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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 27 October 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 27 October 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 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 Tuesday 27 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 27 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department has made available to (a) all unemployed persons and (b) unemployed persons under the age of 21 years in (i) Birmingham, Northfield constituency and (ii) Birmingham to learn new skills to retrain in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (296271) | 2
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Birmingham, Northfield constituency completed an apprenticeship in each year since 2004. | | (296272) | 3
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many school students from Birmingham, Northfield constituency entered higher education in each of the last 10 years. | | (296273) | 4
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Business Link has spent on entertainment for staff in each of the last four years. | | (295928) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) cars and (b) vans purchased under the vehicle scrappage scheme were (i) manufactured in the UK and (ii) imported. | | (296234) | 6
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296178) | 7
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what obligations companies registered in the UK have to list with Companies House their subsidiary companies; what sanctions exist for non-compliance with such obligations; and on how many occasions enforcement action has been taken in the last five years. | | (296182) | 8
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Universities and Colleges Admissions Service applicants are given correct information regarding the status of their applications. | | (295878) | 9
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants affected by errors in the online system employed by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service to allocate university places in 2009. | | (295880) | 10
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made since February 2009 in ensuring that payments to sub-contractors of tier one contractors on construction projects funded from the public purse are made within 10 days of receipt of invoice. | | (296254) | 11
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of internet users in each local authority area whose internet access is via (a) dial-up modem, (b) asymmetrical digital subscriber line and (c) cable in 2008-09. | | (293017) | 12
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the review headed by Professor Sir Deian Hopkin on the Student Loans Company to report to the Secretary of State; and whether the report of the review is to be published. | | (296235) | 13
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of applications for support from the Student Loans Company for 2009-10 have been processed. | | (296236) | 14
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for maintenance support had been made to the Student Loans Company before the start of the 2009-10 academic year; and how many such applicants have been granted (a) no more than and (b) more than the minimum level. | | (296237) | 15
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications (a) to the Student Loans Company for financial support and (b) to higher education institutions to follow courses there were for the academic year (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (296238) | 16
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in each region have received disabled students' allowance in each year since its introduction. | | (296239) | 17
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent on disabled students' allowance in each year since its introduction. | | (296240) | 18
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration the review of the Student Loans Company, headed by Professor Sir Deian Hopkin will give to the effect on disabled students of late payment of loans and grants. | | (296241) | 19
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) all disabled students and (b) disabled students entitled to disabled students' allowance of the timing of payment of student loans and grants for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (296242) | 20
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the KPMG report for the Learning and Skills Council on learner success rates in further education. | | (296243) | 21
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of the 10,000 additional student places available in 2010-11 have (a) already been assigned to existing initiatives and (b) been reserved for (i) strategically important and (ii) vulnerable subjects. | | (296244) | 22
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many qualifications at each level have been awarded through Train to Gain in each year since the programme's inception. | | (296255) | 23
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many qualifications have been awarded to individuals working for (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large companies through Train to Gain in each year since the programme's inception. | | (296256) | 24
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on meeting the universal broadband commitment contained within the Digital Britain report. | | (296221) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 25
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) diagnosed cases and (b) deaths from each type of cancer there were in (i) England, (ii) Twickenham constituency and (iii) Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust area in each of the last five years. | | (296222) | 26
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which companies are under contract to her Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296179) | 27
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the population of the UK is; how many UK citizens there were in (a) 1992, (b) 1997, (c) 2002 and (d) 2007; and how many citizens there were of (i) another EU member state, (ii) Australia, Canada or New Zealand, (iii) the USA and (iv) other countries who did not also hold UK citizenship were resident in the UK in each such year. | | (295951) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 28
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in Birmingham, Northfield constituency have received child trust fund payments since the scheme was introduced. | | (296270) | 29
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people whose addresses registered with HM Revenue and Customs contained a BT postcode and who were required to complete a self-assessment tax return did not submit the return by the statutory deadline of 31 January in each of the last three years. | | (295923) | 30
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of tax losses being carried forward by banks from financial years (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (296184) | 31
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on encouraging the provision of mortgages and lending by UK banks to existing borrowers who have not defaulted on their mortgages; and if he will make a statement. | | (296220) | 32
