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MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport *1
| Robert Key (Salisbury): Whether his Department's proposed funding for the visitor centre at Stonehenge includes provision for partnership joint funding of Stonehenge galleries at (a) Salisbury and (b) Devizes museum. | | (298009) | *2
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): What his policy is on the return from UK collections of items looted during the Nazi era; and if he will make a statement. | | (298010) | *3
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): When he plans to publish the report of the Davies Committee Review of Listed Sporting Events. | | (298011) | *4
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): What recent discussions he has had with the British Horseracing Authority on the contribution of horseracing to the economy. | | (298012) | *5
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): What recent discussions he has had on product placement in UK-made television programmes. | | (298013) | *6
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): What steps he is taking to maintain levels of funding for the arts during the recession. | | (298014) | *7
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): What plans he has to reduce levels of illegal filesharing; and if he will make a statement. | | (298015) | *8
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): What recent discussions he has had with the Football Association on reforms to its (a) management structure and (b) role; and if he will make a statement. | | (298016) | *9
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): What recent representations he has received on the level of Government spending on listed buildings; and if he will make a statement. | | (298017) | *10
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): What steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendation of Professor Byron's review on Safer children in a digital world. | | (298018) | *11
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next expects to meet representatives of the National Lottery distributors to discuss lottery grants to community halls. | | (298019) | *12
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What his policy is on the promotion of competitive sport in schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (298020) | *13
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What steps he is taking to encourage young people to participate in sport; and if he will make a statement. | | (298021) | *14
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): What recent representations he has received on the future of the BBC Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (298022) | *15
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): How many overseas tourists visited England in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (298023) | *16
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What estimate he has made of the number of public houses which have closed in the last 12 months. | | (298024) | *17
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): Whether the Government provides support to football clubs to improve or develop their stadia. | | (298025) | *18
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What estimate he has made of the number of inbound tourists in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (298026) | *19
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): What recent assessment he has made of the level of provision of regional television news programmes. | | (298027) | *20
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): When he plans to publish his Department's report on the modernisation of library services. | | (298028) | At 3.08 pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (298029) | *2
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): | | (298030) | *3
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): | | (298031) | *4
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): | | (298032) | *5
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): | | (298033) | *6
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): | | (298034) | *7
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): | | (298035) | *8
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): | | (298036) | *9
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): | | (298037) | *10
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): | | (298038) | At 3.20 pm Oral Questions to the Minister for the Olympics *1
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): What recent discussions she has had on the size of the Olympic budget; and if she will make a statement. | | (298001) | *2
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): What recent progress has been made on the London 2012 Olympics construction programme. | | (298002) | *3
| Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): What assessment she has made of the legacy for the North West of the London 2012 Olympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (298003) | *4
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What recent developments there have been in landscaping the site of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (298004) | *5
| Nia Griffith (Llanelli): What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on the development of educational materials based on the London 2012 Olympics. | | (298005) | *6
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): What recent assessment she has made of the legacy to Scotland of the London 2012 Olympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (298006) | *7
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When she next expects to meet the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games to discuss the budget for the London 2012 Olympics. | | (298007) | *8
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): Whether she has commissioned any research on the effect of increased visitor numbers for the London 2012 Olympics on demand for the sex industry; and if she will make a statement. | | (298008) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 27 October 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 116W, on departmental internet, what Twitter accounts are maintained by his Department; and what estimate he has made of the cost of maintaining and updating each such account in 2009-10. | | (296856) | 2
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 650W, on ministerial responsibility, how many hours per week and what proportion of his working time the Minister for Digital Britain spent discharging his ministerial duties as Minister for Digital Britain. | | (296857) |
Notices given on Monday 2 November 1
