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THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change *1
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): What steps he is taking to reach an international agreement on climate change, with particular reference to helping developing countries introduce carbon mitigation measures. | | (297747) | *2
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What assessment he has made of the level of risk of power cuts over the next 10 years resulting from shortages in electricity generating capacity. | | (297748) | *3
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): What assessment he has made of the level of risk of power cuts arising from insufficient electricity generating capacity over the next 10 years. | | (297749) | *4
| Clive Efford (Eltham): If he will set a date for ending the use of fluoride-based greenhouse gases in refrigeration units; and if he will make a statement. | | (297750) | *5
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What assessment he has made of the effect of the current economic situation on prospects for an international agreement on climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (297751) | *6
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): What recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on reaching an international agreement on climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (297752) | *7
| Nia Griffith (Llanelli): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of efforts to tackle climate change in international forums; and if he will make a statement. | | (297753) | *8
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): When he last discussed with the government of the Maldives the contribution of the UK towards reducing the risks to that country arising from climate change. | | (297754) | *9
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): What steps he plans to take to prevent energy companies overcharging their customers; and if he will make a statement. | | (297755) | *10
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): What recent progress towards agreement has been made in international negotiations on climate change. | | (297756) | *11
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): What recent representations he has received on wind farm planning applications in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and if he will make a statement. | | (297757) | *12
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had on the siting of new coal power stations in Scotland. | | (297758) | *13
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): What steps he is taking to promote public awareness of the Copenhagen climate change summit; and if he will make a statement. | | (297759) | *14
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): What steps he is taking to encourage generation of electricity from onshore wind sources; and if he will make a statement. | | (297760) | *15
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): What recent estimate he has made of levels of gas storage in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (297761) | *16
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): How much the Government spent on marine energy projects in each of the last three years. | | (297762) | *17
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): What recent discussions he has had with the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets on the simplification of energy tariffs. | | (297763) | *18
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): What the Government's latest estimate is of the costs of disposal of the UK's current nuclear waste. | | (297764) | *19
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): What recent representations he has received on the Government's Low Carbon Transition Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (297765) | *20
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): What recent estimate he has made of levels of gas storage in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (297766) | *21
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What progress has been made in reducing the UK's carbon dioxide emissions over the last five years. | | (297767) | *22
| Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What recent representations he has received on the contribution of onshore wind to the UK's electricity generation capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (297768) | *23
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): What recent representations he has received on the Government's policy on future use of nuclear power; and if he will make a statement. | | (297769) | *24
| Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): If he will discuss with the Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit the publication of near-surface temperature data used to calculate changes to average global temperature. | | (297770) | *25
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): What recent steps his Department has taken to secure an international agreement on climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (297771) | At 11.15 am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (297772) | *2
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): | | (297773) | *3
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): | | (297774) | *4
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): | | (297775) | *5
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): | | (297776) | *6
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): | | (297777) | *7
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): | | (297778) | *8
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): | | (297779) | *9
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): | | (297780) | *10
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): | | (297781) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 26 October 1
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the NHS is to withdraw from its reciprocal agreements with the health service of (a) Jersey, (b) Guernsey and (c) the Isle of Man; what assessment he has made of the consequences for the NHS of each termination; and if he will make a statement. | | (296390) |
Notices given on Thursday 29 October 1
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was paid out in maintenance and tuition fee loans by the Student Loan Company (a) in total and (b) to students resident in Coventry in the academic year 2008-09. | | (297675) | 2
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much money the Government estimates was made available to higher education students via bursaries in the academic year 2008-09. | | (297676) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the timetable is for the Government's review of student funding. | | (297677) |
Notices given on Friday 30 October 1
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received estimating the number of political prisoners held in Colombia. | | (297703) | 2
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of convictions secured in cases where trade unionists in Colombia have disappeared. | | (297704) | 3
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Colombia on the detention since September 2007 of trade unionist Andres Gil. | | (297705) | 4
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether members of his Department posted to Bogota have visited political prisoners in Colombia jails. | | (297732) | 5
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at which prisons there has been (a) a change of governor and (b) the introduction of an acting governor for one month or more in each of the last five years; when each such change occurred; and what the names were of the governors involved in each change. | | (297706) |