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether PAYE is included in the payroll taxes that can be deferred by small businesses facing cash flow difficulties. | | (295955) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 33
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in respect of which academy schools committed sponsorship has not been (a) wholly and (b) partially received in each of the last five years. | | (296188) | 34
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the per pupil funding for (a) primary and (b) secondary school children in Birmingham was in each of the last five years. | | (296204) | 35
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children received free childcare in (a) Birmingham, Northfield constituency and (b) Birmingham in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (296205) | 36
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start centres are (a) open and (b) planned to open in Birmingham. | | (296206) | 37
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school pupils in Birmingham achieved (a) five A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent and (b) five A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and mathematics in each year since 1998. | | (296278) | 38
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296180) | 39
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many ex-servicemen have entered the teaching profession as a result of his Department's Transition to Teaching programme. | | (296213) | 40
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many ex-servicemen have entered the teaching profession in each year for which figures are available. | | (296214) | 41
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many mainstream maintained (a) secondary and (b) primary schools have no male teachers. | | (296215) | 42
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many ex-servicemen have entered the teaching profession through his Department's Career Transition Partnership in each year since its inception. | | (296216) | 43
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils with special educational needs have been given (a) fixed-period and (b) permanent exclusions in each year since 1997. | | (296257) | 44
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils with special educational needs there were in each year since 1997. | | (296258) | 45
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible for free school meals, (b) who speak English as an additional language and (c) who have special educational needs were given (i) fixed-period and (ii) permanent exclusions from schools in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (296259) | 46
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils have been given (a) fixed period and (b) permanent exclusions from schools in each decile of deprivation in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (296260) | 47
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what average length of time a permanently excluded pupil missed school through fixed-period exclusion before the permanent exclusion took effect in each year for which figures are available. | | (296261) | 48
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions on average a permanently excluded pupil was given a fixed-period exclusion before permanent exclusion in each year for which figures are available. | | (296262) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1104-5W, on pupil exclusions: disadvantaged, what the rate of permanent exclusion from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools was in each income deprivation affecting children index decile of deprivation in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (296289) | 50
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department plans to spend on one-to-one tuition in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (296263) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1408-9W, on education: finance, how much of the allocation to Making Good Progress will be spent on the single level tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (296264) | 52
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools have been fitted with sprinkler systems in the last 12 months. | | (296195) | 53
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department may take to deal with families which refuse to enter into a Family Intervention Project contract agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | (295338) | 54
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Health the matter of the security of young people in local authority care homes. | | (295521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 55
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to assist those local communities which are most vulnerable to the effects of the recession; and if he will make a statement. | | (296276) | 56
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Birmingham, Northfield constituency have (a) applied for and (b) been granted assistance under the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (296277) | 57
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires. | | (296181) | 58
N | Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria are applied in cases where he personally intervenes to fix a date for an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. | | (295634) | 59
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1109W, on council housing: tenants, if he will estimate the number of families required to move home by a local authority following the expiry of the right to statutory succession to a local authority property. | | (295339) | 60
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Welsh Assembly Government has been consulted on the appointment of any Commissioners to the Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (296074) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 61
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has commissioned a review into the British Forces Post Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (296248) | 62
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Territorial Army units the Armed Forces Minister has visited since his appointment. | | (296191) | 63
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has made to mark the 150th anniversary of the Cadet Force in 2010. | | (296224) | 64
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on officer recruitment of changes to funding for the Officer Training Corps. | | (296267) | 65
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2009, Official Report, column 1219W, on armed forces: housing, how many units of substitute service accommodation there are in each region. | | (296194) | 66
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (295917) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 67
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials of his Department will attend the forthcoming Copenhagen climate change summit. | | (295799) | 68
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has made to seek the adoption by other countries of emissions reduction targets similar to those adopted by the UK. | | (295800) | 69
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation he undertook before authorising an advertising campaign aimed at those who are sceptical about the existence of climate change. | | (295877) | 70
