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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 26 October 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 26 October 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 26 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 Monday 26 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 26 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints Companies House received in respect of companies registered with it in each of the last four years. | | (295903) | 2
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on external advice on the implementation of the merger of the former Departments of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Innovation, Universities and Skills. | | (295907) | 3
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Shareholder Executive employees attended the Beijing Olympics in an official capacity. | | (295908) | 4
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the achievements of the Business Council for Britain against its objectives. | | (295909) | 5
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of (a) exports of UK-produced video games and (b) video game imports to the UK in each year since 2001. | | (295763) | 6
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Technology Strategy Board allocated to (a) all UK businesses and (b) UK video games businesses in 2008. | | (295764) | 7
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of reducing the cost to students of taking a second degree. | | (295315) | 8
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that students resident in England applying to study at Trinty College, Dublin are correctly advised by Student Finance England on financial support which is available to them. | | (295249) | 9
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department provided to employers for employer-based training as classified by the Sector Skills Council in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (295584) | 10
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils in state education at the age of 17 years who subsequently studied at Russell Group universities in the latest period for which information is available. | | (295585) | 11
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils from each socio-economic group in state secondary education who subsequently studied at Russell Group universities in the latest period for which information is available. | | (295586) | 12
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department's consultation on financial services in post offices will (a) start and (b) end; and what its terms of reference are. | | (295783) | 13
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whom his Department plans to consult during its consultation on financial services in post offices. | | (295784) | 14
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any Minister or official in his Department and its predecessors has had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with the Monitor Group in the last five years. | | (295328) | 15
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any Minister or official in his Department and its predecessors has had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with News International in the last five years. | | (295331) | 16
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cars have been purchased under the scrappage scheme in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands. | | (295568) | 17
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans have been granted under the Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth. | | (296117) | 18
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices did not obtain work-based placements during the academic year 2008-09. | | (295999) | 19
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of university students who were undertaking part-time employment at the same time as their studies in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295754) | 20
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to extend the apprenticeship schemes in operation in Milton Keynes, with particular reference to the scheme operated by ABB Robotics; and if he will make a statement. | | (295756) | 21
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's policy is on supporting UK manufacturers of musical instruments. | | (296130) | 22
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): 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) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295931) | 23
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295715) | 24
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many sub-post offices have closed in each local authority area in the East of England in each year since 1999. | | (296038) | 25
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants from Suffolk local education authority for the (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 academic year received them in time for the start of that year. | | (296163) | 26
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices there were in Norwich North constituency in (a) 1997, (b) 2007 and (c) January 2009. | | (296106) | 27
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to broadband coverage in (a) Mid Sussex constituency and (b) West Sussex. | | (295686) | 28
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what compensation will be paid by the Royal Mail to businesses which can demonstrate financial losses from postal strikes. | | (295689) | 29
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providing to small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Mid Sussex constituency and (b) West Sussex. | | (295691) | 30
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): 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) West Suffolk constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) the East of England attended university in each of the last five years. | | (296062) | 31
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of students from Suffolk were receiving non-repayable maintenance grants from Suffolk Local Education Authority in each of the last five years; and what average grant was received. | | (296063) | 32
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department. | | (296056) | 33
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria the Learning and Skills Council requested its consultants to apply in evaluating bids by further education colleges for capital funding. | | (295836) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 34
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which companies are under contract to No. 10 Downing Street to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296095) | 35
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley were not in education, employment and training in (i) May 1997 and (ii) each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (295559) | 36
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged betwen 16 and 24 years in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley had been unemployed for more than (i) six and (ii) 12 months in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (295560) | 37
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate she has made of the number of single parent families in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) Greater London. | | (295561) | 38
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from breast cancer there have been in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East in each year since 1997. | | (296139) | 39
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from cancer there have been in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East in each year since 1997. | | (296140) | 40
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with (a) breast cancer and (b) other cancers in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (296144) | 41
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Peterborough City Council area and (b) Peterborough constituency had been unemployed for over (i) six and (ii) 12 months in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (295115) | 42
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Peterborough City Council area and (b) Peterborough constituency were unemployed in (i) May 1997 and (ii) in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (295116) | 43
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people under the age of 18 are resident in each local authority area. | | (295509) | 44
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many conceptions and what (a) rate and (b) percentage of conceptions there were for (i) under 18 year olds and (ii) under 16 year olds in each (A) strategic health authority area, (B) local authority area and (C) primary care trust area in each quarter from 1998. | | (295888) | 45
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) number and (b) rate of under-18 year old conceptions was in (a) England and (b) each local authority ward in England for the period (i) 2003 to 2005 and (ii) 2004 to 2006. | | (295890) | 46
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years had been unemployed in Newport East constituency for over (a) six and (b) 12 months on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (295932) | 47
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will consider the merits of securing accreditation of her Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if she will make a statement. | | (295714) | 48
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the likely number of births in each strategic health authority region in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (295617) | 49
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many births there were in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority in 2008-09. | | (295700) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 50
| Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households with an annual income of below £50,000 (a) in total and (b) with children under the age of 16 whose income is expected to exceed this level in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. | | (295747) | 51
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation HM Revenue and Customs undertook with businesses prior to the decision to phase out paper-based value added tax returns. | | (295188) | 52
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of posts in HM Revenue and Customs which will no longer be required as a result of the decision to phase out paper-based value added tax returns. | | (295189) | 53
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has responsibilities for the levy aspects of business improvement districts in Scotland. | | (295251) | 54
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs assessed effects on costs of small businesses of the phasing out of paper-based value added tax returns. | | (295380) | 55
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether research has been undertaken to establish the reasons for the different child trust fund take-up rates between different regions in the UK; and what steps are being taken to increase the take-up level where it is lowest. | | (295471) | 56
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has obtained advice from the Equality Commission of Northern Ireland to assist in ensuring that the various religious communities are more accurately represented among those commencing employment in HMRC in Northern Ireland. | | (295472) | 57
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296091) | 58
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average it took to complete a registration for value added tax in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295860) | 59
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require UK Financial Investments to oblige any financial institutions in receipt of public money which have a policy of paying end of year bonuses to publish the payments and their recipients at the time the payment is made. | | (295595) | 60
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Financial Services Authority has made in its investigation into the practice of third party capture in the insurance industry. | | (295791) | 61
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Authority plans to take regulatory steps to ensure that insurance claimants involved in accidents have adequate opportunity to receive medical or legal advice before settling any claim. | | (295792) | 62
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people resident in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland and employed in the Republic of Ireland were liable to pay UK income tax in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (296121) | 63
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many online gambling companies registered in the UK paid gross profits tax on their income from gambling in each year since 2005. | | (295192) | 64
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Services Authority did not investigate the financial activities of the Presbyterian Mutual Society prior to its entering administration in November 2008. | | (295807) | 65
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the names are of the members of the Prime Minister's working group on the Presbyterian Mutual Society. | | (295808) | 66
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) representations and (b) evidence the Prime Minister's working group on the Presbyterian Mutual Society has received in its investigation. | | (295809) | 67
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the report by the Prime Minister's working group on the Presbyterian Mutual Society to be published. | | (295810) | 68
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the report by the Prime Minister's working group on the Presbyterian Mutual Society has not yet been published. | | (295811) | 69
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department took to examine the financial activities of the Presbyterian Mutual Society (a) prior to and (b) following devolution in Northern Ireland. | | (295857) | 70
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any Minister or official in his Department has had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with News International in the last five years. | | (295329) | 71
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any Minister or official in his Department has had (a) meetings, (b) communications and (c) other contacts with the Monitor Group in the last five years. | | (295330) | 72
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive on the drawdown and utilisation of the Scottish Fossil Fuel Levy Fund for the promotion of use from renewable sources. | | (295335) | 73
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors in each year since 1997. | | (295656) | 74
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what circumstances HM Revenue and Customs repays (a) capital and (b) interest on sums it has collected in error. | | (295657) | 75
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor made a discretionary payment to a member of the public as an acknowledgement of error or mismanagement in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value of such repayments was in each such year. | | (295658) | 76
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the payband is of the officials in HM Revenue and Customs responsible for the language used in letters sent in pursuance of outstanding tax payments under the self-assessment system. | | (295659) | 77
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many attempts made by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors to collect tax payments outstanding under the self-assessment system resulted in complaints from members of the public in each year since 1997. | | (295660) | 78
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many attempts have been made by HM Revenue and Customs to collect tax payments outstanding under the self-assessment system in each year since 1997; how many such attempts resulted in the collection of (a) the full and (b) part of the payment oustanding; and how many such attempts did not recover any outstanding payment. | | (295661) | 79
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of parents receiving childcare vouchers from employers who pay income tax at the basic rate. | | (295940) | 80
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees have taken part in an employer childcare voucher scheme in each year since the introduction of exemptions from tax and national insurance contributions on such vouchers. | | (295996) | 81
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 194W, on housing: construction, which local authorities in London provide details of (a) buiding control commencement lists and (b) building control completion notices to the Valuation Office Agency; and which such authorities use the Valuebill/e-BAR interface to provide such information. | | (295844) | 82
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295718) | 83
