberculosis. | | (294999) | 230
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of his Department's support for the national tuberculosis programme in India. | | (295000) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 231
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist armed forces veterans in the criminal justice system. | | (294505) | 232
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of armed forces veterans who are in the criminal justice system. | | (294506) | 233
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance the judiciary issues on the circumstances in which injunctive orders may be granted in such a way as to conceal the identity of the claimant; and if he will make a statement. | | (295030) | 234
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will (a) collate and (b) publish statistics on the numbers of injunctions issued in the High Court in the last five years where the claimants have been granted anonymity in the listed name of the case. | | (295034) | 235
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulation of companies offering representatives without appropriate legal qualifications to represent parties in employment tribunals; and if he will make a statement. | | (294924) | 236
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce his decision on compensation for those with pleural plaques; and if he will make a statement. | | (294723) | 237
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions public funding was made available to assist the legal representation of bereaved families at inquest proceedings relating to the deaths of service personnel in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and what the cost to his Department was on each occasion. | | (294957) | 238
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which tribunals of inquiry public funding was made available to assist the legal representation of bereaved families in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and what the annual cost to his Department was of each such inquiry. | | (295033) | 239
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294983) | 240
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Courts Service takes to support (a) older people and (b) people with mental health problems when appearing as witnesses in court proceedings. | | (294915) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 241
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294984) | Questions to the Prime Minister 242
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with representatives of trade unions on implementing the EU Agency Workers Directive in the UK in 2011. | | (295056) | 243
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) the Minister for Employment Relations on implementing the EU Agency Workers Directive in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. | | (295057) | 244
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) members and (b) representatives of (i) the CBI, (ii) the EEF and (iii) British Chambers of Commerce on implementing the EU Agency Workers Directive in the UK in 2011. | | (295058) | Questions to the Solicitor General 245
N | Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment the Attorney General has made of whether the terms of Article 5 of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions are binding when considering whether to consent to prosecute British companies and individuals in relation to allegations of overseas corruption. | | (294735) | 246
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the pilots of the electronic document transfer system in the Crown Prosecution Service. | | (294913) | 247
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment the Attorney General's Office has made of the effectiveness of the merger of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office and the Crown Prosection Service. | | (295043) | 248
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Solicitor General, what plans the Government has for developing the role of the community prosecutor referred to in Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice. | | (295044) | 249
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Solicitor General, what the process will be for implementation of the Director of Public Prosecutions' policy on assisted suicide after the conclusion and the public consultation on the interim policy. | | (295045) | 250
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps the Government is taking to (a) increase rates of the prosecution of rape and (b) support victims of rape. | | (295046) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 251
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many personal injury collisions involved (a) left and (b) right hand drive heavy goods vehicles in each year since 1997; and in how many in each category vehicle blind spot was found to be a contributory factor. | | (295008) | 252
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many drivers' hours offences were detected in respect of (a) UK-registered and (b) overseas registered drivers in each year since 1997. | | (295009) | 253
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's trial of Fresnel window lenses for improving heavy goods vehicles sightlines. | | (295011) | 254
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether heavy goods vehicles are required to be fitted with class V mirrors. | | (295012) | 255
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on measures to ensure that drivers of heavy goods vehicles registered overseas are prosecuted for road traffic offences committed in England and Wales. | | (295013) | 256
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date he expects to publish his Department's interim research paper on cycle helmets. | | (294956) | 257
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire have received free bus travel under the national concessionary bus fares scheme. | | (294759) | 258
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what change in the number of aircraft flying over Waltham Forest has resulted from the increased number of flights from City Airport. | | (295099) | 259
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what change there has been to the number of aircraft flying over Waltham Forest which have taken off from or are landing at Heathrow Airport in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (295100) | 260
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what changes to the flight paths of aircraft (a) taking off from and (b) landing at Heathrow Airport there have been in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (295101) | 261
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his policy is on the use of road haulage in place of rail haulage for movement of bulk materials for rail infrastructure works. | | (294746) | 262
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the environmental impact of (a) road and (b) rail haulage for movement of bulk materials for rail infrastructure works. | | (294747) | 263
