Oral Answers

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Justice1
Compulsory Transfer Agreements11
Court Cases6
Departmental Staff Internet Usage13
Drug Misuse (Prisons)1
Electoral System9
Land Registry (Croydon)8
Prison Population14
Southview Probation Hostel7
Topical Questions15
Voting Age12
Voting (Service Personnel)5

Written Ministerial Statements

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1WS
Food 20301WS
Health1WS
Generic Substitution in Primary Care1WS
Justice2WS
Boundary Commission for Wales2WS
Dangerous Driving2WS
Mortgages (Power of Sale and Residential Property)3WS
Transport4WS
Electric Personal Vehicles and Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles4WS

Petitions

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Presented Petition1P
Badman Report (North East Cambridgeshire)1P
Foreign and Commonwealth Office1P
Sri Lanka1P

Written Answers

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Business, Innovation and Skills242W
Apprentices242W
Apprentices: Leeds242W
Bankruptcy244W
Business: Capital Investment243W
Business: West Midlands244W
Departmental Billing245W
Departmental Contracts246W
Departmental Publications246W
Departmental Reviews247W
EU Globalisation Fund247W
Learning and Skills Council for England: Public Relations248W
Local Government249W
Office of Fair Trading: Internet249W
Royal Mail: Disciplinary Proceedings249W
Trade Agreements: Colombia250W
UK Trade and Investment: Training250W
Unemployment: Kent250W
Wales252W
Yorkshire Forward and One North East: Public Appointments252W
Cabinet Office93W
10 Downing Street: Lost Property93W
Breast Cancer95W
Central Office of Information: Conferences101W
Central Office of Information: Public Relations101W
Charities: Asylum102W
Charity Commission: Political Activities102W
Death: Cancer102W
Departmental Art Works103W
Departmental Conferences103W
Departmental Marketing103W
Departmental Pay104W
Departmental Plants104W
Departmental Sick Leave104W
Departmental Written Questions104W
Flood Control105W
Floods105W
Floods: Cumbria105W
Government Departments: Computer Software106W
Government Departments: Security106W
Hakluyt106W
Intelligence Services: Finance107W
National School of Government: Valuation Office107W
Pay107W
Public Expenditure108W
UK Statistics Authority: Hotels108W
UK Statistics Authority: Internet109W
Communities and Local Government211W
Allotments211W
Caravan Sites: Travelling People211W
Common Land211W
Community Relations: Finance212W
Council Tax212W
Council Tax: Second Homes214W
Council Tax: Valuation215W
Councillors: Allowances215W
Departmental Art Works215W
Departmental Billing216W
Departmental Fines216W
Departmental Legislation217W
Departmental Marketing217W
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers217W
Departmental Procurement217W
Departmental Public Expenditure219W
Departmental Training220W
Eco-Towns220W
Fire Services220W
Fire Services: Finance222W
Fire Services: Industrial Disputes222W
Fires: Smoking223W
Flood Control223W
Hotels224W
Local Development Frameworks224W
Local Government: Bank Services227W
Local Government: Broadcasting227W
Local Government Employers224W
Local Government Executive225W
Local Government Finance225W
Local Government Finance: East Sussex226W
Local Government: North West227W
Local Government: Pay228W
Local Government: Pensions228W
Local Government: Publicity229W
Mayors229W
National Policy Statements230W
Non-Domestic Rates230W
Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property234W
Non-Domestic Rates: Entertainments235W
Non-Domestic Rates: Ports235W
Non-Domestic Rates: Public Houses235W
Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation236W
Offenders239W
Oneplace240W
Parking240W
Parking: Fees and Charges240W
Planning Permission241W
Regeneration: Finance241W
Regional Government241W
Urban Areas: Regeneration241W
Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges241W
Culture, Media and Sport36W
Arts Council England: Advertising36W
Arts Council England: Audit36W
Arts Council England: Consultants36W
Arts Council England: Redundancy36W
Arts Council England: Venture Capital37W
Arts Council of England37W
Christmas Trees41W
Departmental Conferences41W
Departmental Fines41W
Departmental Public Relations42W
Departmental Training42W
Hotels43W
Museums and Galleries: West Bromwich43W
National Lottery: Translation Services44W
Offenders44W
Olympic Games 2012: Culture44W
Olympic Games: British Overseas Territories45W
Olympic Games: Canada45W
Party Political Broadcasts45W
Swimming: Nottingham46W
Written Questions: Government Responses46W
Defence19W
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations19W
Air Force: Military Bases19W
Armed Forces: Aviation19W
Armed Forces: Bomb Disposal20W
Armed Forces: Officers21W