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings following the recommendations of the Operational Efficiency Programme. | | (296003) | 84
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what compensation has been provided to shareholders of (a) Bradford and Bingley and (b) Northern Rock (i) on average per shareholder and (ii) in total; and if he will make a statement. | | (295893) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 85
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will review the adequacy of the provisions of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999, with particular reference to statutory provision for (a) water and (b) toilets. | | (295469) | 86
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities offer grants to parents to purchase uniforms; and which local authorities offered such grants in 1997. | | (296135) | 87
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the expenditure per head of the 14 to 19 year old population was on youth services in each London borough in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007-08. | | (296136) | 88
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 232W, on the European Union: primary education, what information on the European Union his Department permits EU institutions to distribute to primary schools. | | (295596) | 89
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what materials his Department provides to schools on the subject of the environment and climate change. | | (295759) | 90
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary school refurbishment in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) North East Derbyshire constituency since 1997. | | (296066) | 91
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) Sure Start and (b) Children's Centres have been opened in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) North East Derbyshire constituency since 1997. | | (296067) | 92
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on Sure Start Children's Centres in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency since the programme's inception. | | (296068) | 93
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teaching assistants have been appointed in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency since 1997. | | (296069) | 94
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on additional teachers in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency since 1997. | | (296070) | 95
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance of schools with the acoustic requirements of deaf and hard of hearing pupils in classrooms; and if he will make a statement. | | (295669) | 96
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many executive heads and executive directors of secondary schools there are in England; and what the salary range is. | | (296145) | 97
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many times the National Council for Educational Excellence has met since 1 January 2009; and which Ministers attended those meetings. | | (296146) | 98
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academy funding agreements entered into since 2007 have local authorities, schools, further education colleges or a partnership of such bodies acting as a sponsor or co-sponsor. | | (296147) | 99
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether (a) school governors and (b) members of management committees at early years childcare providers are subject to the requirement to register with (i) the Independent Safeguarding Authority and (ii) the vetting and barring scheme. | | (295557) | 100
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the number of committees registered with Ofsted for the provision of daycare and early years foundation stage on non-domestic premises which are composed mainly or exclusively of parents. | | (295564) | 101
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many providers of daycare and early years foundation stage on non-domestic premises registered with Ofsted are (a) individuals, (b) a partnership, (c) a company, (d) a committee and (e) a statutory body. | | (295565) | 102
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 2005 Ofsted Framework for Inspecting Maintained Schools in England. | | (295566) | 103
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many calls have been received on Ofsted's whistleblower hotline since the service was established. | | (295567) | 104
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost of production of his Department's publication Schools of the Future: Inspirational design for kitchen and dining spaces was; and how much was spent on (a) research, (b) preparation and (c) distribution of the publication. | | (295667) | 105
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools had advanced skills teacher status on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (295668) | 106
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers took a (a) Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Arts degree and (b) a Post-graduate Certificate of Education with a language specialism in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (295773) | 107
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) comprehensive, (b) maintained and (c) independent schools had an operational Combined Cadet Force in (i) 2005, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. | | (296104) | 108
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) comprehensive school and (b) maintained school pupils were members of their school's Combined Cadet Force in (i) 2005, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. | | (296105) | 109
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been provided to each local authority to provide careers services in accordance with sections 68 and 69 of the Education and Skills Act 2008. | | (295587) | 110
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many former relevant children as defined in his Department's guidance on Children (Leaving Care) there are in each local authority in England and Wales. | | (295832) | 111
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many former relevant children, as defined in the Government's guidance on Children (Leaving Care), there are in custody. | | (295833) | 112
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the application of health and safety requirements on apprentices under the age of 18 years. | | (295998) | 113
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of trends in levels of applications to secondary schools in the Milton Keynes area. | | (295618) | 114
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to support voluntary sector youth projects in promoting constructive activities for young people in the Milton Keynes Council area. | | (295755) | 115
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has given consideration to the inclusion of lessons on body confidence, positive body image and the danger of eating disorders in school curricula. | | (295891) | 116
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much expenditure under each budget heading his Department has incurred on the introduction of diploma courses and qualifications in each year since 2005. | | (295555) | 117
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on diplomas in each of the next three years; and under what budgetary headings such expenditure is expected to be incurred. | | (295556) | 118
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether statutory guidance to be issued under clause 43 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill will ensure colleges are able to refuse admission to a potential student felt to pose a threat to the safety of their students or staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (295627) | 119
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1404-05W, on children: social services, when Ofsted expects to have received the remaining serious case reviews. | | (295505) | 120
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1504-05W, on children: social services, in which local authorities (a) the three children who were victims of homicide and who were on the child protection register, (b) the two children who were victims of homicide and who were previously referred to social care services prior to the incident but were not receiving services and (c) the 10 children who were not known to children's services resided. | | (295506) | 121
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2009, Official Report, column 1094W, on departmental public expenditure, which individual programmes and corresponding allocations for 2010-11 are aggregated under each of the entries listed in the tables. | | (295507) | 122
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent by his Department on its Digital Communications Unit in each year since its inception; how many people are employed by the unit; and what the unit's functions are. | | (295508) | 123
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children attended (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five and (e) 10 primary schools in the last year for which figures are available. | | (295510) | 124
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects Sir Roger Singleton to publish his review of the vetting and barring scheme. | | (295511) | 125
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what procedures will be used to remove information about an individual from the Independent Safeguarding Authority's database after their death. | | (295512) | 126
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people he estimates will register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority in each of the next five years. | | (295513) | 127
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects ContactPoint to be fully operational. | | (295514) | 128
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adopted children under the age of 18 in each local authority area. | | (295515) | 129
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many meetings of the cross-departmental working group on tackling antisemitism his Department's official responsible for pupil safety and school responsibility has attended. | | (295894) | 130
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295730) | 131
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what account he has taken of the most recent population projections provided by the Office of National Statistics in assessing the adequacy of provision of school places at reception and year 1 in (a) the academic year beginning September 2009 and (b) each of the next 10 years. | | (296128) | 132
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average (a) middle school and (b) upper school class size has been in each constituency in the East of England in each year since 1999. | | (296164) | 133
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated to special needs provision in each county in the East of England in each year since 1999. | | (296165) | 134
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department plans to spend per school pupil in each local education authority in the East of England in 2009-10; and how much has been spent in each such authority in each academic year since 1999-2000. | | (296166) | 135
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the pupil to teacher ratio has been in each local education authority in the East of England at key stage (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 in each year since 1999. | | (296167) | 136
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department. | | (296048) | 137
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Minister in his Department has been assigned responsibility for overseeing the delivery of value for money in his Department; whether his Department has established a public sector reform team to implement service reforms; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296051) | 138
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department. | | (296061) | 139
N | Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's measures to tackle drug taking by young people. | | (295138) | 140
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to amend the Teachers' Pension Scheme entitlements for scheme members on high salaries. | | (295679) | 141
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours of education (a) juvenile and (b) young female offenders received on average per week in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (295914) | 142
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what targets his Department has set for the educational (a) provision and (b) performance of young offender institutions; and what progress has been made towards meetings these targets. | | (295933) | 143
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of young offenders who have special educational needs; and what provision is available to such young offenders. | | (295935) | 144
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what resources per head were allocated to (a) the young offender institution estate and (b) Reading Young Offender Institution for the education of prisoners in each of the last five years. | | (295938) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 145
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has responsibility for arrangements for co-ordinating policy on business improvement districts in Scotland with the Scottish Executive. | | (295250) | 146
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to reply to the letter of 24 July 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay on funding for the Decent Homes programme. | | (295317) | 147
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to reply to the letters of 19 August and 22 September 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay regarding his constituents, Ms Watson and Mr Judd. | | (295320) | 148
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what planning controls there are on the erection of mobile telephone masts. | | (295638) | 149
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities apply a flat rate charge to tenants of temporary accommodation; and what the amount of that charge was in each such local authority. | | (296131) | 150
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations made in the report of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion on Building united and resilient communities, developing shared futures; and what changes have been made to the funding of external organisations as a consequence of such implementation. | | (295761) | 151
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Homes and Communities Agency has revised downwards its targets for rural affordable house building. | | (296159) | 152
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Commission for Rural Communities on the decision by the Homes and Communities Agency to reduce its target for rural affordable housing. | | (296160) | 153
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to provide mortgage help to those who are eligible for shared ownership housing but who cannot find appropriate funding. | | (296161) | 154
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1131W, on non-domestic rates, whether the overall business rate tax yield in 2010-11 will be reduced in cash terms as a consequence of the -1.4 per cent. level of Retail Price Index inflation. | | (295731) | 155
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1131W, on non-domestic rates, whether he expects the downward pressure on multipliers as a result of the September 2009 Retail Price Index rate to result in an actual reduction in the multiplier of 1.4 per cent. in addition to the decrease in the multiplier due to the 2010 revaluation. | | (295732) | 156
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1131W, on non-domestic rates, whether the 2010-11 multipliers which will take into account the 2010 revaluation and negative level of Retail Price Index inflation will be adjusted to entail a cash terms (a) reduction in overall tax yield, (b) freeze in the overall tax yield and (c) increase in the overall tax yield; and what his most recent estimate is of the level of business rates tax yield in 2010-11. | | (295733) | 157
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1131W, on non-domestic rates, what the (a) standard and (b) small business rate multiplier in 2010-11 in England is; on what date it was set; and whether it incorporates the 1.4 per cent reduction as a consequence of the September Retail Price Index rate. | | (295734) | 158
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1131W, on non-domestic rates, whether the estimate of (a) 41.3 pence for the small business multiplier in 2010 and (b) 41.7 pence for the national non-domestic multiplier in 2010 cited on page 7 of his Department's consultation paper on transitional arrangements for the non-domestic rating revaluation 2010 in England will be revised downwards as a consequence of the -1.4 per cent. level of Retail Price Index inflation. | | (295735) | 159
