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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 22 October 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 22 October 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 22 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 Thursday 22 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 22 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, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Uxbridge of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 1009W, on student finance, when he expects to announce the independent review of tuition fees. | | (295201) | 2
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cars had been purchased under the car scrappage scheme in (a) Leeds and (b) West Yorkshire at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295353) | 3
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses with (a) fewer than 50, (b) between 51 and 100, (c) between 101 and 250 and (d) more than 250 employees received assistance from UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (294932) | 4
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in each industry sector received assistance from UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (294933) | 5
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses received assistance from UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years, broken down by (a) region and (b) local authority area. | | (295066) | 6
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints were received by UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (295067) | 7
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what targets for responding to complaints were adopted by UK Trade and Investment in each of the last four years. | | (295068) | 8
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Shareholder Executive has spent on entertaining staff of the Royal Bank of Scotland since January 2008. | | (295403) | 9
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Shareholder Executive has spent on entertaining staff of Northern Rock since January 2008. | | (295408) | 10
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cars have been purchased under the scrappage scheme in (a) London, (b) Richmond-upon-Thames and (c) Twickenham constituency. | | (295430) | 11
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses in (i) Fife and (ii) North East Fife constituency which will be (A) liable for and (B) exempt from payment of the levy on telephone lines proposed in the Digital Britain White Paper. | | (295239) | 12
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the rates of interest charged by lenders on the repayment of loans offered under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme. | | (295215) | 13
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the charitable purposes of (a) First Securitisation Company Limited and (b) Capita IRG Trustees Limited. | | (294864) | 14
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what collaborative research and development projects the Technology Strategy Board has funded in each of the last three years; and how much funding has been provided for each project. | | (294934) | 15
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many placements under Knowledge Transfer Partnerships there have been in the last three years. | | (294935) | 16
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Technology Strategy Board has developed a practice appraisal and evaluation regime to measure the success of its activities. | | (294936) | 17
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report to his Department on the sale by General Motors to Magna of a majority stake in its European division. | | (295184) | 18
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) the Secretary of State, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295445) | 19
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has a strategy to encourage voltage optimisation on its estate. | | (295274) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 20
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 had been unemployed in Leeds West constituency for over (a) six and (b) 12 months on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295352) | 21
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) the lowest quartile of house prices and (b) average earnings were in (i) England, (ii) each region of England and (iii) each housing authority in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years. | | (295285) | 22
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) female and (b) male employees in Mid Bedfordshire constituency received no more than the national minimum wage on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295372) | 23
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements are in place to provide civil service support to Mrs Gordon Brown. | | (294789) | 24
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress she has made in promoting volunteering opportunities associated with the London 2012 Olympics in sports clubs; and if she will make a statement. | | (295376) | 25
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the words `civil service of the State' contained in clause one of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill include (a) executive agencies, (b) non-departmental government bodies, (c) national quasi-autonomous non-governmental bodies and (d) national governmental advisory bodies. | | (295286) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 26
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the tourism industry in Wales on the financial effect of the revised furnished holiday letting rules. | | (295246) | 27
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the financial effect which the revised furnished holiday letting rules will have on persons operating holiday lets in (a) the UK and (b) Wales. | | (295247) | 28
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government received a request from the Thalidomide Trust in 1996 for the granting of tax rebates for victims of thalidomide receiving payments as a result of a covenant agreement between the Thalidomide Trust and Guinness. | | (295396) | 29
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change tax arrangements for fixed odds betting terminals. | | (294865) | 30
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of seaside towns on changes to the taxation of gaming machines. | | (295236) | 31
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from residents of (a) seaside and (b) coastal district towns on changes to taxation on gaming machines. | | (295237) | 32
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) staff and (b) other costs arising from his Department's consultation on taxation of gaming machines. | | (295238) | 33
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 482W, on the Operational Efficiency Programme: Meteorological Office, which further public bodies the Operational Efficiency Programme is consulting as part of the next phase of its review of the Meteorological Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (295287) | 34
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) he, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295422) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 35
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what account he has taken of the report of the Select Committee on Children, Schools and Families in his appointment of the Children's Commissioner for England. | | (295200) | 36
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in Leeds West constituency have participated in gifted and talented programmes in the last academic year. | | (295348) | 37
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) Bedfordshire have participated in the Primary Capital Programme in 2009. | | (295365) | 38
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many family intervention projects there have been in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency. | | (295309) | 39
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils did not gain one or more GCSEs excluding equivalents at grade (a) C, (b) D, (c) E and (d) G or above in 2009. | | (295271) | 40
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils began studying for a diploma in September 2009. | | (295279) | 41
