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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 6 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 6 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 6 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 Wednesday 6 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 6 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residents of Nottingham North constituency attended university (a) in 1997 and (b) in the most recent academic year for which figures are available. | | (309049) | 2
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) headcount and (b) employment cost was of Capital for Enterprise Limited in the last 12 months. | | (308401) | 3
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been paid in bonuses to staff at Capital for Enterprise Limited since April 2008. | | (308403) | 4
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial performance objectives have been set for the (a) Capital for Enterprise Fund and (b) UK Innovation Investment Fund. | | (308404) | 5
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Higher Education Funding Council for England and (b) Research Councils UK on the effect on fundamental scientific research of the proposed impact plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (308323) | 6
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many pyramid-selling schemes have been wound up by his Department after the presentation of petitions under the Insolvency Act 1986 in each year since 1997. | | (309484) | 7
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many money circulation schemes have been wound up by his Department after the presentation of petitions under the Insolvency Act 1986 in each year since 1997. | | (309485) | 8
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for grants under the Community Learning Champions Support Programme Development Fund have been received from (a) local partnerships and (b) national, regional or cross-regional organisations; how many such applications (i) related to each local authority area and (ii) were for amounts (A) up to £1,000, (B) from £1,001 to £2,000, (C) from £2,000 to £5,000, D) from £5,000 to £10,000, (E) from £10,000 to £20,000, (F) from £20,001 to £30,000 and (G) over £30,000; and what proportion of these applications have been granted. | | (309487) | 9
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many grants have been distributed through the Community Learning Champions Support Programme Development Fund to (a) local partnerships and (b) national, regional or cross-regional organisations; and how many such grants (i) related to each local authority area and (ii) were for amounts (A) up to £1,000, (B) from £1,001 to £2,000, (C) from £2,000 to £5,000, (D) from £5,000 to £10,000, (E) from £10,000 to £20,000, (F) from £20,001 to £30,000 and (G) over £30,000. | | (309488) | 10
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of (a) establishing and (b) administering in each of the next three years the Community Learning Champions Support Programme Development Fund. | | (309489) | 11
N | Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what response the Secretary of State has given to representations from stakeholders objecting to the closure of the core stores in Gilmerton and Loanhead. | | (308640) | 12
N | Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what response the Secretary of State has made to the representations received from representatives of the oil, gas and carbon storage sectors on the proposed closure of the core store facilities at Gilmerton and Loanhead in Edinburgh. | | (308641) | 13
N | Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether a risk assessment has been commissioned on the effects on the national rock archive of proposed transport from Edinburgh to a proposed site in Nottinghamshire. | | (308642) | 14
N | Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from stakeholders on the conduct of the consultation process to close core store facilities at Gilmerton and Loanhead in Edinburgh. | | (308643) | 15
N | Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on the appropriateness of the proposed new site for the cores presently stored at Gilmerton and Loanhead. | | (308644) | 16
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the salary is of the (a) chief executive and (b) chair of each regional development agency. | | (308558) | 17
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of apprenticeships in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the West Midlands. | | (309441) | 18
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many requests for flexible working from (a) mothers and (b) fathers were accepted by employers in each year since 2003; and how many such requests from carers have been accepted by employers in each year since 2007. | | (309446) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, under what headings the Adult Safeguarded Learning budget for 2010-11 will be spent; and if he will make a statement. | | (309504) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, under what headings the Further Education Development, Capacity and Quality budget for 2010-11 will be spent; and if he will make a statement. | | (309505) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department expects to spend on adult skills other than through the Skills Funding Agency in 2010-11; and on what projects such expenditure will be incurred. | | (309506) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget is for (a) the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and (b) his Department's expenditure on skills funding to regional development agencies in 2010-11. | | (309507) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) departmental spending and (b) annually managed expenditure will be incurred on (i) the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and (ii) adults skills expenditure not routed through the SFA in (A) 2009-10 and 2010-11. | | (309508) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills budget will be allocated to sector skills councils in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (309509) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department plans to provide to sector skills councils other than funding from the budget of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. | | (309510) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to announce which further education colleges will receive the £300 million for capital projects in the next spending review period, as referred to in the letter from the then Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills to the Chair of the Learning and Skills Council on 3 June 2009. | | (309512) | 27
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals took up a place at (i) university and (ii) a Russell Group university in each year since 1997. | | (309215) | 28
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many mergers of companies have taken place in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England in each of the last three years. | | (309524) | 29
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Leeds North West constituency have received a health check from Business Link. | | (309382) | 30
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much research funding has been allocated to Leeds University in each year since 1997. | | (309383) | 31
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to obtain support from small business start-up schemes in Leeds North West constituency. | | (309384) | 32
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the role of the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation is in promoting arms sales; and if he will make a statement. | | (309359) | 33
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the Higher Education Funding Council for England's review of funding for its Museuums, Galleries and Collections Fund; and when he expects the review to be published. | | (308095) | 34
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding the Higher Education Funding Council for England has allocated to museums and galleries in each of the last five years, expressed in 2009-10 prices. | | (308096) | 35
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, columns 607-8W, on Learning and Skills Council for England: pay, what proportion of Learning and Skills Council staff received a bonus in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and how many such staff were responsible for overseeing (i) capital funding, (ii) Train to Gain and (iii) Adult Learner Responsive funding. | | (309518) | 36
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have signed up to the Prompt Payment Code in each month since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement. | | (307821) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 37