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken by local authorities to deliver projects for (a) veterans and (b) other disabled persons funded through the disabled facilities grant. | | (295612) | 160
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in England and Wales have contracted out their provision for care leavers. | | (295828) | 161
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many 18 to 21 year olds are housed as priority need owing to their status as a former relevant child. | | (295829) | 162
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of 18 to 21 year olds who are in (a) homeless, (b) emergency and (c) night shelter accommodation. | | (295830) | 163
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire stations were closed in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Shropshire in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. | | (295993) | 164
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Fire Service firefighters were employed by the Fire and Rescue Service in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Shropshire in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. | | (295994) | 165
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was provided to the Fire and Rescue Service per resident in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Shropshire in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (295995) | 166
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding (a) in total and (b) per resident was given to the Fire and Rescue Service in (i) England, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Shropshire in 2008. | | (296000) | 167
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was given to the Fire and Rescue Service in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Shropshire in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (296001) | 168
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new fire stations were built in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Shropshire in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. | | (296002) | 169
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on consultations on the establishment of procedures for the direct election of mayors. | | (295902) | 170
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on Planning Policy Guidance 25. | | (296007) | 171
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in the local authority area of Wokingham are recorded with each individual (a) dwellinghouse code and (b) value significant code, including each individual (i) type, (ii) number of rooms, (iii) number of bedrooms, (iv) number of bathrooms, (v) floors, (vi) floor level, (vii) parking, (viii) garaging, (ix) conservatory type, (x) age, (xi) outbuilding and (xii) modernisation code according to electronic records held by the Valuation Office Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (296200) | 172
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in the local authority area of Windsor are recorded with each individual (a) dwellinghouse code and (b) value significant code, including each individual (i) type, (ii) number of rooms, (iii) number of bedrooms, (iv) number of bathrooms, (v) floors, (vi) floor level, (vii) parking, (viii) garaging, (ix) conservatory type, (x) age, (xi) outbuilding and (xii) modernisation code according to electronic records held by the Valuation Office Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (296201) | 173
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the current Regional Business Plan agreed between his Department and each regional assembly or successor body. | | (295652) | 174
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central Government expenditure there has been on the Social Homebuy scheme. | | (295653) | 175
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) targets and (b) guidance his Department has issued to fire and rescue authorities on diversity and equality in their employment of staff. | | (295694) | 176
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects in allocation of social housing on (a) A8 nationals on the Worker Registration Scheme and (b) A2 nationals on the Worker Authorisation Scheme of giving greater priority to local people. | | (295695) | 177
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of giving greater priority to local people in allocation of social housing on (a) new age Travellers, (b) Irish Travellers and (c) Gypsies with no local connection to the area in which they are applying for accommodation. | | (295696) | 178
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what analysis of his Department's expenditure by local authority area has been undertaken in the last 12 months. | | (295697) | 179
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of giving greater priority to local people in allocation of social housing on (a) migrant workers from member states of the EU prior to 2004 and (b) refugees. | | (295698) | 180
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of giving greater priority to local people on allocation of social housing on non-EEA nationals with (a) indefinite leave to remain and (b) limited leave to remain. | | (295699) | 181
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) special and (b) policy advisers work for each Minister in his Department. | | (295701) | 182
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual hereditament (a) betting shops and offices, (b) bingo halls, (c) public houses, licensed restaurants and wine bars, (d) night clubs and discotheques and (e) casinos and gambling clubs were on the 1997 version, or nearest equivalent, of the Valuation Office Agency's 1995 Rating List. | | (295702) | 183
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hereditaments with each individual Special Category Code (a) were on the 2005 and (b) are on the draft 2010 Rating List. | | (295703) | 184
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties are recorded with each individual (a) dwelling house code and (b) value significant code in the local authority area of Bromley. | | (295704) | 185
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2219W, on non-domestic rates: ports, how many of the 154 settled appeals resulted in a lower rateable value; and how many and what proportion of the other outstanding appeals have been settled. | | (295813) | 186
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Avebury of 20 July 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 283WA, on Houses of Parliament: demonstrations, whether his Department has issued guidance on the circumstances in which a permanent encampment outside Parliament would require planning permission; and which body is the local planning authority for Parliament Square. | | (295814) | 187
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 50WS, on the migration impacts fund, how much the levy charged on each individual migrant will be; whether it will apply to (a) EU nationals, (b) EEA nationals not in the EU, (c) A2 nationals, (d) A8 nationals and (e) asylum seekers; and in what circumstances in each case migrants will be (i) required to pay and (ii) exempted from paying. | | (295837) | 188
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 593W, on the Valuation Office: local government, which local authorities have sent data from building control departments to the Valuation Office Agency via the e-BAR/Valuebill facility in the last 12 months. | | (295838) | 189
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 593W, on the Valuation Office: local government, which version of the Valuebill Scheme the Valuation Office Agency's e-BAR facility uses. | | (295839) | 190
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2070W, on planning permission: parking, whether following the revision of Planning Policy Statement 3 the maximum parking standards for residential parking introduced in Planning Policy Guidance 13 are (a) guidelines for or (b) binding on local authorities. | | (295850) | 191
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2070W, on planning permission: parking, what maximum parking standards for residential parking are in place in each of the regional spatial strategies. | | (295851) | 192
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 591W, on non-domestic rates: religious buildings, for which faith communities and religions the Valuation Office Agency has determined that their premises, where used for public religious worship, may be eligible for exemption from non-domestic rating. | | (295853) | 193
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 814W, on housing, for what reasons the letter for local newspapers was distributed via the Central Office of Information; what the cost to the public purse was of its distribution; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter. | | (295856) | 194
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2009, Official Report, column 678W, on the Housing Corporation: public relations, if he will place in the Library a copy of the article written by the Chairman of the Housing Corporation; and what the nature was of the consultancy work undertaken in respect of transition. | | (295859) | 195
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, columns 201-202W, on home information packs, what the evidential basis was of the value for money assessment undertaken in respect of the contracting out of public relations work in relation to home information packs. | | (295862) | 196
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Travellers are eligible for housing benefit under the local housing allowance scheme when residing on sites which do not have planning permission. | | (295866) | 197
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a public house which has diversified to offer (a) post office or banking facilities and (b) limited retail sales, will have the income from such activities taken into account, when the Valuation Office Agency rates the hereditament for the 2010 business rates revaluation; and whether such facilities may act as a material consideration in affecting the rateable value. | | (295867) | 198
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings his Department 's officials have had with Philip Brown Associates on matters relating to policy or planning decisions on Travellers in the last 12 months. | | (295868) | 199
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 584W, on council tax: debt collection, what the timetable is for the planned changes to the enforcement of council tax; and whether the plans will require (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation. | | (295895) | 200
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 659W, on equality: regulation, what additional funding has been given to local authorities under the new burdens doctrine in relation to equality and diversity. | | (295896) | 201
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295729) | 202
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will require local authorities to ensure that (a) there will be no compulsory redundancies as a result of the FiReControl project and (b) (i) the Fire Brigades Union will be fully recognised within the workplace and (ii) the Fire Service Grey Book pay, terms and conditions will apply to the service after implementation of the project. | | (295736) | 203
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is planned to be spent on the fire and rescue service in the next three years. | | (295737) | 204
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce national standards for the training provided to firefighters. | | (295738) | 205
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce national standards for fire service equipment. | | (295739) | 206
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce nationwide standardisation of fire service operational procedures. | | (295740) | 207
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce a national regime for the enforcement of safe working procedures in the fire service. | | (295741) | 208
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) originally estimated costs, (b) costs to date and (c) estimated future costs of implementing the FiReControl programme are. | | (295869) | 209
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from Cumbria County Council on the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service. | | (295870) | 210
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what effect the implementation of the FiReControl programme will have on frontline fire and rescue services in Copeland. | | (295875) | 211
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the implementation of the FiReControl programme; and what difficulties have been encountered in that implementation. | | (295876) | 212
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what bursary schemes his Department makes available to postgraduate students on (a) spatial planning and (b) other planning courses; how many students received such payments under each bursary in the last 12 months; and how much his Department spent on each scheme in each region in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (295381) | 213
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) spatial planning and (b) other planning postgraduate students who received payments from bursary schemes provided by his Department went on to work in planning (i) in the public sector and (ii) in the private sector in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (295382) | 214
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average change in the level of council tax from one year to the next has been in each county in the East of England in each year since 1999. | | (296173) | 215
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authority pension funds in the East of England are (a) in surplus and (b) in deficit; and how much the surplus or deficit is in each case. | | (296175) | 216
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many acres of (a) brownfield and (b) greenfield land there were in Norwich North constituency in (i) 1997, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2009. | | (296019) | 217
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) UK-born and (b) non-UK born applicants were allocated social housing in each of the last 10 years. | | (295687) | 218
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties were added to the stock of social rented housing in Suffolk through (a) construction and (b) purchase in each of the last five years; and how many he expects to be added in each of the next five years. | | (296134) | 219
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296055) | 220
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) mean per decile annual pension was of local government pension scheme members claiming a pension for the first time in each of the last five years. | | (295674) | 221
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average salary of the highest earning 10 per cent. of local government employees is; and how many employees he estimates have received salaries in this category in each of the last five years. | | (295675) | 222
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to limit the pensions of members of the Local Government Pension Scheme who earn high salaries; what limits he intends to put in place; what estimate he has made of the effect on the Exchequer of introducing such limits in each of the next 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the (a) costs to and (b) savings for local government pension scheme funds in each of the next 10 years. | | (295678) | 223
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend the Firefighters Pension Scheme entitlements in respect of high earners who are members of the scheme. | | (295787) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 224
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296077) | 225
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees the Gambling Commission has; and how many employees the Gaming Board for Great Britain had in 2004. | | (295191) | 226
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to announce his decision on the 2009 Horseracing Levy. | | (295558) | 227
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to merge the Gambling Commission with the Lottery Regulator. | | (295631) | 228
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to announce the results of his review of the slot machine to table ratios of small and large casinos. | | (295633) | 229
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) meetings he has had with representatives of (i) his Department's sponsored bodies and (ii) outside organisations or individuals and (b) events he has attended in his capacity as Secretary of State since June 2009. | | (296049) | 230
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications there have been for funding from Pot 4 of his Department's funding for its free swimming initiative; and in respect of which swimming pools the applications have been received. | | (295319) | 231
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the pro-rata full-time salary of the chief executive of each of the Lottery distributors was in 2008-09. | | (295321) | 232
