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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 29 October 2009

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
 


 

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 29 October 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 29 October 2009


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 29 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 29 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 29 October see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have traded in their cars under the car scrappage scheme in the West Midlands since the introduction of the scheme.
(296196)
2
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many car dealerships have accepted cars under the car scrappage scheme in the West Midlands since the introduction of the scheme.
(296197)
3
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans there are for the future of the of the car scrappage scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(296198)
4
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the additional revenue accruing to the motor industry as a result of the car scrappage scheme since the introduction of the scheme.
(296199)
5
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) commercial and (b) light industrial building space has been (i) constructed or (ii) recovered through regeneration of existing building by each regional development agency since 1997; and what proportion of such space was occupied in the latest period for which figures are available.
(296943)
6
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had on the development of a UK Space Agency in the last two years.
(296535)
7
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many science departments in institutions of higher education have closed in each of the last 10 years.
(296536)
8
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government spent directly or through indirect support for projects relating to space exploration in the latest year for which figures are available; and how much it intends to spend in the next 12 months.
(296537)
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 students studying for higher education qualifications concerning (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) biology and (d) media studies.
(296539)
10
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans had been granted under the small business loan guarantee scheme to businesses in (a) Chorley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West on the latest date for which figures are available.
(296719)
11
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): 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) Chorley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West at the latest date for which figures are available.
(296720)
12
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students from Lancashire County Council local education authority area who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants for the (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 academic year received them in time for the start of that year.
(296745)
13
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to broadband services in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire.
(296750)
14
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to consult on street trading by pedlars with a view to the reform of the Pedlars Acts 1871 and 1881.
(296716)
15
N
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been deducted in student loan repayments from the salaries of individuals in each income group resident in (a) the Truro and St Austell constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each of the last five years.
(295635)
16
N
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people of each age group resident in (a) the Truro and St Austell constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England had not repaid their student loans on the lastest date for which figures are available.
(295636)
17
N
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the average time it will take for an individual to repay in full a student loan taken out (a) before and (b) after 2006.
(295637)
18
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many 19 to 24 year-olds in adult further education are studying (a) full-time and (b) part-time.
(296872)
19
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many 19 to 24 year-olds are studying (a) full-time and (b) part-time on first Level 2, first Level 3, subsequent Level 2 and subsequent Level 3 qualifications.
(296873)
20
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of adult further education students in Learning and Skills Council-funded provision are 19 to 24 year-olds.
(296874)
21
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adult further education students are studying (a) full-time and (b) part-time.
(296875)
22
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the adult further education budget managed by the Learning and Skills Council in 2009-10 is planned to be allocated to (a) adult Level 2 and adult first Level 2 courses, (b) adult first Level 2 and adult first Level 3 courses, (c) adult Level 2 and adult first Level 2 courses for 19 to 24 year olds and (d) adult Level 3 and adult first Level 3 courses for 19 to 24 year olds.
(296876)
23
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the Train to Gain budget managed by the Learning and Skills Council in 2009-10 is planned to be allocated to (a) adult Level 2 and adult first Level 2 courses, (b) adult first Level 2 and adult first Level 3 courses, (c) adult Level 2 and adult first Level 2 courses for 19 to 24 year olds and (d) adult Level 3 and adult first Level 3 courses for 19 to 24 year olds.
(296877)
24
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the adult apprenticeship budget managed by the Learning and Skills Council in 2009-10 is planned to be allocated to (a) adult Level 2 and adult first Level 2 courses, (b) adult first Level 2 and adult first Level 3 courses, (c) adult Level 2 and adult first Level 2 courses for 19 to 24 year-olds and (d) adult Level 3 and adult first Level 3 courses for 19 to 24 year olds.
(296878)
25
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department is providing to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in 2009-10; and what proportion this constitutes of the total budget of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service.
(296880)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
26
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contacts her Department has had with Hakluyt and Co Ltd since 1 January 2009.
(296746)
27
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff worked in 10 Downing Street other than in the Prime Minister's office in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.
(296817)
28
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many freedom of information requests under consideration by the Information Commissioner concern information held by her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(296761)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
29
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies were participating in the childcare voucher scheme at the latest date for which figures are available.
(296891)
30
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether extraordinary factors have been taken into account in determining the taxation status of the Thalidomide Trust in the last 30 years; and if he will make a statement.
(293899)
31
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's per capita spending was in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06, (iii) 2006-07, (iv) 2007-08 and (v) 2008-09.