Armed Forces: Training22W
Armed Forces: Weapons24W
Defence: Expenditure26W
Departmental Air Travel26W
Departmental Pay26W
Departmental Public Expenditure27W
Future Large Aircraft27W
Germany: British Forces Post Office27W
Gibraltar: Navy28W
Hotels28W
Iraq Committee of Inquiry28W
Iraq Committee of Inquiry: Reserve Forces28W
Iraq: Oil29W
Iraq: Prisoners29W
Met Office29W
Military Aircraft: Deployment30W
Military Aircraft: Procurement30W
Military Bases: Edinburgh Castle31W
Military Bases: Scotland32W
Nimrod Aircraft32W
Offenders33W
Radioactive Materials: Transport33W
Royal Fleet Auxiliary33W
Security34W
Territorial Army: Manpower34W
Trident34W
Type 45 Destroyers35W
Warships35W
Electoral Commission Committee4W
Elections4W
Electoral Commission6W
European Parliament6W
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs57W
Agriculture57W
Agriculture: EU Law57W
Agriculture: Subsidies58W
Animal Welfare59W
Bees59W
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control59W
Cattle60W
Chasewater Reservoir60W
Christmas Trees61W
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 200062W
Dairy Farming: Lancashire62W
Departmental Advertising63W
Departmental Buildings63W
Departmental Conferences63W
Departmental Manpower64W
Departmental Pay64W
Departmental Public Relations64W
Departmental Publicity65W
Departmental Telephone Services65W
Departmental Training65W
Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal66W
Elephants: Conservation66W
Farms: Inspections67W
Flood Control: Finance69W
Food79W
Forestry Commission: Conferences80W
Forestry Commission: Hotels80W
Ivory80W
Ivory: China81W
Joint Waste Authorities82W
Morocco: Fishery Agreements82W
National Bee Unit: Finance82W
Office of Water Services: Conferences83W
Pets: Animal Welfare83W
Rights of Way84W
Rural Payments Agency: Data Protection84W
Sheep: North West85W
Total Allowable Catches85W
Waste Disposal86W
Waste Disposal: Fixed Penalties86W
Whales: Conservation87W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office181W
Afghanistan181W
Afghanistan: Politics and Government181W
Afghanistan: Reconstruction182W
Andrew Symeou183W
Association of South East Asian Nations: Human Rights184W
Australia: Foreign Relations185W
British Indian Ocean Territory185W
British Indian Ocean Territory: Environment Protection185W
British Overseas Territories185W
Burma: United Nations187W
Caribbean188W
Caribbean: Crime Prevention188W
Caribbean: Human Trafficking188W
Caribbean: Wind Power188W
Climate Change: Antarctic189W
Colombia189W
Colombia: EU External Trade189W
Crown Dependencies190W
Departmental Art Works191W
Departmental Conferences191W
Departmental Information and Communications Technology191W
Departmental Manpower192W
Departmental Personnel192W
Departmental Training192W
Diplomatic Service: South America193W
East Asia: EU Action193W
Eritrea193W
Eritrea: Ethiopia194W
European External Action Service194W
Falkland Islands: Land Mines195W
Falkland Islands: Oil195W
Falkland Islands: Tourism196W
Fiji: Diplomatic Relations196W
Gibraltar: Territorial Waters196W
Government Hospitality: Wines197W
Horn of Africa: EU Action197W
Iran: Politics and Government198W
Iraq: Casualties198W
Israel: Borders198W
Kirsty MacColl198W
Kosovo: Politics and Government199W
Members: Correspondence199W
Middle East: Armed Conflict200W
Middle East: Peacekeeping Operations202W
Mott MacDonald203W
North Korea: Asylum203W
North Korea: Human Rights204W
Nosratollah Tajik205W
Official Gifts: Pakistan205W
Olympic Games 2012206W
Overseas Territories Consultative Council206W
Palestinians: Territorial Waters206W
Pitcairn Islands: Literacy206W
Security206W
Sri Lanka207W
Sri Lanka: Politics and Government208W
Sri Lanka: War Crimes209W
Travel Information209W
UK China Task Force209W
War Crimes: Judiciary210W
Western Sahara: Human Rights210W
Home Department128W
Action Plan Orders128W
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime127W
Animal Experiments: Wales127W
Anti-Terrorism Control Orders128W
Arrests: Football129W
Asylum129W
British Nationality: Assessments129W
Chief Scientific Adviser130W
Crime130W
Crime: Knives131W
Crimes of Violence: Cambridgeshire133W
Custodial Treatment: Shotgun Certificates139W
Departmental Domestic Visits139W
Departmental Electronic Equipment139W
Departmental Internet139W
Departmental Training141W
DNA: Databases141W
Driving Under Influence142W
E-mail: Fraud143W
Entry Clearances143W
Entry Clearances: Overseas Students144W
Foreign Workers: Entry Clearances145W
Identity Cards145W
Identity Cards: Databases145W
Identity Cards: Expenditure146W
Illegal Immigrants: Bail146W
Immigration146W
Immigration: Detention Centres147W
Immigration: Nepal147W
Independent Safeguarding Authority147W
National Public Order Intelligence Unit: Finance148W
Offenders: Radicalism148W
