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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 5 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 5 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 5 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 5 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 5 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Nottingham North constituency who have been paid the uprated minimum wage in the last 10 years. | | (308493) | 2
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts there were in Nottingham North constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008-09. | | (309018) | 3
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies of (a) individuals in each age group resident in and (b) businesses based in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex there have been in (A) 2008 and (B) 2009 to date. | | (308456) | 4
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding the Learning and Skills Council has provided to promote volunteering in each local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (308212) | 5
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies have spent on fees of third party agents in relation to booking hotel accommodation in each such year. | | (309232) | 6
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of residents in each local authority area who (a) have applied to start a university course in January 2010 and (b) have deferred entry from September 2009 to September 2010. | | (308449) | 7
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on the relicensing of sector skills councils; and if he will make a statement. | | (308450) | 8
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in the London Borough of Bexley have received a health check from Business Link. | | (308451) | 9
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults in the London Borough of Bexley completed a level three qualification in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (308500) | 10
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with Crossrail Limited on its skills requirements for employees. | | (308501) | 11
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many postal workers were disciplined for failing to attempt to deliver parcels and delivering `sorry you were out' slips instead in each of the last three years; what discussions he has had with reprsentatives of Royal Mail on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (308781) | 12
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such powers; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessors and (ii) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has recovered in adminstrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309294) | 13
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effects of implementation of the Competition Commission's proposals for a grocery supply ombudsman on (a) grocery prices and (b) affordability of goods in supermarkets. | | (309303) | 14
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have had on the merits of the Competition Commission's proposal for a grocery supply ombudsman (i) between April 2008 and 3 August 2009, (ii) between 4 August 2009 and 1 November 2009 and (iii) since 2 November 2009. | | (309304) | 15
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what regulatory impact assessment he has made of implementation of the Competition Commission's proposals for a grocery supply ombudsman. | | (309307) | 16
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of implementing the Competition Commission's proposal for a grocery supply ombudsman. | | (309308) | 17
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what evidence his Department holds on potential effects of implementation of the Competition Commission's proposals for a grocery supply ombudsman on (a) consumer prices, (b) consumer interests, (c) consumer choice, (d) viability of grocery suppliers, (e) liability of farmers and food growers, (f) economic sustainability of developing world suppliers and (g) product innovation. | | (309360) | 18
| Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what independent valuation has been made of his Department's core store site at Gilmerton; and (a) by whom and (b) when this valuation was made. | | (308670) | 19
| Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) constructing and (b) operating the proposed new core storage facility in Nottinghamshire. | | (308672) | 20
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has spent money on art works in the last 12 months. | | (308581) | 21
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title of each such conference was. | | (308819) | 22
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many modern apprenticeships have been started in Preston since 1997. | | (308655) | 23
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from Chesterfield constituency have received student loans for university courses in each year since 1996-97. | | (308995) | 24
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses in (i) Chesterfield constituency and (ii) Derbyshire have received funding under the Regional Loans Transition Fund Scheme. | | (308996) | 25
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many many students from (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England graduated in each year since 1997. | | (308997) | 26
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308504) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time students are in their (a) first year, (b) second year and (c) final year of an undergraduate degree course. | | (308181) | 28
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the Programme Making and Special Events sector's ability to migrate into different interleaved frequencies for use of wireless microphones and related technologies since notice of the clearance of existing frequencies was provided in (a) 2005 and (b) 2007. | | (308339) | 29
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for which policies implemented as part of the Government's response to the recession his Department is responsible; when each such policy was determined; what timetable has been set for the implementation of eash such policy; and what funding under each budget heading has been allocated to each such policy. | | (309341) | 30
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Office of Fair Trading on changes in the cost of foam supplied to furniture manufacturers over the last 12 months. | | (308838) | 31
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's policy is on the pricing of foam for use in home furnishings. | | (308839) | 32
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer to Lord Bates of 10 November 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 150WA, on regional development agencies, what declaration of political activity has been made by each of the named appointees. | | (308657) | 33
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) regional development agencies have allocated to regional design panels since their inception. | | (308696) | 34
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much each regional development agency has allocated for spending on advertising, marketing, communications and public relations in 2009-10; what companies each agency has contracted to provide services relating to such matters; what the monetary value is of each such contract; and what services are provided under each such contract. | | (308697) | 35
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much research funding has been allocated to Middlesex University in each year since 1997. | | (308714) | 36
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's latest assessment of the quality of research undertaken at Middlesex University is; and if he will make a statement. | | (308717) | 37
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what average per-student teaching grant was received by Middlesex University in each year since 1997. | | (308722) | 38
| Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire dated 28 October 2009, transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions, reference: POS(2)10520/0243. | | (309022) | 39
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will make an assessment of whether post office services in Castle Point constituency comply with the access criteria set out in the Network Change Programme. | | (308984) | 40
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of bullying in the workplace. | | (308153) | 41
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will take steps to encourage children in local authority care to apply for admission to university. | | (308154) | 42
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote small business start-up schemes among young people in Wales. | | (308156) | 43
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's policy is on the negotiation of the proposed international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. | | (308967) | 44
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the negotiation of a free trade agreement between the EU and Colombia. | | (308969) | 45
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to each sector skills council in each of the last five years. | | (308791) | 46
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology in each year since its formation. | | (308792) | 47
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 16 of Skills for Growth, Cm 7641, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £38 billion spent by employers on skills which is spent on statutory training; and if he will make a statement. | | (308828) | 48
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding he expects to allocate to Train to Gain in each of the next three years. | | (308965) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 49
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support her Department provides to charities working with destitute asylum seekers. | | (308755) | 50
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) her Department and (b) its agency in each year since 2007; and how much (i) her Department and (ii) its agency spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309065) | 51
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the 10 most frequently recorded causes of death for (a) men, (b) women, (c) boys under the age of 18 years and (d) girls under the age of 18 years in Stroud constituency were in each of the last 10 years. | | (309129) | 52
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer was in Stroud constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (309130) | 53
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average life expectency for (a) men and (b) women in each constitutency in Gloucestershire (i) is and (ii) was in (A) 1999, (B) 1989 and (C) 1979. | | (309131) | 54
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) marriages and (b) civil partnerships there were in Stroud district in the last 12 months. | | (309134) | 55
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what projections she has made of the population of each district in Gloucestershire in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) 2025. | | (309135) | 56
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of divorces granted in courts in Stroud district in the last 12 months. | | (309136) | 57
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on art works in the last 12 months. | | (308578) | 58
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent by her Department and its agency on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308821) | 59
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate from cancer was in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308661) | 60
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees of her Department have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308506) | 61
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 3 November 2009, Official Report, columns 886-7W, on public relations, what the topic was of each contract awarded to the five firms; and at which diverse audience each was aimed. | | (308512) | 62
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 3 November 2009, Official Report, columns 886-7W, on public relations, whether Travellers are classed as a culturally diverse audience for the purpose of the Framework Agreement; and at which culturally diverse audiences the marketing will be aimed. | | (308526) | 63
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what courses representatives of the Valuation Office Agency attended at the National School of Government in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (308708) | 64
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2008, Official Report, column 1303W, on official residences: repairs and maintenance, what the cost was of the works associated with Crown Proposal 08/00696/1884. | | (308315) | 65
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in (a) Herefordshire County Council, (b) Shropshire Council, (c) Telford and Wrekin Borough Council, (d) Cannock Chase District Council, (e) East Staffordshire Borough Council, (f) Lichfield District Council, (g) Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, (h) South Staffordshire Council, (i) Stafford Borough Council, (j) Staffordshire County Council, (k) Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, (l) Stoke-on-Trent City Council, (m) Tamworth Borough Council, (n) North Warwickshire Borough Council, (o) Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, (p) Rugby Borough Council, (q) Stratford-on-Avon District Council, (r) Warwick District Council, (s) Warwickshire County Council, (t) Birmingham City Council, (u) Coventry City Council, (v) Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, (w) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, (x) Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, (y) Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, (z) Wolverhampton City Council, (aa) Bromsgrove District Council, (bb) Malvern Hills District Council, (cc) Redditch Borough Council, (dd) Worcester City Council, (ee) Worcestershire County Council, (ff) Wychavon District Council and (gg) Wyre Forest District Council area in each year since 1997. | | (308161) | 66
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in the constituencies of (a) Aldridge-Brownhills, (b) Birmingham Edgbaston, (c) Birmingham Erdington, (d) Birmingham Hall Green, (e) Birmingham Hodge Hill, (f) Birmingham Ladywood, (g) Birmingham Northfield, (h) Birmingham Perry Barr, (i) Birmingham Selly Oak, (j) Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, (k) Birmingham Yardley, (l) Bromsgrove, (m) Burton, (n) Cannock Chase, (o) Coventry North East, (p) Coventry North West, (q) Coventry South, (r) Dudley North, (s) Dudley South, (t) Halesowen and Rowley Regis, (u) Hereford, (v) Leominster, (w) Lichfield, (x) Ludlow, (y) Meriden, (z) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (aa) Nuneaton, (bb) Redditch, (cc) Rugby and Kenilworth, (dd) Shrewsbury and Atcham, (ee) Shropshire North, (ff) Solihull, (gg) Stafford, (hh) Staffordshire Moorlands, (ii) Staffordshire South, (jj) Stoke-on-Trent Central, (kk) Stoke-on-Trent North, (ll) Stoke-on-Trent South, (mm) Stone, (nn) Stourbridge, (oo) Stratford-upon-Avon, (pp) Sutton Coldfield, (qq) Tamworth, (rr) Telford, (ss) The Wrekin, (tt) Walsall North, (uu) Walsall South, (vv) Warley, (ww) Warwick and Leamington, (xx) Warwickshire North, (yy) West Bromwich East, (zz) West Bromwich West, (aaa) Wolverhampton North East, (bbb) Wolverhampton South East, (ccc) Wolverhampton South West, (ddd) Worcester, (eee) Worcestershire Mid, (fff) Worcestershire West and (ggg) Wyre Forest in each year since 1997. | | (308173) | 67
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2009, Official Report, column 1290W, on the Charity Commission, for what reason the declaration of membership of (a) the Labour Party and (b) the Christian Socialist Movement made by the Chair of the Charity Commission on the Commission's website is not reflected in the declaration of political activity required by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments which she made in July 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (308725) | 68
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) documents and (b) other types of information held in electronic format at each level of security classification the Iraq Inquiry has requested from her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (309368) | 69
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format by her Department of each security classification have been submitted to the Iraq Inquiry; and if she will make a statement. | | (309370) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 70
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Nottingham North constituency the amount of whose tax obligations has been reduced in 2009-10. | | (308498) | 71
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Statement of 9 December 2009, Official Report, columns 359-71, on the Pre-Budget Report, when he intends to implement each of the initiatives announced; what the estimated cost of each such initiative is; and if he will make a statement. | | (308275) | 72
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what works and refurbishments to offices allocated to Ministers in his Department's buildings that are included in the annual unitary payment have taken place since 27 June 2007. | | (309114) | 73
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the annual unitary payment is to the private finance initiative provider responsible for works and refurbishment to his Department's buildings. | | (309165) | 74
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken was for (a) all claimant and (b) claimants who are citizens of EU A8 and A2 countries of tax credits who dropped their claim before receiving payment between receipt and dropping of the claim in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308168) | 75
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken to resolve a child benefit complaint was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308182) | 76
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research has been undertaken into the number of tax credits claimants who do not renew their claim or subsequently reclaim and who would still be entitled to receive tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (308183) | 77
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number and (b) the amount of child benefit overpayments caused by the failure of a claimant to notify the Child Benefit Office of a change of circumstances in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308185) | 78
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number and (b) the amount of tax credits overpayments caused by the failure of a claimant to notify the Tax Credits Office of a change of circumstances in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308186) | 79
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests have been made to expedite individuals' tax credits claims (a) by (i) local authorities, (ii) voluntary agencies, (iii) Jobcentre Plus offices, (iv) hospitals, (v) hon. Members, (vi) local councillors and (vii) claimants and (b) in total in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09. | | (308190) | 80
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in interim or emergency payments of tax credits in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09. | | (308191) | 81
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been allocated for interim or emergency payments of tax credits in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (308192) | 82
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost to a customer was of (a) a call to the Tax Credits Helpline, (b) a call to the Child Benefit Helpline and (c) a personal visit to an HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centre in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308193) | 83
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) highest number of tax credits award notices sent to a unique claimant was in the course of (i) one year and (ii) one month in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09. | | (308194) | 84
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) highest number of tax credits cheques sent to a unique claimant was in the course of (i) one year and (ii) one month in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09. | | (308195) | 85
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests have been made to expedite individuals' child benefit claims (a) by (i) local authorities, (ii) voluntary agencies, (iii) Jobcentre Plus offices, (iv) hospitals, (v) hon. Members, (vi) local councillors, (vii) claimants and (b) in total in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09. | | (308196) | 86
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many callbacks were offered to callers to (a) the Tax Credits public helpline, (b) the Tax Credits intermediaries helpline, (c) the MPs Tax Credits helpline, (d) the Child Benefit public helpline and (e) all other HM Revenue and Customs helplines in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308197) | 87
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Tax Credits Helpline is taking to ensure compliance with item 9 of the HM Revenue and Customs charter, on mobile telephone users. | | (308198) | 88
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Child Benefit Helpline is taking to ensure compliance with item 9 of the HM Revenue and Customs charter, on mobile telephone users. | | (308199) | 89
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests were received for interim or emergency payments of tax credits in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09. | | (308200) | 90
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken in the last 12 months to improve the service of the Tax Credits public helpline to disabled people under the disability equality duty; and what measures are proposed for the next 12 months. | | (308201) | 91
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times a caller had to wait on hold before speaking to an operator on (a) the Tax Credits public helpline, (b) the Tax Credits intermediaries helpline, (c) the MPs Tax Credits helpline, (d) the Child Benefit public helpline and (e) all other HM Revenue and Customs helplines in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308202) | 92
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of calls made to (a) the Tax Credits public helpline, (b) the Tax Credits intermediaries helpline, (c) the MPs Tax Credits helpline, (d) the Child Benefit public helpline and (e) all other HM Revenue and Customs helplines was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308203) | 93
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were made from a (a) landline telephone and (b) mobile telephone to (i) the tax credits public helpline, (ii) the tax credits intermediaries helpline, (iii) the MPs tax credits helpline, (iv) the child benefit public helpline and (v) all other HM Revenue and Customs helplines in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09. | | (308204) | 94
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit applications are being processed for (a) UK nationals, (b) non-UK EEA nationals, (c) A8 EEA nationals, (d) A2 EEA nationals and (e) non-European nationals. | | (308205) | 95
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child benefit applications are being processed for (a) UK nationals, (b) non-UK EEA nationals, (c) A8 EEA nationals, (d) A2 EEA nationals and (e) non-European nationals. | | (308206) | 96
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of calls to the tax credits helpline were terminated before being answered by an operator in (a) the month preceding the tax credits renewal deadline and (b) the full year of (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308207) | 97
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what average length of time individual callers to (a) the tax credit helpline and (b) the child benefit helpline were kept on hold in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09; and for what average length of time callers to the tax credit helpline were kept on hold in the month before the deadline for renewal of credits in each of those years. | | (308208) | 98
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) tax credit and (b) child benefit claims by (i) all claimants and (ii) claimants who were citizens of EU A8 and A2 countries did not result in payment in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09. | | (308209) | 99
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of callers to the tax credits helpline who rang to say they were returning to work after more than 20 weeks in receipt of incapacity benefit or employment support allowance or statutory sick pay and who were not returning to work full-time were informed abut the disability element of tax credits in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09. | | (308210) | 100
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 983W, on welfare tax credits: telephone services, what recent steps his Department has taken to review its numbering strategy; and what such steps it plans to take in the next 12 months. | | (308316) | 101
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the Exchequer of tax avoidance through employee benefit trusts in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308970) | 102
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value added tax rate applies to items purchased before 1 January 2010 and delivered after 1 January 2010. | | (309029) | 103
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies have spent on fees of third party agents in relation to booking hotel accommodation in each such year. | | (309233) | 104
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and its non-departmental public body has to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies and its non-departmental public bodies has recovered in adminstrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309292) | 105
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many man-hours were spent by staff in his Department undertaking cost analysis of Opposition policies over the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (308574) | 106
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department has undertaken of fiscal consolidation measures undertaken in other advanced economies over the last 30 years. | | (308675) | 107
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308836) | 108
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308520) | 109
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what mechanism data from building commencement and building control notices are sent to the Valuation Office Agency by local authorities. | | (308345) | 110
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many authorisations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 have been (a) made and (b) refused by the authorising officer in HM Revenue and Customs in each year since the Act came into force. | | (308346) | 111
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time was for the Valuation Office Agency to (a) respond substantively to a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request and (b) complete an internal review related to such a request in the last 12 months; and whether any (i) requests and (ii) reviews currently being considered have taken longer than six months since they began. | | (308347) | 112
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 210W, on the Valuation Office Agency: pay, for what specific examples of commendable performance recognition vouchers have been awarded in the last 12 months. | | (308348) | 113