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils obtaining five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics also received an equivalent qualification worth four GCSEs in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295280) | 42
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils obtaining five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics also obtained an equivalent qualification worth two or more GCSEs in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295281) | 43
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many entrants to undergraduate teacher training courses did not have any qualifications at A2 level or higher in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (295288) | 44
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools with more than (a) 500, (b) 1,000, (c) 1,500, (d) 2,000 and (e) 2,500 pupils there were in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (295289) | 45
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were being taught in primary schools with over 800 pupils in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (295290) | 46
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils eligible for free school meals did not obtain a C grade or above in (a) any GCSE, (b) mathematics GCSE and (c) English GCSE in 2009. | | (295291) | 47
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which providers of initial teacher training have had their number of teacher training places reduced by (a) his Department and its predecessors or (b) the Training and Development Agency in each of the last five years. | | (295292) | 48
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many providers of initial teacher training have requested an increase in the number of teacher training places in each of the last five years. | | (295293) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many civil servants were employed by his Department on a permanent basis in each of the last 12 months. | | (295349) | 50
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of implementation of the diploma programme. | | (295423) | 51
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average size of (a) primary and (b) secondary school classes was in (i) 1997, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2005 and (iv) the last year for which figures are available. | | (295424) | 52
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his estimate is of the average sum spent by schools on consultations with private companies to prepare for an Ofsted inspection in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (295173) | 53
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which proposed academies (a) have been authorised to open and (b) have been the subject of applications to open since 2002; what the (i) location and (ii) proposed date of opening is of each such academy; who the sponsor is of each such academy; and whether each such academy has been designated as having a religious character. | | (295114) | 54
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils of primary school age in maintained schools are in classes of (a) fewer than 20, (b) between 20 and 24, (c) between 25 and 28, (d) 29 or 30, (e) between 31 and 35, (f) between 36 and 40 and (g) more than 40 pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (295240) | 55
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in each local education authority area are entitled to free school meals; and if he will make a statement. | | (295241) | 56
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average (a) revenue and (b) capital funding per pupil in each local education authority area was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (295242) | 57
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the average annual sum spent per pupil in the private educational sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (295243) | 58
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what proportion of schools in each index of multiple deprivation decile fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils obtained five A* to C GCSEs including English and mathematics in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. | | (295244) | 59
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department (a) he and (b) officials of his Department (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295455) | 60
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in his Department's Review of the definitions of frequency and intensity in the vetting and barring process; and if he will make a statement. | | (295377) | 61
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the operational cost of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator was in each financial year since its inception; and what it has been in 2009-10 to date. | | (295071) | 62
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff are employed in the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. | | (295072) | 63
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many objections to school closures have been referred to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator in each year since the Office was established; and how many of these were upheld. | | (295073) | 64
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many objections to school closures are before the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. | | (295074) | 65
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he last met the Schools Adjudicator to discuss the operation of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator; and if he will make a statement. | | (295075) | 66
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any financial incentives are available to families caring for a child under a special guardianship order. | | (295303) | 67
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many special guardianship orders have been granted in (a) England and (b) Essex in each year since their inception. | | (295304) | 68
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has a strategy to encourage voltage optimisation on its estate. | | (295273) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 69
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many environmental health officers have been recruited to work in Leeds in each year since 2001. | | (295362) | 70
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) social housing new lets and (b) households were accepted as homeless in each local housing authority area in England in the last 12 months. | | (295283) | 71
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on new social housing for rent in (a) England and (b) the City of York in each year since 1997-98. | | (295284) | 72
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to increase the standard of social housing in Mid Bedfordshire constituency in the next 12 months. | | (295366) | 73
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) the East of England since 1997. | | (295367) | 74
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council tenants there were in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (295368) | 75
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the salary is of the (a) chair and (b) vice chair of each fire authority in the East of England. | | (295369) | 76
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been repossessed in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (295370) | 77
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homelesss people there were in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (295371) | 78
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 April 2009, on the empty shops revival plan, how many of the proposals referred to have been adopted by local authorities to date. | | (294788) | 79
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of approved planning developments which have not proceeded pending resolution of applications to register land as a town or village green in the last five years. | | (295165) | 80
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) the then Secretary of State, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295454) | 81
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the average selling price of (a) a four bedroom detached house, (b) a three bedroom detached house, (c) a three bedroom semi-detached house, (d) a two bedroom terraced house and (e) a one bedroom flat in Yate, South Gloucestershire in (i) April 1991 and (ii) the latest month for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (295018) | 82