(293900)
32
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency takes account of reputational issues connected with a dwelling when valuing it for council tax valuation and revaluation purposes.
(296749)
33
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs tax manual advice EIM60007, ministers of religion: exemption of income: overview; what Freedom of Information Act 2000 exemptions apply to the text that has been withheld from publication.
(296802)
34
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden, of 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 1514W, on Valuation Office: training, if he will place in the Library an electronic copy of the e-Learning Programmes in Module 5 on council tax.
(296804)
35
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rateable value of HM Treasury building was (a) in 2009-10, based on the 2005 Rating List and (b) on the draft 2010 rating List.
(296991)
36
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials of his Department had with local government officials on the proposed sale of Government assets.
(296992)
37
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay of 13 October 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 24WA, on stamp duty, what estimate has been made of the (a) number of house transactions and (b) average level of house prices for (i) first-time buyers and (ii) all buyers in each year from 2010-11 to 2013-14.
(296996)
38
N
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal measures his Department has implemented to encourage the construction of new homes in each year since 2001.
(296608)
39
N
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish guidance for businesses in respect of their tax liability for corporate entertainment in lap dancing clubs.
(296383)
40
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated financial value of tax to be collected on the use of recovered fuel oil from the lime manufacturing industry is in the UK over the next three years.
(296955)
41
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax has been collected on the use of recovered fuel oil from (a) the lime industry, (b) the electrical industry and (c) the steel industry since the implementation of the tax in November 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(296956)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
42
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proposals his Department has to encourage Nottingham City Council to take up the Every Child A Reader scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(296762)
43
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Christchurch's letter of 16 September 2009 on the Mediabox project, The Dreamwalkers.
(296420)
44
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which 15 local authorities will be contacted by Ofsted to discuss the potential inspection regime for home education.
(296963)
45
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants have been made by his Department to independent faith schools in each of the last five years; which schools received such grants; what the denomination was of each such school; and against what criteria determinations of such grants were made.
(296533)
46
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the monetary value is of sponsorship funds provided by his Department for united learning trusts, broken down by (a) year of funding and (b) academy school in receipt of the funds in the last three years.
(296534)
47
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library copies of each contract or agreement made between his Department and united learning trusts.
(296538)
48
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on refurbishment of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Chorley and (ii) Lancashire in each year since 1997.
(296751)
49
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to special needs provision in (a) Lancashire and (b) each county in the North West in each year since 1997.
(296752)
50
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants were working for Lancashire Education Authority (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
(296835)
51
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to extend the provision of free school meals to families on working tax credit; and if he will make a statement.
(296859)
52
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average per student funding was in comprehensive secondary schools of (a) fewer than 100, (b) 100 to 199, (c) 200 to 299, (d) 300 to 399, (e) 400 to 499, (f) 500 to 599, (g) 600 to 700 and (h) over 700 students in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
(296947)
53
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects his Department to spend on the Graduate Leader Fund in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
(296948)
54
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects all two to five year-olds to have access to the pre-school entitlement of 15 hours per week; and if he will make a statement.
(296949)
55
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost to his Department of the School Improvement and Targets Unit was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(296950)
56
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per inmate on education for inmates of young offender institutions in 2008-09.
(296970)
57
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 204W, on children's centres: Hertfordshire, how many proposed centres planned to open by that date were not operational on that date.
(296808)
58
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it a requirement for organisations in charge of academies to publish annual financial accounts, including details of salaries; and if he will make a statement.
(296986)
59
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, columns 1930-1W, on the Academies Enterprise Trust, what funding was provided by each academy to the Academies Enterprise Trust in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
(296987)
60
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department is providing to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in 2009-10; and what proportion this constitutes of the total budget of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service.
(296879)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
61
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from the Local Government Association in respect of funding decisions affecting the Decent Homes Improvement Programme in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(296887)
62
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses were received to his Department's public consultation on proposals to revise Building Regulations (a) Part F on ventilation and (b) Part L on conservation of fuel and power; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such response.
(296888)
63
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) energy usage and (b) expenditure of the installation of environmentally-friendly LED street lights.
(297000)
64
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the initial estimate of the cost of the regional FiReControl project was; and what his most recent estimate is of the final cost of the project.
(296413)
65
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average time was taken by Chorley Borough Council to pay invoices to their private business suppliers in each of the last 12 months.
(296384)
66
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish all correspondence between the Government Office North West and Chorley Borough Council on section 106 monies for Chorley in the last 12 months.