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 55W, on the Valuation Office Agency: training, from which division of the Valuation Office Agency the staff came who attended the training on (a) assertiveness by the Impact Factory, (b) staff inspection techniques by the National School of Government and (c) the greenhouse and reporting on health and safety risks in homes by Contract Property Training Limited; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each document provided to staff who attended each training course. | | (308349) | 114
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 30 of the Valuation Office Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09, what the reasons are for the increase in the salary of the then Chief Executive from 2007-08 to 2008-09. | | (308350) | 115
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current salary is of the Chief Executive of the Valuation Office Agency. | | (308351) | 116
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the cost of the proposed increases to national insurance contributions for employers to local government employers in 2010-11. | | (308352) | 117
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 209W, on council tax: valuation, how reputational issues that affect open market value are recorded by the Valuation Office Agency. | | (308369) | 118
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 74W, on housing: valuation, whether the Valuation Office Agency takes into account the presence of lack of planning permission when calculating local housing allowance for a dwelling which is a caravan. | | (308371) | 119
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for the awarding of HM Revenue and Customs with contract notice reference 2009/S 200-288191 on providing residential property data for the Valuation Office Agency; what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the contract to HM Revenue and Customs over its lifetime; and whether this contract replaces the existing contract held by Rightmove.co.uk. | | (308417) | 120
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 210W, on the Valuation Office, for what reasons the minutes of the (a) electronic capture of hard copy records project board and (b) installation of a geographical information system project board are commercially sensitive. | | (308489) | 121
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 204W, on council tax: Valuation Office Agency, whether the Government has taken a decision on the recommendation to establish a statutory information gateway between the Agency and billing authorities. | | (308840) | 122
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the merits of reducing taxes on landlords of empty premises to encourage more tenants to rent those premises; and if he will make a statement. | | (308147) | 123
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost of replacing all programme making and special events equipment that will be rendered redundant as a result of the clearance and sale of the digital dividend spectrum; and if he will make a statement. | | (308340) | 124
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of (a) pensioners and (b) pensioner households that have paid income tax in each year since 1997. | | (309351) | 125
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency undertakes valuations of church halls hired out for social events unconnected with religious worship; and whether premises thus used are liable for business rates. | | (308635) | 126
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Valuation Office Agency (a) has removed all waterfront hereditaments in ports in Hull from the new business rates rating assessment regime and restored them to the competent harbour authorities assessment regime and (b) has not taken a similar approach in other ports. | | (308639) | 127
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency plans to take steps to increase the proportion of dwellings with (a) dwellinghouse code and (b) value significant codes assigned to them. | | (308682) | 128
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency's new geographic information system will be linked to its electronic document and records management database. | | (308683) | 129
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross increase in cash terms in revenue from inheritance tax was consequent on the adjustment of inheritance tax valuations following a challenge by the Valuation Office Agency in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (308684) | 130
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable has been set for the Valuation Office Agency to make a substantive response to the internal review of Freedom of Information request 11335561.1/CEO, submitted to the Valuation Office Agency in November 2007. | | (308685) | 131
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable has been set for the Valuation Office Agency to make a substantive response to Freedom of Information request 11461802.1/CEO, submitted to the Agency in August 2008; and what the reasons are for the time taken to respond to that request. | | (308686) | 132
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs paid in refunds of value added tax to each local authority in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and for what reasons such refunds were made. | | (308687) | 133
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates the Valuation Office Agency's Geographical Information System Project Board has met since its establishment. | | (308688) | 134
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Valuation Office Agency has for the future of its licence with Rightmove.co.uk in relation to council tax valuations. | | (308689) | 135
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on the contribution of that Department towards the housing expenditure in the Draft Legislative Programme for 2009-10. | | (308705) | 136
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's projections for overall departmental expenditure limits for the years (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14. | | (309296) | 137
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long HM Revenue and Customs retains (a) copies of and (b) data contained in tax returns; and if he will make a statement. | | (308134) | 138
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations HM Revenue and Customs has carried out in the last 12 months into those companies which have relocated their headquarters overseas to minimise their tax burden; and if he will make a statement. | | (308374) | 139
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of tax evaded in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (308375) | 140
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were convicted of tax evasion in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (308377) | 141
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of its 2006 Flexible Global Reach, Future Manning Strategy in respect of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if he will make a statement. | | (309164) | 142
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations his Department expects to consult as part of its Operational Efficiency Review in respect of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | | (309201) | 143
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Operational Efficiency Review in respect of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to report; and if he will make a statement. | | (309202) | 144
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 583W, on imports: Israel, whether HM Revenue and Customs has requested from supermarkets the information from their tracking system on the origin of imports when the supermarket is not the importer. | | (309037) | 145
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 583W, on imports: Israel, what documentation provided in such cases is provided by (a) producers, importers or Israeli authorities and (b) organisations independent of producers, importers or Israeli authorities | | (309038) | 146
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 579W, on agricultural products: Israel, what (a) the importer, (b) the nature of the produce, (c) the name of the settlement in which the consignment originated and (d) the person or organisation responsible for misidentification was in the case of each of the six consignments wrongly claiming Israeli preferential origin; what sanctions were imposed by HM Revenue and Customs in respect of each consignment; and against whom. | | (309039) | 147
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 579W, on agricultural products: Israel, who (a) the importer, (b) the stated place of origin, (c) the actual place of origin and (d) the person or organisation responsible for mislabelling was in relation to the two labelling irregularities for herbs; what sanctions were imposed by HM Revenue and Customs in each case; and against whom. | | (309040) | 148
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 579W, on agricultural products: Israel, what additional checks HM Revenue and Customs has subsequently required of produce (a) from the same importer, (b) from the same producer and (c) from the same place of origin as the misidentified and mislabelled goods referred to in the Answer. | | (309041) | 149
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 580W, on cosmetics: Israel, how many of the consignments referred to in the Answer came from each post code of place of origin; and for how many of these consignments HM Revenue and Customs was informed that the business's head office address was the place of origin. | | (309042) | 150
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 580W, on cosmetics: Israel, what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes in such cases to ensure the place of production and not the business head office is given as place of origin. | | (309043) | 151
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 580W, on cosmetics: Israel, how many consignments of produce was imported into the UK originated in Mizpe Shalem in each of the last three years; and what the nature of the produce was. | | (309044) | 152
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 579W, on agricultural products: Israel, what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes when it detects mislabelling to share that information with the equivalent authorities in other EU member states. | | (309045) | 153
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the legislative power used by the Financial Services Authority in requiring independent financial advisers to re-qualify; and if he will make a statement. | | (308602) | 154
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners his Department has contacted in relation to its pension credit tax back campaign; how many such pensioners have responded to that campaign; how much has been claimed back (a) on average per pensioner and (b) in total; and if he will make a statement. | | (308307) | 155
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the staff at each grade in HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland is from each religious background. | | (309177) | 156
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints of harassment based on a person's (a) race, (b) gender and (c) religion were made against officers of HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (309179) | 157
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officers of HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland have been the subject of more than one complaint of harassment on the grounds of religion in the last five years. | | (309181) | 158
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries were made to HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centre at Crown Building, Sudbury in each of the last three years. | | (307746) | 159
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff were employed at HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centre at Crown Building, Sudbury in each of the last three years. | | (307747) | 160
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there are plans to reduce the opening hours of the HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centre at Crown Building, Sudbury. | | (307748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 161
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) three and (b) four years in Nottingham North constituency are in free nursery places. | | (308293) | 162
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in Nottingham North constituency have been (a) rebuilt and (b) significantly refurbished since 1997. | | (308294) | 163
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start centres there are in Nottingham North constituency; and how many children they assist. | | (308295) | 164
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many registered childcare places there are for children under the age of eight years in Nottingham North constituency. | | (308492) | 165
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in Nottingham North constituency obtained five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (308989) | 166
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children's centres there were in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1997. | | (308453) | 167
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the unauthorised absence rate was for pupils in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1997. | | (308459) | 168
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children attended (a) Sure Start facilities and (b) children's centres in Lewes constituency in the last 12 months for which information is available; and how much such facilities cost in that period. | | (308462) | 169
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents appeared in court in relation to their children's unauthorised absence from school in (a) England and (b) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years. | | (308463) | 170
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex have participated in gifted and talented programmes in each year since 2000. | | (308532) | 171
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the position of screening tools and staff training in relation to young people with special educational needs and communication difficulties in custody announced on 10 November 2009 will be provided for all staff in youth justice settings. | | (309189) | 172
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the schools capital project budget is for Gloucestershire in 2009-10. | | (308139) | 173
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) their agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessor and (ii) their agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309056) | 174
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessor and (ii) each of its NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309260) | 175
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on art works in the last 12 months. | | (308576) | 176
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in Preston schools gained five A* to C GCSEs or equivalent in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (308665) | 177
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 14 year olds in Preston schools reached level 5 or above in key stage 3 results in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (308666) | 178
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 11 year olds in Preston schools reached level 4 or above in key stage 2 results in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (308667) | 179
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class size in schools in Preston was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (308668) | 180
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average cost of providing a school meal in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308977) | 181
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many employees of his Department have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308507) | 182
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on school improvements in Northampton (a) between 1979 and 1997 and (b) between 1997 and 2009. | | (308707) | 183
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether local authorities with projected rises in pupil numbers are able to use funding from the Primary Capital Programme to build new schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (308177) | 184
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of 14 to 19 engagement programme funding is allocated to (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) other organisations in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (308178) | 185
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the revised School Admissions Code on infant class sizes; and if he will make a statement. | | (308179) | 186
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools have at least (a) three, (b) five and (c) 10 deputy headteachers; and if he will make a statement. | | (308180) | 187
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 1069-70W, on the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit, if he will place in the Library copies of the two progress reports submitted to the DA(FCY) ministerial sub-group in July and December 2009. | | (308986) | 188
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals applied to (i) a university and (ii) a Russell Group university in each year since 1997. | | (309185) | 189
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons Ofsted does not publish the annual costs of the Office of the Children's Rights Director; and in respect of how many offices in Ofsted annual costs are not published. | | (309186) | 190
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the salary is of the Children's Rights Director of England; how many people are employed in his office; and what the total annual cost to the public purse is of running his office. | | (309187) | 191
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people are employed in 11 Million; what the salary is for each post at that organisation; and what posts at that organisation are vacant. | | (309188) | 192
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the European Court of Human Rights ruling in the case of Lautsi v Italy on educational institutions in England. | | (308765) | 193
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 29 October 2009, Official Report, column 615W, on travelling people: computers, how many laptops given to Travellers have (a) been reported as lost or stolen and (b) not been recovered; and what steps are taken (i) to recover such laptops and (ii) in circumstances in which the laptops are not returned. | | (308795) | 194
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 29 October 2009, Official Report, column 615W, on travelling people: computers, whether parents are permitted to use the laptops loaned to their children. | | (308796) | 195
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has conducted an impact assessment of proposals for annual registration of home-educated children; and if he will make a statement. | | (308174) | 196
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children have been recorded as harmed by their parents in the home-educated environment in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (308175) | 197
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has received any reports of (a) abuse and (b) poor educational practice in the home educated environment in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (308176) | 198
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions Section 47 statutory interventions under the Children Act 1989 were issued by Essex County Council for 16 to 18 year olds in each of the last five years. | | (308341) | 199
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what measures are in place to ensure that schools being constructed under his Department's Building Schools for the Future programme have high-calibre facilities for education in science, engineering and technology. | | (309300) | 200
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many foster carers caring for children through special guardianship orders have reported to his Department allegations of (a) intimidation and (b) bullying by social workers in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (309026) | 201
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many places in supervised homes were available for 16 and 17 year olds in each month of the last two years. | | (308793) | 202
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many new places in supervised homes have been created for (a) 16 and 17 year olds who are parents and (b) all 16 and 17 year olds since September 2009. | | (308794) | 203
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on Parents' Week in each year since it was established. | | (308971) | 204
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on the Parent Know How service in each year since it was established. | | (308972) | 205
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sector organisations have received payments from the Parenting Fund in each year since 2004; and how much was paid in each case. | | (308973) | 206
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much PriceWaterhouseCoopers has been paid for services associated with the Parenting Fund in each year since 2004. | | (308974) | 207
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Parenting Fund in each year since its inception. | | (308975) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 208
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to his Department was of building the Oneplace web portal was; what budget he has allocated for the purpose of advertising the launch of Oneplace; and what estimate he has made of the cost of maintaining Oneplace in its first year of operation. | | (306384) | 209
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on improving social housing in Nottingham North constituency since 1997. | | (308988) | 210
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) rough sleepers and (b) homeless people there were in Nottingham North constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308993) | 211
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding under the Housing Pledge is planned to be spent in Nottingham North constituency in the next 12 months. | | (309019) | 212
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding from (a) revenue support, (b) capital grant and (c) supported borrowing was provided by central Government to (i) East Sussex County Council, (ii) Lewes District Council and (iii) Wealden District Council in (A) 2007-08 and (B) 2008-09. | | (308455) | 213
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2009, Official Report, column 306W, on mortgages: Government assistance, whether he has identified the priority areas in respect of the Mortgage Protection Scheme. | | (309192) | 214
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources his Department has made available to Gloucester City to support flood recovery since the 2007 floods. | | (308135) | 215
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources his Department has made available to Gloucestershire to support flood recovery since the 2007 floods. | | (308136) | 216
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources his Department has co-ordinated across Government to support flood recovery in Gloucestershire since the 2007 floods. | | (308137) | 217
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309062) | 218
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residents in (a) the London Borough of Bexley, (b) Greater London and (c) England have received support through the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. | | (308847) | 219
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessor and (ii) each of its agencies and NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309264) | 220
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on art works in the last 12 months. | | (308575) | 221
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on away days in the last 12 months; and what the (i) subject and (ii) location of each away day was. | | (308673) | 222
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308822) | 223
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding the Government provided to (a) Lancashire County Council and (b) Preston City Council in real terms in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (308652) | 224
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the level of (a) salary, (b) car mileage allowance and (c) other allowances of the (i) chief executive, (ii) assistant chief executives and (iii) deputy chief executives of each county council in the North West. | | (308994) | 225
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308508) | 226
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the additional net revenue raised from reductions in empty property business rate relief in each year since 2007-08; and what estimate he has made of the change in revenue arising from the end to the lower threshold from April 2010. | | (308418) | 227
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter of 29 October 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr G. Jarvis. | | (309162) | 228
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding he has allocated for the purposes of making alterations to homes in order to meet higher environmental standards in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (308769) | 229
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any staff of the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority earn salaries of over £194,250. | | (308770) | 230
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff of the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority are (i) women and (ii) from black and minority ethnic groups. | | (308771) | 231
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has provided to the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority on diversity. | | (308772) | 232
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to registered social landlords on equalities audits. | | (308773) | 233
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding was provided from the public purse to (a) Local Government Employers, (b) the Improvement and Development Agency and (c) LACORS in the last 12 months. | | (308343) | 234
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which programmes in his Department were underspent in 2008-09; and by how much in each case. | | (308344) | 235
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds copies of the European Commission audit reports relating to his Department's administration of the European Regional Development Fund. | | (308421) | 236
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rebranding of his Department has been undertaken since its creation; and what the cost to the public purse has been of that rebranding. | | (308422) | 237
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many allegations of breaches of the Code of Conduct by a councillor were referred to the Standards Board in each of the last five years; and how many such cases resulted in a penalty or other sanction in each such year. | | (308423) | 238
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what programmes and projects for which his Department is responsible have been cancelled in the last 12 months; and in respect of how many such programmes and projects funding has been reduced. | | (308424) | 239
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided guidance to local authorities on the circumstances in which empty dwelling management orders may be issued in respect of an empty dwelling which is being marketed for sale. | | (308425) | 240
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (308426) | 241
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided guidance to fire and rescue authorities on the use of socio-demographic profiling to inform decisions on the provision of fire and rescue services. | | (308427) | 242