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has a strategy to encourage voltage optimisation on the estate of local authorities. | | (295275) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 83
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England has spent per capita on (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in (i) Leeds and (ii) West Yorkshire in each year since 2001. | | (295354) | 84
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in Leeds West constituency receive a free television licence. | | (295358) | 85
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the proceeds of the sale of the Tote will be provided to British horseracing. | | (294866) | 86
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1143-44W, on the Reserve Totalmeter Board, on what date his Department was informed of the decision taken on 23 September 2009 to include the Tote in the list of assets to be sold. | | (294938) | 87
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1142-3W, on casinos, what assessment he has made of the progress made by each of the 16 licensing authorities which have won bids for either small or large casinos. | | (295064) | 88
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1144W, on licensing laws: languages, in how many languages tests relating to obtaining a personal licence for the retail sale of alcohol can be taken in; and if he will amend his Department's criteria for accredited personal licence course providers to stipulate that examinations must be taken in English. | | (295065) | 89
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) Ministers and officials from his Department and (b) officials from his Department's sponsored bodies attended the International Olympic Committee conference in October 2009; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (295295) | 90
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recession on the UK video games industry. | | (295296) | 91
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the economic growth rate in the UK video games industry has been in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the likely rate of growth in 2009-10. | | (295297) | 92
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the contribution of the video games industry to the UK's gross domestic product in each of the last five years; and what the estimated contribution is for 2009-10. | | (295298) | 93
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were employed in the UK video games industry in each of the last five years. | | (295299) | 94
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies in the UK video games industry in the last 12 months. | | (295300) | 95
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to restrict access to online gambling sites which do not meet the regulatory requirements applied to gambling establishments located in UK premises. | | (295234) | 96
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that online gambling sites available in the UK operate under the same regulatory regime as gambling establishments located in UK premises. | | (295235) | 97
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has budgeted for expenditure on the Creativity and Business International Network forum event to be held from 26 to 28 October 2009 at The Grove in Hertfordshire. | | (294784) | 98
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of Sport England's £10 million Sustainable Facilities Fund has been spent in 2009-10; and what projects have received such funding. | | (294785) | 99
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agency (a) he, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agency (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295446) | 100
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to respond to phase 3 of Ofcom's consultation on pay television; and if he will make a statement. | | (295351) | 101
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on an exemption from corporation tax for national sport governing bodies; and if he will make a statement. | | (295363) | 102
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a derogation from EU law to allow a reduction in value added tax on the hire of sports facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (295364) | 103
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contribution his Department has made to the cost of the bid to host (a) the 2018 Football World Cup, (b) the 2005 Rugby Football World Cup, (c) the 2014 Commonwealth Games and (d) the 2013 Rugby League World Cup; what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of holding each such event in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (295374) | 104
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to make an announcement on the Listed Events Review; and if he will make a statement. | | (295378) | 105
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account his Department has taken of the BBC's submission to the Listed Events Review. | | (295398) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 106
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which EU military operations UK military personnel are serving; and how many are serving in each operation. | | (295170) | 107
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are assigned to operations (a) in and (b) related to Somalia; and whether any increase in such assignments is planned. | | (295174) | 108
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian contractors working for his Department are based in Afghanistan to provide support and maintenance for vehicles purchased as urgent operational requirements. | | (295180) | 109
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of C Company, 2 Rifles were (a) killed and (b) injured during the Company's most recent tour in Helmand province. | | (295181) | 110
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration has been given to allowing members of the Gibraltar Regiment to volunteer for front-line duties with UK forces in Operation Herrick. | | (295245) | 111
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had (i) meetings with, (ii) communications from and (iii) other contacts with the Monitor Group in the last five years; and what the subject matter of any contact was in each case. | | (295014) | 112
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had (i) meetings with, (ii) communications from and (iii) other contacts with News International in the last five years; and what the subject matter of any contact was in each case. | | (295015) | 113
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure is expected to be saved through training of each Territorial Army (a) squadron and (b) battalion. | | (295481) | 114
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the likely effect of reductions in Territorial Army (TA) training on numbers of TA personnel. | | (295482) | 115
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) nurses, (b) paramedics, (c) mechanics and (d) other skilled personnel have been trained through the Territorial Army in each of the last five years. | | (295483) | 116
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army members there are in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) the UK. | | (295484) | 117
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure is expected to be saved as a result of the proposed reduction in Territorial Army training; and how those savings were calculated. | | (295485) | 118
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he has made for civilian inspectorates to scrutinise elements of the Service Justice System in order to meet his commitment to implement recommendation 26 of the Blake Review; what the timetable for such inspections is; what recommendations have been made arising from those inspections that have been completed; and if he will place a copy of the summary of findings and recommendations of inspections in the Library. | | (295196) | 119
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in developing governance arrangements for the operation of each part of the Service Justice System; and what external stakeholder groups he has identified to participate in such arrangements. | | (295197) | 120