(296385)
67
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meetings the Regional Director of the Government Office North West has had with the (a) Chief Executive and (b) other officers of Chorley Borough Council in the last 12 months.
(296386)
68
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Regional Director of the Government North West Office has claimed in travel and accommodation expenses in each year since her appointment.
(296387)
69
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from (a) Lancashire County Council and (b) Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service on the FiReControl Project.
(296753)
70
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 585W, on fire services: pensions, when he expects the Government Actuary's report on firefighters' pension schemes to be published.
(296954)
71
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency takes into account a nearby Traveller encampment as a potential material consideration when valuing a dwelling for council tax purposes.
(296990)
72
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) East Herts district are recorded with each individual (i) dwellinghouse code and (ii) value significant code, including each code for (A) type, (B) number of rooms, (C) number of bedrooms, (D) number of bathrooms, (E) number of floors, (F) floor level, (G) parking, (H) garaging, (I) conservatory type, (J) age, (K) outbuilding and (L) modernisation, according to electronic records held by the Valuation Office Agency.
(296815)
73
N
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many agency staff were employed by (a) the Homes and Communities Agency, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, (d) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (e) his Department in each of the last 12 months.
(296606)
74
N
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the mini-review of each regional spatial strategy was completed; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of each such review.
(296607)
75
N
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of each of the projects undertaken on the basis of a successful bid in the shared equity competition his Department announced in Budget 2007.
(296609)
76
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants moved from each local authority area under the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme in each of the last three years.
(296865)
77
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by the housingmoves.org website in each of the last 12 months.
(296866)
78
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided for the housingmoves.org website in each of the last three years; what other sources of funding the service has; and how much has been allocated by his Department to the website for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
(296867)
79
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants moved to alternative accommodation through the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme in each of the last three years.
(296868)
80
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants moved to each local authority area under the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme in each of the last three years.
(296927)
81
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) bungalows and (b) flats are managed by landlords taking part in the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme.
(296928)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
82
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage school students to participate in competitive sport.
(296819)
83
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for which public bodies the sports division of his Department is responsible; which individuals his Department has appointed to each such body; and what the duration of appointment of each is.
(296541)
84
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in the forthcoming round of Football Foundation funding allocation; and if he will make a statement.
(296542)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
85
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships have docked at Spanish ports in each of the last three years.
(296957)
86
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy ships and (b) foreign military ships have docked in Gibraltar in each of the last three years.
(296958)
87
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Air Force planes and (b) military planes from each country other than the UK have landed in Gibraltar in each of the last three years.
(296959)
88
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which countries (a) beef, (b) pork, (c) chicken, (d) lamb and (e) bacon has been procured for consumption by military personnel in each of the last three years.
(296960)
89
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British citizens and residents captured in Afghanistan and subsequently charged with a crime remain in custody.
(296731)
90
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the letters sent to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak from (a) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Veterans) dated (i) 7 October 2009, reference D/Min(Veterans)KJ MC04309/2009, (ii) 15 August 2009, reference D/Min(Veterans)KJ MC03750/2009 and (iii) 28 July 2009, reference D/Min(Veterans)KJ MC03332/2009 and (b) the Secretary of State, dated 26 February 2009, reference D/Min(AF)BA MC00669/2009 were printed on only one side of paper; if he will make it his Department's policy to use two-sided printing for its correspondence; and whether he has made an estimate of the potential savings in respect of paper use consequent on the implementation of such a policy.
(296862)
91
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which official of his Department is responsible for monitoring the compliance with human rights standards of members of Colombian military forces which have received training or other assistance from the UK.
(296717)
92
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of servicemen eligible for a medal to mark their service in the armed forces since 1945; and what estimate has been made of the cost of issuing such a medal.
[R] (296799)
93
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Queen's Golden Jubilee medals have been awarded; and at what cost to the public purse.
[R] (296800)
94
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service veterans' medals for those who have served a minimum of (a) one, (b) four and (c) five years have been issued in each of the last 10 years; and at what cost.
[R] (296801)
95
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are plans to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with a medal or clasp for the armed forces.
[R] (296983)
96
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average occupancy rate of the Defence Estates' housing stock was in each year since the formation of Defence Estates; and if he will make a statement.
(296984)
97
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the detailed analysis of the net profit and loss accrued from the management of Service Families' Accommodation by Defence Estates in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(296985)
98
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect recent steps taken by Pakistan against al-Qaeda have had on the number of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan; and whether he has made a recent assessment of the extent to which co-operation with the Pakistani armed forces could enable UK forces to withdraw from Afghanistan.