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 aims related to heritage (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a percentage of its annual expenditure in each year since 1997. | | (295337) | 233
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have accessed Sport England's Active Places website in each year since its establishment; how much has been spent on the website in each such year; and what assessment has been made of the performance of the website against its objectives. | | (295753) | 234
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to reply to the letter of 1 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Tim Bannister. | | (296119) | 235
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many young people in (a) primary education and (b) secondary education have participated in extra-curricular musical activity in the Milton Keynes area in each of the last five years. | | (296124) | 236
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding will be provided for broadcasting services in West Derbyshire as a result of proposals contained in the Digital Britain White Paper. | | (295871) | 237
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295728) | 238
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296060) | 239
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide funding to the partnership of the Prince's Trust and the Football Association football initiative in helping young adults in young offender institutions. | | (296046) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 240
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), what steps he plans to take to accelerate the improvement of key skills in (a) the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation and (b) his Department's head office; and if he will make a statement. | | (295774) | 241
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), who the members of the new sub-committee of the Defence Board are; and if he will make a statement. | | (295775) | 242
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), what arrangements he plans to make to provide greater visibility of project management costs in the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation to the Capability Sponsor in head office; and if he will make a statement. | | (295776) | 243
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on defence acquisition (independent review), what steps he plans to take (a) to improve the way in which projects in the equipment plan are costed, (b) to use better and more sophisticated techniques applied more consistently and (c) to ensure that investment decisions are based on the most reliable forecasts; and if he will make a statement. | | (295777) | 244
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Minister for Veterans expects to reply to the letter of 23 September 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay on British nuclear test veterans. | | (295466) | 245
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296080) | 246
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of the British Forces Post Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (295253) | 247
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce vehicule-mounted radar devices to armed forces vehicles in order to detect improvised explosive devices. | | (295685) | 248
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the maintenance and repair of service accommodation. | | (295589) | 249
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have held with the Operational Efficiency Programme project team on the future of the Met Office; and when the next such meeting will take place. | | (295641) | 250
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a statement on the future of the Met Office. | | (295642) | 251
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider the merits of placing responsibility for the commercial operations of the Met Office (a) within a single Government department and (b) with a single minister. | | (295643) | 252
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to meet private sector stakeholders as part of his Department's ongoing review of the Met Office. | | (295644) | 253
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation claims have been submitted by armed forces personnel in respect of malpractice on the part of Defence Medical Services; how many such claims were upheld; and how much was paid out against such claims in each year. | | (295645) | 254
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) actual strength, (b) establishment and (c) percentage difference between establishment and actual strength is of each speciality of qualified medical personnel (a) in the Army and (b) tri-service. | | (295646) | 255
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many agency staff of each speciality have been employed in the Defence Medical Services in each of the last five years; and what expenditure was incurred on such staff in each year. | | (295647) | 256
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much on average it cost his Department to provide overnight accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) officials travelling (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in an official capacity in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295648) | 257
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive on arrangements for the Submarine Dismantling Project. | | (295333) | 258
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British (a) citizens and (b) residents have been captured by (i) British and (ii) coalition forces in Afghanistan in each province in each year since 2001. | | (296141) | 259
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British citizens and residents captured in Afghanistan have subsequently been charged with a crime; how many were released without charge; and how many have been detained without charge. | | (296142) | 260
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long on average British citizens and residents captured by British and coalition forces in Afghanistan since 2001 have been detained; and in which countries they have been detained. | | (296143) | 261
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in his discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on future funding arrangements for Ascension Island. | | (295620) | 262
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on (a) members of his Department and (b) uniformed members of the armed forces using first class travel on official business; and if he will make a statement. | | (295682) | 263
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of allowing Territorial Army units to continue to train on drill nights until 1 April 2010. | | (296148) | 264
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether members of the armed forces required to work with recruits under the age of 18 are required to undergo Independent Safeguarding Authority checks. | | (295616) | 265
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the bounty payable to Territorial Army soldiers on completion of annual training requirements will be paid to such soldiers who do not undertake training owing to the withdrawal of training days. | | (295314) | 266
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295727) | 267
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the Joint Warrior military exercises. | | (295854) | 268
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to minimise the adverse environmental impact of military exercises conducted in Moray Firth. | | (295855) | 269
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget of the Defence Academy of the UK was in each year since 2002; and how much the Academy has spent in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) Scotland and (e) overseas in each such year. | | (295765) | 270
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department gave to each Defence Technology Centre in each of the last five years; and how much each centre spent in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) Scotland and (e) overseas in each such year. | | (295766) | 271
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each type are assigned to the (a) 12 Squadron, (b) 14 Squadron, (c) XV Squadron, (d) 617 Squadron, (e) 42 (R) Squadron, (f) 120 Squadron, (g) 201 Squadron, (h) 43 Squadron, (i) 111 Squadron and (j) 202 Squadron D Flight. | | (296034) | 272
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) trained strength, (b) actual strength and (c) numbers fit for duty is of the (i) Royal Regiment of Scotland, (ii) Scots Guards, (iii) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, (iv) 1st Royal Tank Regiment, (v) 19th Regiment Royal Artillery and (vi) 40th Regiment Royal Artillery. | | (296035) | 273
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings have been held between representatives of his Department and representatives of nuclear test veterans to establish the boundaries of a possible settlement since June 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (296050) | 274
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296054) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 275
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of applicants for Warm Front grants were asked to make a contribution towards the cost of works in each English region in 2007-08. | | (296133) | 276
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296079) | 277
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which countries were represented at the Major Economies Forum on Climate Change held on 18 and 19 October; what papers were presented; and if he will publish on his Department's website a copy of (a) each paper circulated and (b) the statement agreed at the conclusion of the meeting. | | (295662) | 278
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which companies based in (a) France, (b) Sweden, (c) the United States and (d) the UK have made applications under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 for authorisation to dispose of low level nuclear waste in the UK; on what date each application was made; and what the status of each such application is. | | (295664) | 279
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to receive the annual report from the Director of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security; and what consideration was given to publishing the report in August 2009. | | (295781) | 280
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the balance of the Scottish Fossil Fuel Levy account was at 1 October 2009; and what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive on the drawdown and utilisation of the fund for the promotion of energy use from renewable resources. | | (295332) | 281
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the relative costs and benefits of (a) photovoltaic tiles and (b) wind turbines. | | (295872) | 282
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has allocated to promoting take-up of solar panel usage in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) the East Midlands since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (295873) | 283
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295726) | 284
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296059) | 285
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to paragraph 170 of the impact assessment for the UK Renewable Energy Strategy 2009, by how much he expects (a) food and (b) biomass prices to rise as a consequence of implementation of the strategy. | | (295779) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 286
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the figures for each London local authority for (a) household waste per head, (b) percentage of all household waste recycled, (c) total non-household waste and (d) percentage of all non-household waste recycled were for (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09. | | (295797) | 287
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste was (a) recycled and (b) composted in 2007-08 in each local authority area. | | (295798) | 288
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of municipal waste went to landfill in each local authority area in 2007-08. | | (295845) | 289
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities did not reduce the proportion of their waste sent to landfill in the course of 2007-08. | | (295846) | 290
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities recycled or composted a smaller proportion of their total waste in 2007-08 than in 2006-07. | | (295847) | 291
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of its targets for recycling waste each London borough achieved in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (296129) | 292
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist African countries to tackle the illegal ivory trade. | | (295496) | 293
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296078) | 294
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether restrictions have been placed on 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 in respect of the operation of the programme in Wales. | | (295904) | 295
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average price paid to dairy farmers per litre of milk is; and what the price was on 1 June 2009. | | (295470) | 296
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce quotas on the minimum amount of recycled material to be used in (a) motor vehicle manufacture and (b) manufactured goods; and if he will make a statement. | | (295590) | 297
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the formulation of the Courtauld Commitment Mark II; and if he will make a statement. | | (295591) | 298
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward proposals for sanctions on companies using excessive packaging on their products; and if he will make a statement. | | (295592) | 299
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of categories of products which are presented for sale in unnecessary packaging; and if he will make a statement. | | (295593) | 300
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from the aluminium industry on the use of recycled cans to make motor vehicles. | | (295594) | 301
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments his Department has made to (a) Green Alliance and (b) Friends of the Earth in the last 12 months. | | (294909) | 302
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what percentage of the coastline of the Yorkshire and the Humber region the right of public access is legally secure. | | (295624) | 303
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements have been put in place to ensure the fairness of the tendering process in circumstances where the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science is both advising his Department on the selection of bids and is itself one of the bidders. | | (295569) | 304
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295725) | 305
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to remove ragwort (a) in Eddisbury constituency and (b) nationally in 2009; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of ragwort which has been removed. | | (295608) | 306
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average percentage change in domestic water bills has been in each local authority area in the East of England since May 1997. | | (295949) | 307
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking in the Council of Ministers to seek to improve the welfare of live horses during transport in mainland Europe. | | (295690) | 308
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296008) | 309
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of levels of emissions of (a) fine PM2.5 particulates and (b) PM10 particulates from biomass boilers once the biomass targets in the Renewable Energy Strategy are met. | | (295780) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 310
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Oral Answers to the hon. Members for Islington North and Lewes of 20 October 2009, Official Report, columns 757 and 773, what steps he is taking to persuade Israel to (a) abandon its nuclear capability and (b) sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. | | (295576) | 311
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296088) | 312
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how long he expects the interim government in the Turks and Caicos Islands to be in place. | | (294940) | 313
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how soon he expects good governance to be achieved in the Turks and Caicos Islands; and what steps he is taking to support this. | | (294941) | 314
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure sound financial management in the Turks and Caicos Islands following the publication of Sir Robin Auld's final report on alleged corruption in that country. | | (294942) | 315
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure sustainable development in the Turks and Caicos Islands following the publication of Sir Robin Auld's final report on alleged corruption. | | (294943) | 316