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has undertaken research into the practice of land banking by (a) developers and (b) supermarkets in the last five years. | | (308428) | 243
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's fire research programme has undertaken research into (a) the effects of the ban on smoking in public places on the incidence of smoking-related domestic fires and (b) the proportion of domestic fires which occur as a result of smoking in the home since 2007. | | (308429) | 244
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the media background briefing note accompanying the Prime Minister's announcement on places in supported housing for 16 and 17 year-old single mothers of 29 September 2009, from what part of the social housing budget funding for those places will be drawn. | | (308430) | 245
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built in each millennium community since 1997; and how much central government funding has been disbursed in respect of each such community. | | (308431) | 246
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department collects information from local spending reports on expenditure by local authorities on publicity for their services. | | (308432) | 247
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to include a competition test in planning requirements for new retail development. | | (308433) | 248
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Euro RSCG London Ltd, (b) 7E Communications Ltd, (c) Band & Brown Communications Ltd, (d) Centair Communications Ltd., (e) Coaching Academy UK Limited, (f) Coullmedia, (g) Folio Creative Communication Ltd, (h) GFK NOP Ltd, (i) Media Moguls, (j) Modern Media Communications Ltd, (k) Neal Communication Agency Limited, (l) On Demand PR and Marketing and (m) Opinion Leader Research in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308434) | 249
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers, (b) DLA Piper UK LLP and (c) Holden McAllister Ltd in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308435) | 250
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Al-Mahdi Institute, (b) Arab British Holding Group and (c) Exports Credit Guarantee Department in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308436) | 251
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) HMS President, (b) Gordon Engraving, (c) London Zoo and (d) Tummy Time in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308437) | 252
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on Connect Public Affairs Ltd in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308438) | 253
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Gonville Hotels Ltd, (b) Grand Hotel, (c) Grand Hotel Union DD, (d) Grange Hotels, (e) Grange Wellington Hotel, (f) Grosvenor Victoria Hotel Ltd, (g) Harts Head Hotel, (h) Hilton Hotel - Bromsgrove , (i) Hilton Brighton Metropole, (j) Hilton Manchester Deansgate and (k) each of the Holiday Inn entries listed in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308439) | 254
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Bellhouse Hotel, (b) Bewleys Hotel, (c) Birnbeck Hotel Ltd, (d) Boxmoor Lodge Hotel, (e) Brooklands Hotel, (f) Burlington Hotel, (g) Cairn Hotel, (h) Campanile Hotel, (i) Carrington House Hotel, (j) Cedar Court Hotel Bradford, (k) Cedar Court Hotel Harrogate, (l) Charing Cross Hotel, (m) County Hotel, (n) Crowne Plaza London Docklands, (o) Crowne Plaza London St James, (p) Crowne Plaza Nottingham, (q) De Vere Daresbury Park Hotel, (r) De Vere Royal Bath Hotel, (s) De Vere Wychwood Park Ltd, (t) Donnington Manor Hotel, (u) Expotel Hotel Reservations Ltd and (v) The Jurys Inn Brighton in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308440) | 255
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Digby Trout Restaurants, (b) Fancy A Pint Ltd, (c) Flavour of Hockley, (d) Il Cappuccino London Limited, (e) Leith's, (f) Leiths at the EICC, (g) Majestic Wine Warehouse Ltd, (h) Oddbins of Wimbledon and (i) Posh Nosh (East Midlands) Ltd in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308441) | 256
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Hotel Maison Rouge, (b) Jolly Hotel St Ermin's, (c) Jurys Inn Birmingham, (d) Jurys Inn Manchester, (e) Kings Arm Hotel, (f) Lancaster Landmark Hotel Co Ltd, (g) London Marriott Hotel Kensington, (h) Malmaison Hotel, (i) Mandalay Hotel, (j) Manor Hotel, (k) Marriot Hotel Gosforth Park, (l) Mercure Southgate Hotels Ltd, (m) Newcastle Marriott Hotel Metro Centre and (n) Norton Park Hotel Ltd in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308442) | 257
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Sea Hotel, (b) Stoney Croft Hotel, (c) Sunderland Marriott Hotel, (d) Thistle Hotel Brighton, (e) Thistle Hotel London Tower, (f) Thistle Hotel Westminster, (g) Village Hotel and Leisure Club and (h) Angel and Royal Hotel in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308443) | 258
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 18W, on departmental procurement, how much was spent on (a) Old Ship Hotel (Brighton) Ltd, (b) Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel, (c) Paramount Cheltenham Park Hotel, (d) Park Lane Hotel Ltd, (e) Prince of Wales Hotel, (f) Quality Hotel Westminster, (g) Queens Hotel Brighton, (h) Queens Hotel Leeds, (i) Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth Hotel, (j) Radisson SAS Hotel, (k) Ramada Birmingham City Centre, (l) Ramada Jarvis Brighton, (m) Renaissance Heathrow Hotel, (n) Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel Ltd, (o) Royal Horseguards Hotel, (p) Royal York Hotel and (q) Rubens at the Palace Hotel in 2008-09; and for what purpose such funds were spent in each case. | | (308444) | 259
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1121W, on departmental recruitment, how many of the 87 policy advisers are on fixed term contracts; and what the (a) job title and (b) division of each adviser is. | | (308524) | 260
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the English Partnerships Millennium Communities Advisory Panel. | | (308533) | 261
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to issue guidance to potential bidders for construction of the new eco-quarters on the submission of proposals for the development of land on or adjacent to (a) flood plains, (b) green fields, (c) green belt, (d) areas of outstanding natural beauty and (e) sites of special scientific interest. | | (308534) | 262
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department and its agencies have allocated to regional design panels since their inception. | | (308535) | 263
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for the construction of homes in the new eco-quarters; what target has been set in respect of the number of homes to be built; and to what Code for Sustainable Homes level such homes will be built. | | (308536) | 264
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the level of expenditure by local authorities on litigation relating to the implementation of conditional fee agreements. | | (308537) | 265
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) outcomes and (b) cost-effectiveness of the millennium communities scheme. | | (308538) | 266
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments have been made to EADS in respect of the FiReControl project; and what estimate has been made of the monetary value of such payments at the end of the relevant contracts. | | (308539) | 267
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an updated (a) national and (b) regional business case for the FiReControl project. | | (308540) | 268
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets for (a) waste reduction and (b) car usage he plans to set for the new eco-quarters. | | (308584) | 269
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken in response to the review of the Audit Commission of the use of fees and charges by local authorities. | | (308586) | 270
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) target and (b) timetable was set in respect of the number of homes to be built in each millennium community at the inception of the scheme. | | (308587) | 271
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether successor bodies to regional assemblies will be designated as public authorities for the purposes of (a) equality and human rights and (b) freedom of information legislation. | | (308588) | 272
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of the redress review; and which of its recommendations have been implemented. | | (308589) | 273
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the deposits of each local authority in Icelandic banks have been refunded; when he expects further such repayments to be made; and what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of (a) deposits that will not be refunded and (b) interest on such deposits. | | (308590) | 274
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities whose expenditure on free bus travel has exceeded the value of central Government funding for such travel. | | (308591) | 275
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of new dwellings completed in 2008-09 were flats. | | (308592) | 276
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology the Valuation Office Agency uses to value closed circuit television for the purpose of calculating business rates. | | (308593) | 277
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of employers' contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme in each year since 1997-98. | | (308594) | 278
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to provide assistance to the accelerated development zones pilot schemes run by local authorities. | | (308596) | 279
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the mean age of a first-time buyer of a domestic property. | | (308597) | 280
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the implementation of the proposals of the European Commission on harmonising rules governing access to mortgages; and what assessment has been made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Commission's proposed further changes to the European Capital Requirements Directive. | | (308598) | 281
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) items of statistical data and (b) regular reports local authority pension funds provide to his Department. | | (308599) | 282
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any local authorities have reported efficiencies relating to the introduction of wheeled refuse containers in their most recent annual efficiency report to his Department. | | (308600) | 283
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1211W, on home information packs, whether rules on misleading omissions apply to property information questionnaires constituting a marketing communication between a home seller and a home buyer. | | (308603) | 284
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1211W, on home information packs, whether estate agents are liable for misleading omissions made by a home seller producing a property information questionnaire; and what obligations estate agents have to check the (a) accuracy and (b) truthfulness of property information questionnaires. | | (308604) | 285
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department issues guidance to local authorities on funding for their own television (a) channels and (b) programmes. | | (308619) | 286
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on elected regional government in England outside London. | | (308620) | 287
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which 50 individual hereditaments in the South East had the biggest percentage change in rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the draft 2010 Rating List; what the (a) location and (b) local authority area is of each; and what the rateable value of each is on each list. | | (308624) | 288
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of predicted future changes in the level of car ownership on future planning policy for (a) transport and (b) parking. | | (308625) | 289
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Standards Board for England has issued on whether local authority (i) buildings and (ii) equipment provided for councillors to carry out their representative role may be used for the production of political campaigning literature. | | (308638) | 290
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Statement of Lord McKenzie of 14 October 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 298, on non-domestic rating regulations, if he will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence between his Department and the Inspector General of the Insolvency Service. | | (308648) | 291
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the central Government grant per capita was to each local authority, including police and fire authorities in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (308654) | 292
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology is to be used by the Valuation Office Agency to value travelling funfairs and circuses for the purposes of the 2010 business rates revaluation. | | (308676) | 293
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the incidence of the over-charging of leasehold owners of flats on building insurance by property agents who share commission with freeholders. | | (308701) | 294
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 488W, on empty dwelling management orders, which local authorities have received individual guidance provided by his officials in the last 12 months. | | (308710) | 295
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19 May 2009, Official Report, column 1346W, on housing: construction, for what reasons no homes had been built in the Hastings Millennium Community at the time of that Answer. | | (308711) | 296
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated (a) maximum and (b) average value of small business rate relief, in cash terms is for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11, including the value of the small business multiplier. | | (308715) | 297
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on the FiReControl project; and what the estimated (a) gross and (b) net cost of that project is in each of the next five years. | | (308716) | 298
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities may levy credit card (a) fees and (b) surcharges on (i) council tax bills and (ii) parking fines paid by credit card. | | (308719) | 299
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1193W, on energy performance certificates, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research report commissioned from AECOM. | | (308740) | 300
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1512W, on travelling people: caravan sites, what figures (a) his Department and (b) the Planning Inspectorate holds on the number and proportion of planning appeals that were (i) granted and (ii) dismissed, (A) prior to the year that Circular 01/06 came into force and (B) subsequent to the year that Circular 01/06 came into force. | | (308797) | 301
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 56WS, on judicial declarations (freemasonry), whether he plans to amend the Code of Conduct for Councillors in respect of its declaration requirements. | | (308800) | 302
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to Lord Bates of 12 November 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 208WA, on non-domestic rates: ports, how many hereditaments in ports are liable for backdated business rates following the implementation of the new arrangements; how many businesses have fully discharged their backdated liability; how many businesses have been granted a schedule of payments; and how many have received lower valuation consequent on a review of a valuation under the new arrangements. | | (308801) | 303
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 9 November 2009, Official Report, column 75W, on non-domestic rates: public houses, whether an assessment has been made of the effect of the rates revaluation on (a) public houses and (b) post offices which have diversified. | | (308802) | 304
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19 October 2009, Official Report, column 1297W, on council tax: energy, if he will place in the Library a copy of each representation the Energy Saving Trust has made to his Department. | | (308803) | 305
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's special advisers have signed waivers under the European Working Time Directive. | | (308804) | 306
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were on local authority waiting lists for social housing in England in April 2009. | | (308808) | 307
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19 May 2009, Official Report, column 1345W, on the Homes and Communities Agency: public relations, when a copy of the briefs and contract will be placed in the Library. | | (308814) | 308
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what inspection the Audit Commission has undertaken of Newham Homes. | | (308308) | 309
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what oversight functions the (a) Local Government Ombudsman, (b) Tenant Services Authority, (c) Homes and Communities Agency and (d) district auditor has in relation to arms' length management organisations. | | (308311) | 310
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment was made by the Housing Corporation before its abolition of the work undertaken by Newham Homes. | | (308312) | 311
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will require the Tenant Services Authority to undertake an investigation into the appropriateness of the level of service charges being levied by Newham Homes on its leaseholders in Brentwood. | | (308313) | 312
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets his Department has set for repair and renovation of the housing stock owned by Newham Homes. | | (308329) | 313
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on local authorities of the implementation of the EU Services Directive. | | (308253) | 314
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations the Planning Inspectorate has received from Green Planning Solutions in relation to planning appeals for Travellers in the last two years. | | (308254) | 315
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many core strategies have not been found by the Planning Inspectorate to meet the soundness tests in Planning Policy Statement 12. | | (308255) | 316
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance of (a) estate agents and (b) home-sellers with requirements relating to home information packs. | | (308256) | 317
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department and its predecessor made of the merits of transferring responsibility for council tax collection to county councils in two-tier areas in the last 10 years. | | (308257) | 318
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what complaints relating to council tax collection the Local Government Ombudsman has adjudicated in the last 36 months. | | (308258) | 319
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what aerial photographs are contained in the Ordnance Survey Mastermap Address Layer 2 product; and to what scale such photographs are produced. | | (308259) | 320
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) length and (b) notice period is of the contract of each member of the Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (308260) | 321
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities have produced finalised mineral core strategies. | | (308261) | 322
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what declarations of (a) interest and (b) political activity each member of the Infrastructure Planning Commission has made. | | (308262) | 323
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Local Government Act 2003 to allow (a) county councils and (b) waste disposal authorities to operate local council tax discounts. | | (308263) | 324
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what local council tax discounts are in operation under the Local Government Act 2003. | | (308264) | 325
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of tenure was in (a) an owner-occupied dwelling, (b) a private rented dwelling and (c) a social rented dwelling in each year since 1997. | | (308265) | 326
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to update the publication Guidance on contracting for Services in the light of the Human Rights Act 1998, to take account of recent judgments relating to the scope of that Act. | | (308266) | 327
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of each research project commissioned by his Department on residential car parking in the last five years. | | (308267) | 328
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of local spending by public bodies which is controlled by local authorities. | | (308268) | 329
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to the (a) Housing and Planning Delivery Grant and (b) Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme for (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12. | | (308269) | 330
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what work the Audit Commission is undertaking on behalf of the Tenant Services Authority in relation to inspections of social housing. | | (308270) | 331
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage pension funds to invest in new social housing. | | (308271) | 332
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms his Department plans to put in place for the purposes of meeting its targets relating to the implementation of participatory budgeting in local authority areas by 2012; and whether he plans to require local authorities to implement participatory budgeting. | | (308272) | 333
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes will be made to arrangements for Section 106 agreements consequent on the implementation of the Community Infrastructure Levy; and whether changes will be made to such arrangements in local authority areas which do not implement the Community Infrastructure Levy. | | (308297) | 334
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to implement the proposal in his Department's Communities in Control White Paper on reducing the (a) petition threshold for mayoral referendums to two per cent. and (b) time between referendums from 10 to four years. | | (308298) | 335
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a timetable has been set for bringing forward proposals for rules relating to the terms of office of office-holders in the indirectly-elected leader and cabinet executive model of local government referred to in his Department's White Paper on Communities in Control. | | (308299) | 336
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 12 of his Department's resource Accounts for 2008-09, HC449, what the reasons are for the delay in various Preventing Extremism programmes; and what steps he is taking to reduce them. | | (308309) | 337
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the maximum period of time after the issuing of a bill for council tax during which they may pursue payment of that bill. | | (308330) | 338
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the sale by allotment holders in municipal allotments of their surplus produce. | | (308331) | 339
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the number of installments in which council tax may be collected. | | (308332) | 340
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1389W, on council housing: finance, if he will place in the Library a copy of the data relating to the gross council tax receipts collected by each local authority in England in cash and real terms for 1997-98. | | (308384) | 341
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1393W, on housing: databases, what annual payment is made by the Valuation Office Agency to Ordnance Survey to licence the datasets to undertake the geo-referencing; what other payments are made by the Valuation Office Agency to Ordnance Survey in relation to the work; what the total monetary value of such other payments has been to date; and whether Ordnance Survey receives any data or benefit in kind from the Valuation Office Agency as part of this work. | | (308385) | 342
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1401-2W, on Starbucks: planning permission, if he will place a copy of each of the eight Planning Inspectorate reports in the Library. | | (308386) | 343
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1401W, on regional development agencies, which bodies will be designated as regional planning bodies following the transfer of functions from the regional assemblies. | | (308387) | 344
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 16 July 2009, Official Report, column 655W, on Tony Clements, which Minister (a) authorised and (b) approved the appointment of Mr Clements as a policy adviser in the Strategy and Performance Directorate. | | (308388) | 345
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 347W, on planning permission, if he will make it his policy to require local planning authorities who have a hub connector to make it open to the private sector and other third parties who wish to connect for commerce or not-for-profit services. | | (308389) | 346
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 23 June 2009, Official Report, columns 831-2W, on council housing: rents, if he will publish figures for (a) the cumulative arrears of rent, (b) former tenants' cumulative arrears of rent and (c) total cumulative arrears as a percentage of rent roll for each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (308390) | 347
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2009, Official Report, column 774W, on regional planning and development: South West, what the estimated cost is of the additional work on the South West Regional Spatial Strategy; and what his Department's policy is on the publication of draft and final Regional Spatial Strategy in the period leading up to a general election. | | (308391) | 348
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 2 November 2009, Official Report, column 758W, on council tax: debt collection, whether he plans to publish a consultation paper on this matter; whether he plans to change the powers of bailiffs in relation to council tax collection; and what changes to bailiffs' powers and the level of fines there would be under the proposed new system. | | (308392) | 349
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2009, Official Report, column 759W, on council tax: valuation, whether the addition of a greenhouse is considered by the Valuation Office Agency to be (a) a material increase and (b) value significant for the purpose of council tax valuation and revaluation. | | (308393) | 350
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chichester of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 8460W, on Tony Clements, under what permitted exception Mr Clements was appointed as a policy advisor; and whether the Civil Service Commissioners were consulted on that appointment. | | (308490) | 351
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chichester of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 8460W, on Tony Clements, how many other employees have been appointed in the last three years under permitted exceptions for fair and open competition contained in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles; and what the job title was of each such employee. | | (308491) | 352
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid to each supplier of goods or services to his Department in 2008-09. | | (308768) | 353