Notices given on Monday 2 November 1
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many insolvencies there were in each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (297848) | 2
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to discuss with the Higher Education Funding Council future plans for the number of student places at the University Centre, Peterborough under the auspices of Anglia Ruskin University; and if he will make a statement. | | (297837) | 3
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths attributed to (a) horse riding and (b) ecstasy were recorded in the last 10 years. | | (297922) | 4
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to include access to wireless broadband networks in the assessment of business rates; and if he will make a statement. | | (297878) | 5
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 10 August 2009 concerning his constituent, Mrs Alan Tritton of Great Leighs, Chelmsford. | | (297827) | 6
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies have referred the matter of a fine for failing to treat customers fairly to the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal since the implementation of the treating customers fairly initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | (297992) | 7
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines levied by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) against companies for failing to treat customers fairly have been (a) paid in full and (b) reduced under the FSA's executive settlement procedures since the implementation of the treating customers fairly initiative; which companies paid reduced amounts; and how much each such company paid. | | (297993) | 8
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many final notices have been issued by the Financial Services Authority against companies in relation to failures to treat customers fairly since the implementation of the treating customers fairly initiative; on what date each such notice was issued; and if he will make a statement. | | (297994) | 9
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, against which companies fines have been levied by the Financial Services Authority for failing to treat customers fairly since the implementation of the treating customers fairly initiative; what fine was levied in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (297995) | 10
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customer redress programmes mandated as a consequence of a Financial Services Authority (FSA) assessment that a company has failed to treat customers fairly are ongoing; which companies are undertaking such programmes; what proportion of customers assessed by the FSA as eligible for redress under each programme have (a) made applications for and (b) received redress; how much was (i) claimed and (ii) awarded in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (297996) | 11
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants his Department has made to independent faith schools in the last 12 months. | | (297849) | 12
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has provided to each local authority in England and Wales for children with special educational needs who are educated at home in each of the last five years. | | (297850) | 13
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what average (a) pay and (b) pay-related costs of employing a detached youth social worker were in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (297841) | 14
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average cost of training a detached youth social worker in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (297842) | 15
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost of recruiting a detached youth social worker was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (297843) | 16
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average (a) starting salary and (b) salary of a detached youth social worker was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (297844) | 17
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what initiatives his Department and its predecessors have promoted in support of Resolution 47, on International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), adopted by the 55th session of the UN General Assembly in 2001. | | (297851) | 18
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he plans to take to implement in schools the provisions of Resolution 47, on International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), adopted by the 55th session of the UN General Assembly in 2001, with particular reference to the promotion of education to foster a culture of peace and non-violence. | | (297852) | 19
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list by number of pupils all Muslim girls boarding schools in England. | | (297871) | 20
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list by number of pupils all (a) boys and (b) mixed sex Muslim boarding schools in England. | | (297872) | 21
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if it is his policy to encourage the establishment of Muslim (a) day and (b) boarding schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (297873) | 22
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools do not have playing fields of an area over 0.4 hectares on their premises. | | (297909) | 23
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on the payment of backdated business rates in ports; and if he will make a statement. | | (297908) | 24
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses received assistance from the South West Regional Development Agency in each local authority area in each of the last five years; and how many employees each such business had at that time. | | (297846) | 25
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in each location in the South West have received assistance from the South West Regional Development Agency's small business loan fund; and how much on average was received. | | (297858) | 26
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the criteria are for participation in the Fire and Rescue Service high potential development programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (297839) | 27
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has commissioned any recent research on the relationship between the number of faith schools in any given area and social cohesion. | | (297870) | 28
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to update Planning Policy Guidance 17, with particular reference to provisions for playing fields. | | (297911) | 29
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has received representations on the likely effect on numbers of playing fields of the implementation of the Government's policy on asset sales; and if he will make a statement. | | (297912) | 30
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2009, Official Report, columns 460-62W, on departmental staffing, what each project was on which expenditure was incurred as set out in Table B; and how much was spent on each such project. | | (297829) | 31
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on recruiting each member of the (a) Homes and Communities Agency Board and (b) National Housing and Planning Advice Unit Board. | | (297830) | 32
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what projects the Homes and Communities Agency Academy has employed external consultants. | | (297831) | 33
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by his Department on consultancy services relating to the establishment of (a) the Homes and Communities Agency and (b) the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme; and which organisations provided services for each project. | | (297832) | 34