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what events in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) overseas territories took place on 24 October 2009 to celebrate United Nations Day. | | (295663) | 317
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of (a) Sudan, (b) South Sudan, (c) Uganda and (d) Democratic Republic of Congo on the current level of activity of the Lords Resistance Army. | | (296047) | 318
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the report of the Afghanistan Electoral Complaints Commission for the Government's policy towards that country; and if he will make a statement. | | (295193) | 319
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the (a) number of those eligible to vote and (b) level of turnout in each district of Helmand province in the recent Presidential elections in Afghanistan. | | (295622) | 320
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports his Department has received on the human rights situation in Burma; and whether he plans to impose sanctions against the Burmese authorities. | | (295185) | 321
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the terms of the redundancy agreement for British Council employees are being changed for existing staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (295186) | 322
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British Council posts in the UK are being outsourced; what the cost-savings involved are; and if he will make a statement. | | (295187) | 323
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the $750 million pledged by the UK to the Global Threat Reduction Strategy under the Global Partnership has been spent; and what the budget allocation is for each year up to 2012, broken down by project. | | (295334) | 324
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Libyan diplomatic mission in the UK owes in outstanding (a) parking fines, (b) congestion charges and (c) business rates. | | (294792) | 325
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 15 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Zeenat Begum. | | (296122) | 326
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Thailand on the trial of Utain Dungnoi for the murder of Richard Collins. | | (295767) | 327
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Thailand on the release of Utain Dungnoi on bail pending appeal; and if he will make a statement. | | (295768) | 328
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the terms of reference for the latest review of the Helmand road map are; and in what way they differ from the terms of reference for previous reviews. | | (295619) | 329
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Turkish troops based in the Turkish-occupied territory of the Republic of Cyprus. | | [R] (295625) | 330
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the government of (a) the Republic of Cyprus, (b) Greece and (c) Turkey on the continuing role of the Guarantor Powers in the context of Cyprus's membership of the EU. | | [R] (295626) | 331
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Colombia in respect of that government's use of landmines to protect military installations. | | (295672) | 332
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to The Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295724) | 333
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency Programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296004) | 334
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 2009, Official Report, column 108W, on Colombia, for which projects to strengthen labour relations in Colombia his Department is considering proposals. | | (295639) | 335
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2009, Official Report, column 334W, on the Locate system, how many people have registered their details online in each year since the service's inception. | | (295640) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 336
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage general practitioner surgeries in areas with high levels of HIV/AIDS to include an HIV test in their registration health checks; and if he will make a statement. | | (295562) | 337
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that future funding for social services provision for HIV positive people takes account of (a) inflation and (b) predicted numbers of people diagnosed with HIV in the future. | | (295563) | 338
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the number of users of the Lorenzo software system at (a) Five Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust, (b) Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (c) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, (d) Hereford Hospitals Trust and (e) South Birmingham Primary Care Trust. | | (295789) | 339
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the highest number of live concurrent users of the Lorenzo software system across English NHS trusts (a) at any one time and (b) on any one day. | | (295790) | 340
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has made for children's continence services in the next five years. | | (295468) | 341
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296087) | 342
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of senior managers (a) employed by Bolton and Wigan Primary Care Trust and (b) who were employed by Bolton and Wigan Strategic Health Authority in its final year of existence. | | (295504) | 343
N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) the Minister, (b) his advisers and (c) officials of his Department saw the notes of the visits by the Chief Dental Officer or his representatives to (i) maxillofacial and (ii) dental hospitals which were subsequently used in the production of the report by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board on oral and maxillofacial surgery. | | (295835) | 344
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new GP surgeries have opened in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency since 1997. | | (295943) | 345
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many one-stop primary care centres there are in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency. | | (295944) | 346
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many familiy nurse partnerships are in place in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency. | | (295945) | 347
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Derbyshire and (b) North East Derbyshire constituency have received free eye tests since 1999. | | (295946) | 348
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Ministers in his Department last met trustees of the Thalidomide Trust. | | (295461) | 349
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Health Service Ombudsman is unable to investigate matters relating to public service personnel. | | (295463) | 350
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have been diagnosed with swine influenza. | | (296174) | 351
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has considered the effect on patients of (a) King's College hospital and (b) South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust of proposed reductions to rail services on the South London Line; and if he will make a statement. | | (295782) | 352
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners in each strategic health authority region have been transferred to a secure mental health unit in each of the last five years. | | (295326) | 353
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken since the publication of Lord Bradley's review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system to improve the identification of mental health problems or learning disabilities among prisoners on their reception into prison. | | (295327) | 354
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults in each age band received support under section 47 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (295858) | 355
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults in each age band received support under section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (295861) | 356
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines the NHS issues on the use of continuous deep sedation until death. | | (296149) | 357
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the rate of prevalence of continuous deep sedation until death in England; what information he holds for benchmarking purposes on the rates in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement. | | (296150) | 358
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the nutritional value of food served in NHS hospitals to post-natal mothers who are breastfeeding. | | (295863) | 359
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 18 years have been treated for alcohol-related health problems in the Milton Keynes area in each of the last five years. | | (295889) | 360
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the use of cognitive behavioural therapy programmes in treating each category of mental health issue. | | (295901) | 361
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has assessed on the safety of the swine influenza vaccine to pregnant women and unborn children. | | (296125) | 362
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student nurses there are in (a) England and (b) Bassetlaw constituency. | | (295655) | 363
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mechanisms are for funding of training health visitors; and how much such funding is being provided by (a) the Government and (b) private sources in 2009-10. | | (295460) | 364
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated expenditure on community contraceptive services for women (a) aged under 20 years and (b) aged 20 years and over was in (i) England and (ii) each primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295887) | 365
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in each primary care trust area began using each type of primary method of contraception following their first visit to a community contraceptive services facility in each year since 1997-98. | | (295892) | 366
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of repeat abortions undertaken in relation to (a) married and (b) unmarried women aged (i) under 16, (ii) under 18, (iii) 18 or 19, (iv) between 20 and 29, (v) between 30 and 34 and (vi) 35 years and over in each primary care trust area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295897) | 367
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many legal abortions for women in each age group were performed on each statutory ground in each year since 1979; and what the age standardised rate of legal abortions performed on each statutory ground was in each of those years. | | (295899) | 368
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average case load for district nurses (a) in each primary care trust area and (b) nationally in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (296009) | 369
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295723) | 370
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the most recent annual benefits statement for the National Programme for IT; and for what reasons he has not yet published it. | | (295498) | 371
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) public relations for Connecting for Health in the last five years. | | (295499) | 372
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department next plans to review the level of payments made to people who have received contaminated blood supplies. | | (295500) | 373
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant physician posts in sport and exercise medicine have been created in the NHS in the last three years. | | (295501) | 374
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take for implementing a patient's right to make choices about their healthcare through statutory directions to primary care trusts; and whether those directions will be published. | | (295502) | 375
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have received a portion of the £286 million assigned by the Government for end-of-life care in the End of Life Care Strategy; and how much each has received. | | (295503) | 376
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to measure achievements under the Nutrition Action Plan against objectives. | | (295597) | 377
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of invoices paid by NHS hospitals within 10 days in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295598) | 378
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts operate appointment reminder schemes. | | (295600) | 379
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of scurvy were reported in each local authority area in each of the last five years; and how many such cases were in persons under 18. | | (295601) | 380
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's review of anti-psychotic use in dementia care. | | (295602) | 381
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department's publication 1999-2009: A decade of excellence cost to produce; and how many copies were made. | | (295603) | 382
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have taken up (a) a direct payment and (b) an individual budget in each local authority area; and what targets have been set for the take up of each programme in each local authority area. | | (295604) | 383
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Office of the Health Professionals Adjudicator will commence operations. | | (295606) | 384
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of care homes did not meet the National Minimum Standard for Care Homes in 2008-09. | | (295607) | 385
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of care homes for (a) younger adults and (b) older people met or exceeded (i) National Minimum Standard 8, (ii) National Minimum Standard 15 and (iii) both standards in each year since 2002-03. | | (295609) | 386
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the proposed strategy to support volunteering in health and social care. | | (295610) | 387
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) primary care trusts and (b) other NHS trusts did not meet the Care Quality Commission's (i) core standard C15a and (ii) core standard C15b in its 2008-09 annual health check. | | (295623) | 388
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 25 June 2008, Official Report, columns 368-9W, on nutrition, for what reasons the final report of the National Action Plan Delivery Board was not published by the end of 2008; when he expects that report to be published; and what assessment he has made of the effects of the difference in such dates upon patient care. | | (295649) | 389
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 230W, on patients: safety, how many nutrition-related adverse incidents have been recorded by the National Patient Safety Agency in each month since it was established. | | (295650) | 390
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2008, Official Report, columns 126-7W, on NHS procurement, if he will place in the Library a copy of the procurement capability review team's report on his Department. | | (295651) | 391
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request the Care Quality Commission to take account in its work of the findings of the report commissioned by the Healthcare Commission on a scoping exercise to identify priority topics for national audit on the Essence of Care, published by the Royal College of Nursing in February 2008; what the cost was of producing the report; and what steps he is taking to ensure the Care Quality Commission will incorporate the quality of nutritional care in its service reviews. | | (295683) | 392
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data the Care Quality Commission plans to use to assess adherence by (a) NHS trusts, (b) care homes and (c) other regulated providers to the registration requirement entitled Making sure people get the nourishment they need. | | (295788) | 393
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2009, Official Report, column 808-9W, on home care services, which central budgets he plans to reprioritise. | | (295613) | 394
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 735W, on NHS: drugs, about which pharmaceutical products his Department has received reports of supply problems; and what the nature is of each supply problem reported to his Department. | | (295614) | 395
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 758W, on social services, whether he proposes that funding for the service will be drawn entirely from his Department's budget; what mechanisms he intends to use to ensure that joined-up services are delivered; and what changes to existing arrangements for delivery of care services he envisages. | | (295615) | 396
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Cambridgeshire of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 901W, on hospitals: parking, which back-office costs will be reduced; what benefits to outpatients will result from the improved concession guidance; and how such benefits will be funded. | | (295752) | 397