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) likely duration of the Iraq Inquiry. | | (308554) | 38
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much on average was paid in resettlement grants to chief executives of Government bodies on their relocation under contract in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (308408) | 39
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she expects the report of the latest review of non-departmental Government bodies to be published. | | (309409) | 40
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 55W, on the Valuation Office: training, if she will place in the Library a copy of each document for the Staff Inspection Techniques training course provided by the National School of Government to the Valuation Office Agency. | | (309393) | 41
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed (a) in total and (b) in local government in the UK at the latest date for which information is available. | | (309395) | 42
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chicester of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 975W, on Ministerial policy advisers: contracts, which Ministers have such policy advisers in their private offices. | | (309494) | 43
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will initiate a review of the potential effect of the practices of Government departments in respect of the use of data sticks on the risk of importing viruses and spyware into Government IT systems. | | (309411) | 44
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her most recent estimate is of the (a) mean and (b) median gross annual pay by place of (i) residence and (ii) work for people in areas classified as (A) major urban, (B) large urban, (C) other urban, (D) significant rural, (E) rural -50 and (F) rural -80. | | (309499) | 45
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria are used to assess a potential supplier to the Central Office of Information for inclusion on the list of approved suppliers. | | (307857) | 46
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members are of the panel which approves suppliers to the Central Office of Information. | | (307858) | 47
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the names are of the approved suppliers to the Central Office of Information. | | (307859) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 48
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what charities received gift aid payments; and how much was paid by the Exchequer in Gift Aid to each such charity in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (309207) | 49
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question (a) (i) 307171, (ii) 307172 and (iii) 307173 on the Pre-Budget Report and (b) 307174, on interest rates, tabled by the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 9 December. | | (308072) | 50
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the High Court ruling in the case of the Waste Recycling Group v HM Revenue and Customs on landfill tax. | | (309514) | 51
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many furnished holiday lettings owned by (a) UK residents and (b) residents of other EU member states there are in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England. | | (309497) | 52
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to amend the categories of equipment eligible for support under the Enhanced Capital Allowance Energy Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (308410) | 53
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change to the level of funding allocated by his Department to the Enhanced Capital Allowance Energy Scheme he anticipates in 2010-11. | | (308411) | 54
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend the information provided to purchasers of capital equipment about the Enhanced Capital Allowance Energy Scheme in order to encourage take-up of the Scheme. | | (308412) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 55
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average per capita cost was of providing full-time education provision for a secondary school aged pupil in a pupil referral unit in Gloucestershire in 2008-09. | | (309378) | 56
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what methodology his Department used to determine the number of people not in education, employment or training expected to start courses in January as part of the January Guarantee. | | (309211) | 57
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his Department plans to publish the 2009 secondary school achievement and attainment tables. | | (307868) | 58
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints about Ofsted which were referred to the Ombudsman in each of the last three years were subject to a full investigation. | | (309204) | 59
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints about Ofsted were referred to the Ombudsman in each of the last three years. | | (309205) | 60
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the remit is of the independent adjudicator in respect of the Ofsted complaints system. | | (309206) | 61
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1106W, on schools: vetting, whether local authorities will be compensated under the new burdens principle for the cost of registering councillors and council officers under the vetting and barring scheme. | | (309546) | 62
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1106W, on schools: vetting, what guidance has been given to local authorities on whether (a) lead member councillors and (b) other councillors required to register under the vetting and barring scheme will also be required to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks. | | (309547) | 63
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on the area to be provided per child aged (a) five to 11, (b) 11 to 16 and (c) over 16 years at educational establishments for outdoor play. | | (309478) | 64
N | Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the numbers of children (a) kidnapped and (b) harmed where inadequate school perimeter fencing was a contributory factor in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308324) | 65
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department expects to allocate to extend the pre-school entitlement to two year olds in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (309203) | 66
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on extending the pre-school entitlement to two year olds in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (309219) | 67
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children in each school were entitled to free school meals on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (309511) | 68
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much (a) his Department, (b) the Qualifications and Curriculum Agency, (c) the Learning and Skills Council and (d) the Learning and Skills Improvement Service have spent on the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework (QCF) in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how much each organisation has allocated to QCF for (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12. | | (309513) | 69
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he next plans to review the requirements for Criminal Records Bureau disclosures; and whether he has (a) set a timetable for that review and (b) plans to appoint a lead reviewer in respect of that review. | | (307860) | 70
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for further intervention in relation to children's services in Essex. | | (307861) | 71
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils of each ethnic group at the end of Key Stage 4 who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals achieved five A* grades at GCSE including English and mathematics, excluding equivalents, in each year since 1997. | | (309184) | 72
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 of each ethnic group who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals, did not achieve a GCSE at A* to C grade in (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) history, (iv) French and (v) physics in each year since 1997. | | (309212) | 73
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils of each ethnic group who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals achieved three A grades at A level in each year since 1997. | | (309213) | 74
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils of each ethnic group who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals achieved an A grade in A-level further mathematics in each year since 1997. | | (309214) | 75