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent research his Department has undertaken into assistance given to universities in exploiting intellectual property. | | (297859) | 2
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to research into fusion energy in each of the last five years; and how much funding he plans to allocate for such purposes in each of the next five years. | | (298000) | 3
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date he first discussed with Professor David Nutt his concerns about Professor Nutt's public statements on the Government's policy on drugs. | | (297879) | 4
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on whether the (a) Chairman and (b) members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs may comment in public on the Government's policy on drugs. | | (297880) | 5
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) job description and (b) remit is of (i) the Chairman and (ii) the members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. | | (297881) | 6
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the actions of the Chairman and members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs are governed by a code of conduct. | | (297906) | 7
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the fee income of the Court Funds Office was in 2008-09. | | (297988) | 8
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) fee income and (b) full cost was of Lands Tribunal services relating to (i) rating appeals, (ii) land compensation references, (iii) restrictive covenants, (iv) appeals from leasehold valuation tribunals, (v) appeals from residential property tribunals, (vi) appeals against determinations of the value of land by HM Revenue and Customs, (vii) rights of light cases, (viii) references by consent, (ix) blight notices and objections and (x) compulsory purchases of property whose owner is unknown, absent or untraceable. | | (297989) | 9
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what fees and charges were covered by the reference to fees and charges levied by the Court Funds Office on page 96 of his Department's Resource Accounts 2008-09. | | (297990) | 10
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the fee income of the Court Funds Office in 2008-09 related to (a) court of protection cases, (b) payments into court and (c) unclaimed balances. | | (297991) |
Notices given on Tuesday 3 November 1
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support the Government has offered to the construction industry during the current economic downturn; and if he will make a statement. | | (298404) | 2
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the construction industry to the economy; and if he will make a statement. | | (298405) | 3
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to support the construction industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (298406) | 4
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria were set for the awarding of a bonus to the Chief Executive of Royal Mail in 2008. | | (298312) | 5
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average bonus paid to Royal Mail staff at the lowest grade was in 2008. | | (298313) | 6
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of the recovery of the manufacturing sector in Coventry. | | (298305) | 7
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of (a) the greatest, (b) the lowest and (c) the average number of hours spent by an undergraduate in contact with teaching staff at institutions of tertiary education in each year since 1997. | | (298417) | 8
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many hours of contact time with education staff his Department uses to define full-time study in institutions of tertiary education. | | (298418) | 9
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria institutions of tertiary education use to define student-faculty contact time. | | (298419) | 10
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which organisations his Department and its predecessors have had exclusivity agreements relating to information technology (a) hardware and (b) software in each of the last five years. | | (298365) | 11
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) contribution to the economy of the UK lime manufacturing industry and (b) the economic viability of that industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (298372) | 12
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on employer-supported childcare has been in each year since the scheme's inception. | | (298469) | 13
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated cost to the public purse would be of extending council tax single person discount to households where one or more member is serving with the armed forces overseas. | | (298242) | 14
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated cost to the public purse would be of extending council tax single person discount to households where one or more member is in prison. | | (298243) | 15
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children were eligible for a Child Trust Fund Account in each year since the policy was introduced. | | (298411) | 16
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of indebtedness of (a) RBS, (b) Lloyds Banking Group and (c) Northern Rock is. | | (298247) | 17
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2009, Official Report, columns 783-84W, on taxation: corporate hospitality, when his Department plans to publish their guidance on businesses claiming tax back on corporate entertainment in lapdancing clubs referred to by the Minister for Women and Equality in media interviews in September 2009; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent the use of receipts which do not disclose the nature of the entertainment provided in order to reclaim VAT paid on corporate entertainment in lapdancing clubs. | | (298241) | 18
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of providing 10 hours of free childcare to 250,000 two year olds; and in which year he expects such provision to commence. | | (298467) | 19
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools in each region had more than (a) 1,000 and (b) 2,000 pupils in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (298314) | 20
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools in each region had more than (a) 400, (b) 500, (c) 600 and (d) 700 pupils in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (298315) | 21
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether a school may receive funding from (a) his Department and (b) local authorities without (i) a registration number and (ii) having been inspected. | | (298316) | 22
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average time taken for a school to receive an official registration number from his Department was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (298317) | 23