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Cambridgeshire, of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 803W, on cancer: diagnosis, what his capital and revenue cost estimates are for (a) new buildings, (b) new equipment and (c) additional staff; and from which of his Department's budgets any additional revenue costs will be drawn. | | (295769) | 398
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Cambridgeshire, of 12 October 2009, Official Report, columns 802-3W, on cancer: diagnosis, whether his Department has plans for any hospital (a) building, (b) rebuilding and (c) renovation after the winding down of the existing major programme for renovating and rebuilding NHS hospitals. | | (295770) | 399
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Cambridgeshire of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 901W, on hospitals: parking, what calculations underlie his estimate of the cost per annum of phasing out car parking for in-patients and their visitors at hospitals; and what his estimate is of the annual cost of each element of the scheme. | | (295771) | 400
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Cambridgeshire of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 901W, on hospitals: parking, what estimate he has made of the proportion of his proposals which can be afforded (a) in 2009-10 and (b) in 2010-11. | | (295772) | 401
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of running the East of England Strategic Health Authority was in each year for which figures are available. | | (296162) | 402
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of dentists in each county in the East of England undertake NHS work. | | (296168) | 403
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by Suffolk Primary Care Trust on salaries and wages for (a) general and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) administrative and clerical staff in each year since its creation. | | (296169) | 404
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by (a) West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust and (b) Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust on salaries and wages for (i) general and senior managers, (ii) nurses and midwives and (iii) administrative and clerical staff in each year since 1999. | | (296170) | 405
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of dentists in each county in the East of England were offering treatment to new NHS patients at the latest date for which information is available. | | (296171) | 406
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses per 100 hospital beds there were in (a) England, (b) West Suffolk Hospital and (c) Ipswich Hospital in each year since 1999. | | (296172) | 407
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of wait for treatment for a patient arriving at the Norfolk and Norwich University Trust Accident and Emergency facility was in (a) May, (b) June, (c) July, (d) August. (e) September and (f) October 2009. | | (296021) | 408
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on tackling chronic pain in patients in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295671) | 409
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend his Department's free fruit and vegetable scheme to junior school children; and if he will make a statement. | | (295910) | 410
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last reviewed licencing arrangements for pharmaceutical wholesalers; and if he will make a statement. | | (295911) | 411
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the practice of parallel exporting on the availability of pharmaceuticals to NHS patients. | | (295913) | 412
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296053) | 413
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to amend the NHS Pension Scheme entitlements of NHS employees on high salaries. | | (295680) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 414
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department (a) has taken to reduce the length of time immigrants spend in administrative detention and (b) plans to take to implement the EU Returns Directive. | | (295628) | 415
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were held in each immigration removal centre in 2008-09. | | (295629) | 416
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the running cost of each immigration removal centre was in 2008-09. | | (295630) | 417
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296086) | 418
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the primary prupose was of each (a) procedure and (b) field of research carried out on animals in Scotland in 2008 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involving (i) fish, (ii) pigs and (iii) genetically modified animals; and what the reasons were for the increase in the number of procedures carried out on (A) fish, (B) pigs and (C) genetically modified animals in Scotland in that year in relation to the previous year. | | (295692) | 419
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many procedures carried out on animals in Scotland in 2008 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) New World primates and (b) Old World primates; and what the primary purposes of those procedures were. | | (295693) | 420
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets for arrest rates for incidents of domestic violence have been set for police forces. | | (295758) | 421
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent from the Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund in each category of expenditure in each year since its inception. | | (295760) | 422
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether legislation is required to enable shooting events to take place at the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (295632) | 423
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licensed procedures were carried out on live animals for the purposes of testing household products in each year since 2002-03. | | (295462) | 424
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken to process an application for asylum. | | (295465) | 425
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have been held between his Department, the Forensic Science Service (FSS) and chief constables on the proposed closure of FSS centres. | | (295988) | 426
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria have been taken into account when assessing the costs and benefits of closing forensic science centres. | | (295990) | 427
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the running costs of each forensic science centre were in each of the last five years. | | (295991) | 428
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of any likely cost savings arising from the proposed closure of Forensic Science Service sites. | | (296132) | 429
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) pay and (b) pay-related cost of employment of a full-time police officer was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (295387) | 430
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants from each country seeking to visit the UK for the purpose of speaking in mosques have been (a) granted and (b) refused the right to visit the UK in each of the last five years. | | (295821) | 431
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many imams from each country have been (a) granted and (b) refused the right to work in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (295822) | 432
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vetting procedures his Department applies in respect of imams from abroad who are seeking employment in the UK. | | (295823) | 433
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of communications covered by the current interception of communications data procedures; and what estimate he has made of the likely proportion of coverage in each of the next 10 years should the Interception Modernisation Programme (a) go ahead and (b) not go ahead. | | (295824) | 434
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many CCTV surveillance cameras funded by (a) public and (b) private sources there are in England and Wales. | | (294944) | 435
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire have attended the community crime fighters one day training course; and how many are expected to have done so by the end of 2009. | | (296107) | 436
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been made in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (296108) | 437
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood policing schemes in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency. | | (296109) | 438
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers there were in each year since 1997 and (b) police community safety officers there have been in each year since 2002 in Tamworth constituency. | | (296110) | 439
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made towards delivering the policing pledge in Tamworth. | | (296115) | 440
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were denied entry to the UK because of concerns about their extremist views in the last 12 months. | | (295865) | 441
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of each type have been committed by children aged (a) under 10 and (b) between 11 and 14 years old in the Milton Keynes area in the last five years. | | (296138) | 442
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases there have been of thieves stealing car keys from a house then stealing the vehicle parked outside that house in (a) the Vale of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (295742) | 443
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars in (a) the Vale of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England are fitted with a tracking device. | | (295744) | 444
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice is provided to people who leave their cars parked in the driveway on protecting their vehicle from theft. | | (295745) | 445
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of anti-social behaviour there have been in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year since 2003; and how many of those reported cases have led to (i) the issuing of an anti-social behaviour order, (ii) a community sentence, (iii) a custodial sentence, (iv) a police caution and (v) any other form of judicial sentencing. | | (295746) | 446
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders, (b) penalty notices for disorder and (c) police cautions have been issued for on-street drinking in (i) North Yorkshire, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) England in each year since 1997. | | (295748) | 447
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of theft of a purse have occurred in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (295751) | 448
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European arrest warrants have been issued by the UK police and other authorities in respect of nationals of each other EU member state since January 2004. | | (295793) | 449
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European arrest warrants followed by extradition have been issued by each EU member state since 2004. | | (295864) | 450
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to each police authority to tackle wildlife crime in each year since 1997. | | (296064) | 451
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Wales and (b) Newport East constituency since 1998. | | (295929) | 452
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been recruited in (a) Gwent and (b) Newport East constituency since 2003. | | (295930) | 453
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295722) | 454
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of assets (a) seized and (b) frozen under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each police force area in the East of England in each year since 2002. | | (296037) | 455
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of anti-social behaviour there were in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 in Norwich North constituency. | | (296016) | 456
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by under 25 year olds in (a) 1997, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008 in Norwich North constituency. | | (296017) | 457
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were reported in (a) 1997, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008 in Norwich North constituency and how many of them resulted in convictions in each of those years. | | (296018) | 458
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil and unmarried partners of UK residents who are from outside the European Economic Area have been admitted to the UK in each of the last five years. | | (295688) | 459
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency Programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296006) | 460
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to amend the Police Pension Scheme entitlements in respect of high earners who are members of the scheme. | | (295786) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 461
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Department of Facilities has made of the cost of compliance with legislation on incandescent light bulbs; and how many such light bulbs are installed in (a) the Chamber, (b) the Press Gallery, (c) areas open to the public and (d) elsewhere on the part of the Parliamentary Estate for which the House of Commons Commission has responsibility. | | (296123) | 462
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much subsidy was provided for each (a) eatery and (b) bar in the House of Commons part of the Palace of Westminster in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the most recent estimate is of the level of usage of each such outlet by (a) hon. Members, (b) visitors, (c) hon. Members' staff and (d) House staff. | | (296137) | 463
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what process the House of Commons Service follows to establish salaries for new posts; and which new posts have been established at each payband since 1997. | | (296177) | 464
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1039-40W, on the Speaker, for what reason the remuneration to be paid to the special adviser to Mr Speaker is commercial in confidence. | | (295665) | 465
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what interviews were conducted with the person contracted to provide services as Mr Speaker's special adviser in the course of the House's procurement process. | | (295666) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 466
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296085) | 467
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's recent consultation on future access to St Helena. | | (295621) | 468
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296057) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 469
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people per 10,000 of the population in Northern Ireland were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in 2008. | | (295473) | 470
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296084) | 471
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were remanded in custody in each of the last five years. | | (295681) | 472
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been given bail by the courts in each year since 2006. | | (295705) | 473
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of requests for remand made by the Crown Prosecution Service were granted by the courts in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295757) | 474
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made as to the number of (a) former prison workers and (b) former prisoners who retained passes or keys to prison premises on leaving their employment or imprisonment in the last three years. | | (295762) | 475
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of terrorism offences have been housed in approved premises following their release from custody since January 2007; and what additional resources were provided to assist with their supervision in each case. | | (295840) | 476
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders are resident in approved premises in England and Wales. | | (295841) | 477
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released under the End of Custody Licence scheme since June 2007 had previously been refused release on Home Detention Curfew. | | (295842) | 478
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released in each year since 2000 for which figures are available had already completed (a) a community sentence, (b) one custodial sentence, (c) more than one custodial sentence and (d) more than five custodial sentences. | | (295843) | 479
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences have been committed by offenders recalled to prison from release on licence but who remained at large since 2000. | | (295885) | 480