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the unauthorised absence rate was for pupils in Leeds North West constituency in each year since 1997. | | (309385) | 76
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in Leeds North West constituency have participated in gifted and talented programmes in each year since 2000. | | (309386) | 77
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class size in schools in Leeds North West constituency was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (309387) | 78
N | Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the total cost to his Department was of educating children with special education needs in residential special schools in each local authority in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (309354) | 79
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to assist schools in dealing with incidents in schools of (a) bullying between pupils and (b) verbal and physical abuse of school staff by pupils. | | (307816) | 80
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the Minister for Children plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Totnes of 21 October 2009 on a proposed meeting with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking of Women and Children. | | (308529) | 81
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many telephone calls have been (a) received and (b) answered by the Parent Know How helplines in each month since such helplines were established. | | (309519) | 82
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on creating and maintaining the Parent Know How online directory and website. | | (309520) | 83
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many unique visitors have been received by the Parent Know How online directory in each month since its creation. | | (309521) | 84
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on the Parent Know How (a) publications, (b) video and audio content and (c) social networking and virtual offices in each year since the inception of that service. | | (309522) | 85
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been paid to external consultants and advisers for work relating to the Parent Know How service in each month since the inception of that service. | | (309523) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 86
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are are being taken to ensure that the stipend for parish priests is sufficient for them to perfom their duties. | | (309495) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 87
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) genuine and (b) bogus (i) fire, (ii) ambulance, (iii) police and (iv) coastguard emergency calls have been received in East Sussex in each year since 2003. | | (309200) | 88
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many co-responding firefighters there are in each fire authority area in England. | | (308232) | 89
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what types of organisation would be entitled to free access to postcode datasets from April 2010 if such datasets were made available for reuse under the Smarter Government strategy. | | (308240) | 90
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the likely effects on Government revenue if postcode datasets were made available for reuse as part of the Smarter Government strategy from April 2010. | | (308241) | 91
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government grant was per capita for the (a) Sevenoaks, (b) Sedgefield, (c) Chorley and (d) average English district in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (308414) | 92
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Chesterfield constituency and (b) Derbyshire in each of the last 12 months. | | (309017) | 93
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the average level of (a) salary, (b) car mileage allowances and (c) other allowances received by (i) chief executives, (ii) assistant chief executives and (iii) deputy executives of (A) district councils in Lancashire, (B) unitary councils in Lancashire and (C) metropolitan councils in the north west; and what the average level of fee is for each returning officer in each Lancashire constituency. | | (308841) | 94
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessments of Staffordshire County Council's social services department have been undertaken since 2007. | | (309479) | 95
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects regulations on the provisions of section 27 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 to be brought into force. | | (307870) | 96
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) average and (b) highest non-consolidated performance-related payment was in cash terms for a senior civil servant in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (308246) | 97
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individuals were engaged by his Department from consultant firms to work on the European Regional Development Fund closure programme for English regions; and on what matters each is working. | | (308247) | 98
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to his Department of engaging each individual consultant was in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 to date. | | (308248) | 99
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers and responsibilities local authorities have to rehouse armed forces personnel who have served in Afghanistan and their families. | | (308646) | 100
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances the Highways Agency may (a) delay determination by a local authority of a planning application and (b) impose conditions which have to be met before the local authority is allowed to determine a planning application. | | (307822) | 101
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory functions of the regional development agencies are funded by his Department. | | (309046) | 102
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the likely effects of the proposed new (a) public sector equality duty and (b) duty to tackle socio-economic disadvantage in the Equality Bill on the (i) local government funding settlement, (ii) the setting of a council tax by local authorities and (iii) the spending allocation decisions of local authorities. | | (309047) | 103
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided guidance to local authorities on the practice known as gatekeeping in relation to tenants who remain in properties after their notice to leave has expired. | | (309048) | 104
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funds for independent living adaptations and equipment was spent on (a) owner-occupied, (b) private rented, (c) local authority-owned and (d) housing association housing by each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (308400) | 105
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the South West Councils is funded. | | (309500) | 106
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people are employed at South West Councils. | | (309501) | 107
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding South West Councils receives per annum. | | (309502) | 108
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what activity his Department has undertaken as part of the task and finish groups referred to in the Government response to the Rugg review of the private rented sector. | | (309397) | 109
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent meetings (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with organisations which aim to remove the barriers to the private rented housing sector for low income households on housing waiting lists. | | (309398) | 110
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish proposals for local lettings agencies, as referred to in the Government response to the Rugg review of the private rented sector. | | (309399) | 111
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on its proposals for implementation of the recommendations of the Rugg review of the private rented sector. | | (309400) | 112
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the effect on the sale price of homes to which energy efficiency improvements have been made of the requirement to produce an energy performance certificate. | | (309401) | 113
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of the effect on the level of energy efficiency of (a) owner-occupied dwellings, (b) private rented dwellings and (c) the commercial property sector of the introduction of energy performance certificates. | | (309402) | 114
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the rate of non-compliance with the requirement to produce an energy performance certificate in respect of (a) domestic properties marketed for (i) sale and (ii) rent in the private sector, (b) domestic properties marketed for rent in the social sector and (c) commercial properties offered for sale or rent. | | (309403) | 115