Offensive Weapons: Convictions148W
Passports149W
Police150W
Police: Ethnic Groups151W
Police: Pay151W
Radicalism151W
Repatriation153W
Security: Greater London153W
Serious Organised Crime Agency: Bullying154W
UK Border Agency154W
House of Commons Commission1W
Members: Allowances1W
Justice46W
Clayton v. Clayton47W
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill48W
Dangerous Driving49W
Departmental Assets50W
Departmental Chief Information Officer52W
Departmental Consultants52W
Departmental Sick Leave53W
Departmental Training53W
Departmental Written Questions53W
Electoral Register48W
Legal Aid: Human Trafficking49W
National Offender Management Service : Equal Opportunities54W
Overseas Residence: Crime54W
Prison Chaplains48W
Prisoner Rehabilitation47W
Prisoner Reoffending47W
Prisoner: Transfers54W
Probation54W
Probation Service Funding47W
Probation Service Performance49W
Thinking Skills Programme: Yorkshire55W
Veteran Support46W
Young Offender Institutions48W
Young Offenders: Convictions55W
Young Offenders: Foster Care56W
Northern Ireland6W
Departmental Art Works6W
Departmental Billing7W
Departmental Conferences7W
Departmental Pay8W
Departmental Training9W
Hotels11W
Human Rights11W
Prisons11W
Olympics2W
Departmental Energy2W
Departmental Written Questions3W
Olympic Games 2012: Anniversaries3W
Olympic Games 2012: Construction3W
Prime Minister87W
Government Departments: Cost-effectiveness87W
Non-Departmental Public Bodies88W
Public Sector: Procurement88W
Scotland3W
Departmental Conferences3W
Departmental Information and Communications Technology4W
Offenders4W
Solicitor-General12W
Departmental Billing12W
Departmental Buildings13W
Departmental Conferences13W
Departmental Legislation16W
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office: Conferences16W
Trials16W
Transport89W
Cars: Licensing89W
Christmas89W
Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls90W
Departmental Buildings90W
Departmental Conferences91W
Departmental Manpower91W
Invalid Vehicles: Driving Offences91W
M492W
M5: Repairs and Maintenance92W
M20: Lorries91W
National Cycle Plan92W
Roads: Accidents92W
Seat Belts93W
Thames Crossing93W
Thames Estuary93W
Transport: Carbon Emissions94W
Treasury154W
Banks: Loans154W
Benefits: Children154W
Boilers: Government Assistance155W
Child Benefit155W
Child Trust Fund156W
Christmas157W
Climate Change Levy: Agriculture157W
Corporation Tax: Patents157W
Departmental Art Works158W
Departmental Billing158W
Departmental Conferences158W
Departmental Conferences170W
Departmental Coordination: Scotland159W
Departmental Information and Communications Technology159W
Departmental Legal Costs159W
Departmental Legislation160W
Departmental Manpower161W
Departmental Written Questions161W
Employee Benefit Trusts161W
Equitable Life Ex-gratia Payment Scheme Review161W
Government Actuary's Department: Conferences162W
Government Securities162W
Housing: Valuation162W
Inheritance Tax163W
Interest Rates164W
Mortgages164W
National Debt165W
NHS: Information and Communications Technology165W
Public Finance166W
Public Sector: Pay169W
Revenue and Customs: Manpower170W
Revenue and Customs: Public Opinion171W
Revenue and Customs: Sudbury172W
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services173W
Smuggling: Ivory175W
Tax Avoidance: Yorkshire and the Humber175W
Tax Evasion176W
Tax Yields176W
Taxation: Bingo176W
Taxation: Holiday Accommodation177W
Taxation: Revenues178W
Transfer Pricing178W
Welfare Tax Credits179W
Welfare Tax Credits: Appeals179W
Welfare Tax Credits: Complaints180W
Welfare Tax Credits: Expenditure180W
Wind Farms180W
Wales36W
Offenders36W
Women and Equality1W
Banks: Equal Opportunities1W
Departmental Buildings2W
Departmental Plants2W
Equality Bill2W
Work and Pensions109W
Carers' Benefits109W
Children: Maintenance109W
Council Tax110W
Departmental Billing110W
Departmental Internet110W
Departmental Theft111W
Departmental Translation Services111W
Employment and Support Allowance113W
Employment and Support Allowance: Medical Examinations113W
Employment Schemes: Tourettes Syndrome113W
Equality 2025114W
Future Jobs Fund114W
Health and Safety Executive: Public Relations115W
Housing Benefit116W
Incapacity Benefit116W
Industrial Diseases: Compensation117W
Industrial Health and Safety: Hazardous Substances117W
Jobseeker's Allowance: Leeds118W
Low Incomes: Water Charges119W
Means-Tested Benefits120W
Members: Correspondence119W
New Deal for Lone Parents121W
New Deal Schemes: Wales121W
Pensioners: Poverty122W
Pensions122W
Personal Accounts123W
Poverty123W
Poverty: West Yorkshire124W
Social Security Benefits124W
Social Security Benefits: Autism125W
State Retirement Pensions125W
Winter Fuel Payments: Nottingham126W
Work Capability Assessment: Appeals126W
Written Questions: Government Responses127W