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Putney of 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 131W, on non-domestic rates: empty property, if he will place in the Library a copy of the representations from the six trade bodies; and what the names are of the 349 groups making written representations, excluding any which have requested confidentiality. | | (308981) | 354
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Putney of 13 October 2009, Official Report, column 771W, on empty shops funding grant, if he will place in the Library a copy of the methodology used to allocate the funding to the local authorities listed. | | (308982) | 355
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1509W, on parking: fees and charges, how much revenue was raised by local authorities from on-street parking (a) penalty charge notices and (b) charges in each year since 1997-98. | | (308983) | 356
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 811W, on fire services, if he will publish an updated estimated gross total cost of the FiReControl project. | | (308985) | 357
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what new files on council tax revaluation have been created by his Department since September 2007. | | (308998) | 358
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for the publication of National Policy Statements in their final versions. | | (308999) | 359
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to adopt the recommendations of the Killian-Pretty Review on statutory notices required for planning applications in relation to other types of notice for which his Department is responsible. | | (309000) | 360
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the number of statutory notices placed by local authorities in local newspapers; and what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on whether their job advertisements should be published in local newspapers. | | (309001) | 361
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has given to the Local Government Information Unit to conduct research in relation to the revised draft Code on Local Authority Publicity. | | (309002) | 362
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to (a) make or (b) lay before Parliament in draft further statutory instruments relating to business rates in the next six months. | | (309003) | 363
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of the proposed new innovation commissioning unit in his Department; and what its role will be in relation to that of regional improvement and efficiency partnerships. | | (309004) | 364
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an impact assessment was undertaken in respect of proposals to enable local authorities to set up mutual insurance schemes in the Economic Development, Local Democracy and Construction Bill; and what assessment has been made of the level of compliance of those proposals with competition rules. | | (309005) | 365
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce a general power of competence for local authorities. | | (309006) | 366
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to publish online details of all expenditure on goods and services costing over £500. | | (309007) | 367
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full text of his speech to the Royal Society of Arts of 21 October 2009. | | (309008) | 368
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which areas have adopted participatory budgeting; what funding his Department has provided to support the use of that practice in each such area. | | (309009) | 369
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) the level of flood risk in the Thames Gateway and (b) the effects on the availability of insurance policies for new build dwellings in that area of flood risk. | | (309010) | 370
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the revisions to Part G of the Building Regulations did not take effect on 1 October 2009; and what recent representations his Department has received from the European Commission on those regulations. | | (309031) | 371
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the location was of each local FiReControl emergency control room prior to the implementation of the FiReControl project; and how many staff work in each such control room. | | (309032) | 372
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role the Tenant Services Authority will have in (a) determining policy on rent controls, (b) inspecting local authorities and (c) the Audit Commission's Comprehensive Area Assessment regime. | | (309033) | 373
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to allow the payment of community infrastructure levy payments in installments. | | (309034) | 374
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library copies of the written representations made to his Department by the Thames Gateway London Partnership in the last 12 months. | | (309035) | 375
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department collects data on spending on councillors' allowances from local spending reports. | | (309036) | 376
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the likely effect of the proposals in the 2010-11 draft Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Subsidy Determination published on 10 December 2009 on the total net outturn of HRA subsidy for 2010-11. | | (308243) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 377
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) under 16 year olds and (b) over 60 year olds resident in Nottingham North constituency have participated in free swimming through the Swimming Challenge Fund. | | (309020) | 378
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what bell towers have received grants from public funds in the last 12 months. | | (308850) | 379
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been given by (a) Heritage Lottery Fund and (b) the Big Lottery Fund to projects to translate information into foreign languages in the last 12 months. | | (308224) | 380
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agency in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agency spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309052) | 381
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies and NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309268) | 382
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency spent on away days in the last 12 months; and what the (i) subject and (ii) location of each away day was. | | (308671) | 383
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department and its agency on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308823) | 384
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department expect to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in February in the course of their official duties; for how many days each expects to attend; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse in each such case. | | (308978) | 385
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees of his Department and its agency have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308509) | 386
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the submission made by English Heritage in relation to the Downing Street listed building works with planning application reference 09/00619/LBC. | | (308694) | 387
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department and its agencies have allocated to regional design panels since their inception. | | (308695) | 388
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, column 907W, on departmental consultants, what the job title is of each of the 43 policy and senior advisers employed by his Department; and which of the posts are occupied by people on 12 month fixed-term contracts. | | (308286) | 389
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on its proposals for the number of party political broadcasts allocated to minority parties. | | (308288) | 390
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the job specification is of his Department's expert adviser Ruth Mackenzie; what the difference is between a special adviser and an expert adviser in his Department; and on what contractual terms Ruth Mackenzie is employed. | | (308798) | 391
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to make an order to commence section 33 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009. | | (309373) | 392
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the future funding of Arts Council England; and if he will make a statement. | | (308354) | 393
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will require Arts Council England to publish details of its pension deficit on an annual basis. | | (308355) | 394
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent reports he has received on Arts Council England's pension fund deficit. | | (308358) | 395
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 665W, on Arts Council England: finance, whether Arts Council England may (a) use proceeds from the National Lottery and (b) grant-in-aid funding from his Department to reduce its pension fund deficit; and if he will make a statement. | | (308368) | 396
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will commission an inquiry into the value for money of the proposed restructuring of Arts Council England. | | (308543) | 397
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to reduce the number of consultants engaged by Arts Council England. | | (308544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 398
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309057) | 399
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 90W, on the Royal Air Force: military bases, what the (a) name and (b) rank of the US base commander is at (i) RAF Croughton, (ii) RAF Barford St John, (iii) RAF Menwith Hill, (iv) RAF Fairford, (v) RAF Welford, (vi) RAF Alconbury, (vii) RAF Molesworth, (viii) RAF Lakenheath and (ix) RAF Mildenhall. | | (309127) | 400
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 90W, on the Royal Air Force: military bases, what provision of the Data Protection Act 1999 governs the withholding of the name of each base commander requested in the Question; and if he will make a statement. | | (309128) | 401
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-3, on future defence programmes, whether the procurement of the new Chinook helicopters will affect the funding currently allocated to the Future Medium Helicopter Capability programme. | | (309191) | 402
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the replacement of the two CH-47 helicopters recently destroyed in Afghanistan will be funded from the Treasury Reserve. | | (309234) | 403
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) requirement, (b) actual number available and (c) percentage shortfall is of each type of armoured vehicle used for pre-deployment training in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (309235) | 404
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists from each branch have (a) been called up and (b) volunteered to assist with the Iraq Inquiry. | | (309236) | 405
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what length of time the reservists appointed to assist the Iraq Inquiry are expected to serve in that role. | | (309237) | 406
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) accommodate in military barracks the reservists aiding the Iraq Inquiry and (b) reimburse their living costs. | | (309238) | 407
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 801, on the future defence programme, how his Department plans to fill the requirement for long-range rescue and maritime reconnaissance after the planned withdrawal of Nimrod. | | (309239) | 408
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-04, on the future defence programme, which training exercises will be cancelled. | | (309240) | 409
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-04, on the future defence programme, what aspects of Army training his Department plans to reduce. | | (309241) | 410
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 801, on the future defence programme, what steps are being taken to ensure the safety of British submarines following the planned withdrawal of Nimrod MR2. | | (309270) | 411
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-4, on the future defence programme, what assessment he has made of the effects on (a) the Defence Training Review and (b) RAF St Athan of implementation of the measures announced in the Statement. | | (309271) | 412
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-2, on future defence programmes, what assessment has been made of the effects on the Royal Air Force's elements at readiness strategy of the reduction in Tornado and Harrier squadrons. | | (309282) | 413
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308824) | 414
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 237W, on radioactive materials: transport, what the reason is for the difference in the expected in-service date for refurbished truck cargo heavy trailers and the date originally specified in the initial gate business case. | | (308140) | 415
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's previous convoy support operations are now undertaken by the Atomic Weapons Establishment. | | (308188) | 416
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the high security vehicles for the transfer of special nuclear materials are still in service. | | (308189) | 417
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on military aircraft procured from BAe Systems since 1997. | | (308659) | 418
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on defence in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (308662) | 419
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308510) | 420
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the 2009 Pre-Budget Report affects his Department's spending plans for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will publish an updated version of Table 1.2 on pages 20 and 21 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09. | | (309066) | 421
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings are planned for the Met Office Review Group; whether the group plans to consider the Cabinet Office Asset Portfolio; and if he will make a statement. | | (308394) | 422
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department next plan to meet the Shareholder Executive to discuss the future of the Met Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (308395) | 423
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the composition of the Met Office Review Group will be changed in consequence of the publication of the Cabinet Office's Asset Portfolio; and if he will make a statement. | | (308396) | 424
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the publication of the Cabinet Office's Asset Portfolio on the work of the Met Office Review Group; whether any consequential changes will be made to the terms of reference of the Met Office Review Group; and if he will make a statement. | | (308397) | 425
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department plan to meet representatives from private sector weather companies to discuss the recent publication of the Cabinet Office's Asset Portfolio; and if he will make a statement. | | (308398) | 426
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the accumulation and use of air miles by his Department's personnel flying at public expense. | | [R] (308487) | 427
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy reservists there were of each rank in each year since 1997. | | [R] (308731) | 428
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army soldiers there were of each rank in each year since 1997. | | [R] (308759) | 429
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel there were of each rank in each year since 1997. | | [R] (308760) | 430
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chefs in uniform there were in (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Air Force in each year since 1997. | | [R] (308761) | 431
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) commodores, (b) brigadiers and (c) air commodores there were in each year since 1997. | | [R] (308762) | 432
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of the procurement of 24 Chinook helicopters from Boeing. | | (308608) | 433
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of procurement and installation of the Sea Viper Missile system on the Type 45 destroyers. | | (308609) | 434
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to equip Type 45 destroyers with the Sea Viper Missile system; and if he will make a statement. | | (308610) | 435
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many test firings of the Sea Viper missile have taken place; how much each firing cost; and how many of each firing have been successful. | | (308611) | 436
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first Chinook reverted from HC3 to HC2 will be deployed to Afghanistan. | | (308612) | 437
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to downsize or close the 2nd Division HQ at Craigiehall; and when a decision will be made on the future of the HQ. | | (308614) | 438
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff and (b) service staff were employed at 2nd Division HQ at Craigiehall in each of the last 10 years. | | (308615) | 439
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maintenance costs were for 2nd Division HQ at Craigiehall in each of the last 10 years. | | (308616) | 440
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are involved in the protection of Iraqi oil facilities. | | (308617) | 441
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions UK armed forces have had to engage hostile forces in the defence of Iraqi oil facilities. | | (308618) | 442
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what technical problems were encountered (a) in preparation for and (b) during the recent maiden test flight of the Airbus 400M in Spain. | | (308621) | 443
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated total cost is of the Airbus A400M project. | | (308622) | 444
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings his Department has had with EADS on renegotiating the initial contract for the Airbus A400M. | | (308623) | 445
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many explosive ordnance disposal officers there are in the armed forces. | | (308626) | 446
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what potential sites are proposed for the recently announced bomb disposal training centre. | | (308627) | 447
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many TALON bomb disposal robots the Army has in Afghanistan. | | (308628) | 448
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bomb disposal robots (a) have been ordered in each of the last five years and (b) are currently on order. | | (308629) | 449
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are trained to operate TALON bomb disposal robots. | | (308630) | 450
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the armed forces' TALON bomb disposal robots have been damaged due to human error in the last 12 months. | | (308631) | 451
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many handheld bomb detectors the Army has in Afghanistan. | | (308632) | 452
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Kajaki dam in Northern Helmand province to be operational. | | (308633) | 453
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Statement of 15 December 2009, when the minehunter will be decommissioned; and what the UK base is of that minehunter. | | (308636) | 454
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next plans to meet representatives of Historic Scotland to discuss basing arrangements at Edinburgh Castle. | | (308726) | 455
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to downsize or close the military garrison at Edinburgh Castle; and when a decision will be made on the future of the garrison. | | (308727) | 456
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff and (b) service staff were employed at Edinburgh Castle in each of the last 10 years. | | (308728) | 457
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maintenance costs were for the military garrison at Edinburgh Castle for each of the last 10 years. | | (308729) | 458
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what decisions have been made on the future role of the Governor of Edinburgh Castle. | | (308730) | 459
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many combat-ready helicopters are stationed at the British Sovereign Base Area of (a) Akrotiri and (b) Dhekelia. | | (309084) | 460
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Royal Navy warships are stationed in British Gibraltar territorial waters. | | (309100) | 461
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 14 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1362-3W, on armed forces: foreigners, how many of the 390 British Overseas Territories personnel serving in the armed forces (a) are trained helicopter pilots and (b) serve in the Royal Air Force. | | (309275) | 462
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format at each security classification have been submitted to the Iraq Inquiry by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (309364) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 463
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what definition his Department uses of the term fuel poverty; what changes to this definition there have been since 1997; whether he plans to change the current definition; and if he will make a statement. | | (308163) | 464
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families were in fuel poverty in each region in each of the last two years. | | (308164) | 465
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the level of the average household (a) gas and (b) electricity bill; what the average bill was in each case in 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (308165) | 466
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications to the Warm Front Scheme for (a) heating, (b) insulation and (c) heating and insulation were approved in (i) Southend and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last two years. | | (308166) | 467
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to eradicate fuel poverty in 2009; what steps he plans to take in the first six months of 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (308167) | 468
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of each document he presented to the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen; and if he will make a statement. | | (308184) | 469
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) other Ministerial colleagues on the operation of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (308338) | 470
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex County Council area received assistance under the Warm Front programme in 2008-09. | | (308457) | 471
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the Copenhagen climate change conference. | | (309314) | 472
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was supplied by District network to (a) North Ayrshire and (b) the Isle of Arran in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (309299) | 473
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since its inception; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309053) | 474
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent on the Warm Front programme in Stroud district in each year since its inception; and what other measures the Government has taken in Stroud district to (a) encourage greater energy efficiency measures and (b) reduce the level of fuel poverty. | | (309141) | 475
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessor and (ii) each of its NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each year since the inception of his Department. | | (309261) | 476
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many days sickness absence have been taken by staff in his Department in each month of 2009-10; and at what cost. | | (308573) | 477
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was spent by his Department on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308825) | 478
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of fuel poverty in Preston. | | (308579) | 479
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many employees of his Department have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308511) | 480
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of the outcomes of the Copenhagen climate change conference on his Department's policies. | | (309315) | 481
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2009, Official Report, column 1297W, on council tax: energy, if he will place in the Library a copy of each representation that the Energy Saving Trust has made to his Department on (a) council tax and energy efficiency and (b) controls on the sale or rent of homes which have a poor energy efficiency rating. | | (308664) | 482
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what methodology will be used to determine the cost to local authorities which do not reduce their emissions below their baseline of the purchase of carbon allowances under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC); and what he expects the average expenditure of a local authority on such allowances to be in the first year of the implementation of the CRC. | | (308698) | 483
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's Bedtime stories advertisement. | | (308699) | 484
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the unit cost of (a) subsidising and (b) funding the provision of (i) energy-efficient light bulbs and (ii) insulation for a home. | | (308700) | 485
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of the United Kingdom's energy needs are generated by wind power; and how many wind turbines are operating in the UK. | | (309075) | 486
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the effects on the British Overseas Territories of decisions reached at the Copenhagen climate change conference. | | (309088) | 487
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the future allocation of renewable obligation certificates per unit of electricity produced by biofuels. | | (309166) | 488
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to review the allocation of renewable obligation certificates per unit of electricity produced by biofuels. | | (309167) | 489
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit has provided to his Department since its inception. | | (309170) | 490
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department attended the Copenhagen climate change conference; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (309178) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 491
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the recently published codes of practice for the welfare of dogs and cats did not include guidance on breeding. | | (308187) | 492
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309061) | 493
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessor and (ii) each of its agencies and NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each year since the inception of his Department. | | (309262) | 494
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308826) | 495
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Country Landowners Association and the National Farmers Union on (a) the Campaign for the Farmed Environment sponsored by these bodies and (b) progress towards the targets set by that campaign for (i) England, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Cumbria. | | (308541) | 496
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308513) | 497
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of holding the Waste and Resources Action Programme exhibition in the Palace of Westminster in November 2009. | | (308353) | 498