(296981)
99
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army in each region who have served in Afghanistan have been awarded the Military Cross in each of the last seven years.
(296498)
100
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets the Royal Navy has seized from suspected pirates around the coast of Somalia since January 2009.
(296894)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
101
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from (a) Landis and Gyr Group, (b) African Minerals (UK) Ltd, (c) Eastern Petroleum Corporation Ltd, (d) Gulf Keystone Petroleum (UK) Ltd, (e) Torftech Ltd and (f) VAL Energy since 1 April 2008.
(296798)
102
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what applications have been received from (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland for support from the Low Carbon Communities Challenge Fund; when he expects decisions to be taken on the distribution of resources from the fund; and what evaluation mechanisms are in place to ensure optimisation of sustainability in successful bids.
(296999)
103
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what products are being trialled for inclusion in the Warm Front scheme for the heating and insulation of park home properties; where such trials are taking place; and what criteria are being used to assess their suitability for inclusion in the scheme.
(296858)
104
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department provides (a) grants and (b) other financial incentives to encourage (i) the use of environmentally-friendly materials in housebuilding and (ii) the use of energy-conserving domestic appliances.
(296803)
105
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has received any recent representations on proposals for a zero-carbon economy.
(296969)
106
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking regarding sustainable alternatives for energy production in preparation for the forthcoming Copenhagen climate change conference.
(296979)
107
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the use of biomass boilers installed to meet Renewable Energy Strategy targets on (a) air quality, (b) levels of particulate emissions and (c) levels of (i) morbidity and (ii) mortality.
(296732)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
108
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of cleaning up used cooking oil which has been inappropriately disposed of.
(296797)
109
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.
(296870)
110
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received on proposals to exempt search and rescue dogs from quarantine when they enter the UK from search and rescue missions in parts of the world which mammals are required to be quarantined.
(296377)
111
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department next plans to review the list on non-EU countries and territories from which mammals may enter the UK under the PETS Scheme without going into quarantine.
(296378)
112
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1157W, on dogs: quarantine, how he defined formal representation in that Answer; whether he has received any representations on the search and rescue dog Darcy since the date of that Answer; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that search and rescue dogs do not have to enter quarantine on return from missions abroad.
(296944)
113
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, columns 956-7W, on Israel: imports, for what reason no reference was made to the planned public consultation on the labelling of produce from the occupied Palestinian territories in the letter dated 13 October 2009 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak, ref: MC126368/MA.
(297001)
114
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, columns 956-7W, on Israel: imports, when he expects the draft voluntary guidance on origin labelling of produce from the occupied Palestinian territories to be placed on his Department's website.
(297002)
115
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to eradicate Japanese knotweed; what consideration has been given to the introduction of psyllid species as part of such measures; and if he will make a statement.
(296722)
116
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure his Department has incurred on British Waterways in the last 10 years; and what revenue has been generated by British Waterways from projects and programmes supported by such expenditure in that period.
(296864)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
117
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts his Department has had with Hakluyt and Co Ltd since 1 January 2009.
(296748)
118
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) (i) monitor and (ii) witness the trial of the Tibetan film-maker Dhondup Wangchen who has been in detention in Tibet since March 2008 and (b) establish his medical condition.
(296883)
119
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek urgent clarification from the Chinese authorities on the whereabouts of Tibetans, Tenzin Phuntsok, Kangtsuk and Penkyi from Sakya county who each received a death sentence with a two year reprieve in April 2009.
(296884)
120
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to seek to ensure progress in proceedings relating to Radovan Karadzic in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
(296809)
121
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of democratic government in Guinea.
(296810)
122
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the restoration of democratic government in Honduras.
(296811)
123
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure that military equipment manufactured in the UK and exported to Guinea is used in compliance with the terms of the arms export licences issued by his Department.
(296812)
124
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to monitor the human rights situation in Honduras.
(296813)
125
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to monitor the human rights situation in Guinea.
(296814)
126
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1516-7W, on the United Nations Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, by what means the fundamental principle on confidentiality of information will be implemented; and what criteria will be used to determine whether certain categories of nuclear material are subject to the provisions of the physical protection regime in the amendment to the Convention published as Cm 7685 in July 2009.
(296889)
127
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what activities the troika of the UK, US and Norway have undertaken in the Sudan over recent months.
(296952)
128
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US emissary to Sudan on the co-ordination of the Government's and US efforts to resolve the conflict in Darfur.