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5 Jan 2010 : Column 253

Written Answers

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Children, Schools and Families278W
Autism: Mental Health Services278W
Building Schools for the Future Programme280W
Children: Day Care282W
Children: Protection282W
Class Sizes: Preston284W
Classroom Assistants: South East284W
Common Assessment Framework287W
Co-operative Schools288W
Education: Assessments289W
GCSE: Nottingham290W
GCSE: Preston291W
Hotels291W
National Academy of Parenting Practitioners: Finance292W
National Curriculum Tests: Preston292W
Ofsted293W
Pre-School Education: Nottingham295W
Pupil Referral Units295W
Pupils: Assessment296W
Pupils: Per Capita Costs296W
Schools299W
Schools: Gloucestershire300W
Schools: Inspections300W
Schools: Northampton301W
Schools: Standards301W
Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber303W
Sure Start Programme303W
Teachers: Manpower303W
Teachers: Qualifications304W
Young Offenders304W
Energy and Climate Change305W
Biofuels305W
Buildings: Carbon Emissions306W
Carbon Emissions: Developing Countries306W
Carbon Emissions: Smoking307W
Climatic Research Unit307W
Departmental Art Works307W
Departmental Buildings307W
Departmental Official Hospitality308W
Departmental Pay308W
Departmental Publicity308W
Departmental Scientists308W
Departmental Telephone Services309W
Departmental Training309W
Departmental Written Questions309W
Electricity309W
Energy Efficiency Schemes310W
Energy: Housing312W
Feed-in Tariffs313W
Fuel Poverty317W
Fuel Poverty: Preston318W
Housing: Insulation318W
Low Carbon Transition Plan319W
National Grid319W
Renewable Energy320W
Renewables Obligation: Biofuels320W
Tidal Power: River Severn320W
Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000321W
Health257W
Ambulance Services: Standards257W
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust258W
Breast Cancer258W
Burns: Merseyside259W
Cancer: Health Services259W
Care Quality Commission: Expenditure260W
Carers261W
Dental Services: Learning Disability261W
Departmental Billing261W
Departmental Conferences262W
Departmental Co-ordination262W
Departmental Information and Communications Technology262W
Departmental Internet262W
Departmental Public Expenditure264W
Dietary Supplements: Health Hazards264W
Disabled: Social Security Benefits264W
Health: Learning Disability267W
Health Professions: Complaints267W
Hospital Beds267W
Hospitals: Complaints268W
Kidneys: Injuries268W
Muscular Dystrophy: Greater London268W
NHS: Buildings268W
NHS: Cost Effectiveness271W
NHS: Finance272W
NHS: Information and Communications Technology272W
NHS: Manpower273W
North East: Neuromuscular Services273W
Obesity: Surgery273W
Out of Area Treatment: Wales274W
Smoking275W
Social Enterprise Investment Fund276W
Social Services277W
Social Services: Disabled278W
International Development253W
Departmental Air Travel253W
Departmental Information and Communications Technology253W
Departmental Pay253W
Departmental Training253W
Departmental Written Questions254W
Eritrea: Overseas Aid254W
Overseas Aid255W
Palestinians: Overseas Aid255W
Palestinians: Utilities256W
Security257W
Sri Lanka: Internally Displaced Persons257W

Ministerial Corrections

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Communities and Local Government1MC
Departmental Sick Leave1MC
Culture, Media and Sport2MC
Copyright: Music2MC

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