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties have been leased by Defence Estates to meet otherwise unfulfilled needs using funds within its own resources in each year since its formation; and if he will make a statement. | | (295198) | 121
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of properties of Defence Estates' stock have been classified as (a) Condition 3 and (b) Condition 4 in each year since the formation of Defence Estates; and if he will make a statement. | | (295199) | 122
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposed new (a) revenue streams and (b) opportunities to sell products and services his Department has discussed with the Met Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (295216) | 123
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the proceeds of the sale of Defence Estates stock has been used to upgrade the estate in each year since Defence Estates was established; what proportion of the defence estate has been upgraded in each year over that period; when he expects the upgrading of the entire estate to Grade 1 standard to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (295218) | 124
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) the then Secretary of State, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295457) | 125
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2009, Official Report, column 2124W, on armed forces: housing; for what reasons each of the charges set out in the Answer were incurred. | | (294790) | 126
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2009, Official Report, column 2124W, on armed forces: housing; how many claims for damage to Modern Housing Solutions housing were made in each year for which information is available. | | (294791) | 127
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for UK security policy in Afghanistan of the report on NATO operations in that country by ISAF Commander General Stanley McChrystal. | | (295388) | 128
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to reply to the letters of 27 July 2009 and 31 August 2009 from the hon. Member for Moray on Court of Appeal costs incurred by his Department. | | (295389) | 129
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make the initial gate decision on the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system; and what immediate costs are associated with initiation of the project. | | (295390) | 130
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members of his Department's Internal Investment Approvals Board are. | | (295432) | 131
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any defence procurement projects have been (a) cancelled and (b) postponed pending a strategic defence review. | | (295433) | 132
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1400W, on nuclear submarines, how many such incidents resulted in fatalities. | | (295434) | 133
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what leaflet drops UK forces have undertaken in Afghanistan in the last three years; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such leaflet. | | (295435) | 134
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the procurement of tank chassis based on those used for heavy armoured personnel carriers. | | (295209) | 135
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Chinook heavy lift helicopters are retained in a training role by the Royal Air Force (a) in the UK and (b) overseas. | | (295210) | 136
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the HC3 Chinook helicopters to enter operational service with the Royal Air Force; and how many such aircraft are involved. | | (295211) | 137
N | Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future of the Browndown Training facility at Gosport; and if he will make a statement. | | (294937) | 138
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a strategy for voltage optimisation on its estimate. | | (295276) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 139
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pensioner householders in Leeds West constituency who have received grants under the Warm Front scheme. | | (295373) | 140
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in Leeds West constituency had received grants under the Warm Front scheme at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the average additional amount paid by such householders was for services provided under the scheme. | | (295375) | 141
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding the Carbon Trust has provided for (a) local authorities, (b) NHS bodies, (c) higher and further education institutions and (d) other public bodies in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) Bedfordshire in the last 12 months. | | (295409) | 142
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England are living in fuel poverty. | | (295410) | 143
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with (a) EDF Energy and (b) Ofgem on the power cuts across Bexley and North West Kent in July 2009. | | (295183) | 144
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department (a) he and (b) officials of his Department (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295449) | 145
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to take steps to encourage voltage optimisation on the Government estate. | | (295278) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 146
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices were served in respect of household waste disposal offences in Leeds City in each year since 2001. | | (295360) | 147
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the environmental effects of the separated refuse recycling scheme in use in Leeds; and if he will make a statement. | | (295420) | 148
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the sum approved by the European Commission Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health for implementation of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programme will be available to tackle bovine tuberculosis in Wales. | | (295359) | 149
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conditions govern the use of the grant provided by the European Commission Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health for implementation of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programme. | | (295436) | 150
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the national adoption of a zero waste standard. | | (295427) | 151
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department is making on its update of the Rural Land Register. | | (295428) | 152
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of maintaining the ban on raising pigs on swill. | | (295475) | 153
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the need for new pylons to service the wind turbines across the Somerset Levels proposed by EDF Energy. | | (295259) | 154
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent guidelines his Department has issued on the construction of wind turbines on flood plains. | | (295260) | 155
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect the proposed construction of nine wind turbines on the Somerset Levels as proposed by EDF Energy would have on the environment; and if he will make a statement. | | (295261) | 156
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost to his Department was of appointments to the committee of the Exmoor National Park made by the Secretary of State in the last three years. | | (295262) | 157
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pre-planning applications were received per parish in the Exmoor National Park in the last three years. | | (295264) | 158
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pre-planning applications were submitted to the committee of the Exmoor National Park in each year since 2005-06. | | (295265) | 159
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pre-planning applications submitted to the committee of the Exmoor National Park were subject to delegated powers in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (295266) | 160
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the pre-planning applications submitted to the committee of the Exmoor National Park resulted in full planning submissions in the last three years. | | (295267) | 161