(296953)
129
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provides to potential British investors in Tanzania; whether such investors are informed of the Silverdale Farm case; and if he will make a statement.
(296730)
130
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil partnerships have been celebrated in British consulates.
(296863)
131
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which official in his Department is responsible for monitoring the compliance with human rights standards of those Colombian security forces which have received training or other assistance from the UK.
(296718)
132
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the conditions under which Aung San Suu Kyi is being held; what recent discussions he has had with the government of Burma on the matter; and if he will make a statement.
(296494)
133
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the export of arms to Libya; and if he will make a statement.
(295956)
134
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet his Russian counterpart to discuss UK-Russian relations and global issues.
(296497)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
135
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care advisers are available for muscular dystrophy patients within the area covered by the South East and Coastal Regional Health Authority.
(296723)
136
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist neuromuscular physiotherapists are available to patients within the area covered by the East Kent Hospitals Trust.
(296724)
137
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what hydrotherapy facilities are available to patients within the area covered by the East Kent Hospitals Trust.
(296725)
138
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision has been made for the (a) respiratory care and (b) cardiac screening of muscular dystrophy patients living within the area covered by the South East and Coastal Regional Health Authority; and how much funding for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) each of the previous five years was allocated to these services.
(296728)
139
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with what frequency a muscular dystrophy patient living within the area covered by the South East and Coastal Regional Health Authority should receive specialist physiotherapy.
(296729)
140
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) health visitors, (b) nursery nurses, (c) support workers and (d) midwives there were working in Hertfordshire in each year since 2006.
(296816)
141
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student nurses are working in Lancashire Primary Care Trust; and what the average number of student nurses working in a primary care trust was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(296754)
142
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of provision of healthcare services for those with Down's Syndrome; and what recent research his Department has evaluated on the incidence of Down's Syndrome.
(296806)
143
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were registered as working in each primary care trust serving Lancashire and their predecessors in (i) 1997 and (ii) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
(296834)
144
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 900W, on haemophilia, to which viruses haemophiliacs have been exposed through infected blood products in the last 10 years; how many cases of each (a) viral infection and (b) combination of viral infections have been reported to his Department; and what estimate he has made of the number of such cases unreported in the last 10 years.
(296895)
145
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 900W, on haemophilia, what assessment his Department has made of the pathogenic effect of multiple virus exposure on haemophiliacs; and if he will make a statement.
(296896)
146
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use were recorded in England in each of the last five years.
(296892)
147
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed days were recorded for patients aged under 16 years old on adult psychiatric wards in each quarter of the last three years.
(296893)
148
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure the revision of the Care Quality Commission's website to make it more user-friendly.
(296988)
149
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage the National Clinical Audit and Patients' Outcomes Programme to conduct an audit of dignity for patients in hospital and other care settings.
(296993)
150
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether officials of his Department have had discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the incidence of malnutrition in (a) NHS hospitals and (b) care homes; and if he will make a statement.
(296994)
151
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per inmate on healthcare for inmates of young offender institutions in 2008-09.
(296971)
152
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1338W, on dental services, what information his Department holds on the criteria used by dental practices to determine appropriate clinical intervals.
(296807)
153
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) funding for (i) fees and (ii) expenses and (b) other assistance his Department has provided to each Royal College or Society for development of e-learning for health services; and if he will make a statement.
(296755)
154
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department plans to provide to each Royal College or Society in each of the next three financial years for development of e-learning for health services.
(296756)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
155
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contacts his Department has had with Hakluyt and Co Ltd since 1 January 2009.
(296747)
156
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals of Tibetan origin have been (a) granted and (b) refused (i) asylum and (ii) indefinite leave to remain in each year since 1997.
(296882)
157
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 9, on Prevent, what his most recent assessment is of the operation of the Prevent strand of his Department's counter-terrorism strategy in the Waltham Forest area; and if he will make a statement.
(296828)
158
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU) is based; who its director is; how many staff the NPOIU (a) employs and (b) seconds from other organisations; what its budget for 2009-10 is; to whom it is accountable; and what databases on prospective threats to public order the NPOIU (i) compiles and (ii) manages.
(296886)
159
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the clearance process for applications for entry to the UK in cases where the entry clearance officers are not based in the countries from which the application has been submitted; and if he will make a statement.
(295957)
160
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for British citizenship have successfully completed (a) the Life in the UK test and (b) an English for speakers of other languages course in each year since these schemes were introduced.