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 47W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, what the piece of research on landfill bans is which has been published; what the (a) timetable, (b) reference number, (c) commissioned institution, (d) terms of reference and (e) title is of the other piece of research; and what the timetable is for the consultation referred to. | | (308370) | 499
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2009, Official Report, columns 48-9WS, on departmental expenditure limit (2009-10), for what reason the funding for the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is being transferred to the Department for Energy and Climate Change; and which department is now the sponsoring department for WRAP. | | (308372) | 500
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme holds on those local authorities which have used their powers to fine households for breaching a (a) no side waste collection policy and (b) closed lid policy. | | (308767) | 501
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on consultants advising on the Higher Level schemes in the last three years. | | (308238) | 502
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Higher Level schemes cost in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (308239) | 503
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of implementing the European Commission's proposal for a voluntary community animal welfare label for the purposes of standardising labelling of food with animal welfare information. | | (308292) | 504
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest timetable is for the establishment of joint waste authorities; and in which areas he expects the first such authorities to be established. | | (308601) | 505
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in (a) the rat population and (b) the incidence of household rat infestations. | | (308637) | 506
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19 May 2009, Official Report, column 1284W, on geographical information systems, whether the definition of cadastral parcels has been finalised for the purposes of implementation of the INSPIRE Directive. | | (308741) | 507
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices for household waste offences were issued in each Government Office region in each of the last three years. | | (308744) | 508
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the visual effect of wheeled refuse containers street scene and street clutter. | | (308763) | 509
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 18 May 2009, Official Report, columns 1138-9W, on the Waste and Resources Action Programme, what (a) services and (b) publications the Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management has provided to the programme. | | (308806) | 510
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19 May 2009, Official Report, columns 1282W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, whether the WR1205 research report has been provided to his Department. | | (308807) | 511
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many endemic species can be located in the (a) United Kingdom and (b) British Overseas Territories; and how many of those are endangered. | | (309110) | 512
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1379W, on Overseas Territories: nature conservation, what biodiversity projects are being funded from the additional £1.5 million announced by the Minister for Marine and Natural Environment. | | (309226) | 513
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2009, on nature conservation: British Overseas Territories, which British Overseas Territories have applied for funding under the Darwin Initiative's new Overseas Territories Fund; and in respect of what projects those territories have made such applications. | | (309272) | 514
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2009, on nature conservation: British Overseas Territories, what projects have (a) received and (b) been allocated funding from the £27,856 for South Atlantic Overseas Territories under the Darwin Initiative for 2009-10. | | (309273) | 515
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of use of water meadows in preventing flooding; and if he will make a statement. | | (308342) | 516
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department attended the Copenhagen climate change conference; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (309180) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 517
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) civil servants and (b) others are available on a (i) full-time and (ii) part-time basis to support Tony Blair in his role as Middle East peace envoy; what criteria were used to select them; by whom they were appointed; what their salary band is in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (309244) | 518
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will itemise how the £400,000 funding allocated by his Department to the United Nations Development Trust Fund in support of Tony Blair in his role as Middle East peace envoy is broken down by (a) salaries, (b) expenses and (c) other costs in the current financial year. | | (309245) | 519
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of his Department are presently seconded to support Tony Blair in his role as Middle East peace envoy; what procedure is in place for those officials to report formally to their home Department; and whether they remain subject to the Civil Service code. | | (309246) | 520
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department last met Tony Blair in his capacity as Middle East peace envoy. | | (309248) | 521
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what checks are in place to ensure that monies made available to the United Nations Development Trust Fund to support the work of the Middle East Peace Envoy are not used for unauthorised or unconnected purposes. | | (309250) | 522
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the United Nations Development Trust Fund's budget to fund the office of the Quartet Representative was used to meet the office costs of Tony Blair in the current financial year. | | (309251) | 523
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what objectives Tony Blair has set in his capacity as Middle East peace envoy; and what the role of his Department was in setting those objectives. | | (309253) | 524
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has authorised the registration of any company in connection with the work of Tony Blair has set in his role as Middle East peace envoy. | | (309254) | 525
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Tony Blair in his role as Middle East peace envoy. | | (309255) | 526
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the achievements of Tony Blair in his role as Middle East peace envoy. | | (309256) | 527
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions Tony Blair has provided a written briefing to his Department pursuant to his role as Middle East peace envoy since 1 January 2009. | | (309257) | 528
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what capacity (a) Nicholas Banner and (b) Gavin Mackay are employed by his Department. | | (309258) | 529
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made at the United Nations General Assembly to ensure that a full investigation is undertaken into the findings of the Goldstone Report on the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. | | (309023) | 530
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the government of Israel concerning former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's proposed address to the Jewish National Fund Conference on 13 December 2009. | | (309028) | 531
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the new agreement between the National Congress Party and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement on the rules for the forthcoming referendum in the south of Sudan; what reports he has received on the eligibility to register and vote of (a) southerners living in the north of Sudan and (b) northerners living in the south of Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (309132) | 532
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on trends in the numbers of (a) shootings and (b) kidnappings of peacekeepers and humanitarian workers in Darfur and the surrounding region; and what steps he plans to take in consequence. | | (309133) | 533
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what indicators with which to measure process efficiency and programme effectiveness his Department plans to include in the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. | | (309231) | 534
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on fees of third party agents in relation to booking hotel accommodation in each such year. | | (309320) | 535
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308827) | 536
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308514) | 537
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions there have been between the US authorities and the (a) UK Mission in the United States and (b) Foreign and Commonwealth Office on their request for the extradition of Nosratollah Tajik; and if he will make a statement. | | (308279) | 538
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions there have been between the government of Iran and the (a) UK Mission in Tehran and (b) Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the request made to the UK by the United States for the extradition of Nosratollah Tajik; and if he will make a statement. | | (308280) | 539
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Ugandan government on its proposals for legislation discriminating against gays. | | (308143) | 540
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the accumulation and use of air miles by his Department's personnel flying at public expense. | | (308484) | 541
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to Andrew Symeou, detained in Korydallos prison in Athens; what assessment his Department has made of conditions of detention at the prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (308720) | 542
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage rehabilitation programs for drug addicts serving prison sentences in the British Caribbean Overseas Territories. | | (309076) | 543
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many offenders held in prisons in (a) in Cayman Islands, (b) Anguilla and (c) the British Virgin Islands are serving time for knife-related offences. | | (309077) | 544
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many offenders held in prisons in (a) the Cayman Islands, (b) Anguilla and (c) the British Virgin Islands are serving time for drug-related offences. | | (309078) | 545
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of tourists who have arrived in the Falkland Islands in each year since 2005; and how many such tourists arrived by cruise ship in each such year. | | (309080) | 546
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any Royal visits to the (a) British Overseas Territories and (b) Crown Dependencies are planned to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. | | (309081) | 547
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what tsunami-warning systems are in place for the purposes of protecting the British Indian Ocean Territory. | | (309083) | 548
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of wind turbines operating in each of the British Caribbean Overseas Territories. | | (309089) | 549
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken to mitigate potential adverse environmental effects arising from mine-clearing operations on the Falkland Islands. | | (309091) | 550
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the government of the Falkland Islands has made in meeting its obligations under the Ottawa Treaty on mine clearance. | | (309092) | 551
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the volume of oil deposits off the Falkland Islands. | | (309093) | 552
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are being taken to mitigate potential adverse environmental effects arising from drilling for oil off the Falkland Islands. | | (309094) | 553
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Gibraltar on the dispute over British Gibraltar territorial waters. | | (309096) | 554
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has provided to the governments of British Caribbean Overseas Territories to assist with anti-knife and anti-firearms campaigns. | | (309098) | 555
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on people-trafficking in the British Caribbean Overseas Territories with representatives of those territories. | | (309099) | 556
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Spanish government's recent assertion of claims to waters off the coast of Gibraltar under the designation of EU environmental protection on (a) fishing rights, (b) aerospace considerations and (c) development rights. | | (309101) | 557
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the development of an over-arching, long-term template for energy generation in the British Overseas Territories. | | (309102) | 558
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the proportion of those children eligible to attend who are enrolled in the education system in (a) Bermuda, (b) Anguilla and (c) the British Virgin Islands. | | (309104) | 559
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on literacy rate among residents of the Pitcairn Islands. | | (309105) | 560
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the net migration rate for St Helena was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (309107) | 561
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to enable British Overseas Territories to apply for funding for environmental conservation projects through the Global Environment Facility. | | (309108) | 562
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Overseas Territories are members of the Global Island Partnership. | | (309109) | 563
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much high-level radioactive waste is stored in each of the British Overseas Territories. | | (309111) | 564
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the proportion of waste products (a) disposed of in landfills and (b) recycled in each of the British Caribbean Overseas Territories. | | (309112) | 565
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the average energy consumption by household in each British Caribbean Overseas Territory. | | (309113) | 566
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Overseas Territories have a National Olympic Committee. | | (309222) | 567
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British Antarctic Survey has commissioned research into the causes and effects of climate change and global warming in the last three years. | | (309223) | 568
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, columns 66-7W, on the British Overseas Territories: police, how many of the officers arrested for criminal activity in the Cayman Islands were convicted. | | (309224) | 569
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 October 2009, what proportion of households in (a) the Falkland Islands, (b) St Helena and (c) Tristan da Cunha have access to broadband internet. | | (309274) | 570
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 10 June 2009, Official Report, column 166W, on British Overseas Territories: young offenders, how many of the 2,578 records of persons aged 16 years and under held on the Overseas Territories Regional Crime Intelligence System refer to (a) drug and (b) alcohol-related offences. | | (309276) | 571
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 9 October 2009, Official Report, column 1241W, on British Overseas Territories: prisoners, what plans there are to increase prison capacity in each of the UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean in which prisoner population exceeds capacity. | | (309361) | 572
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) other Ministers at his Department, (c) officials of his Department, (d) officials at the British Embassy in Greece and (e) British Consular staff in Greece have had with the Greek authorities on the detention of Andrew Symeou; and if he will make a statement. | | (308718) | 573
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Chile. | | (309144) | 574
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Nigeria. | | (309145) | 575
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Jordan. | | (309146) | 576
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Kenya. | | (309147) | 577
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Oman. | | (309148) | 578
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Saudi Arabia. | | (309149) | 579
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Qatar. | | (309150) | 580
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Vietnam. | | (309151) | 581
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Mexican counterpart and (b) the Mexican Ambassador to the UK in the case of Kirsty MacColl; and if he will make a statement. | | (308356) | 582
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet his Australian counterpart to discuss (a) UK-Australian relations and (b) global issues. | | (308357) | 583
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employs in each of its embassies in South America. | | (308359) | 584
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on accession negotiations between the EU and Croatia; and if he will make a statement. | | (308360) | 585
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the state of relations between Fiji and the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (308361) | 586
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will visit Colombia to discuss reports of murders of trade unionists in that country. | | (308362) | 587
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met trade union officials to discuss employment issues affecting his Department's staff. | | (308363) | 588
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on greeting foreign dignitaries arriving at Heathrow airport in each of the last three years. | | (308364) | 589
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to visit Belarus to discuss (a) bilateral relations and (b) broader global issues. | | (308365) | 590
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the state of relations between Belarus and the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (308366) | 591
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Belarus. | | (308367) | 592
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for St Ives of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 356W, on the British Indian Ocean Territory: environment protection, when he expects the consulation on the establishment of a Marine Protected Area to conclude. | | (308817) | 593
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 1036W, on the Overseas Territories Consultative Council, what the cost to the public purse was of hosting the meeting on 9 December 2009. | | (309051) | 594
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 1036W, on the Olympic Games 2012, how many staff in his Department have responsiblity for co-ordinating his Department's preparations for the games; and what the cost of their annual salaries was in 2008-09. | | (309242) | 595
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2009 to the hon. Member for Monmouth, Official Report, column 1033W, on Government departments: wine, how many bottles of wine from each (a) region of origin and (b) vintage are held in the Government hospitality wine cellar. | | (309243) | 596
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) documents and (b) other types of information held in electronic format at each level of security classification the Iraq Inquiry has requested from his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (309366) | 597
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format at each security classification have been submitted to the Iraq Inquiry by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (309367) | 598
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to the Iranian government on Baha'is in Iran. | | (309176) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 599
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was between general practitioner referral and treatment in respect of (a) breast cancer, (b) hip replacements, (c) cataracts and(d) endoscopy in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308494) | 600
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical operations were carried out on the NHS in Nottingham North constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008. | | (308495) | 601
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed at Nottingham City Hospital in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (308496) | 602
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner surgeries in Nottingham North constituency offer extended opening hours. | | (308497) | 603
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 1047W, on departmental training, how many civil servants attended the overseas training course; where it was held; when it was held; and what its title was. | | (308987) | 604
| Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the NHS Human Tissue Authority Research Project entitled Routine examination of the newborn: the EMREN study. | | (308273) | 605
| Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what professional qualifications are required for a health practitioner in the NHS to perform the Ortolani and Barlow manoeuvre at the newborn and six to eight week physical examination. | | (308274) | 606
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase participation rates in bowel cancer screening in (a) Waltham Forest, (b) Redbridge, (c) London and (d) England. | | (309317) | 607
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department has issued any advice or guidance to the NHS in the London North Central planning region on the provision of accident and emergency facilities in that region; and if he will make a statement. | | (309021) | 608
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners received a (a) detoxification and (b) prescribing service under the Integrated Drug Treatment System in the last two years. | | (308215) | 609
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have participated in intensive drug treatment programmes in the last five years; and what assessment he has made of their effectiveness of such programmes. | | (308216) | 610
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on drug treatment in prisons distributed through (a) the National Offender Management Service and (b) primary care trusts in the last 12 months. | | (308218) | 611
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309054) | 612
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on healthcare in the Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust area (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) other health care categories in each year since 1999. | | (309138) | 613
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) Gloucestershire County Council and (b) district councils in Gloucestershire were paid by the NHS for joint-funded projects in each year since 1999. | | (309139) | 614
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the London Borough of (a) Bexley, (b) Bromley and (c) Greenwich underwent elective surgery in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (308502) | 615
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) mixed-sex and (b) single-sex wards there are in South London Healthcare NHS Trust hospitals. | | (308503) | 616
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies and NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309263) | 617
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to consult on his Department's adult autism strategy prior to its publication. | | (309182) | 618
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the implementation plan for his Department's adult autism strategy will be published at the same time as that strategy. | | (309183) | 619
| Patrick Hall (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to enhance training for general practitioners in musculoskeletal medicine with a view to reducing the length of time taken in referral, diagnosis and treatment. | | (309067) | 620
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308829) | 621
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for (a) an in-patient and (b) an out-patient in the Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust was in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308656) | 622
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in the area covered by Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308658) | 623
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people required hospital treatment as a result of ice-skating accidents in (a) Lancashire and (b) each county in the North West in each of the last three years. | | (308291) | 624
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females were diagnosed with AIDS in (i) Chorley, (ii) Lancashire and (ii) the North West in each of the last five years. | | (308407) | 625
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308515) | 626
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people with multiple sclerosis. | | (308378) | 627
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses specialise in caring for people with multiple sclerosis. | | (308379) | 628
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol-related admissions there were for 16 to 24 years olds in (a) Northamptonshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years. | | (308647) | 629
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had been waiting for operations at Northampton General Hospital for (a) between three and six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between one and two years and (d) over two years in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (308756) | 630
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the extent of use of yellow-coloured copper aluminium alloy in place of dental gold in dental treatments. | | (308145) | 631
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are estimated to have had yellow-coloured copper aluminium alloy fitted instead of dental gold in dental treatment without being informed of the material being used; and if he will make a statement. | | (308146) | 632
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of alcohol-related hospital admissions in each strategic health authority area were repeat admissions in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (308250) | 633
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 110 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, (a) what current variations in spend on residential care are; how £250 million of savings will be achieved by reducing such variations; how much of these savings will be achieved in each financial year; and what these savings will be spent on. | | (308144) | 634
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated in respect of patients with social care and healthcare needs who are part-funded by the NHS and the local authority in each primary care trust area in each of the last three years. | | (309305) | 635
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with social care and healthcare needs have been part-funded by the NHS and the local authority in each primary care trust area in each of the last three years. | | (309306) | 636
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients qualified for continuing healthcare in each primary care trust area in each of the last three years. | | (309312) | 637