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of public buildings required to have a display energy certificate which do not have such a certificate. | | (309404) | 116
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of people who have paid fees to train as home inspectors; how many people are undertaking such training; and if he will make a statement. | | (309405) | 117
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 6 November 2006, Official Report, column 875W, on home inspectors, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on the job opportunities of people who have trained to become home inspectors of the decision to implement home condition reports on a voluntary basis. | | (309406) | 118
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) people have trained to become home inspectors and (b) home condition reports have been commissioned on a voluntary basis since the implementation of home information pack regulations. | | (309407) | 119
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 6 November 2006, Officical Report, column 875W, on home inspectors, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of voluntary roll-out of home condition reports; and if he will make a statement. | | (309408) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 120
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints his Department received under the chain-gifting provisions of the Gambling Act 2005 in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (309482) | 121
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many prosecutions have been made as a result of complaints made to his Department under the chain-gifting provisions of the Gambling Act 2005. | | (309483) | 122
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his predecessor had discussions with the Metropolitan Police in 2006 regarding its inquiry into the illegal telephone tapping of her mobile telephone on behalf of media organisations. | | (307872) | 123
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 528W, how much of the amount spent on planning and staging the event at The Grove was spent on (a) food, (b) drink and (c) travel to the event. | | (307809) | 124
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 528W, on Creativity and Business International Network: finance, on what the remaining 60 per cent. of the C&binet budget was (a) allocated and (b) spent. | | (307810) | 125
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to commission research into the effects on broadband take-up of the proposed 50 pence per month levy. | | (308249) | 126
N | Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take under the provisions of the Gambling Act 2005 to allow commercial snooker and pool clubs to offer higher prizes on licensed gaming machines on their premises; what timetable he has set for such action; and if he will make a statement. | | (307873) | 127
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists had a holiday in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last three years. | | (309496) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 128
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the US authorities on the (a) legal status, (b) detention conditions and (c) prospects of trial or release of the two individuals detained by British forces in Iraq in 2004 and subsequently rendered to the Bagram Theatre Internment Facility in Afghanistan. | | (307813) | 129
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has withheld the names of two individuals detained by British forces in Iraq in 2004 and subseqently rendered to the Bagram Theatre Internment Facility in Afghanistan. | | (307814) | 130
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent requests his Department has made for British officials to visit the two individuals detained by British forces in Iraq in 2004 and subsequently rendered to the Bagram Theatre Internment Facility in Afghanistan. | | (307818) | 131
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average cost of providing a meal to a member of the armed forces when on duty in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (309011) | 132
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support and promote provincial and district level governance in Afghanistan outside the Kabul district. | | (309374) | 133
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-5, on future defence programme, and to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 99-100WS, on future rotary wing strategy, how many helicopters of each type are in service in each service; what the out-of-service dates of each type of helicopter are; and what the in-service dates and numbers are for new helicopters his Department expects to procure by 2020. | | (309217) | 134
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, columns 522-4, on armed forces: manpower, how many personnel in each infantry battalion were unfit for combat duty on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (309277) | 135
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian agency (a) medical, (b) nursing and (c) paramedical staff are employed at the hospital at Camp Bastion. | | [R] (309013) | 136
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current shortfall is of (a) reservist and (b) regular (i) medical, (ii) nursing and (ii) paramedic staff. | | [R] (309014) | 137
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of accommodation units of each (a) type and (b) number of bedrooms his Department will require for service personnel based at HM Naval Base Clyde and their families in each of the next 10 years. | | (309326) | 138
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to build new accommodation units at each location of each (a) type and (b) number of bedrooms in the Argyll and Bute constituency in each of the next 10 years. | | (309327) | 139
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to (a) renovate and (b) dispose of accommodation units in Argyll and Bute constituency. | | (309328) | 140
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accommodation units at each location of each (a) type and (b) number of bedrooms his Department owns in Argyll and Bute constituency; and whether each unit is occupied. | | (309355) | 141
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 902W, on armed forces: theft, what equipment was stolen in respect of each guilty/proven verdict. | | (307876) | 142
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with the Chief of Joint Operations on possible rescue operations in relation to Paul and Rachel Chandler on 23 October 2009. | | (307877) | 143
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions he gave to the Royal Navy on possible rescue operations in relation to Paul and Rachel Chandler on 23 October 2009. | | (307878) | 144
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what protocols were used in the decision in respect of a rescue operation in relation to Paul and Rachel Chandler on 23 October 2009. | | (307879) | 145
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the operational headquarters for Operation Atalanta will be based in 2010; who has command; what the command structure will be; how many naval assets by type will be involved; and from which navies. | | (309198) | 146
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of manufacturing of Chinook helicopters in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (309481) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 147
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations to ensure co-ordination in implementation of the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan. | | (308572) | 148
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what advice the maximum permitted night-time noise from onshore wind turbines was set at 43 decibels; when this limit was last reviewed; and why the recommendation in the 2006 draft report by Hayes McKenzie Partnership of a reduction in the sound level was rejected. | | (309012) | 149
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in Leeds North West constituency received assistance under the Warm Front scheme in 2008-09. | | (309389) | 150
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): 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 Leeds North West constituency. | | (309390) | 151
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress his Department has made in defining its biomass sustainability criteria. | | (308252) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 152
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the cost benefit analysis applicable to each of the flood defence schemes given approval within the last 12 months, excluding minor schemes progressed by local authorities. | | (309278) | 153