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for a national film centre. | | (297869) | 35
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many playing field have been (a) created and (b) lost in each local authority in each year since 1997; in how many cases Sport England was consulted; and what the outcome of that consultation was in each case. | | (297910) | 36
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates Ministers from his Department met representatives of the government of (a) Brazil, (b) Argentina, (c) Venezuela, (d) Ecuador, (e) Chile, (f) Cuba, (g) Bolivia, (h) Paraguay and (i) Colombia to discuss defence relations in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | (297920) | 37
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sites his Department is considering for the submarine dismantling and radioactive waste storage elements of the Submarine Dismantling Project. | | (297838) | 38
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on technology transfers to developing nations to enable them to harness renewable energy and combat climate change. | | (297914) | 39
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure effective technology transfer to enable (a) Bangladesh, (b) Ethiopia, (c) India, (d) Kenya and (e) Nepal to harness renewable energy and combat climate change. | | (297915) | 40
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he plans to have before the United Nations Climate Change Conference with his international counterparts on technology transfers to developing nations to enable them to harness renewable energy and combat climate change. | | (297916) | 41
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government has spent on the transfer of technolgy to harness renewable energy in developing countries in the latest year for which figures are available; and how much it plans to spend in the next 12 months. | | (297917) | 42
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Bangladesh, (b) Ethiopia, (c) India, (d) Kenya and (e) Nepal on technology transfer to enable those countries to harness renewable energy and combat climate change. | | (297918) | 43
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the level of carbon emissions per head is for each Government Office region in each of the last five years. | | (297847) | 44
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford's Answer of 23 October 2009, Official Report, column 988, what proportion of the 40 per cent. of electricity which is expected to come from renewables by 2020 will be provided by each form of generating technology. | | (297877) | 45
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates Ministers from his Department met representatives of the government of (a) Brazil, (b) Argentina, (c) Venezuela, (d) Ecuador, (e) Chile, (f) Cuba, (g) Bolivia and (h) Paraguay in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | (297919) | 46
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer (a) Question 294787 on Colombia: land mines and (b) Question 295023 on travel advice to British nationals, tabled on 22 October 2009. | | (297867) | 47
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 257W, on passports: embassies, how many emergency passports were issued through consular services in each (a) region of the world and (b) country in each of the last five financial years. | | (297868) | 48
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified speech therapists there are per head of population in each primary care trust. | | (297998) | 49
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many speech therapists completed their training in the UK in each of the last five years; and what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of (a) job vacancies in this profession and (b) trained speech therapists. | | (297999) | 50
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he has used in deciding which areas should receive swine influenza vaccines first. | | (297828) | 51
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department allocated for biomedical research on the causes and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis in 2008-09. | | (297853) | 52
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has any plans to make myalgic encephalomyelitis a notifiable illness in schools. | | (297854) | 53
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with officials from myalgic encephalomyelitis charities and campaign groups on proposals to make myalgic encephalomyelitis a notifiable illness in schools. | | (297855) | 54
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects general practitioner surgeries in the southwest of the New Forest to receive supplies of the influenza vaccine. | | (297856) | 55
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent harm to human health arising from the use of skin-whitening products, with particular reference to products containing the ingredients (a) mercury, (b) kojic acid, (c) steroids and (d) hydroquinone. | | (297874) | 56
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the effects on human health of skin-whitening products. | | (297875) | 57
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions resulted from the use of skin-whitening products in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (297876) | 58
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the theft of heavy plant and equipment; and if he will make a statement. | | (297913) | 59
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criminal offences made law since 1997 have never been subject to (a) a criminal prosecution and (b) a criminal conviction. | | (297845) | 60
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 647W, on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the schedule for the establishment of a Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy; when she expects the Committee to first meet; and if she will make a statement. | | (297921) | 61
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects the concrete surface of the A50 Doveridge bypass to (a) reach end-of-life and (b) be resurfaced; and what estimate has been made of the cost of resurfacing. | | (297987) | 62
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which fixed speed camera led to the largest number of speeding tickets being issued in the latest year for which information is available; and how much was paid in fines as a result of those tickets. | | (297833) | 63
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average cost is of (a) installing and (b) operating for a year an average speed camera. | | (297834) | 64
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, in what urban areas trials of the use of average speed cameras are planned to start in the next six months. | | (297835) | 65
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many average speed cameras are in operation on (a) Highways Agency roads and motorways and (b) other roads. | | (297836) | 66
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of levels of road safety in (a) County Durham, (b) North Yorkshire, (c) Swindon and (d) Barnet in comparison with similar areas. | | (297840) | 67
N | John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her latest estimate is of the number of lone parents in Glasgow North East constituency receiving income support with a dependant youngest child aged (a) 10 years old or over and (b) seven years old or over. | | (297923) | 68
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to (a) Question 295491, on funding from the Growth Fund, and (b) Question 295848, on the Birmingham City Council Jobcentre Plus Partnership, tabled on 21 October 2009 for answer on 26 October. | | (297857) |
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