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pre-planning applications submitted to the Committee of the Exmoor National Park in the last three years involved a visit by a planning officer. | | (295268) | 162
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pre-planning applications submitted to the committee of the Exmoor National Park in the last three years were contested. | | (295269) | 163
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) he, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295450) | 164
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of mobile advertising billboards in rural areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (295312) | 165
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date his Department first proposed that a neighbourhood noise strategy would be published; and when he now expects the strategy to be published. | | (295166) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 166
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Uganda on its invitation to Omar Bashir of Sudan to attend the African Union meeting in Kampala; and if he will make a statement. | | (295479) | 167
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place on his Department's website the minutes of his discussions on Tibet during his recent visit to China. | | (295486) | 168
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request the Turkish Cypriot authorities to seek a reversal of the decision of their Higher Broadcasting Council to forbid the use of Turkish Cypriot dialect on television and radio in northern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (295162) | 169
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the EU report on Sri Lanka's human rights record. | | (295476) | 170
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on its (a) Know Before You Go campaign, (b) Another Side to Paradise campaign, (c) Don't miss out campaign and (d) other campaigns aimed at Britons travelling abroad co-ordinated by his Department in each year since 2001. | | (295399) | 171
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any (a) internal or (b) external studies have been commissioned into the effectiveness of (i) his Department's Know Before You Go campaign and (ii) any subsidiary campaigns since 2001. | | (295400) | 172
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to (a) the government of Israel, (b) other countries and (c) international agencies regarding Israel's nuclear weapons. | | (295256) | 173
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the threat to peace in the Middle East posed by Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. | | (295257) | 174
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Israel on the situation of Mordechai Vanunu. | | (295258) | 175
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) he, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295421) | 176
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July, Official Report, columns 108-9W, on Colombia: land mines, for what reason the Conflict Prevention Pool no longer funds projects in South America. | | (294787) | 177
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide travel advice to British nationals ahead of the 2010 World Cup finals; and if he will make a statement. | | (295023) | 178
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Conflict Resolution Mechanisms has visited in an official capacity since February 2009; and what the costs of such visits were. | | (295391) | 179
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which non-governmental organisations the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Conflict Resolution Mechanisms has met since February 2009; and what issues were raised in each meeting. | | (295392) | 180
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which dates since February 2009 the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Conflict Resolution Mechanisms has visited (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) 10 Downing Street; and what the purpose of each visit was. | | (295393) | 181
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations of each type the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Conflict Resolution Mechanisms has received as part of his dialogue with (a) the United Nations, (b) the EU, (c) the African Union and (d) others; and on which dates each such representation was received. | | (295394) | 182
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Conflict Resolution Mechanisms last reported to the Prime Minister; and what issues were discussed. | | (295395) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 183
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners were providing NHS services in Leeds West constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295345) | 184
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were providing NHS services in Leeds West constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295347) | 185
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people aged 75 years and over who have a disability or limiting long-term illness in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) the City of Leeds. | | (295355) | 186
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of swine influenza in Leeds West constituency. | | (295356) | 187
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers were recruited to work in the City of Leeds in each year since 2001. | | (295357) | 188
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on NHS general dental services in York in each year since 1996-97. | | (295227) | 189
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of (a) all medicines dispensed and (b) medicines dispensed to patients aged 60 years and over by the NHS in North Yorkshire and York was in each year since 1996-97. | | (295228) | 190
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average starting salary of an NHS nurse was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (295229) | 191
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average pay of an NHS nurse was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (295230) | 192
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there have been (a) in total and (b) in each speciality at York Hospitals NHS Trust in each year since 1996-97. | | (295231) | 193
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received treatment at York NHS walk-in centre in each year of its operation. | | (295232) | 194
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of people in (a) Bolton and (b) England who have access to an NHS dentist. | | (295305) | 195
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of central Government funding to primary care trusts in (a) Bolton and (b) England which is spent on management costs. | | (295306) | 196
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the management costs of Bolton Primary Care Trust spent on public relations activities in the latest period for which information is available. | | (295307) | 197
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the future of Douglas House residential home for people with severe mental disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (295169) | 198
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken in response to the allegation of bullying and harassment by NHS East Midlands staff in respect of senior management at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust. | | (295397) | 199
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on allegations of misreporting of admissions to the accident and emergency department of Nottingham University Hospital; and what assessment has been made of the (a) level of misreporting and (b) reasons for such misreporting. | | (295401) | 200
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to respond to the consultation on wheelchair services undertaken as part of his Department's review of the care services efficiency delivery retail model. | | [R] (294922) | 201
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) the then Secretary of State, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295444) | 202
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has funded research into the potential effectiveness of the use of Thalidomide in the treatment of certain illnesses. | | (295438) | 203