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will bring forward proposals for a national programme for schools counselling in England. | | (298371) | 24
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account was taken of the effect of council tax on the families of (a) military personnel serving overseas and (b) prisoners on remand when setting the conditions for the single person discount. | | (298244) | 25
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households received council tax single person discount where the single adult's spouse was (a) engaged in military services overseas and (b) in prison in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (298245) | 26
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide guidance to those housing associations whose rent reviews are linked to the retail price index on the determination of rents. | | (298238) | 27
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, column 479W, on community relations, how much his Department plans to allocate in total to prevent-related (a) national projects, (b) local authority projects and (c) community leadership fund projects in (I) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (298513) | 28
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his announcement of the £12 million Connecting Communities Programme on 14 October 2009, how much money has been allocated to each of the 27 areas announced so far; which local groups will receive funding in each area, and for which projects; and how the effectiveness of funding in each case will be assessed. | | (298514) | 29
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his announcement of the £12 million Connecting Communities Programme on 14 October 2009, how much of the £12 million represents additional funding; what proportion of this funding will be spent in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (298515) | 30
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) takeaway food outlets (predominantly off premises), (b) restaurants and (c) cafes there were on the (i) 2005 and (ii) draft 2010 rating list; what the total rateable value was of the properties in each category at each revaluation; what methodology the Valuation Office Agency used to rate the properties in each category at the (A) 2005 and (B) 2010 revaluation; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that methodology. | | (298308) | 31
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) lifeboat stations and (b) coastguard stations there were on the (i) 2005 and (ii) draft 2010 rating list; what the total rateable value was of stations in each such category at each revaluation; what methodology the Valuation Office Agency used to rate those stations at the (A) 2005 and (B) 2010 revaluation; if he will place in the Library a copy of that methodology; and what the (1) address and (2) individual rateable value on the (x) 2005 and (y) draft 2010 rating list was of each station. | | (298309) | 32
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) wine bars, (b) vineyards/wineries, (c) public houses/pub restaurants (national scheme) and (d) breweries (national scheme) there were on the (i) 2005 and (ii) draft 2010 rating list; what the total rateable value was of properties on each category on each list; what methodology the Valuation Office Agency used to rate each property in each category; if he will place in the Library a copy of that methodology; and what the (A) address and (B) rateable value on the (1) 2005 and (2) draft 2010 rating list was of each (x) vineyard/winery and (y) brewery (national scheme). | | (298310) | 33
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) pet grooming parlours, (b) kennels and catteries and (c) animal boarding establishments there were on the (i) 2005 and (ii) draft 2010 rating list; what the total rateable value was of the properties in each category at each revaluation; what methodology the Valuation Office Agency used to rate properties in each category at the (A) 2005 and (B) 2010 revaluation; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that methodology. | | (298311) | 34
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2009, Official Report, columns 768-70W, on homelessness, which local authorities have not (a) conducted a street count and (b) provided an estimate of rough sleepers in their area in 2009. | | (298240) | 35
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints relating to (a) shared home ownership, (b) anti-social behaviour, (c) repairs, (d) social housing allocations, (e) occupancy rights and (f) estate services were received by the Housing Ombudsman in each of the last three years. | | (298318) | 36
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of victims of domestic violence who are in refuge accommodation. | | (298319) | 37
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with which organisations his Department has had exclusivity agreements relating to information technology (a) hardware and (b) software in each of the last five years. | | (298364) | 38
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many domestic flights within Great Britain officials from the Department made in 2008-09; and at what cost. | | (298237) | 39
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on employing an independent consultant to review and report on the Correspondence Management Unit in his Department in September 2009. | | (298159) | 40
N | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what official visits he has made to the European Capital of Culture in 2009; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (298239) | 41
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a retired former regular member of the armed forces who is now a member of the regular reserve force in entitled to additions on existing pension on completion of additional service. | | (298468) | 42
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, column 479W, on community relations, if he will provide a breakdown of the £8.5 million his Department spent on prevent-related projects in 2008-09. | | (298517) | 43
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2009, what the average monthly rent for properties in the Greater London area rented under the substitute single living accommodation scheme is. | | (298516) | 44
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential of biochar to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement. | | (298407) | 45
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has taken steps to help park home residents reduce their emissions and heating bills. | | (298362) | 46
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to promote the production of sustainable bio-fuels in the UK. | | (298368) | 47
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the potential contribution of bio-diesel produced from used cooking oil to the production of renewable electricity and heat. | | (298370) | 48