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on the merits of (a) road and (b) rail haulage for movement of bulk materials for rail infrastructure works. | | (294748) | 264
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the effect of restrictions on off-street parking spaces in new residential developments on the (a) availability and (b) accessibility of on-street parking. | | (294899) | 265
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will review the extent of the need for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to advertise its services on the radio. | | (294144) | 266
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when blue driver location signs were introduced by his Department; how many have been installed on the road network to date; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (294145) | 267
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his policy is on the requirement of registration as heavy goods vehicles of agricultural motor vehicles other than agricultural and forestry tractors regardless of weight for use on public roads. | | (295063) | 268
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many helplines his Department operates; and how much his Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294985) | 269
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps in collaboration with First Great Western to relieve congestion through (a) bringing into service as soon as possible new trains ordered for 2011 and (b) other measures. | | (294998) | 270
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many officials in his Department have worked on matters relating to (a) road works, (b) traffic lights and (c) parking enforcement on private property in each year since 2000. | | (294768) | 271
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Association of Chief Police Officers, (b) Metropolitan Police and (c) Secretary of State for the Home Department on the (i) time taken to clear the scene of motorway incidents and (ii) activities of companies which use wheel-clamping to enforce parking restrictions on private property in the last three years. | | (294769) | 272
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many officials in his Department have worked on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project in each year since 1997. | | (294770) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 273
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the extent of gender discrimination in registered political parties represented in Parliament. | | (294955) | 274
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many helplines the Government Equalities Office operates; and how much the Government Equalities Office has received from the operation of such helplines since its inception. | | (294988) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 275
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made in her Department's review of substituted decision-making in respect of Departmental appointees. | | (294916) | 276
N | Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research she has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the (i) costs, (ii) feasibility and (iii) effects on pension schemes of implementation proposals to require a minimum 50 per cent. member nominated trustees on the boards of pension funds. | | (294311) | 277
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire received winter fuel allowance in 2008-09. | | (294763) | 278
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire are receiving pension credit. | | (294845) | 279
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes her Department plans to make to the Access to Work programme in support of the Government's Valuing Employment Now strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (294739) | 280
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of those who stopped claiming employment and support allowance before their assessment was completed were (a) in work, (b) claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA) and (c) not recorded as being in work or claiming JSA up to the end of August 2009. | | (294741) | 281
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of completed work capability assessments have involved former claimants of incapacity benefit; and if she will make a statement. | | (294742) | 282
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the main disabling conditions are of claimants of employment and support allowance who have been placed in (a) the support group and (b) the work-related activity group; and how many and what proportion of claimants fall into each group of the main disabling conditions. | | (294743) | 283
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to address levels of child poverty. | | (294931) | 284
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of pensioners have been defined as living in relative poverty in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (295091) | 285
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of pensioners have been defined as living in absolute poverty in (a) the North East and (b) the UK in each year since 2005-06. | | (295092) | 286
| John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment she plans to carry out in respect of the effects on disabled people of the implementation of recent changes to arrangements for specialist disability employment services. | | (294765) | 287
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of teenage single parents in receipt of housing benefit. | | (294885) | 288
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the policy of her Department is on the payment of housing benefit to Travellers renting an unauthorised pitch in respect of which planning permission has not been granted; and whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on this matter. | | (294967) | 289
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many helplines her Department operates; and how much her Department has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three years. | | (294987) | 290
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claimants there were in each year since 1997. | | (295094) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 291
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's proposed sale of assets on local government; and what assumptions about the sale of assets held by local authorities will be made to inform the next local government finance settlement. | | [Transferred] (294888) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 292
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the policy of the Planning Inspectorate is on provision for maximum parking standards in new residential developments; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (294968) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 293
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers of vehicles registered outside the UK were caught breaking a speed limit on camera for which a penalty was not paid in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (295010) |
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