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on advertising (a) in the printed press, (b) on television and (c) on radio in each of the last three years. | | (295208) | 204
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what surveys of patient satisfaction with hospital food the NHS has undertaken in the last 12 months. | | (295301) | 205
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress his Department has made in improving the quality of food served in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement. | | (295302) | 206
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received representations on the rejection by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy of the proposed statutory regulation of psychotherapy and counselling by the Health Professions Council. | | (295437) | 207
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a system to ensure that NHS patients requiring kidney dialysis may receive dialysis through the NHS while staying temporarily outside their primary health care area in the UK without additional charge. | | (295163) | 208
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has a strategy for voltage optimisation in its estate. | | (295277) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 209
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has issued any recent guidance to police authorities on the appointment of Chief Constables; what mechanism exists for the announcement of such appointments; and whether any arrangements are made to inform hon. Members. | | (295263) | 210
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received following the Court of Appeal judgement on 19 October 2009 on the retention of individual records on police computers; and if he will make a statement. | | (295270) | 211
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) alcohol- and (b) drug-related crime were recorded in (i) Leeds West constituency, (ii) Leeds City and (iii) West Yorkshire in each year since 2005. | | (295361) | 212
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection clear-up rate was for each category of crime in North Yorkshire in each year since 2002-03. | | (295224) | 213
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recorded rate of each category of crime was in North Yorkshire in each year since 2002-03. | | (295225) | 214
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the North Yorkshire Police Authority has spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 1996-97. | | (295226) | 215
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of workers at (a) Manchester Airport and (b) London City Airport expected to take up the option of purchasing an identity card in 2010; and how many of those workers are already Critical Workers Identity Card holders. | | (295020) | 216
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the Greater Manchester area likely to take up the option of purchasing an identity card in 2010. | | (295021) | 217
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England in (i) 1997, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007, (iv) 2008 and (v) 2009. | | (295411) | 218
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been recruited in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency since 2003. | | (295310) | 219
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency since 1998. | | (295311) | 220
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of reducing from 16 to 14 the age at which section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 applies. | | (295164) | 221
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of asylum seekers who will present at the UK Border Agency in Croydon once it becomes the central place of presentation. | | (295171) | 222
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Christmas functions organised by his Department and its agencies (a) his predecessor, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295480) | 223
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on advertising (a) in the printed press, (b) on television and (c) on radio in each of the last three years. | | (295207) | 224
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) handguns, (b) sawn-off shotguns and (c) unmodified shotguns were (i) used in crimes and (ii) confiscated in the Essex Constabulary area in each of the last five years. | | (295313) | 225
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers police community support officers have in relation to the use of speed detection devices. | | (293763) | 226
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the (a) design and (b) development of identity cards was in each of the last eight years. | | (295431) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 227
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have returned monies to the House in respect of expenses claims; and how much has been repaid in each such case. | | (295069) | 228
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of Sir Thomas Legg's analysis of hon. Members' expenses claims. | | (295070) | 229
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what information is held by the House of Commons Commission on the tax liability of hon. Members in relation to their expenses claims. | | (295078) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 230
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to the organisation Afghan Aid in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (295350) | 231
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has contributed to Somalia in the last 12 months; and on what has it been spent. | | (295175) | 232
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of his Department are based at Kandahar air base; and what their function is. | | (295176) | 233
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has given to Sangin district, Helmand provence in each of the last five years. | | (295177) | 234
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many schools in Helmand province are (a) open and (b) in operation. | | (295178) | 235
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of his Department are based in each district of Helmand province. | | (295179) | 236
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had (i) meetings with, (ii) communications from and (iii) other contacts with the Monitor Group in the last five years; and what the subject matter of any contact was in each case. | | (295016) | 237
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had (i) meetings with, (ii) communications from and (iii) other contacts with News International in the last five years; and what the subject matter of any contact was in each case. | | (295017) | 238
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on the delivery of the Government's humanitarian aid to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (295426) | 239
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the humanitarian situation in Guinea; and if he will make a statement. | | (295022) | 240
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department (a) he and (b) officials of his Department (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295443) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 241
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanism is in place to assess the compliance of prison establishments with suicide watch monitoring standards. | | (295478) | 242
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps (a) he and (b) the National Offender Management Service have taken in response to the report of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on the circumstances surrounding the death of a prisoner at HMP Rye Hill; and what plans he has to respond to the recommendation of the Ombudsman on further investigations in relation to the death of Aleksey Baranovsky. | | (295489) | 243
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data were used by the Legal Services Commission to decide that providers of legal advice and help in London in (a) asylum cases should have to undertake a minimum of 70 cases a year and (b) in non-asylum immigration cases should have to undertake a minimum of 30 cases a year. | | (294860) | 244
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations in the London procurement area received funds from the Legal Services Commission in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and for each such organisation how many (i) asylum and (ii) non-asylum immigration cases they had in which Legal Services Commission funding started in each of those years. | | (294861) | 245