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2266W, on prisons: manpower, how many prisoners released on licence and subsequently recalled to prison since 1997 remain at large. | | (295886) | 481
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of offences against children committed in (a) schools, (b) sports clubs and (c) dental surgeries have received a custodial sentence of (i) between six months and two years and (ii) two years or more since 1979; and how many had previous convictions. | | (295322) | 482
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been employed (a) in total and (b) full-time (i) as at 31 March in each year since 1997 and (ii) on 31 January 2009. | | (295654) | 483
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of service in a single post of a serving prison governor is. | | (295464) | 484
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for (a) murder, (b) attempted murder, (c) rape and (d) attempted rape are currently unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded from prison. | | (295849) | 485
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1373W, on magistrates' courts: closures, how many magistrates' courts there were in each type of area in each year since 1997. | | (295941) | 486
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1373W, on magistrates' courts: closures, how many magistrates' courts opened in each type of area in each year since 1997. | | (295942) | 487
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prosecution rate was in each criminal justice area in each year since 1997. | | (295989) | 488
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates' courts have been closed in each criminal justice area in each year since 1997. | | (295992) | 489
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were ineligible for deportation due to interference with their family life in the last three years. | | (295997) | 490
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any compensation has been paid to Shane Gormally, formerly held in HM Prison Hull; and if he will make a statement. | | (296022) | 491
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of transgendered prisoners in England and Wales. | | (296023) | 492
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were transferred (a) from HM Prison Pentonville to HM Prison Wandsworth and (b) from HM Prison Wandsworth to HM Prison Pentonville in each of the last 24 months. | | (296024) | 493
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of manslaughter committed while on End of Custody Licence since 29 June 2007. | | (296025) | 494
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which courts each offender convicted of committing murder while on End of Custody Licence was sentenced in the last three years. | | (296026) | 495
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to instigate risk assessments and home circumstance reports prior to release on End of Custody Licence of any offender whose offence involved domestic violence. | | (296027) | 496
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff have been suspended following allegations of the possession of (a) illegal drugs and (b) illicit mobile telephones or SIM cards in the last three years. | | (296028) | 497
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) draft and (b) final prison service instructions or orders concerning transgendered prisoners have been published since 1997. | | (296029) | 498
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent consideration he has given to the adequacy of prison accommodation provided for transgendered prisoners. | | (296030) | 499
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison visits there have been in each of the last five years; and what the average number of visits per prisoner was in each such year. | | (296031) | 500
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 102W, on departmental ministerial policy advisers, whether his special advisers signed waivers under the European Working Time Directive. | | (296032) | 501
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison workshops have (a) opened, (b) closed and (c) changed function in each of the last seven years. | | (296033) | 502
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) originally estimated cost and (b) actual cost was of the research recently commissioned by the Judicial Appointment Commission from the British Market Research Bureau on barriers to application to the judiciary. | | (296098) | 503
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff working for the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity have been seconded from (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments. | | (296099) | 504
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are working for the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity. | | (296100) | 505
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of applications to the Judicial Appointments Commission were from (a) male, (b) female and (c) black and minority ethnic candidates in each of the last three years. | | (296101) | 506
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used to appoint members of the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity. | | (296102) | 507
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated annual cost is of running the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity. | | (296103) | 508
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges have retired in each of the last three years. | | (296111) | 509
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage mark is needed to pass the written tests which are part of the application process for new judicial posts; and what the pass rate was for people who sat tests in each of the last three years. | | (296112) | 510
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are used (a) for him to be informed about and (b) to monitor the work of the Judicial Appointments Commission. | | (296113) | 511
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times he has met the Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission in each of the last three years. | | (296114) | 512
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions each London prison has declared a lock-out in the last 12 months. | | (296151) | 513
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners received treatment for alcohol addiction in the last five years. | | (296155) | 514
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much alcohol was detected in prisons in the last five years. | | (296156) | 515
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's staff are recorded as having been diagnosed with swine influenza. | | (296176) | 516
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases resolved in the UK courts under the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 in respect of which leave to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights might otherwise have been sought; and if he will make a statement. | | (296042) | 517
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many temporary transfers of prisoners between prisons in England and Wales have taken place in each year since 1997; and for what reason each transfer was authorised. | | (295323) | 518
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of levels of overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (295324) | 519
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of disorder in prisons in England and Wales. | | (295325) | 520
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison places his Department plans to provide in each year between 2008 and 2015; and what the total prison capacity will be in each such year. | | (295383) | 521
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated annual capital cost of his Department's plan for additional prison capacity is for each year to 2014-15. | | (295385) | 522
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects work to start on each of the five 1,500 capacity prisons his Department has proposed as an alternative to Titan prisons; and what the annual capital cost of constructing them will be in each year to 2014-15. | | (295386) | 523
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to immediate custody in each year since 1997; and how many received sentences of (a) less than three months, (b) between three and six months, (c) between six and 12 months and (d) one year or more. | | (295806) | 524
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) breach rate of community sentences and (b) imprisonment rate of those who breached community sentences was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295815) | 525
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were serving sentences of (a) fewer than three months, (b) between three and six months and (c) between six and 12 months in 2009. | | (295816) | 526
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of keeping a person in prison was (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295817) | 527
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what he expects the additional running costs of the capacity added by his Department's prison capacity building programme to be in each year to 2014-15. | | (295818) | 528
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) of each sex and (b) in each age band were sentenced to immediate custody for non-violent and non-sexual offences in each year since 1997. | | (295819) | 529
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) of either sex and (b) in each age band were in custody for non-violent and non-sexual offences in each year since 1997. | | (295820) | 530
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies were born to mothers in prison in each month of (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. | | (295825) | 531
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children born in custody were subsequently taken away from their mothers while in custody in each of the last 10 years. | | (295826) | 532
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the female prison population are mothers. | | (295827) | 533
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many 18 to 24 year olds released from prison received support under (a) section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 and (b) section 47 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 immediately on their release in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009. | | (295834) | 534
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty of (a) possession of and (b) drug dealing offences involving (i) cannabis, (ii) ecstasy, (iii) cocaine, (iv) crack cocaine and (v) heroin in each year since 1997; and how many received (A) a custodial sentence, (B) a community sentence, (C) a treatment order, (D) a fine and (E) another punishment. | | (295898) | 535
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences under (a) section 328, (b) section 330 and (c) section 331 of the Gambling Act 2005 since its entry into force. | | (295318) | 536
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each member of the armed forces killed in action overseas in respect of whom the inquest has not started, when (a) the body was repatriated and (b) the inquest is expected to begin. | | (295336) | 537
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letter of 15 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard Mr D Smith. | | (296118) | 538
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) minimum and (b) maximum sentence applies for someone convicted of an offence involving stealing car keys from a house then stealing a vehicle parked outside. | | (295743) | 539
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to The Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295721) | 540
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Henry VIII powers have been enacted in primary legislation in the present Session of Parliament. | | (295599) | 541
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency Programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296005) | 542
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many years the data gathered on electoral registers is retained; whether such data is retained centrally; and if he will make a statement. | | (295677) | 543
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of young adults released from young offender institutions went to (a) housing provided by family members, (b) housing provided by local authorities, (c) housing provided by charities, (d) an unknown address and (e) another destination in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295912) | 544
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young adults released from young offender institutions were provided with accommodation by his Department in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (295915) | 545
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young adults left (a) Reading Young Offender Institution and (b) all young offender institutions without (i) employment or (ii) accommodation in each of the last five years. | | (295916) | 546
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per day on average a young offender spent (a) in cells, (b) undergoing education and training and (c) in free association in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295934) | 547
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what educational assessments are carried out on each young offender entering each young offender institution, with particular reference to Reading Young Offender Institution. | | (295936) | 548
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours a week were spent by prisoners at Reading Young Offender Institution on (a) education and training, (b) exercise and (c) free association in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (295937) | 549
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what secure accommodation provision is in place for juvenile offenders from (a) Reading, (b) Berkshire and (c) the South East. | | (295939) | 550
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what further steps he is taking to involve the Prince's Trust in working with young offenders in custody. | | (296045) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 551
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to enable motoring offences committed in Northern Ireland by drivers of vehicles originating from the Republic of Ireland to be prosecuted; whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland has access to registered keeper details for vehicles registered in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (295579) | 552
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296083) | 553
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints the Independent Monitoring Board for Prisons in Northern Ireland has received in each year since its inception; how many such complaints were (a) upheld and (b) dismissed; and of those dismissed, for what reasons they were dismissed. | | (295794) | 554
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prison officers have been given the right of reply by the Independent Monitoring Board for Prisons (IMB) in Northern Ireland to a complaint made about them in each year since the IMB's inception. | | (295795) | 555
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the operational cost of the Independent Monitoring Board for Prisons in Northern Ireland has been in each year since its inception. | | (295796) | 556
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295720) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 557
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which companies are under contract to her Office to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296094) | Questions to the Prime Minister 558
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will send a substantive response to the letter dated 24 August 2009 sent to him by Dr Jim Swire requesting a full public inquiry into the Lockerbie bombing; and if he will make a statement. | | (296065) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 559
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296082) | Questions to the Solicitor General 560
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Solicitor General, which companies are under contract to the Law Officers' Departments to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296096) | 561
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions have been brought for the offence of incitement to religious hatred under Part 3A of the Public Order Act 1986 as amended by the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006; and how many convictions have resulted. | | (295749) | 562
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions have been brought for the offence of hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation under Part 3A of the Public Order Act 1986 as amended by Schedule 16 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008; and how many convictions have resulted. | | (295852) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 563