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the emissions profile of the biofuel B30K. | | (296189) | 71
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on (a) the likely geographical sources of the cooking oil to be recycled and (b) the proportion of palm oil that will be used to recycle into the biofuel B30K. | | (296190) | 72
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what evidence his Department has on the boiler efficiencies of oil-fired systems using the biofuel B30K which underpin the carbon output rating attributed to it in table 12 of the draft SAP 2009. | | (296193) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 73
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. | | (296207) | 74
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received on low water pressure. | | (296073) | 75
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the effect of farming methods on climate change. | | (295194) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 76
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Moroccan counterpart on alleged human rights violations in Western Sahara. | | (295879) | 77
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 625W, on Colombia: foreign relations, on how many occassions the British Ambassador in Bogota has met the Colombian Foreign Minister to discuss (a) bilateral relations and (b) broader global issues in the last 12 months. | | (296010) | 78
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people the British Council employs in (a) the UK and (b) overseas. | | (296014) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 79
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people in (a) Birmingham, Northfield constituency and (b) Birmingham pay for social care services at home. | | (296274) | 80
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner surgeries in south Birmingham have offered extended opening hours in each quarter since April 2008. | | (296275) | 81
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust spent per head on treating each type of cancer in each of the last five years; and how much on average each primary care trust spent on such treatment in each such year. | | (296223) | 82
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a hospital appointment in each primary care trust in Tamworth constituency was in each year since 1995. | | (296253) | 83
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to support the immediate priorities identified in the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England in each category of funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (296217) | 84
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department expects to allocate budgets in support of the Independent Review of NHS Dental Services in England for 2010-11. | | (296218) | 85
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) staff of his Department and (b) specialist commissioned consultants worked in support of the Dental Access Programme in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (296219) | 86
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the NHS issues to clinicians treating men with hypergonadism. | | (296246) | 87
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence plans to produce guidance on the treatment of hypergonadism. | | (296247) | 88
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2009, Official Report, column 352W, on pharmacy, what assessment he has made of (a) the effectiveness of the use of essential small pharmacy local pharmaceutical services contracts in London and (b) the adequacy of support provided to pharmacies in London that fail to reach their prescription item threshold. | | (296249) | 89
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1614W, whether he plans to discuss a replacement of the prescription item threshold with a scale of remuneration for pharmacists with interested groups and representative bodies. | | (296250) | 90
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the NHS is making in reducing the number of babies who die following premature birth. | | (295195) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 91
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been made available for neighbourhood policing in (a) Birmingham, Northfield constituency and (b) Birmingham in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10. | | (296268) | 92
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the requirement for fresh submissions in asylum cases to be dealt with by personal interview in Liverpool will come into force; and whether financial assistance will be provided to asylum seekers for travel to Liverpool for this purpose. | | (296183) | 93
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in Coventry in (a) 2008 and (b) 1997; and what the most common reason was for their issue in each such year. | | (295340) | 94
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in Coventry were granted asylum in (a) 2008 and (b) 1997. | | (295341) | 95
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in the West Midlands were deported in 2008. | | (295342) | 96
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in Coventry were convicted of offences related to terrorism in Coventry in (a) 2008 and (b) 1997. | | (295343) | 97
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have taken place between the Chief Executive of the Forensic Science Service (FSS) and his Department on the future of the FSS since July 2009. | | (296011) | 98
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Forensice Science Service spent on (a) travel and (b) expenses for its Chief Executive in each of the last five years. | | (296012) | 99
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases each Forensic Science Service centre dealt with in each of the last five years. | | (296013) | 100
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to seek to achieve reductions in levels of (a) burglary, (b) vehicle crime and (c) violent crime since 2004. | | (296251) | 101
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons charges for telephone calls to his Department's visa application centre based in Russia are charged at different rates depending on whether the call is made in English or Russian. | | (296265) | 102
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the system for visa applications in operation in Moscow. | | (296266) | 103
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on its programme to reform support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people. | | (295254) | 104
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of its grant to local authorities to meet the costs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people over the age of 16. | | (295255) | 105
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of his Department have been convicted of an offence related to fraud in each of the last 10 years. | | (295706) | 106
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for offences of fraud in relation to passports there were in (a) the UK, (b) the East of England region, (c) Essex and (d) Castle Point constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (296072) | 107