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken in response to the breach by Morocco of the (a) export volumes and (b) input prices provisions of the Partnership Agreement with the EU in respect of tomato exports. | | (309412) | 154
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for food wastage; what his estimate is of the amount and proportion of food which was wasted in the latest period for which information is available; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce such waste. | | (309493) | 155
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many convictions there have been under the Hunting Act 2004. | | (308234) | 156
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what species of wildlife (a) his Department and (b) Natural England (i) has re-introduced to England since 1997 and (ii) plans to re-introduce to England. | | (308570) | 157
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) Natural England has spent on re-introducing species of wildlife to England in each year since 1997. | | (308571) | 158
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce a ban on the trimming of the beaks of laying hens in England from January 2011. | | (309414) | 159
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hereford of 7 December 2009, Official Report, columns 6-7W, on animal welfare: circuses, what source was referred to in the Answer as the findings of the first element; when those findings were discussed with (a) animal welfare representatives and (b) industry organisations; and which organisations participated in those discussions. | | (309415) | 160
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, 279W, on the Animal Welfare Act 2006, what progress has been made on considering the consultation responses; and when he expects revised drafts to be published. | | (309329) | 161
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects private sewers and lateral drains connected to public sewers to be transferred to water company ownership; and if he will make a statement. | | (308070) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 162
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provisions of the proposed free trade agreement between Peru and the EU govern the protection of the Amazonian rainforest; and if he will make a statement. | | (307823) | 163
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts and (b) the European Commission on the effects on the indigenous Amazonians of the proposed free trade agreement between the EU and Peru. | | (307824) | 164
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the United Nations on the situation in Somalia. | | (308555) | 165
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to apply any conditions in respect of the abandonment of the use of force by Hezbollah in his Department's contacts with Hezbollah politicians. | | (308556) | 166
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on individual Caribbean countries signing Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU; and what recent representations he has received on the fairness of such agreements. | | (309435) | 167
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support and promote provincial and district level governance in Afghanistan outside the Kabul district. | | (309375) | 168
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for UK-Israel relations of the decision by Westminster magistrates to issue an arrest warrant for Mrs Tzipi Livni. | | (308409) | 169
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish legal advice (a) obtained and (b) considered by his Department in the last two years on the application of the minimum wage to seafarers sailing between UK ports. | | (307815) | 170
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the UK Mission to the US has made of facilities in US federal prisons to provide care for a person extradited from the UK who has acute Asperger's syndrome and related clinical depression (a) during custody before trial, (b) after trial and before sentencing and (c) after sentencing; and if he will make a statement. | | (308318) | 171
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will declare a no-take marine reserve in respect of the vulnerable reef systems of the Chagos Archipelago. | | (309413) | 172
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Director-General of UNESCO on the naming of the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences in light of the human rights record of the government of Equatorial Guinea. | | (309480) | 173
N | 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 Indonesia. | | (309193) | 174
N | 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 the Russian Federation. | | (309194) | 175
N | 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 the People's Republic of China. | | (309195) | 176
N | 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 India. | | (309196) | 177
N | 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 Iran. | | (309197) | 178
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the extent of wildlife trafficking in Cameroon; and what discussions he has had with the Cameroon government on the matter. | | (308101) | 179
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of corruption in the judicial system in Cameroon; and what discussions he has had with the Cameroon government on the matter. | | (308128) | 180
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, columns 772-73W, on Honduras: politics and government, for what reasons the UK did not send a representative to observe the recent presidential election in Honduras. | | (308413) | 181
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 770W, on Colombia: trade unions, what reports his Department has seen on the number of trade unionists murdered in Colombia in the last 12 months; and how many murders are referred to in each such report. | | (308416) | 182
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors determine the allocation of Questions for written answer to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Rhondda; and on what issues (a) within and (b) outside his listed Ministerial responsibilities he will answer Questions. | | (308542) | 183
N | 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 Olympic Games 2012, how many heads of state and government he expects to visit the UK during the London 2012 Olympics; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of hosting such visitors. | | (309279) | 184
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 420W, on Colombia: overseas trade, if he will make it his policy to withdraw from the negotiation of a free trade agreement with Colombia. | | (309280) | 185
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Polisario Front was consulted on the 2006 EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement prior to the making of that agreement. | | (309517) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 186
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full minimally invasive oesophagectomies have been carried out at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth in each month from August to December 2009. | | (308567) | 187
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will update the musculoskeletal services framework to incorporate the recommendations of the National Audit Offices report, Services for People with rheumatoid arthritis. | | (308568) | 188
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the collection of outcomes data on musculoskeletal services. | | (308569) | 189
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses are employed in Gloucester; and what the equivalent figures were in 1997. | | (308230) | 190
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made a recent estimate of the (a) time taken to process cases and (b) the number of outstanding cases awaiting adjudication by the (i) General Medical Council, (ii) Nursing and Midwifery Council, (iii) Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and (iv) Health Professions Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (309448) | 191
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence is consulting on future General Pharmaceutical Council standards; and what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of the existing standards. | | [R] (309449) | 192
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) quality of service provision and (b) adequacy of funding for (i) prosthetics and (ii) orthotics care in NHS trusts given to injured (A) service and (B) non-service personnel. | | (309490) | 193
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards implementing the commitments made in the document The nation's commitment: cross-government support to our armed forces, their families and veterans. | | (309491) | 194