(296757)
161
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for UK citizenship were found to have submitted fraudulent certificates of (a) a pass in the Life in the UK test and (b) attendance at an English for speakers of other languages course in each year since these schemes were introduced.
(296758)
162
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many colleges which provided (a) the Life in the UK test and (b) the English for speakers of other languages course have been removed from the Government's list of approved educational establishments.
(296759)
163
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an annual limit on the number of UK passports which can be issued by Gibraltar's government.
(296945)
164
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK passports have been issued by the Gibraltar government in each of the last three years.
(296946)
165
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with representatives of (i) airlines, (ii) ferry companies, (iii) international rail operators, (iv) leisure craft representatives and (v) other transport operators on the e-borders scheme in 2009.
(296763)
166
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community resolutions have been issued in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England since the inception of the scheme.
(296818)
167
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been convicted of an offence under section (a) 56 and (b) 59 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
(296544)
168
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been convicted of an offence under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(296545)
169
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) Cheshire police and (b) executive agencies of his Department are taking to (i) ensure that the supply chain completing the Pierse contracting construction project is paid and (ii) alleviate the financial problems of small and medium-sized businesses involved in that project.
(296989)
170
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any hon. Members have details about them recorded on the National Public Order Intelligence Unit database.
(296765)
171
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what eligibility criteria are used to assess applications for grants from the Small Retailers Grant Fund; and if he will make a statement.
(296076)
Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
172
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how long each member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery has been a member of it.
(296951)
173
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the public purse was of the production of the House of Commons Commission's Report on Employment of Members' staff by the House, HC 1059 of session 2008-09.
(296837)
174
N
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commision will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish on the parliamentary website a copy of the Review of the Management of Parliamentary Copyright dated July 2009.
(296496)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
175
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what search and rescue missions to non-EU countries were undertaken by the Urban Rescue Team with UK registered search and rescue dogs in each of the last five years.
(296379)
176
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his assessment is of the effectiveness of the operations of the UK search and rescue teams in Pedang, Indonesia following the earthquake there; and if he will make a statement.
(296380)
177
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much humanitarian aid was provided by the Government to Tanzania in each of the last five years for which figures are available; on what projects such aid was spent in each of those years; what process is used to monitor expenditure on such projects; and what evaluation has been made of the outcomes of that expenditure.
(296726)
178
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment his Department has made of standards of governance in Tanzania.
(296727)
179
N
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has provided to emergency relief initiatives to support those affected by the famine in Chin state, Burma, in 2009; and whether he plans to increase that level of assistance in 2010.
(296374)
180
N
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will provide assistance to cross-border humanitarian aid initiatives across the India-Burma border, for the purpose of supplying aid to remote parts of Chin state which cannot be reached through in-country initiatives.
(296375)
181
N
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has provided in cross-border humanitarian assistance to eastern Burma in 2009; and whether he plans to increase that level of assistance in 2010.
(296376)
182
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria are used to determine the level of direct humanitarian aid distributed to individual states; and to what extent Rwanda meets those criteria.
(296890)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
183
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced to a jail term of six months served (a) six months, (b) three months or less and (c) six weeks or less of that sentence in the last 12 months.
(296382)
184
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released on (a) temporary release licence, (b) home detention curfew, (c) early release and (d) juvenile temporary release in each of the last three years.
(296766)
185
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on home detention curfew committed suicide between 1999 and 2009.
(296767)
186
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people released on an early release scheme committed suicide in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
(296768)
187
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison on (a) resettlement day release, (b) resettlement overnight release, (c) placements with community service volunteers, (d) placements with the Prince's Trust, (e) childcare resettlement leave, (f) special purpose licence, (g) compassionate and (h) marriage of the offender in 2008.
(296769)
188
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on home detention curfew reoffended between 1999 and 2009.
(296770)
189
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people released under an early release scheme reoffended in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
(296771)
190
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1475-6W, on electoral systems: armed forces, how many of the 9,670 service personnel not eligible to vote in general elections are (a) under 18 years and (b) citizens of each country other than the UK, Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland.
(296825)
191
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many 10 to 12 year-olds were convicted of each category of criminal offence in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
(296961)
192
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many disposals of each type were given to 10 to 12 year-olds convicted of (a) a violent criminal offence and (b) a non-violent criminal offence in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
(296962)
193
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons convicted of terrorist offences have been released into post-custody supervision in the community since 2001.
(296546)
194
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his estimate is of the monetary value of the (a) fixed and (b) working capital contained in (i) prisons and (ii) young offender institutions (A) in total and (B) per person in custody in each case; and what methodology is used to calculate the values of land and buildings for these purposes.