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths of persons aged (a) below 16, (b) 16, 17 and 18, (c) 19 to 25 and (d) over 25 years of age were attributed to the use of illegal drugs in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (295922) | 108
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas to enter the UK were refused in each of the last five years. | | (296209) | 109
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were granted a visa to enter the UK in each of the last five years. | | (296210) | 110
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes at the border to handle migrants denied entry to the UK. | | (296211) | 111
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been granted asylum in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (296245) | 112
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of persons granted asylum in the UK in each of the last five years were of each nationality. | | (296290) | 113
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration cases had not been resolved on 31 March in each of the last five years. | | (296291) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 114
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the energy performance certificate for Portcullis House was last updated; what the most recent measurement of the energy peformance of Portcullis House was; and if he will make a statement. | | (296212) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 115
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent assessment is of the effects of the volume of available food supplies on the humanitarian situation in Kenya; and if he will make a statement. | | (295918) | 116
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress has been made on reaching a decision regarding the construction of an airport on St Helena; and if he will make a statement. | | (295919) | 117
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Burma; and if he will make a statement. | | (295921) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 118
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the prison population of full implementation of section 26 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. | | (293617) | 119
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the effect on (a) the number of sentences and (b) the average sentence length of full implementation of section 21 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. | | (293618) | 120
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2018W, on copyright: music, how many actions have been brought under section 107 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 for copying from one medium to another; what proportion of such actions resulted in a criminal conviction; and if he will make a statement. | | (296186) | 121
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2018W, on copyright: music, how many civil actions have been brought for offences related to copying music stored on a compact disc to a digital format for personal use in each of the last 20 years; what proportion of such actions resulted in a criminal conviction; and if he will make a statement. | | (296187) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 122
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse of the Saville Inquiry has been in each month since January 2005. | | (295924) | 123
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the police in Northern Ireland have to inform persons interested in applying for police careers that from 2011 all applicants are to be treated on their merits alone. | | (295925) | 124
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress is being made in reducing the availability of illegal drugs in each prison in Northern Ireland. | | (295926) | 125
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what changes have been made to the procedures being used by the Prison Service in Northern Ireland following the review into the escape of a prisoner from the Causeway Hospital on 15 April 2008. | | (295927) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 126
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on road transport workers of the implementation of regulations on working time. | | (296208) | 127
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average number of passengers on rail services in Staffordshire in each of the last two years. | | (296252) | 128
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will (a) extend the deadline of 17 November 2009 and (b) conduct a wider public consultation in respect of his consultation with the rail industry on penalty fares. | | (295952) | 129
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will place (a) in the Library and (b) on his Department's website copies of his Department's correspondence with (i) Passenger Focus and (ii) London Travel Watch relating to his Deparment's consultation with the rail industry on penalty fares. | | (295953) | 130
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will publish a public consultation document setting out his proposals for the updating of the Penalty Fares Rules 2002. | | (295954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 131
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households living in the private rented sector were claiming housing benefit in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London borough in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (296185) | 132
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people with autism are in employment in Birmingham. | | (296202) | 133
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of levels of access to employment for adults with autism; and if she will make a statement. | | (296203) | 134
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Birmingham, Northfield constituency received a winter fuel payment in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (296269) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 135
N | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in (a) the secure estate and (b) Reading Young Offender Institution sat (i) GCSE and (ii) A Level examinations in each year since 2004. | | [Transferred] (295950) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 136
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, columns 697-8W, on air pollution, if he will indicate the increased morbidity and mortality levels assumed behind each of the six monetised social health costs in 2020 listed in the table. | | [Transferred] (296192) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 137
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of the regulatory regime affecting off-road bikes. | | [Transferred] (295920) | Questions to the Solicitor General 138
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of (i) men and (ii) women for acts of domestic violence there were in (A) Twickenham constituency, (B) Richmond-upon-Thames and (C) London in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (296233) | 139
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Solicitor General, how many convictions for offences of fraud in relation to corporate tax there were in (a) the UK, (b) the East of England region, (c) Essex and (d) Castle Point constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (296071) |
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