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) quality of care provided for neuro-disability and neuro-rehabilitation patients and (b) merits of a national service framework for neuro-rehabilitation. | | (309503) | 195
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust on Townlands Hospital in Henley-on-Thames in the last 12 months. | | (307864) | 196
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the salary is of the (a) chief executive and (b) chair of each (i) hospital and (ii) primary care trust in the North West. | | (308557) | 197
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) between 10 and 18 and (c) over 18 years of age were admitted to accident and emergency departments in each hospital trust in England under the external cause code of W54 as a result of an attack by a dog in 2008-09. | | (308843) | 198
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in Tamworth constituency and aged over 60 were registered as carers in each year since 2007. | | (309444) | 199
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent establishing the NHS Graduate Management Scheme for Communications; how many places will be available on this scheme in each of the next three years; and what the (a) wage costs and (b) other running costs of this scheme will be in each of those years. | | (309486) | 200
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the full text of the Statutory Warning Notice issued by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust on 20 October 2009; and if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the trust's letter to CQC on 17 November 2009, (b) the minutes of the formal escalation meeting of 20 November 2009 attended by Monitor and (c) Monitor's letter to the trust of 23 November 2009 and the trust's response of 24 November 2009. | | (308066) | 201
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Statement of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 855, on hospital trusts in Essex, what the expected future role is of the tier of clinical leadership replaced by the new clinical leadership; what the cost of the former clinical leadership will be in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (308073) | 202
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Statement of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 855, on hospital trusts: Essex, what the acceptable timescale is considered to be for the Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust to deliver the improvements necessary in care standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (308074) | 203
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Statement of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 855, on hospital trusts: Essex, what regular updates on progress he plans to provide to the House on improving care standards; how often he will provide them; and if he will make a statement. | | (308075) | 204
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Statement of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 855, on hospital trusts: Essex, what the agreed clinical and nursing changes are that the programme delivery office will use as benchmarks. | | (308076) | 205
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 550W, on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, how his Department monitors the use of the power under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to modify a situation pertaining to someone with disability in order to maximise their individual capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (308531) | 206
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2009, to Question 300313, how much the Isle of Man government has paid for elective health service treatments of each kind provided under the agreement with his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (308645) | 207
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what cost to the public purse his Department's campaign on contraception, launched on 30 November 2009 was developed; what funding his Department plans to provide to support the campaign in the financial years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and by what mechanisms his Department plans to evaluate the effectiveness of that campaign. | | (309208) | 208
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of demand for NHS contraceptive services of his Department's campaign on contraception, launched on 30 November 2009; what assessment he has made of the capacity of each primary care trust to fit long-acting reversible contraceptives; and if he will make a statement. | | (309209) | 209
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, through which media his Department's contraception campaign will be delivered; which (a) contraception methods will be publicised and (b) groups will be targeted through each medium; what methodology was used to determine which medium to use in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (309210) | 210
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports his Department (a) commissioned and (b) produced for the purposes the development of his Department's campaign on contraception, launched on 30 November 2009; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such report; if he will place in the Library a copy of the research which shows there is a lack of knowledge and misinformation, which hinders safer sexual behaviour, referred to in his Department's press release of 30 November 2009; and what the (i) title and (ii) target group is in respect of each phase of his Department's campaign. | | (309216) | 211
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed at Leeds General Infirmary in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (309391) | 212
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what invitations he has made to members of Opposition parties since his appointment offering the opportunity to work consensually on the reform of social care. | | (308565) | 213
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the pay of people who work in social care. | | (308566) | 214
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many websites have been asked to remove advertisements for botulinum toxin, fillers and other non-surgical cosmetic procedures under the Medicines (Advertising) Regulations 1994. | | (308067) | 215
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated by his Department for medical research in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and how much of such funding was spent in Wales. | | (308129) | 216
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the funding allocated to medical research by his Department in England and Wales in each of the last three years was deemed to be of lower priority; and how much such lower priority funding was spent in Wales. | | (308130) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 217
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) England, (b) Sussex and (c) Lewes constituency were (i) killed and (ii) wounded by a firearm in each year since 1997. | | (308563) | 218
N | Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State expects to reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed dated 29 June, 17 September and 9 November 2009 concerning spouse sponsorship. | | (308131) | 219
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 83W, on police, when the Independent Police Complaints Commission requested police forces to start providing information relating to complainant disability; and when the resultant data will be published. | | (307811) | 220
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 83W, on police, when the Chief Executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency will send a reply to the hon. Member for Wellingborough. | | (307812) | 221
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have been but are no longer subject to a control order are resident in the UK. | | (308402) | 222
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff are employed in Gloucester; and what the equivalent figures were in 1997. | | (308231) | 223
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department collects on youth crime at middle layer super output area level; and where such data are published. | | (309515) | 224
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether airlines are required under the e-Borders scheme to provide credit card or bank details of passengers; and what categories of information airlines have provided to date. | | (307871) | 225
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each of the four national security categories have been informed by the Metropolitan Police that their voicemails had been illegally tapped on behalf of media organisations as a result of the investigation leading to the conviction of Mr Glenn Mulcaire and Mr Clive Goodman in 2007. | | (307874) | 226