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Legal Services Commission does not allow consortium bids for funding on immigration cases. | | (294862) | 246
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Legal Services Commission permits consortium bids for funding on social welfare cases. | | (294863) | 247
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid lawyers dealt with (a) housing cases, (b) employment cases and (c) family cases in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England in each of the last 10 years. | | (295412) | 248
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid lawyers dealing with immigration and asylum cases there were in (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) the East of England and (c) England in each of the last 10 years. | | (295413) | 249
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid from residents of (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England there have been in each of the last five years. | | (295414) | 250
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 204, what steps he plans to take to assess the implications of the injunction obtained in the High Court by Trafigura in the case listed as (1) RJW (2) SJW-and-(1) The Guardian (2) Persons unknown for (a) parliamentary privilege, (b) investigative reporting and (c) legislative safeguards for whistleblowers. | | (294858) | 251
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of non-reportable injunctive orders each judge of the High Court has issued in each of the last five years. | | (295031) | 252
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) guidance issued to the judiciary and (b) rules of procedure in operation to the courts govern the issueance of injunctive orders; and what provision is made in each case in respect of the qualified privilege to report parliamentary proceedings. | | (295032) | 253
| Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reconviction rate of offenders (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 following (i) a non-custodial sentence and (ii) each successive custodial sentence up to and including the tenth was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (295212) | 254
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much on average it cost to maintain a place in a women's prison in each of the last three years. | | (295202) | 255
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of exercise women in (a) a normal prison environment and (b) prison mother and baby units receive each week. | | (295204) | 256
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women received community sentences with requirements in relation to (a) compulsory unpaid work, (b) participation in any specified activities, (c) prohibition from certain activities, (d) curfew, (e) exclusion, (f) residence, (g) mental health treatment, (h) drug rehabilitation, (i) alcohol treatment, (j) supervision and (k) attendance centres in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009. | | (295213) | 257
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what diet is provided for women in (a) prison mother and baby units and (b) women's prisons. | | (295214) | 258
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of murder have been released from prison in each of the last 10 years; what their original prison sentence was in each case; how much time in prison each served; and if he will make a statement. | | (295346) | 259
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) he, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295452) | 260
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders against convicted human traffickers there have been in each of the last three years; and how much money has been realised as a result. | | (294867) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 261
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) he, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its executive agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295447) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 262
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, on what criteria the venue for the (a) badminton, (b) rhythmic gymnastics and (c) boxing events in the London 2012 Olympic Games was selected. | | (295477) | 263
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many officials from (a) her Office and (b) the Government Olympic Executive attended the International Olympic Committee conference in October 2009; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (295294) | 264
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people the Olympic Delivery Authority has employed at each pay grade in the last two years. | | (294786) | 265
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the budget for the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony is. | | (295429) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 266
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 886W, on what subjects the learning and development activities were undertaken by his Department 's staff. | | (295442) | 267
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department (a) he and (b) officials of his Department (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (295448) | Questions to the Solicitor General 268
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will consider the recommendations of the report by the Fawcett Society, Corporate Sexism-the sex industry's infiltration of the modern workplace. | | (295172) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 269
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission has collected about the number of local authorities considering commencing their counts at the next general election on the day after polling day. | | (295029) | 270
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent progress the Electoral Commission has made in its investigation into the permissibility of donations by Fifth Avenue Partners Ltd; and what recent discussions the Electoral Commission has had with the City of London Police on that matter. | | (295487) | 271
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many full-time equivalent staff are working on the Electoral Commission's investigation into the permissibility of donations by Fifth Avenue Partners and Mr Michael Brown; what the cost of that investigation has been; when that investigation began; and when that investigation was (a) suspended and (b) resumed. | | (295488) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 272
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many domestic vehicles in each vehicle excise duty band were registered to addresses in York in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295221) | 273
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) serious travel related accidents there have been in (i) the City of York and (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1996-97. | | (295222) | 274
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the percentage change in levels of bus usage in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the City of York was in each year since 1996-97. | | (295223) | 275
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much is budgeted to be spent from the public purse on transport infrastructure improvements in (a) the South West and (b) Dorset in 2009-10. | | (295167) | 276
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what funding is available for Bournemouth Borough Council to apply for in order to develop a light railway system. | | (295168) | 277
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many UK-based pilots have reported to his Department symptoms of neurological damage alleged to have arisen from aerotoxic syndrome. | | (295182) | 278
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what expenditure on (a) the operation of, (b) the maintenance of, (c) security at and (d) other matters at Waterloo International terminal British Rail Board (Residuary) incurred in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (295308) | 279
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the length of time taken by local authorities adopting residential roads in new developments; and if he will make a statement. | | (294939) | 280