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many new diesel trains the Secretary of State intends to procure; and when the (a) first and (b) last of these orders are likely to be (i) placed and (ii) delivered. | | (295252) | 564
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many vehicles identified by (a) mobile and (b) static speed cameras as driving in excess of the speed limit were not pursued for prosecution purposes because the licence plates indicated that they were not UK-registered in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (295577) | 565
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his policy is in respect of the (a) identification by (i) mobile and (ii) static speed cameras and (b) prosecution of motorists driving vehicles in excess of the speed limit where the vehicles in question are non-UK registered. | | (295578) | 566
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date ownership of Waterloo International passed from (a) the British Rail (Residuary) body to his Department; and (b) his Department to Network Rail. | | (295900) | 567
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296081) | 568
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned research into the likely consequences of the introduction of a freight subsidy for the quantity of goods carried by rail. | | (295812) | 569
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when the Eurostar Carlisle Cleaning Group contract is to be renewed. | | (295905) | 570
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what payments have been made by Eurostar to Carlisle Group in the last five years; and what payments are expected to be made in the next three years. | | (295906) | 571
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the Highways Agency has plans for the construction of a new road linking Bournemouth Airport and the A338. | | (295684) | 572
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to publish the Government's response to the consultation on amending the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations, which closed on 9 October 2008. | | (295492) | 573
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Commission Directive 2009/113/EC on the eligibility criteria for a UK driving licence; and if he will make a statement. | | (296041) | 574
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what studies his Department has made of mobile telephone coverage in road and rail tunnels; and how many road and rail tunnels are equipped with GSM transceivers. | | (295611) | 575
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his Department's policy is on payment of the London Living Wage. | | (295248) | 576
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will make a statement. | | (295719) | 577
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the most recent traffic flow data are for each section of the A14. | | (296039) | 578
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there have been on the A14 in Suffolk in each year since 1999; and how many of those involved drivers under the age of 21 years in each case. | | (296040) | 579
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many vehicles were registered for (a) personal and (b) business use in Norwich North constituency in (i) 1997, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2009. | | (296020) | 580
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will seek to exempt recreational drivers of horse transporters of greater than 7.5 tonnes gross weight from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (295316) | 581
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to improve the TransPennine peak time train service between Manchester and (a) Sheffield, (b) Stockport, (c) Stalybridge, (d) West Yorkshire, (e) Salford, (f) Bolton and (g) Warrington. | | (295581) | 582
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to improve the East Midlands peak time train service between Manchester and (a) Merseyside and (b) South Yorkshire. | | (295582) | 583
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296052) | 584
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to paragraph 4.150 of the UK Renewable Energy Strategy 2009, what assessment he has made of (a) increases in commodity prices and (b) effects on food security consequent upon using food crops for fuel. | | (295778) | 585
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many East Midland Trains rail services have been delayed due to (a) rail works and (b) system failures in each of the last five years. | | (296043) | 586
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what procedures are in place to encourage train operating companies to improve their environmental efficiency demands. | | (296044) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 587
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296090) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 588
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, which companies are under contract to the Government Equalities Office to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296092) | 589
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will consider the merits of securing accreditation of her Department's helplines operated by the Government Equalities Office to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if she will make a statement. | | (295716) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 590
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received on changing the charging arrangements for helplines operated by her Department and its agencies to allow mobile telephone users to contact such helplines without incurring additional costs; and if she will make a statement. | | (295467) | 591
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people affected by a marginal withdrawal of benefit rate of more than (a) 90 per cent., (b) 70 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. in each of the last 10 years. | | (296097) | 592
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over the age of (a) 60 and (b) 80 years have claimed a winter fuel payment in North East Fife constituency in each year since 2001-02; and what estimate she has made of the number of people in North East Fife constituency who will receive winter fuel payments in 2009-10. | | (296126) | 593
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance she is making available to (a) pensioners, (b) benefit recipients and (c) other vulnerable individuals living in North East Fife constituency in meeting the costs of their fuel needs; and what steps she is taking to ensure that people who are not in receipt of a state pension or other benefit administered by her Department are aware of the help available to them. | | (296127) | 594
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which companies are under contract to her Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296093) | 595
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners are domiciled overseas. | | (295493) | 596
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas-based pensioners received winter fuel allowance in 2008-09. | | (295494) | 597
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to restrict eligibility for pensioners' winter fuel allowance to those pensioners living in the UK and countries with similar or colder climates. | | (295495) | 598
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of jobseeker's allowance in the Forest of Dean constituency were aged between (a) 18 and 24, (b) 25 and 49 and (c) 50 and 64 on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many and what proportion of such claimants in each age group had been claiming the allowance for (i) under three months, (ii) between three and six months, (iii) between six and 12 months, (iv) between one and two years, (v) between two and five years and (vi) five years and over. | | (295516) | 599
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of employment and support allowance had completed their work capability assessment within (a) one and four weeks, (b) five and eight weeks and (c) nine and 13 weeks of the start of their claim on the latest date for which figures are available; what the average waiting time has been for a work capability assessment for claimants of employment and support allowance to be concluded; and what the average time taken between the undertaking of a work capability assessment and a decision maker's decision was. | | (295517) | 600
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of claimants of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disablement allowance who were also in receipt of (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit in each year for which information is available. | | (295570) | 601
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the clients who have participated in the (a) Project Search and (b) Getting a Life programmes have achieved sustained employment; what estimate she has made of the average cost to each programme of each such job outcome; and what plans her Department has for the future operation of each such programme. | | (295571) | 602
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who receive both disability living allowance and incapacity benefit have been in receipt of incapacity benefit for more than (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) 18 months, (d) two years and (e) five years. | | (295572) | 603
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 21 year olds in England and Wales received benefits in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (295831) | 604
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations she has received on the time taken to arrange medical examinations for benefit claimants; and if she will make a statement. | | (295573) | 605
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many medical examinations for benefit claimants have taken place outside the 13 week assessment phase in the last two years. | | (295574) | 606
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a medical examination for claimants of employment support allowance in the latest period for which information is available. | | (295575) | 607
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to reply to the letter of 15 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Burt. | | (296120) | 608
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what average length of time jobseeker's allowance claimants, resident in West Derbyshire, received the allowance in each of the last five years. | | (295874) | 609
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many widows and widowers (a) in total and (b) under 35 years old have received (i) the bereavement payment, (ii) widowed parents' allowance and (iii) bereavement allowance in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (295605) | 610
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will consider the merits of securing accreditation of her Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if she will make a statement. | | (295717) | 611
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what datasets show the number of children living in child poverty by (a) local authority area and (b) ward; how often each is produced; what time lag is involved for each; and if she will make a statement. | | (295490) | 612
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which local authority areas credit unions and similar organisations have received funding from the Growth Fund in all rounds of funding to date. | | (295491) | 613
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the Government's latest published tax/benefit tables in the number of people with withdrawal rates of between 60 per cent. and 70 per cent.; and if she will make a statement. | | (295497) | 614
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) aims and (b) performance to date of the Birmingham City Council Jobcentre Plus partnership. | | (295848) | 615
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that under 25 year olds in Norwich North constituency are provided with an employment or training opportunity within one year of becoming unemployed. | | (296157) | 616
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of incapacity benefit (IB) there were in Norwich North constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007; how many claimants of employment and support allowance (ESA) in the constituency there are now; and how much has been spent on (i) IB in each year between 1997 and 2008 and (ii) ESA since it was introduced. | | (296158) | 617
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many convictions for offences of fraud in relation to (a) the Financial Assistance Scheme and (b) the Pension Protection Fund there have been in (i) England and Wales, (ii) the East of England, (iii) Essex and (iv) Castle Point constituency in each year since the inception of each scheme. | | (295670) | 618
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which IT systems have been in development for use within her Department in the last three years; what the cost was of each such system; which such systems have been (a) implemented, (b) not implemented and (c) implemented and subsequently terminated. | | (295583) | 619
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to her Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings. | | (296058) | 620
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of benefits as a result of a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis; and what information her Department holds on the medical conditions of such benefit claimants. | | (295588) | 621
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the percentage of women retiring in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2014-15 who will be entitled to a full basic state pension; and if she will estimate for those who will not receive a full pension what their average percentage contribution record will have been in each such year; and if she will make a statement. | | (295458) | 622
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the saving to the public purse which would arise in each of the next six financial years if the lower age of eligibility for winter fuel payments were raised in line with increases in the state pension age for women. | | (295459) | 623
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are living in households with income below 60 per cent. of median income before housing costs, based on the family's income (a) including and (b) excluding income from disability living allowance; and how many such children are in households with one or more disabled adult. | | (295673) | 624
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the ease with which application forms for disability benefits can be completed by young people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement. | | (295676) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 625
| Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses were registered for value added tax (VAT) in Norwich North constituency in each year since 1997; and how many such businesses (a) were first registered and (b) ceased to be registered for VAT in each of those years. | | [Transferred] (296015) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 626
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted under Section 57(4)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year since 2001; and what the sentence was in each case. | | [Transferred] (296152) | 627
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for inciting terrorism overseas in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (296153) | 628
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted under counter-terrorism legislation of fundraising in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (296154) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 629
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers convicted of driving in each police authority when under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the East of England in each year since 1999 had previous convictions for the same offence. | | [Transferred] (295947) | 630
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of shoplifting led to (a) a caution and (b) a conviction resulting in (i) probation and (ii) a custodial sentence in each parliamentary constituency in the East of England in each year since 1999. | | [Transferred] (295948) | 631
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for driving cars while uninsured in each police authority area in the East of England in each year since 1999. | | [Transferred] (296036) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 632
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bids for funding from the Future Jobs Fund have been received from organisations in the (a) culture, music and creative industries and (b) sports and media industries; and how much such organisations have received funding from the fund. | | [Transferred] (295518) |
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