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the list of Other Passenger Information required by the e-Borders programme. | | (307875) | 227
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) staging mock trials to test the viability of intercept evidence in court and (b) other costs incurred in reviewing the use of intercept evidence since the commissioning of the Chilcot Review. | | (308844) | 228
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on services of each type for rape victims in each year since 1997. | | (309410) | 229
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to initiatives to tackle anti-social behaviour in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since 2007. | | (309442) | 230
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have been recorded in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since 2007. | | (309443) | 231
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of caseworkers employed by the Independent Safeguarding Authority to make barring decisions under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 do not have (a) a university degree, (b) any A-levels and (c) more than four GCSEs at A* to C grade. | | (307862) | 232
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many caseworkers the Independent Safeguarding Authority employs at each grade to make barring decisions under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006; what the job specification is of such posts at each such grade; and what requirements there are in respect of (a) competencies and (b) professional training in relation to such posts at each such grade. | | (307863) | 233
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his duty to assess the appropriateness of extraditing persons to the US in relation to health grounds applies (a) at the time of the receipt of the US application, (b) at the time of proceedings in the UK and (c) at the time immediately before the extradition takes place; and if he will make a statement. | | (308319) | 234
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2009, Official Report, column 215W, on the sponsor register, how many institutions (a) have had an application to join the sponsor register refused and (b) have been removed from the register of licensed sponsors under Tier Four of the new immigration rules since 31 March 2009. | | (308320) | 235
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation his Department has made of the effects of the joint Home Office/Department for Transport/Association of Chief Police Officers strategy on roads policing published in January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (309529) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 236
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support and promote provincial and district level governance in Afghanistan outside the Kabul district. | | (309376) | 237
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals are prohibited from working with his Department following allegations of involvement in fraudulent or corrupt activity; and if he will make a statement. | | (308853) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 238
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for (a) offences of drink driving and (b) each other motoring offence resulted in a custodial sentence in (i) Lewes constituency, (ii) Sussex and (iii) England in each of the last 10 years. | | (308564) | 239
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for animal cruelty there have been in courts in East Sussex in each year since 1996. | | (309199) | 240
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 85W and 1 December 2009, Official Report, column 590W, on prisoners' release, whether the investigating officer's report was completed by 4 December 2009; on what date he expects to write to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford; and if he will make a statement. | | (308235) | 241
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year-olds who were released from each young offenders institution in each of the last five years re-offended (i) within the first month, (ii) between one and six months, (iii) between six and 12 months and (iv) between 12 and 24 months after release. | | (308236) | 242
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many females under 18 years were in custody (a) on remand and (b) after sentence in each month in each of the last three years. | | (308237) | 243
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on youth re-offending at middle layer super output area level; and where such data are published. | | (309516) | 244
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on the strip-searching of females under the aged of 18 years in prison. | | (307867) | 245
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in each prison in England and Wales were held in overcrowded accommodation in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (307869) | 246
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mother and baby units exist for female prisoners in England and Wales; and what the capacity for female prisoners and their children is of each. | | (309016) | 247
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most recent figures are for the re-offending rate of people aged (a) under 18, (b) between 18 and 21 and (c) over 21 years old for people who have been released from prison. | | (308068) | 248
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what detoxification facilities are available in (a) the Josephine Bultler Unit at Downview Young Offender Institution (YOI), (b) the Mary Carpenter Unit at Eastwood Park YOI, (c) the Rivendell Unit at New Hall YOI, (d) the Toscanna Unit at Foston Hall YOI, (e) Hassockfield Secure Training Centre (STC), (f) Oakhill STC, (G) Medway STC and (h) Rainsbrook STC. | | (308069) | 249
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what average distance from home (a) young adult prisoners, (b) adult prisoners and (c) children prisoners were held in each year since 1997, broken down by sex. | | (308071) | 250
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offenders and (b) offenders on temporary licence were released from HM Prison Service into the Probation Service, in each year since 2004. | | (309218) | 251
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many elections there were in each ward of Vale of Clwyd constituency in each year since 1996. | | (308415) | 252
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Parole Board expects to consider the application for parole of Jamie Douglas. | | (308229) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 253
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress is being made towards total decommissioning of weapons held by (a) Republican and (b) Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. | | (308553) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 254
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she is taking to ensure the North West region obtains a legacy from the London 2012 Olympics. | | (309388) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 255
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had on the future of Northern Rail's Pacer (Class 142) rolling stock. | | (309498) | 256
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many miles heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes travelled on dual carriageways in England in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what information his Department holds on the equivalent figures for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. | | (308560) | 257
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many miles UK and foreign registered heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes travelled on (a) motorways and (b) trunk roads in England in the last year for which figures are available; and what information his Department holds on the equivalent figures for (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland. | | (308561) | 258
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many miles UK and foreign registered heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes travelled on all roads in England in the last year for which figures are available; and what information his Department holds on the equivalent figures for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. | | (308562) | 259
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average age of (a) electric and (b) diesel powered rolling stock on the rail network was in (i) 1997, (ii) 2003 and (iii) 2009; and what the equivalent average ages are expected to be in (A) 2014, (B) 2020 and (C) 2030. | | (308852) | 260