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions in the last 12 months an initial decision fully to close a motorway by a road policing officer has been overturned by a supervisor at the Highways Agency or Highway Authority. | | (294744) | 281
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department and its agencies (a) the then Secretary of State, (b) officials of his Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295456) | 282
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has spent to date on the Crossrail project. | | (295160) | 283
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many of his Department's staff have been allocated to work on Crossrail in each year since 2000. | | (295161) | 284
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on advertising (a) in the printed press, (b) on television and (c) on radio in each of the last three years. | | (295206) | 285
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent progress has been made by the Marine and Coastguard Agency in implementing the findings of research it has commissioned on small vessel safety; and if he will make a statement. | | (293176) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 286
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department (a) he and (b) officials of his Department (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if he will make a statement. | | (295451) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 287
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on prevention of discrimination against persons aged over 60 years who apply for paid employment. | | (295425) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 288
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) agency staff have been employed in (i) benefit delivery centres and (ii) customer-facing job centres operated by Jobcente Plus in Mid Bedfordshire constituency in each year since 2004. | | (295402) | 289
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Mid Bedfordshire constituency (a) are entitled to and (b) receive carer's allowance. | | (295404) | 290
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Mid Bedfordshire constituency were in receipt of housing benefit on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295405) | 291
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Mid Bedfordshire constituency were in receipt of a state pension in each of the last three years. | | (295406) | 292
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in attendance allowance to residents of Mid Bedfordshire constituency in (a) 2001, (b) 2005 and (c) 2008. | | (295407) | 293
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for winter fuel payments from residents of (a) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) the East of England were subject to inaccurate data handling by the Pension Service resulting in an extension of prioritising time in the winter of 2007-08. | | (295415) | 294
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Mid Bedfordshire constituency have participated in a New Deal scheme in each year since 2004. | | (295416) | 295
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments have been made to residents of Mid Bedfordshire constituency in each year since 2003. | | (295417) | 296
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged between 18 and 24 years old resident in Mid Bedfordshire constituency have received assistance under the New Deal since 2003; and how many such people have moved into employment. | | (295418) | 297
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of Mid Bedfordshire constituency have (a) applied for and (b) been refused employment and support allowance since October 2008. | | (295419) | 298
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Mid Bedfordshire constituency receive pension credit. | | (295439) | 299
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Future Jobs Fund has been allocated to the creation of 50,000 jobs in unemployment hotspots; what criteria her Department uses to define an unemployment hotspot; and what the eligibility criteria for applications for such posts are. | | (295282) | 300
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department process claim forms for (a) disability living allowance, (b) attendance allowance, (c) carer's allowance, (d) incapacity benefit and (e) employment and support allowance; and how many such forms were processed on average each working day for each benefit in each of the last five years. | | (295024) | 301
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since 2001. | | (295025) | 302
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed by the Office for Disability Issues; and how much has been spent on its operation in each year since its inception. | | (295026) | 303
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the operation of Equality 2025 to date; and how many people Equality 2025 has employed in each year since its inception. | | (295027) | 304
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the eligibility criteria are for individuals seeking to be referred to (a) Workstep, (b) the Job Introduction Scheme and (c) Work Preparation. | | (295028) | 305
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government has taken in response to the recommendations in the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on Tackling Pensioner Poverty published in July 2009. | | (295440) | 306
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency have been in receipt of the allowance continuously since 1997. | | (295441) | 307
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Christmas functions arranged by her Department and its agencies (a) the then Secretary of State, (b) officials of her Department and (c) officials of its agencies (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; what the cost to the public purse was; and if she will make a statement. | | (295453) | 308
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to Jobcentre Plus staff to ensure autistic service users receive fair access to their services; and what measures are in place to assess the effectiveness of such training. | | (295217) | 309
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that autistic people are informed about entitlement to employment support allowance. | | (295219) | 310
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that autistic people are able to access a third party advocate during employment support allowance applications. | | (295220) | 311
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the monetary value in 2009-10 prices of the relative poverty threshold contained in her Department's Child Poverty Bill for (a) a single adult, (b) a childless couple and (c) a couple with one dependent child; and if she will make a statement. | | (295019) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 312
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children of prisoners were taken into care by social services in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | [Transferred] (295205) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 313
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he expects to publish his Department's anti-corruption plan for 2009. | | [Transferred] (295076) | 314
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bail and safe accommodation places are available for women in England and Wales. | | [Transferred] (295203) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 315
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on recent levels of performance of rail services operated by (a) Virgin Trains and (b) London Midland between Milton Keynes and Euston. | | [Question Unstarred] (294810) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 316
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many of the responses received to the consultation on the public sector equality duties proposed in the Equality Bill were from faith-based organisations working in the public sector. | | [Question Unstarred] (294830) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 317
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to initiate the review of carers' benefits outlined in her Department's carers' strategy. | | [Transferred] (295233) |
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