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of continuing healthcare has been in each primary care trust in each of the last three years. | | (309313) | 638
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 549W, on autism: health services, if he will commission research from autism spectrum experts into cerebral inhibition soothing behaviours and the compromised capacity of persons who are autistic. | | (308467) | 639
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what impact assessments were undertaken of the effects on licensed premises of the ban on smoking in public places were carried out (a) before and (b) since the implementation of the ban. | | (308681) | 640
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 162W, on the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board, whether the publication of the report of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board is contingent on the Government's response to its recommendations. | | (308774) | 641
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to recall any of the advance given to BT for work on the implementation of Cerner Millennium in the South of England as part of the efficiency savings to be made from the National Programme for IT. | | (308775) | 642
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 165W, on social services, for what reason publication of the interim report of the Personal Social Services Research Unit is considered unhelpful; and what discussions he has had with external stakeholders on the effect of publication of the interim report on their engagement with the Big Care Debate. | | (308776) | 643
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to limit the entitlement available to those in receipt of (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance under proposals for reform of the social care system. | | (308782) | 644
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the results of each model (a) prepared and (b) commissioned by his Department on (i) removal of and (ii) changes to attendance allowance and disability living allowance. | | (308784) | 645
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all existing and future claimants of (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance who are over the age of 65 years will need to agree care plans in order to receive an equivalent level of support. | | (309116) | 646
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all (a) existing and (b) future claimants of (i) attendance allowance and (ii) disability living allowance who are over the age of 65 will have the option of continuing to be able to receive their benefit in cash via a direct payment from a future national care service. | | (309117) | 647
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether changes have been made to the financial assumptions underpinning the Government's financial modelling for a national care service consequent on the announcement of the policy that there will be no cash losers among existing disability benefit recipients. | | (309118) | 648
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which month of 2010 he plans to publish his Department's White Paper on the future of social care. | | (309119) | 649
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Big Care Debate events have been held since the publication of the Green Paper on Shaping the Future of Care Together; in which constituencies such events have been held; and which hon. Members (a) have been invited to attend and (b) are recorded as having attended such events. | | (309120) | 650
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the final report of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board. | | (309121) | 651
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded as having (a) an admission and (b) a discharge episode with a diagnosis of (i) malnutrition, (ii) nutritional anaemias and (iii) other nutritional deficiencies in each NHS trust in each month since September 2008. | | (309122) | 652
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded as having (a) an admission and (b) a discharge episode with a diagnosis of (i) malnutrition, (ii) nutritional anaemias and (iii) other nutritional deficiencies in each NHS trust in each year between 1997-98 and 2008-09. | | (309123) | 653
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 762W, on social services, if he will publish the elements of the micro-simulation model which provided the figures on the number of individuals whose needs are critical. | | (309124) | 654
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, columns 553-4W, on social services, in what month those discussions and clearances took place. | | (309125) | 655
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 495W, on social services, what methodology was used to calculate the (a) residential and (b) informal care switchers. | | (309126) | 656
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 757W, how much has been paid to each legal firm employed to draft the contracts for the National Programme for IT. | | (309163) | 657
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) research and (b) consultation his Department undertook before instructing local authorities to become the accrediting bodies for the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; and how many retailers have registered with local authorities for the purpose of providing such services. | | (309283) | 658
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many retailers have registered with the Community Equipment Dispensing Accreditation Board. | | (309284) | 659
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations are using prescriptions for wheelchairs under the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model. | | (309285) | 660
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many equipment stores have been decommissioned as a result of the implementation of the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; and what model is in place to provide the complex aids to daily living in areas in which such equipment stores have been decommissioned. | | (309286) | 661
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations have been using the retail model since his Department's (a) stakeholder events and (b) endorsement of the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchairs Services retail model; whether those organisations are using that model for simple aids to daily living alone; and how much has been paid to management consultants for work for those organisations. | | (309287) | 662
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the implementation of his plans for the NHS in respect of social care provision will require legislation. | | (309288) | 663
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether social care provision commissioned by primary care trusts will be exempt from means-testing. | | (309289) | 664
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he plans to provide for NHS commissioners to commission social care. | | (309290) | 665
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what uplift he expects each primary care trust to receive consequent on the takeover of social care provision by primary care trusts. | | (309291) | 666
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to transfer (a) control over provision and (b) responsibility for funding of social care to primary care trusts. | | (309362) | 667
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future role of the NHS in respect of control over provision of social care; and if he will make a statement. | | (309363) | 668
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS (a) was entitled to reclaim and (b) has reclaimed for healthcare carried out on UK citizens in other countries with which the UK has a reciprocal agreement in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (308380) | 669
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been reclaimed by the NHS for healthcare carried out in England in respect of nationals of other countries with which the UK has a reciprocal agreement in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (308381) | 670
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate has been made of the number of carers in England. | | (308148) | 671
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the number of people who have left full-time employment in the last three years to become a carer. | | (308149) | 672
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years old are being treated for diabetes in (a) England, (b) Leicester and (c) the East Midlands. | | (308737) | 673
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of treating diabetes in children under the age of 16 years was in each of the last five years. | | (308739) | 674
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years old in (a) Leicester and (b) England were classified as (i) overweight and (ii) obese at the latest date for which information is available. | | (308742) | 675
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the link between diet and diabetes in children. | | (308743) | 676
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years old diagnosed as diabetic were overweight or obese in each of the last five years. | | (308745) | 677
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated for the prevention of diabetes in children in the next 12 months. | | (308746) | 678
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 16 to 24 year olds are being treated for diabetes in (a) England, (b) Leicester and (c) the East Midlands. | | (308747) | 679
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 16 to 24 year olds in (a) England, (b) Leicester and (c) the East Midlands have been diagnosed with (i) type 1 diabetes and (ii) type 2 diabetes. | | (308748) | 680
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of treating diabetes in adults was in each of the last five years. | | (308749) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 681
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) crimes, (b) crimes of domestic burglary, (c) vehicle-related crimes and (d) violent crimes there were in Nottingham North constituency in (i) 1997 and (ii) the last year for which information is available. | | (309024) | 682
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were based in Nottingham North constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) the last year for which information is available. | | (309301) | 683
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) offences involving violence against the person, (b) violent sexual offences and (c) offences of robbery with violence there were in each basic command unit of the Sussex police force area in each year from 2002-03 to 2008-09. | | (308454) | 684
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the crime detection rate of the Sussex police force has been in each year since 1996-97. | | (309115) | 685
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in his Department is responsible for policy to implement proposals in the autism strategy on improving the accessibility of the criminal justice system; and if he will make a statement. | | (308723) | 686
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of refused asylum seekers remaining (a) illegally and (b) pending appeal in (i) the UK, (ii) England and (iii) each region in each of the last five years. | | (308751) | 687
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) financial, (b) legal and (c) housing support his Department provides to refused asylum seekers allowed to remain in the UK temporarily for humanitarian reasons. | | (308752) | 688
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers were (a) granted asylum and (b) allowed to remain temporarily in the UK for humanitarian reasons in each of the last five years. | | (308753) | 689
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to pages 80 and 81 of his Department's Resource Accounts 2008-09, for what reasons the UK Border Agency made overpayments of £9.6 million in respect of accommodation and direct support to asylum seekers whose eligibility for the support had ceased. | | (309309) | 690
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to pages 80 and 81 of his Department's Resource Accounts 2008-09, for what reasons the UK Border Agency made payments of £1.3 million to landlords for empty properties. | | (309310) | 691
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on fees of third party agents in relation to booking hotel accommodation in each such year. | | (309318) | 692
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies has to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies has recovered in adminstrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309293) | 693
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on the removals process between 1 January and 1 December 2009. | | (309168) | 694
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308830) | 695
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of recorded crime was in Lancashire Constabulary area in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308582) | 696
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people in each age group held in immigration detention centres have been (a) released and (b) deported in each year since 1997. | | (308447) | 697
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) UK national and (b) non-UK national missing persons of each age have been recorded by the Missing Persons Bureau in each year since 1997; and how many were subsequently found. | | (308757) | 698
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each age group have been held in immigration removal centres on more than one occasion in each year since 1997; and on how many occasions such people were held in a removal centre. | | (308777) | 699
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) advertising, (c) publishing, (d) public relations, (e) professional training and (f) other activities in respect of each campaign (i) operated by his Department and (ii) commissioned from other organisations in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09; and which organisation operated each campaign not operated by his Department. | | (308818) | 700
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Government has not introduced a new liberty test on powers of entry. | | (308373) | 701
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the commencement of the provisions in the Policing and Crime Act 2009 to make councillors interested parties for the purposes of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (308405) | 702
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has (a) considered and (b) upheld on the misuse of powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. | | (308734) | 703
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued to police forces on use of powers under anti-terrorism legislation to stop and search people taking photographs. | | (308735) | 704
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) new and (b) amended powers of entry have been created by legislation sponsored by his Department since 1997. | | (308736) | 705
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Ahmad. | | (309152) | 706
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms S. Mpofu. | | (309153) | 707
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr H.J. Kaabane. | | (309154) | 708
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 15 October 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Saima Noreen Rashid. | | (309155) | 709
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms S. Riaz. | | (309156) | 710
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Mr A. Mortlock and Miss D. Taylor. | | (309157) | 711
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Mrs K. Mirza. | | (309158) | 712
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 10 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Mr Ali Hosseni. | | (309159) | 713
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 11 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Mr G. Singh. | | (309160) | 714
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 11 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Mr M. A. Chaudhry. | | (309161) | 715
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol-related crimes were recorded as being committed by 16 to 24 years olds in (a) Northamptonshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (308649) | 716
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) civilian staff there were in Northamptonshire Constabulary in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2008. | | (308706) | 717
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions there have been discussions with representatives of other Government departments on the request from the United States for the extradition of Nosratollah Tajik; and if he will make a statement. | | (308282) | 718
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of burglary were recorded in Rotherham in each year since 2005. | | (308141) | 719
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on the accumulation and use of air miles by his Department's personnel flying at public expense. | | (308485) | 720
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) objectives and (b) terms of reference are of the Association of Chief Police Officers' Prevent Channel project for which his Department has provided funding. | | (308548) | 721
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) objectives and (b) scope is of the Association of Chief Police Officers' Vehicle Intelligence Scheme which receives funding from his Department. | | (308549) | 722
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work is undertaken by the Association of Chief Police Officers' regional intelligence units. | | (308550) | 723
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what types of wildlife crime are dealt with by the National Wildlife Crime Unit. | | (308551) | 724
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) bodies and (b) officials are authorised to carry out inspections and investigations of private houses and premises without a search warrant. | | (308577) | 725
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's publication, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Consolidating Orders and Codes of Practice Summary of Responses, page 18, if he will place in the Library a copy of the response from (a) the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, (b) the Chartered Institution of Waste Management, (c) the British Broadcasting Corporation, (d) the Department of Communities and Local Government/Fire Services in England, (e) the National Undercover Working Group Legal Group, (f) the Chief Surveillance Commissioner and (g) Interception of Communications Commissioner. | | (308651) | 726
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's publication, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Consolidating Orders and Codes of Practice Summary of Responses, page 16, which of the 41 respondents supported local authority use of the Act for dog fouling, littering or school enrolment checking. | | (308653) | 727
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the (a) Independent Safeguarding Authority and (b) Criminal Records Bureau has provided guidance to local authorities on the undertaking of checks in respect of councillors. | | (308691) | 728
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister took the decision to extend the scope of the Manchester area identity cards pilot scheme. | | (308692) | 729
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timetable has been set for the publication of the report by Lord West on powers of entry; and how many representations that review has received. | | (308693) | 730
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made by his Department in its review of legal highs commissioned earlier this year. | | (308721) | 731
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2009, Official Report, column 474W, on non-domestic rates: religious buildings, which organisations have had applications to be certified under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 rejected by the Registrar General since 1979. | | (308766) | 732
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 522W, on departmental expenditure, on what dates conference facilities at City Inn were hired by his Department; and for what reason rooms in his Department's building in Marsham Street were not used in each case. | | (308283) | 733
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Serious and Organised Crime Agency uses to determine whether an (a) individual and (b) organisation has received a tainted gift. | | (308310) | 734
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Olympics on the policing of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (308472) | 735
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on levels of crime of the staging of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (308480) | 736
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Group has met since December 2008; and at how many of those meetings were (a) officials and (b) Ministers from his Department present. | | (308955) | 737
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made developing a website for the Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Group; and if he will make a statement. | | (308956) | 738
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals the Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Group have made; which of those have been adopted; and if he will make a statement. | | (308957) | 739
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cautions were issued for (a) possession and (b) possession with intent for (i) class A, (ii) class B and (c) class C drug offences in each year since 1997. | | (308964) | 740
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas for family visitors to the UK have been (a) granted and (b) refused in respect of applicants from each (i) African and (ii) Caribbean country in each of the last three years. | | (308242) | 741
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in (a) Islwyn constituency, (b) Gwent and (c) Wales who have not been convicted of a crime have their details on the Police National Computer. | | (308150) | 742
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has commissioned to uncover the extent of domestic violence against women. | | (308151) | 743
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to support women who are subject to domestic violence. | | (308152) | 744
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students who completed their qualifications at (a) a further education college and (b) a higher education institution have been granted leave to remain and sought employment under the Tier 1 (Post-study work) visa scheme since the introduction of the points-based system. | | (308790) | 745
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons his Department decided to stop recording the number of police stations operational in the UK in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (309227) | 746
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1532W, on DNA: databases, how many profiles have been removed from the National DNA Database by each police force in each month since 15 October 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (309229) | 747
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1534W, on DNA: databases, how many new profiles have been added to the National DNA Database by each police force in each month since 15 October 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (309230) | 748
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format at each security classification have been submitted to the Iraq Inquiry by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (309365) | 749
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to contract private security firms for the 2012 Olympics. | | (308811) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 750
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many press, marketing and communications staff are employed by the House of Commons; and how many staff provide media and communications support to the Speaker. | | (308276) | 751
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to publish claims made under the additional costs allowance for 2004-05 by those who are no longer hon. Members; and if the Commission will make it its policy to publish additional costs allowance claims for the period 2004-05 made by former hon. Members who are now prospective parliamentary candidates. | | (308277) | 752
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons Commission has spent on electricity on the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate in each of the last five years. | | (308383) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 753
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of his Department are presently seconded to support Tony Blair in his role as Middle East peace envoy; what procedure is in place for those officials to report formally to their home Department; and whether they remain subject to the Civil Service code. | | (309247) | 754
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department last met Tony Blair in his capacity as Middle East peace envoy. | | (309249) | 755
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309059) | 756
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by his Department on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308831) | 757
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many employees of his Department have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308516) | 758
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make provision of aid by his Department to Uganda conditional on a removal of anti-homosexual legislation and ending of public statements of anti-gay prejudice by Ugandan government ministers. | | (308142) | 759
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on the accumulation and use of air miles by his Department's personnel flying at public expense. | | (308486) | 760
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress has been made on deciding upon air access options for St Helena. | | (309106) | 761
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format by his Department of each security classification have been submitted to the Iraq Inquiry; and if he will make a statement. | | (309372) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 762
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) trials and (b) convictions there were for drug offences in East Sussex between 2000 and 2009. | | (308460) | 763
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours on average a young offender spent in (a) general education, (b) literacy work, (c) numeracy work, (d) training, (e) physical education and (f) recreation/association in each (i) secure children's home, (ii) secure training centre and (iii) young offender institution in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308780) | 764
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young offenders given a community sentence have (a) breached that order and (b) received a custodial sentence as a result in each month of the last three years. | | (308786) | 765
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many accommodation units there are in each (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution; how many young offenders each unit accommodates; and how many staff work in each unit. | | (308813) | 766
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ratio of staff to prisoners is in each (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution. | | (308815) | 767
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours each day young offenders spent locked in a cell at each (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution on average in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308820) | 768