(296972)
195
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issue a direction to the Coroner for North West Kent to reply to the letters of 29 June and 26 August 2009 from the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling sent on behalf of his constituent Mr Simon Higgins.
(295474)
196
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of placing remanded children in secure training centres was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what proportion of that cost was met by the Youth Justice Board.
(296964)
197
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been placed in each secure training centre by local authorities whilst on remand in each month in the last two years.
(296965)
198
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which local authorities have placed children in secure training centres on remand in each month in the last two years.
(296966)
199
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Youth Justice Board pays per person for a place in (a) a secure training centre, (b) a young offenders institution and (c) a local authority secure children's home.
(296967)
200
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the statutory authority is for placing children in secure training centres; and if he will make a statement.
(296968)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
201
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by what date he expects devolution of powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly to have been completed.
(296836)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
202
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the number of nations that will compete in the London 2012 (a) Olympic and (b) Paralympic Games.
(296820)
203
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, for which public bodies the Government Olympic Executive is responsible; which individuals the Executive has appointed to each such body; and what the duration of appointment of each is.
(296530)
204
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the land acquisition and disturbance compensation costs incurred by the London Development Agency on the Olympic Park.
(296543)
Questions to the Prime Minister
205
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress has been made in implementing proposals to increase green work placements, in association with the Eden Project and the Mayday Network; what public funds have been allocated to the proposals; and what his estimate is of the number of green work placements that will be created by this programme.
(296998)
206
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he met in a formal capacity the (a) First Minister of Scotland, (b) First Minister of Wales, (c) First Minister of Northern Ireland and (d) Leader of the West Midlands Regional Assembly in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06, (iii) 2006-07, (iv) 2007-08 and (v) 2008-09; and how many times he has so met the Minister for the West Midlands since his appointment.
(293897)
Questions to the Solicitor General
207
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for offences of cruelty to animals were brought by (a) the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) the Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the last five years.
(296531)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport
208
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) passenger cars and (b) light vans (i) were de-registered and (ii) had their registration certification annulled in the latest year for which information is available; and how many certificates of destruction were issued for end-of-life vehicles in the latest year for which information is available.
(296414)
209
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his estimate is of the number of second-hand (a) passenger cars and (b) light vans that were sold for export in each of the last five years.
(296415)
210
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of installing a modern payment system which does not require vehicles to stop to pay with cash on the Dartford Crossing; and if he will make a statement.
(296416)
211
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the guidance issued in July 2009 to local transport authorities on the production of local transport plans, by what percentage or other amount local transport authorities are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as a result of their local transport plans; and what proportion of those reductions is expected to be attributable to (a) policies implemented under local transport plans and (b) other factors.
(296417)
212
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the carbon footprint of an air passenger when travelling from London to New York in (a) first, (b) business and (c) economy class.
(296605)
213
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of volume of mail which has been transported by (a) road, (b) rail, (c) air and (d) sea in each year since 2002.
(296742)
214
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the maximum number of passengers is that can be accommodated at Euston station at any point consistent with safety requirements; and on how many occasions since 1 January 2009 this number has been (a) reached and (b) exceeded.
(296743)
215
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the platforms at Euston station to receive the longer Pendolino trains planned for 2013; and if he will make a statement.
(296744)
216
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratios of all road schemes in the targeted programme of improvements (a) were at programme entry and (b) are at present, taking into account (i) revisions to the Approach to Transport Appraisal guidance and (ii) recent changes to the monetary cost of carbon emissions.
(296881)
217
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 101W, on cycling: helmets, how much his Department has spent on informing those (a) under 16 and (b) 16 or more years old of the risks of cycling without helmets; and if he will make a statement.
(296897)
218
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Employments Rights Act 1996 to extend the definition of Working Time Regulations to include the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations.
(296871)
219
N
Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent guidance his Department has issued to fire and rescue services on the application of European Road Transport Working Time Regulation (EC) 561/2006 in respect of retained firefighters who drive vehicles and who also (a) work as commercial drivers and (b) work in other occupations.
(296495)
220
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he plans to take to reduce the length of crossing times for the Dartford Crossing; and when he expects such steps to take effect.
(296721)
221
Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether there are plans to improve the signalling on the West Coast Main Line to enable 135 mph running speeds.
(296829)
222
Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether there are plans for the improvement of the West Coast Main Line track north of Preston to increase running speeds.