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential use of biochar as a means of promoting agricultural production; and if he will make a statement. | | (298408) | 49
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the improvements to (a) lakes, (b) estuaries and (c) coastal waters required by the draft Regional Management Plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (298153) | 50
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which countries his Department has liaised about the Know Before You Go campaign. | | (298413) | 51
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money his Department has spent on the Know Before You Go campaign in each of the years since its inception in 2001. | | (298414) | 52
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2009, Official Report, column 334W, on the Locate System, if he will place in the Library a copy of the audit undertaken in March 2009 of the Locate System. | | (298415) | 53
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 253W, on the British Council: manpower, how many temporary staff are employed by the British Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (298416) | 54
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he has set for statutory registration of professional herbalists; and if he will make a statement. | | (298157) | 55
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has given to NHS trusts on maintaining sufficient capacity to deal with swine influenza cases; whether any such advice is mandatory or advisory; and if he will make a statement. | | (298248) | 56
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) patient safety and (b) waiting times of proposals to differentiate standards of proficiency for counselling and psychotherapy; and if he will make a statement. | | (298363) | 57
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with coeliac disease; what screening takes place to identify those with the disease; how much the NHS spent on (a) identifying and (b) treating those with coeliac disease in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (298150) | 58
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 29 September 2009, reference: P 1185 I27 (CTS reference B27551/9). | | (298154) | 59
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much used cooking oil was produced by the Catering Department in each year since 2001; and what percentage was recycled in each year. | | (298369) | 60
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many first-class flights were taken by Ministers of his Department in 2008-09; which Minister took each such flight; what the (a) origin and (b) destination was of each such flight; and what the total cost to the public purse such was in each case. | | (298366) | 61
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people with previous convictions for murder received after their release a further conviction for either manslaughter or murder. | | (298155) | 62
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, whether a member of the Government is required to be a UK resident for tax purposes. | | (298156) | 63
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the number of drivers who regularly use a mobile telephone while driving. | | (298367) | 64
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will list the representations he has received from hon. and right hon. Members of each party in favour of (a) a third runway at Heathrow Airport, (b) a second runway at Gatwick Airport, (c) further expansion of Stansted Airport and (d) a new airport in the Thames Estuary. | | (298409) | 65
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse if the Crossrail project were to be abandoned in June 2010. | | (298410) | 66
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of trains which were cancelled in each of the last five years by each train operating company; and how many of these cancellations occurred on (a) peak, (b) weekday off-peak and (c) weekend services. | | (298420) | 67
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Richmond Park of 21 October 2006, Official Report, column 1447, what consideration is being given to the diversion to platforms 20 to 24 of trains currently terminating at London Bridge, with a view to freeing up more capacity for trains from the Sussex Coast at that station. | | (298510) | 68
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the administrative cost to the Government of running the national concessionary bus fares scheme has been in each year since its introduction. | | (298158) | 69
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reason a temporary 50 mph speed limit has been introduced on the A1 at Wyboston at times when no road works are taking place and no lanes are coned off; on what date the temporary speed limit was introduced; what the reason is for the duration of the restriction; why this has been the position for several weeks; and if he will make a statement. | | (298246) | 70
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many fixed cameras are in use on the M42 motorway; for what purposes such cameras are used; and for what reason this number of cameras is deemed necessary. | | (298249) | 71
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the state of the A1079 in East Yorkshire; and what plans he has to upgrade it. | | (298250) | 72
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many driving licences were suspended following the accumulation of penalty points in each of the last five calendar years. | | (298251) | 73
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what decisions his Department has made on what technology to use to facilitate the forthcoming hard shoulder running projects. | | (298511) | 74
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with UK companies about tendering to supply technology for the forthcoming hard shoulder running projects. | | (298512) | 75
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to secure employment for those in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Coventry. | | (298306) | 76
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those resident in Coventry are economically inactive; and if she will make a statement. | | (298307) | 77
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidance has been issued to staff at Jobcentre Plus on assisting people diagnosed with autism into work; and if she will make a statement. | | (298151) | 78
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help people diagnosed with autism into employment; and if she will make a statement. | | (298152) | 79
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of Local Housing Allowance in each local authority area. | | (298412) |
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