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Minister in his Department is responsible for policy to implement proposals in the autism strategy on improving the accessibility of the criminal justice system; and if he will make a statement. | | (308724) | 769
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to introduce legislation to restrict the universal jurisdiction of UK courts for crimes against humanity; and if he will make a statement. | | (309027) | 770
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners receiving methadone treatment are serving sentences of (a) less than three months, (b) between three and six months, (c) between six months and one year, (d) between one and two years and (e) more than two years. | | (308211) | 771
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Magistrates' Association on sentencing policy for people convicted of driving whilst disqualified. | | (308213) | 772
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of making driving whilst disqualified an offence triable either-way. | | (308214) | 773
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of any overlap between the work of probation officers and the work of drug intervention programme teams. | | (308217) | 774
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed as part of the Interventions and Substance Misuse Group within the National Offender Management System; and how many were so employed in June 2008. | | (308219) | 775
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) assessment has been made of the merits and (b) estimate has been made of the costs per prisoner of places in dedicated drug treatment prisons. | | (308220) | 776
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of drivers convicted of offences of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs in Gloucestershire were (a) first-time offenders and (b) had two or more convictions in each year since 1999. | | (309137) | 777
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on fees of third party agents in relation to booking hotel accommodation in each such year. | | (309319) | 778
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a (a) simple caution, (b) conditional caution, (c) cannabis warning and (d) penalty notice for disorder following a court appearance in each London local authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (309297) | 779
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people received a (a) reprimand, (b) final warning and (c) penalty notice for disorder following a court appearance in each London local authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (309298) | 780
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessors and (ii) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has recovered in adminstrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309295) | 781
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rapes were reported in each prison in England and Wales in each year since 2000. | | (308958) | 782
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investigations took place under Prison Service Order 1300 in each year since 2000; and what offences triggered such investigations. | | (308959) | 783
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of grievous bodily harm have taken place in prisons in each year since 2000. | | (308960) | 784
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of sexual assault have taken place in prisons in each year since 2000. | | (308961) | 785
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses he received to the consultation paper 18/09 on legal aid funding reforms. | | (308962) | 786
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the responses to the consultation paper 18/09 on legal aid funding reforms; and when he plans to announce his decisions on policy changes to be made in the light of the consultation responses. | | (308963) | 787
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residents of ClearSprings properties have had their residency terminated following a breach of terms of residency in each month since June 2007. | | (308787) | 788
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residents have been received into ClearSprings properties in each month since June 2007. | | (308788) | 789
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308832) | 790
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Government funding has been allocated to victim support in the Lancashire Constabulary area in each year since 1996. | | (308583) | 791
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average cost of providing a meal to a prisoner in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308976) | 792
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were charged with disciplinary or criminal offences involving (a) importation of drugs, (b) importation of mobile telephones and (c) importation of other contraband to a prison in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (308169) | 793
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors have reported moving prisoners immediately prior to an inspection in the last 12 months. | | (308170) | 794
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review the bail accommodation contract with ClearSprings. | | (308171) | 795
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been received about ClearSprings from (a) the public, (b) probation services and (c) local authorities since June 2007. | | (308172) | 796
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to increase the amount of time probation staff spend in face-to-face contact with offenders. | | (308278) | 797
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) internal and (b) external audits of mandatory drug testing in prisons have been undertaken. | | (308738) | 798
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of accuracy of mandatory drug testing statistics. | | (308758) | 799
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to produce statistics on the number of former servicemen and women who are currently either serving a custodial sentence or the subject of community supervision. | | (308851) | 800
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each age group who were remanded in custody in each year since 1997 were not convicted of the offence for which they were remanded in custody; and how much time was spent on remand by such people. | | (308778) | 801
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) consultants, (b) advertising, (c) publishing, (d) public relations, (e) professional training and (f) other activities for each campaign (i) operated by his Department and (ii) commissioned from other organisations in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09; and which organisation operated each campaign which was not operated by his Department. | | (308779) | 802
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 435W, on debt collection, if he will place in the Library a copy of the evaluation report by HM Courts Service on accepting credit card payments. | | (308528) | 803
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many properties in England had a capital value of over £2 million according to records held by the Land Registry on the latest date for which information is available. | | (308732) | 804
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what circimstances bailiffs can be used to collect unpaid credit card debts. | | (308812) | 805
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Legal Services Commission has chosen the period between April and August 2009 to assess the annual run-rate of new matter start allocations for providers of the Advice and Assistance Scheme (Legal Help). | | (308468) | 806
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library an unredacted copy of the Physical control in care restraint manual used in secure training centres. | | (308382) | 807
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many armed forces veterans are (a) serving a custodial sentence in a prison in England and Wales and (b) the subject of (i) a court order and (ii) a parole licence. | | (308605) | 808
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to identify armed forces veterans who are the subject of (a) a court report or (b) admission to custody; and whether he plans advice and support packages for such veterans. | | (308606) | 809
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outcome was of the 2007 scoping study of the number of armed forces veterans who were serving a sentence in HMP Dartmoor. | | (308607) | 810
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what studies his Department has conducted since 2000 into the number of armed forces veterans serving a custodial sentence; and what the outcome of each such study was. | | (308613) | 811
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representation he has received on sentencing policy for people convicted of offences of theft from shops. | | (309316) | 812
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 435W, on debt collection, what representations (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts Service have received on collecting debts through credit card payment. | | (308419) | 813
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 435W, on debt collection, what the timetable is for completion of the evaluation of the scheme of taking debt payments by debit and credit card. | | (308420) | 814
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1214W, on council tax: non-payment, how many applications for liability orders were made to each magistrates' court in 2008-09. | | (308525) | 815
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Answer to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1214W, on council tax, non-payment, what assessment he has made of the reason for the increase in applications for liability orders. | | (308527) | 816
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residential property transactions with a purchase price between £125,000 and £175,000 have been recorded by the Land Registry as having been completed since the implementation of the increase in the stamp duty threshold. | | (308702) | 817
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria the Prison Service uses to determine whether to recognise a religion for the purposes of facilitating religious ministry in prison. | | (308703) | 818
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures the Prison Service has in place to enable foreign nationals in UK prisons to vote by post in overseas elections where they have such a right. | | (308287) | 819
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the respondents were to the second round of consultation on voting rights for prisoners. | | (308289) | 820
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many respondents to the second round of consultation on voting rights for prisoners were convicted prisoners. | | (308290) | 821
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential effect on levels of electoral fraud of general election counts taking place the day after polling. | | (308305) | 822
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1388W, on the Political Parties and Elections Bill, what his plans are for the timetable for the commencement of each provision of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 to be commenced by order. | | (308314) | 823
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) voting age, (b) a referendum on using the alternative vote for elections to the House of Commons and (c) voting rights for prisoners. | | (308326) | 824
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake an impact assessment in respect of the implementation of proposals to conduct the counting of all votes in the general election on the day after polling. | | (308327) | 825
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons are for the time taken to implement the CORE electoral registration programme. | | (308406) | 826
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse of the (a) LASER and (b) CORE electoral registration projects have been to date. | | (308816) | 827
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on proposals to allow life peers to renounce their peerage and stand for election to the House of Commons. | | (308846) | 828
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the merits of increasing the period of time a person with a terminal illness can be released early from prison on compassionate grounds. | | (308552) | 829
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for offences related to insider dealing in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (308376) | 830
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders currently being held in prisons in each of the Crown Dependencies are serving sentences for drug-related offences. | | (309085) | 831
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to expand prison capacity in the Crown Dependencies. | | (309086) | 832
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assistance his Department has provided to rehabilitation programmes for drug addicts serving prison sentences in each of the Crown Dependencies in the last 10 years. | | (309087) | 833
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the gross domestic product per capita is for each of the British Crown Dependencies. | | (309095) | 834
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the termination of the Isle of Man-United Kingdom Reciprocal Health Agreement. | | (309097) | 835
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from what energy sources (a) Jersey and (b) Guernsey's electricity demands were met in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | (309103) | 836
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format by his Department of each security classification have been submitted to the Iraq Inquiry; and if he will make a statement. | | (309371) | Questions to the Leader of the House 837
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Leader of the House, what timetable has been set for the cessation of the communications allowance. | | (308809) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 838
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the rules governing the holding of other jobs by (a) the Chairman and (b) members of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. | | (308990) | 839
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what remuneration, including all categories of pay and allowances, has been paid to (a) the Chairman and (b) members of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in each year since its inception. | | (308991) | 840
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) worked for the NIHRC in 2009. | | (308992) | 841
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the government of the Irish Republic on human rights. | | (309073) | 842
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) on (a) travel, (b) public relations and (c) publications in each year since the NIHRC's inception. | | (309074) | 843
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309063) | 844
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies and NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309259) | 845
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308833) | 846
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308517) | 847
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) basic, (b) standard and (c) enhanced applications have been processed by AccessNI in each month since April 2008; and what percentage of applications in each category was completed within the performance target time. | | (309171) | 848
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the capital expenditure on the prison estate in Northern Ireland will be in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011. | | (309172) | 849
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total capacity is of prisons in Northern Ireland. | | (309173) | 850
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average daily cost was of detaining a person in prison in Northern Ireland in the last period for which figures are available. | | (309174) | 851
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total prison population is in Northern Ireland. | | (309175) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 852
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire of 29 October 2009, Official Report, columns 517-8W, on the Olympic Games 2012: construction, if she will list the construction contracts which have been awarded to firms based on each region. | | (309302) | 853
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many businesses in the London Borough of Bexley are under contract in respect of the construction of venues for the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (308848) | 854
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps her Department is undertaking to ensure the North West region will benefit from the London 2012 Olympics. | | (308663) | 855
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, for how many days (a) she and (b) officials of her Office expect to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in February in the course of their official duties; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse in each such case. | | (308979) | 856
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many employees of the Government Olympics Executive have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308518) | 857
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent discussions she has had with the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government on the contribution of Wales to the hosting of the Olympic Games in 2012. | | (308469) | 858
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent discussions she has had with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive on the contribution of Northern Ireland to the hosting of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (308470) | 859
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent discussions she has had with the First Minister of the Scottish Executive on the contribution of Scotland to the hosting of the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (308471) | 860
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has plans to increase the frequency of (a) rail and (b) bus services between London and the other Olympic sites in 2012. | | (308473) | 861
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much has been spent on social media and networking accounts in respect of the London 2012 Olympic Games; and on what accounts those funds have been spent. | | (308474) | 862
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether there are plans to mark the previous Olympic Games held in London during the London 2012 Olympics. | | (308475) | 863
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she plans to take steps to provide educational materials to schools on the history of the Olympic Games. | | (308476) | 864
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many new jobs had been created as a consequence of the hosting of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such new jobs she expects to be created in each of the next three years. | | (308477) | 865
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people were employed on the main Olympic construction site on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (308478) | 866
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of hosting the London 2012 (a) Olympic and (b) Paralympic Games. | | (308479) | 867
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she plans to allocate funds for the installation of electric car charging points in the construction site of the Olympic village. | | (308481) | 868
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she plans to seek to increase the availability of hotel accommodation in London for the duration of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (308482) | 869
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she plans to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee as part of the ceremonies the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (308483) | Questions to the Prime Minister 870
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to hold a televised debate with the Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition in his official capacity as Prime Minister. | | (308785) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 871
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in his Department in each year since 2007; and how much his Department spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309060) | 872
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what powers his Department has to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much his Department has recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309266) | 873
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many employees of his Department have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308523) | Questions to the Solicitor General 874
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Solicitor General, in respect of each case which went to trial and resulted in a judge-directed acquittal, what the original Crown Prosecution Service lawyer decision had been before it proceeded to trial in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (308849) | 875
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Solicitor General, how many employees of the Law Officers' Departments have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308505) | 876
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format by the Law Officers Departments of each security classification have been submitted to the Iraq Inquiry; and if she will make a statement. | | (309369) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 877
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1439W, on elections: investigations, how long the Electoral Commission's investigation into 5th Avenue Partners took; and what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to improve the efficiency of its investigations. | | (308284) | 878
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has issued on when electoral returning officers should commence general election counts. | | (308300) | 879
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has given to electoral returning officers on political party representatives or counting agents taking tallies of validated votes during an election count. | | (308301) | 880
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with Ofcom on its proposals for the number of party political broadcasts allocated to minority parties. | | (308303) | 881
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, to what region the Electoral Commission plans to allocate the UK's additional European Parliament seat following the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. | | (308304) | 882
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the number of postal ballot papers handed in on polling day in each of the last five by-elections. | | (308306) | 883
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the average proportion of returned postal votes sent back to local authorities within 24 hours of close of poll in each of the last five years. | | (308783) | 884
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many electoral commissioners have been an electoral (a) candidate or agent and (b) returning officer. | | (308333) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 885
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent educational programmes his Department has developed which are directed at young drivers; what steps his Department is taking to encourage the wearing of seat belts by young persons; and if he will make a statement. | | (308227) | 886
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to publicise the dangers to motorists of slipping a seat belt shoulder strap under their arm whilst driving; and if he will make a statement. | | (308228) | 887
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the reasons were for the closure of the M6 motorway between junctions 33 and 34 on the night of Thursday 26 November 2009; and between what times it was closed. | | (308452) | 888
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many motorway inter-junction links there are on (a) motorways and (b) dual carriageways in England. | | (308458) | 889
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) road traffic accidents, (b) road traffic fatalities, (c) accidents involving motorcyclists, (d) fatalities involving motorcyclists, (e) accidents involving cyclists and (f) fatalities involving cyclists there were in (i) East Sussex and (ii) Lewes constituency in each of the last five years. | | (308464) | 890
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accidents in (a) East Sussex and (b) Lewes constituency involved motorbikes in each of the last five years; and how many of them resulted in loss of life in each of those five years. | | (308465) | 891
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accidents which occurred in (a) East Sussex and (b) Lewes constituency involved loss of life in each of the last five years. | | (308466) | 892
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the likely reduction in greenhouse gas emissions which would result from the (a) electrification of railway lines and (b) the construction of tram lines by 2020. | | (308980) | 893
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what role the Scottish Executive and Transport Scotland have in deciding on the provision of direct London to Glasgow rail services. | | (309030) | 894
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what environmental impact assessment has been made of the retention of direct London to Glasgow rail services. | | (309311) | 895
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309055) | 896
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) children and (ii) adults in (A) Stroud district, (B) Gloucestershire and (C) England who cycle regularly. | | (309140) | 897
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which stakeholders he plans to consult during his review into improving value for money in the rail sector announced in the 2009 Pre-Budget Report. | | (309321) | 898
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which stakeholders he plans to consult as part of his consideration of funding and spending priorities for the control period 2009-14. | | (309322) | 899
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department intends to make an assessment of the likely effect on public finances of retaining the East Coast Main Line in the public sector. | | (309323) | 900
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of operating rail passenger services in the public sector after each passenger franchise expires. | | (309324) | 901
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, who will decide whether the super express trains manufactured by Hitachi will have provision for (a) an operational safety role for a guard or conductor and (b) a restaurant buffet car. | | (309325) | 902
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what powers (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) his Department and its predecessor and (ii) each of its agencies and NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309267) | 903
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department spent money on art works in the last 12 months. | | (308580) | 904
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on away days in the last 12 months; and what the (i) subject and (ii) location of each away day was. | | (308674) | 905
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308835) | 906
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many pensioners were in receipt of concessionary travel fares (a) in 1997 and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308669) | 907