(296830)
223
Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether there are any plans to extend to 11 carriages all of the 52 Pendolino trains.
(296885)
224
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the safety of heavy goods vehicles.
(296869)
225
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve the safety of cyclists.
(296978)
226
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage the purchase of environmentally-friendly motorcycles.
(296982)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality
227
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1175W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, what the pay gaps were on the latest date for which figures are available.
(296805)
228
N
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2009, Official Report, column 1289W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission: manpower, how much of the interim staff costs are attributable to consultancy fees in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10.
(296381)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
229
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average percentage of pensioners' energy bills likely to be met by the winter fuel payment in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) the Highlands in 2009-10.
(296832)
230
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs she expects to be created under the Future Jobs Fund in (a) Scotland, (b) the Highlands and (c) Inverness in the next 12 months; and what categories of job she expects to be created.
(296833)
231
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any financial penalty applies to claimants in respect of the New Deal for Lone Parents if the interviewer does not consider the interview was satisfactory.
(296764)
232
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) local authorities, (b) social enterprises and (c) other third sector providers have (i) applied and (ii) qualified for money from the Future Jobs Fund since the fund was established.
(296826)
233
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) young people and (b) people from other disadvantaged groups have received assistance from the Future Jobs Fund since the fund was established.
(296827)
234
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the working age population resident in Tamworth constituency received incapacity benefit in the latest period for which figures are available.
(296821)
235
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will extend the pilot policy to allow up to 16 hours work by lone parents in receipt of the national minimum wage to be disregarded in respect of eligibility for means-tested benefits nationwide; and if she will make a statement.
(296860)
236
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to extend access to the Social Fund to those on working tax credit; and if she will make a statement.
(296861)
237
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many organisations legally required to have an employers' liability insurance policy in force were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for (a) failure to display a notice at a place of work giving details of such a policy and (b) failure to have such a policy in force in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06, (iii) 2006-07, (iv) 2007-08 and (v) 2008-09.
(293898)
238
N
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers have (a) applied for and (b) secured funding from her Department to recruit people who have been unemployed for more than six months in (i) Basingstoke, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England.
(296418)
239
N
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the Future Jobs Fund has been allocated to bids in (a) Basingstoke, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in 2009-10.
(296419)
240
N
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to her Department has been of funding for employers to recruit people who have been unemployed for over six months since the inception of that funding scheme in (a) Basingstoke, (b) Hampshire and (c) England.
(296421)
241
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 13 October 2008, Official Report, column 880W, on disability living allowance, what the latest figures are for the number of persons claiming the mobility component of disability living allowance in respect of each type of disability; and how much was paid to claimants with each disability type at the (a) higher and (b) lower rate.
(296995)
242
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria regarding participation on the part of those with (a) mental health disorders, (b) alcohol-related problems and (c) drug addiction there are in contracts between her Department and private sector welfare-to-work providers.
(296824)
243
N
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition of average earnings her Department uses when setting the rates of benefits that are linked to earnings; and over which 12 month period the calculation is made.
(296532)
244
N
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1321W, on pensioners: social security benefits, if she will update her estimate based upon the rate of capital disregard to be introduced in November 2009.
(296540)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
245
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis was for the Prime Minister's statement at the Major Economics Forum on 19 October 2009, that the economic cost of failure to avoid the current effects of climate change could lead to an economic cost greater than the losses caused by two world wars and the Great Depression; and what estimate he has made of the global financial cost of (a) World War I, (b) the Great Depression and (c) World War II (i) as a percentage of gross domestic products and (ii) in real terms.
[Transferred] (296795)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
246
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there have been any recent changes to the Gurkha pension plan; and whether any changes are expected to take effect in the next five months.
[Transferred] (296831)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
247
N
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in how many Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty there are planning applications for (a) wind farms and (b) related electricity cables.
[Question Unstarred][Transferred] (296323)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
248
N
Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase access to rivers for canoeists.
[Question Unstarred] (296318)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
249
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints of discrimination on the grounds of alcohol-related problems were made to the Employment Tribunal Service in the period January to October 2009.
[Transferred] (296822)
250
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints of discrimination on the grounds of drug addiction were made to the Employment Tribunal Service in the period January to October 2009.
[Transferred] (296823)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport
251
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his assessment is of the potential contribution of users of high blend biodiesel towards the UK's energy target of a 34 per cent. reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020.
[Transferred] (296796)
252
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effects of (a) motorcycles and (b) cars on the environment in the period from 2006 to 2009.
[Transferred] (296980)

 
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