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans his Department has to consult trade unions when considering the funding and spending priorities of his Department for 2009-14. | | (309068) | 908
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much public subsidy has been allocated in respect of each railway franchise since 1997; and to which company in each such case. | | (309069) | 909
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects the review of value for money in the rail sector announced in the 2009 Pre-Budget Report to be concluded. | | (309070) | 910
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans his Department has to consult trade unions in its review of value for money in the rail sector announced in the 2009 Pre-Budget Report. | | (309071) | 911
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to his Department's review of value for money in the rail sector announced in the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, with which other countries the UK rail system will be benchmarked as part of that review. | | (309072) | 912
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many employees of his Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308519) | 913
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what funding his Department has provided to each of the regional development agencies in each of the last three years; and for what purposes. | | (308488) | 914
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer to Lord Lucas of 5 October 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 429WA, on parking fines, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) application by Westminster City Council for certification and (b) the letter of refusal by his Department. | | (308545) | 915
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which local authorities have applied for certification to use CCTV equipment for civil parking enforcement; and which applications have been (a) approved and (b) refused. | | (308546) | 916
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2009, Official Report, column 495W, on departmental public expenditure, how much funding is being transferred from his Department's budgets to the Department for Communities and Local Government; and from which of his Department's budgets that funding will be transferred. | | (308660) | 917
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department issues guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) police forces on the use of closed-circuit television for the purposes of parking enforcement. | | (308690) | 918
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when the Secretary of State was informed that Network Rail intended to close the Great Western Main Line at Newport, South Wales for major engineering work over a 10 day period from 24 December 2009; and what (a) incentives and (b) sanctions are in place to encourage Network Rail to complete the proposed work on time. | | (308157) | 919
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the amount of time that will be added to journey times for those travelling westwards to (a) Newport, (b) Cardiff and (c) Swansea as a result of the closure of the Great Western Mainline at Newport, South Wales from 24 December 2009. | | (308158) | 920
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions have taken place between his Department and Network Rail on reducing inconvenience to passengers caused by the temporary closure of the Great Western Main Line at Newport, South Wales. | | (308159) | 921
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions have taken place between his Department and Network Rail on the timeframe for the proposed engineering work intended to start on 24 December 2009 on the Great Western Main Line at Newport, South Wales. | | (308160) | 922
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the Department plans to bring forward proposals to amend the Severn Bridges Act 1992 to enable the toll over the Severn Bridge to be paid via means other than cash; and if he will make a statement. | | (309228) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 923
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with the First Minister on the extent to which people are trafficked between Wales and England for purposes of sexual exploitation. | | (309358) | 924
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many hotel rooms were booked by officials in his Department in each year since 2007; and how much his Department spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309058) | 925
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what powers his Department has to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much his Department has recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309265) | 926
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent by his Department on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308834) | 927
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many employees of his Department have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308522) | 928
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) Welsh Assembly government ministers on policy to promote small business start-up schemes among young people in Wales. | | (308155) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 929
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent assessment she has made of the UK's level of compliance with EU anti-discrimination legislation. | | (308221) | 930
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent discussions she has had with the European Commission on UK compliance with EU anti-discrimination legislation; and if she will make a statement. | | (308222) | 931
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent assessment she has made of the gender pay difference in Hampshire. | | (309190) | 932
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 503W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission: manpower, what full-time equivalent vacant posts there are in the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and what the (a) job title and (b) salary range of each vacancy is. | | (308445) | 933
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 503W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission: manpower, how many full-time equivalent (a) consultants and (b) temporary staff employed by the Commission are not permanent staff. | | (308446) | 934
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 378W, on dignity at work, when the Equality and Human Rights Commission will finalise its Dignity at Work policy; and what the reasons are for the time taken to finalise it. | | (308650) | 935
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether the (a) Equality and Human Rights Commission and (b) Government Equalities Office has provided guidance to local authorities on the appointment of diversity officers. | | (308677) | 936
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effects of the proposed new (a) duty to address socio-economic disadvantage and (b) public sector equality duty in the Equality Bill on determinations by local planning authorities in relation to travellers. | | (308678) | 937
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what representations she has received from Roman Catholic bishops on the potential effects of the provisions of the Equality Bill on Christmas celebrations. | | (308679) | 938
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what groups have been invited to submit evidence for consideration by the National Equality Panel in its investigation into inequality. | | (308680) | 939
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 378W, on dignity at work, and page 12 of the Dignity and Respect at Work policy, what is included in her Department's definition of non-verbal conduct that may constitute sexual harassment in the workplace. | | (308709) | 940
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 378W, on the Equality Bill, whether the Chief Fire Adviser has been consulted on applying to fire and rescue authorities the duty to tackle socio-economic disadvantage; and when she expects a decision to be made on the matter. | | (308754) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 941
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the number of (a) pensioners and (b) children in Nottingham North constituency who have been lifted out of poverty since 1997. | | (308244) | 942
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Nottingham North constituency have been assisted into work through the New Deal since 1997. | | (308296) | 943
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Nottingham North constituency are receiving the higher levels of winter fuel payments; and what the average increase in the level of that payment per pensioner has been in the last three years. | | (308499) | 944
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Lewes constituency have moved on to receive (a) pension credit, (b) a training allowance, (c) the self-employment credit and (d) funding from the Future Jobs Fund in each month of the last two years. | | (308461) | 945
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vehicles were (a) purchased and (b) leased by people resident in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex under the Motability Scheme in each of the last five years. | | (309252) | 946
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, columns 848-9W, on Jobcentre Plus: telephone services, what progress has been made in her Department's discussions with the Telephone Helplines Association and mobile telephone companies; what assessment she has made of the merits of automated textback helplines; for what reasons her Department does not instruct its operators to offer callbacks; and if she will make a statement. | | (308317) | 947
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been referred for volunteering under the Volunteering Plus Scheme; and how many people have started on a volunteering scheme. | | (308223) | 948
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 814W, on Better off in Work credit: Yorkshire, how many people have moved from benefits to work in Yorkshire under the pilot. | | (308399) | 949
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies spent on the fees of third party agents in booking hotel accommodation in each of those years. | | (309064) | 950
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what powers (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) have to impose administrative penalties; what the statutory basis is for each such power; and how much (i) her Department and and its predecessor (ii) each of its agencies and NDPBs have recovered in administrative penalties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (309269) | 951
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by her Department and its agencies on conferences they organised which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and what the title was of each such conference. | | (308837) | 952
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England received (i) the mobility component, (ii) the care component and (iii) both the mobility and the care components of the disability living allowance in each of the last five years. | | (308966) | 953
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 786W, on social security benefits, how many of the households cited in the Answer are in (a) socially-rented, (b) privately-owned and (c) privately-rented housing. | | (308810) | 954
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of her Department and its agencies have been convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (308521) | 955
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus offices have used (a) extended postal signing, (b) telephone jobsearch reviews, (c) suspension of signing, (d) 13-week interviews by telephone and (e) 13-week group sessions in each month since flexible interventions were first used; and how many JobcentrePlus customers were the subject of each such practice. | | (309220) | 956
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of Jobcentre Plus offices that have used flexible interventions in each month since they were first used; and how many customers have been the subject of such interventions. | | (309221) | 957
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the additional £5 billion announced in (a) Pre-Budget Report 2008 and (b) the Budget 2009 has been allocated to (i) Jobcentre Plus, (ii) Flexible New Deal, (iii) the Future Jobs Fund, (iv) the Young Persons Guarantee, (v) the six month offer and (vi) other employment-related programmes. | | (309330) | 958
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the underspend from planned budgets for the additional £5 billion announced in the (a) Pre-Budget Report 2008 and (b) Budget 2009 in respect of expenditure on (i) Jobcentre Plus, (ii) Flexible New Deal, (iii) the Future Jobs Fund, (iv) the Young Persons Guarantee, (v) the six month offer and (vi) other employment-related programmes. | | (309331) | 959
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has reallocated consequent on the rate of claimant unemployment at the time of Budget 2009; from what budgets that money has been reallocated; and to which budgets it has been transferred. | | (309332) | 960
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of Jobcentre Plus customers who have had fortnightly jobsearch reviews shorter than their allocated time in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (309333) | 961
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued on the time an adviser should spend with jobseekers at their fortnightly jobsearch review. | | (309334) | 962
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department collects on the time spent by staff with Jobcentre Plus customers during their fortnightly jobsearch review. | | (309335) | 963
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average income of a recipient of (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance who is over 65 years or over. | | (309336) | 964
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department collects on (a) performance at each Jobcentre Plus office and (b) the average time taken for for a jobseeker's interview with a personal adviser (i) for initial assessment, (ii) to make a jobseeker's agreement, (iii) to sign on and (iv) for other purposes. | | (309337) | 965
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have found work through (a) the day one offer, (b) the six month offer, (c) support for unemployed professionals and executives and (d) the flexible New Deal since that scheme was introduced. | | (309338) | 966
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what job outcome evidence her Department has collected for (a) the day one offer, (b) the six month offer, (c) support for unemployed professionals and executives and (d) the Flexible New Deal since that scheme was introduced. | | (309339) | 967
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for which policies implemented as part of the Government's response to the recession her Department is responsible; when each such policy was determined; what timetable has been set for the implementation of each such policy; and what funding under each budget heading has been allocated to each such policy. | | (309340) | 968
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on (a) incapacity benefit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) severe disablement allowance awarded on the basis of (i) drug or alcohol dependency and (ii) alcoholic liver disease in each year since 1997. | | (309342) | 969
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on disability living allowance awarded on the basis of alcoholic liver disease in each year since 1997. | | (309343) | 970
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on disability living allowance awarded on the basis of drug or alcohol dependency in each year since 1997. | | (309344) | 971
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received awards of (a) disability living allowance only, (b) incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance or severe disablement allowance only and (c) both disability living allowance and incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance or severe disablement allowance on the basis of alcoholic liver disease in each year since 1997. | | (309345) | 972
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received awards of disability living allowance on the basis of alcoholic liver disease in each year since 1997. | | (309346) | 973
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received awards of disability living allowance on the basis of drug or alcohol dependency in each year since 1997. | | (309347) | 974
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received awards of (a) disability living allowance only, (b) incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance or severe disablement allowance only and (c) both disability living allowance and incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance or severe disablement allowance on the basis of drug or alcohol dependency in each of the last 10 years. | | (309348) | 975
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to perform a fortnightly jobsearch in each month of 2009. | | (309349) | 976
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the additional £5 billion announced in the (a) Pre-Budget Report 2008 and (b) Budget 2009 has been spent. | | (309350) | 977
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1337W, on waste disposal: safety, if she will request the Health and Safety Executive to undertake research on the safety of household refuse containers in relation to deliberate fires. | | (308547) | 978
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households were in receipt of a 100 per cent. council tax reduction on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (308704) | 979
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2009, Official Report, column 771W, on housing benefit: travelling people, what methodology is used to calculate housing benefit for those who live in mobile homes or caravans. | | (308799) | 980
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with local authorities on proposals to rename council tax benefit as council tax rebate. | | (308712) | 981
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work her Department has undertaken to assess the merits of renaming council tax benefit as council tax rebate; and if she will make a statement. | | (308713) | 982
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects the renaming of council tax benefit as council tax rebate to take place; and if she will make a statement. | | (308750) | 983
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the cost to the Exchequer in (a) public sector pensions, (b) uprating the guaranteed minimum pension of private sector pensions and (c) other occupational pension costs of a 2.5 per cent. increase in 2010-11 in (i) additional pension, (ii) increments to basic pension, (iii) increments to additional pension, (iv) increments to graduated retirement benefit, (v) increments to the inheritable lump sum, (vi) contracted-out deduction from additional pension in respect of pre-April 1988 contracted-out earnings, (vii) contracted-out deduction from additional pension in respect of contracted-out earnings from April 1988 to 1997, (viii) graduated retirement benefit, (ix) increase of long term incapacity for age, (x) basic pension addition at age of 80 years, (xi) increase of long-term incapacity for age and (xii) invalidity allowance (transitional) for state pension recipients. | | (308334) | 984
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the total savings to her Department against expenditure on (a) pension credit, (b) housing benefit and (c) council tax benefit consequent on a 2.5 per cent. increase in 2010-11 in (i) additional pension, (ii) increments to basic pension, (iii) increments to additional pension, (iv) increments to graduated retirement benefit, (v) increments to the inheritable lump sum, (vi) contracted-out deduction from additional pension in respect of pre-April 1988 contracted-out earnings, (vii) contracted-out deduction from additional pension in respect of contracted-out earnings from April 1988 to 1997, (viii) graduated retirement benefit, (ix) increase of long-term incapacity for age, (x) basic pension addition at the age of 80 years, (xi) increase of long-term incapacity for age and (xii) invalidity allowance (transitional) for state pension recipients. | | (308335) | 985
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of increasing (a) additional pension, (b) increments to basic pension, (c) increments to additional pension, (d) increments to graduated retirement benefit, (e) increments to the inheritable lump sum, (f) contracted-out deduction from additional pension in respect of pre-April 1988 contracted-out earnings, (g) contracted-out deduction from additional pension in respect of contracted-out earnings from April 1988 to 1997, (h) graduated retirement benefit, (i) increase of long-term incapacity for age, (j) basic pension addition at the age of 80 years, (k) increase of long-term incapacity for age and (l) invalidity allowance (transitional) for state pension recipients by 2.5 per cent. in 2010-11. | | (308336) | 986
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects the Better Off in Work Credit to be available; what the monetary value will be of the weekly amount of credit provided; by what mechanisms payment of a claim will be triggered; how many people she estimates will be eligible for that credit; and if she will make a statement. | | (308337) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 987
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of households in the United Kingdom have access to broadband internet. | | [Transferred] (309090) | 988
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on the proposed international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (308968) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 989
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the net change in aggregate rateable values consequent on the new system of rating ports for the purpose of calculating business rates. | | [Transferred] (308595) | 990
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2212W, on housing: valuation, how many properties in Solihull local authority area there are with each code for (a) type, (b) room number, (c) bedroom, (d) bathroom, (e) floors, (f) floor level, (g) parking, (h) garaging, (i) conservatory type, (j) age, (k) outbuilding and (l) modernisation. | | [Transferred] (308764) | 991
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the appeals against decisions relating to the new business rates arrangements for ports businesses (a) have and (b) have not resulted in a reduction in rateable values. | | [Transferred] (308805) | 992
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1401W, on public sector relocation: independent review, if he will place in the Library a copy of the database for council tax revaluation modelling that was provided to the Lyons Inquiry into local government finance redacting sensitive personal data. | | [Transferred] (308285) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 993
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has spent in total across Government departments to support recovery in (a) Gloucester City and (b) Gloucestershire since the 2007 floods. | | [Transferred] (308138) | 994
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individuals were found guilty of breaching section 19(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 from its commencement to its repeal. | | [Transferred] (308733) | 995
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what means of redress leasehold tenants have in respect of service charges levied by a local authority freehold landlord. | | [Transferred] (308325) | 996
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) arms length management organisations on the level of service charges levied by them on their leaseholders. | | [Transferred] (308328) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 997
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department has provided to Olympics-related sporting projects in (a) Bermuda, (b) the British Virgin Islands and (c) the Cayman Islands in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (309082) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 998
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier GR9 aircraft are operated by the Naval Strike Wing; and how many are (a) operational and (b) in maintenance. | | [Transferred] (309142) | 999
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where will the Joint Force Harrier be deployed to when RAF Cottesmore closes. | | [Transferred] (309143) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1000
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent (a) discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has received from (i) his EU counterparts and (ii) representatives of the European Commission on reward schemes for people recycling waste; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (308162) | 1001
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to develop a framework to reward people for recycling waste; what recent representations he has received on this matter; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (308225) | 1002
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the effectiveness of schemes operating in other EU countries to reward people for recycling waste; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (308226) | 1003
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1213-4W, on nature conservation: British Overseas Territories, what projects have (a) received and (b) been allocated funds from the £188,294 of funding for British Caribbean Overseas Territories under the Darwin initiative for 2009-10; and how much each such project was allocated. | | [Transferred] (309225) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 1004
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Food Standards Agency will raise at future meetings with the authorities in Guernsey and Jersey the implementation of the EU (a) Food Supplements Directive and (b) Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation. | | [Transferred] (309079) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 1005
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were supported in accommodation in each parliamentary constituency in (a) England and (b) Wales on the latest date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (309169) | 1006
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of banking and financial institutions in respect of the request from the United States for the extradition of Nosratollah Tajik; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (308281) | Questions to the Prime Minister 1007
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1166W, on Members: surveillance, whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to forms of surveillance and interception which are not subject to authorisation by the Secretary of State's warrant. | | [Transferred] (308634) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 1008
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) over-60 year olds and (b) disabled people in Nottingham North constituency made use of free off-peak bus travel in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (309025) | 1009
N | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a new offence of riding a mobility scooter in a dangerous way. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (308941) | 1010
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the use of closed circuit television for the purposes of municipal parking enforcement. | | [Transferred] (308585) |
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