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions, and in each case in respect of how many vehicles, his Department has exercised its right to buy from the rolling stock companies rolling stock which those companies have identified (a) for scrapping and (b) for export in each year since 1997. | | (308854) | 261
N | Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many passenger journeys on direct London to Glasgow rail services were made in the last 10 years. | | (309050) | 262
N | Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, who will take the final decision on whether to continue direct London to Glasgow rail services; and when he expects that decision to be taken. | | (309352) | 263
N | Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has conducted any recent research of the economic benefits of retaining direct London to Glasgow rail services. | | (309353) | 264
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to prevent the loss of concessionary travel facilities for former employees of a rail business which becomes insolvent; and who the guarantor of last resort is in such cases. | | (309447) | 265
N | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, by what date he anticipates the completion of the doubling of the railway line between Swindon and Kemble. | | (308233) | 266
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what systems are used for switching on Q queuing signs on the Dartford River Crossing approaches; and what (a) traffic levels and (b) other variables trigger the signs. | | (309416) | 267
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, between which points journey time measurements relating to the Dartford River Crossing are monitored on a monthly basis by (a) his Department and (b) the Highways Agency. | | (309417) | 268
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what aspects of air quality are monitored at the Dartford River Crossing; and if he will make a statement. | | (309418) | 269
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what monthly indicators are used by (a) his Department and (b) the Highways Agency to monitor performance in respect of the operation of the Dartford River Crossing. | | (309419) | 270
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has made a recent estimate of the average balance of a Dartford River Crossing pre-payment Dart-Tag user's account in respect of each vehicle type. | | (309420) | 271
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the daytime charge for use of the Dartford River Crossing including discounts, was for each vehicle type (a) when a Dart-Tag was being used by a driver registered in (i) Dartford constituency, (ii) Thurrock constituency, (iii) Gravesham constituency and (iv) another area and (b) when a driver was not using a Dart-Tag in 1997; on what dates such charges have changed since 1997; and what the new charge was in each case. | | (309421) | 272
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average traffic flow through each of the toll-collecting lanes at the Dartford River Crossing toll plaza during each (a) day and (b) week in the last 12 months. | | (309422) | 273
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent progress has been made against public service agreement targets relating to congestion at (a) the Dartford River Crossing and (b) roads leading to that crossing. | | (309423) | 274
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Highways Agency has set targets to increase the rate at which vehicles may pass through the Dartford River Crossing toll plaza. | | (309424) | 275
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to reduce the number of unlicensed minicab drivers. | | (309439) | 276
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate has been made of the number of unlicensed minicab drivers operating in each of the last four years. | | (309440) | 277
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much of the £23 million committed to Gloucestershire County Council, Sheffield City Council, North Lincolnshire Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, West Berkshire Council, Shropshire County Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council following the 2007 floods to repair roads and bridges has been (a) paid to and (b) spent by those authorities. | | (309281) | 278
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will publish legal advice (a) obtained and (b) considered by his Department in the last two years on the application of the minimum wage to seafarers sailing between UK ports. | | (307825) | 279
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the subject of public ownership and operation of rail franchises will be considered in the review into improving value for money in the rail sector announced in the Pre-Budget Report. | | (307826) | 280
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what costs have been incurred by (a) the Government and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority in designing and tendering rail franchises since 1996. | | (307827) | 281
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accidents which occurred in Leeds North West constituency involved loss of life in each of the last five years. | | (309392) | 282
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on health of the use of body scanners that use X-ray technology. | | (309427) | 283
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his estimate is of the average time it takes to search an individual using a (a) body scanner and (b) pat down physical search. | | (309428) | 284
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects the review of aviation security announced in December 2009 to report. | | (309429) | 285
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the additional security arrangements introduced in December 2009 on queuing times and delays at UK airports. | | (309430) | 286
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research into the effectiveness of traffic policing in reducing numbers of casualties on the roads his Department has commissioned in the last five years | | (309431) | 287
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 544W, on road salting and gritting, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the report of the UK Roads Liaison Group on the preparedness of highway authorities for extreme weather events. | | (309450) | 288
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 December 2009, Official Report, columns 136-8WS, on road safety, when he plans to publish his Department's response to its consultation on road safety entitled A Safer Way. | | (309451) | 289
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) fuel and (b) maintenance for patrol vehicles in each of the last three years. | | (309452) | 290
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent research his Department and its agencies have undertaken on the average number of patrol vehicles required to attend incidents on motorways. | | (309453) | 291
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent research his Department and its agencies have undertaken on the number of traffic officers required to attend incidents on motorways. | | (309454) | 292
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department and its agencies collect on the clearing of motorways following road traffic incidents. | | (309455) | 293
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what data his Department and its agencies collect on the average time taken to reopen a motorway following a closure resulting from a collision. | | (309456) | 294
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average time taken between notification of an incident on the motorway and the reinstatement of normal traffic flow following that incident in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (309457) | 295
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department and its agencies have made of the effects on the level of motorway congestion of the implementation of the traffic officer service. | | (309458) | 296
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many patrol vehicles were in operation on the motorway network on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (309459) | 297
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the cost of patrol vehicles maintenance has been in each year since the introduction of the traffic officer service. | | (309460) | 298
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what timetable has been set for the (a) publication of and (b) Government response to the review by Sir Peter North of proposed changes to the legislative regime for drink and drug driving. | | (309461) | 299
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve arrangements for communication between traffic officers and the police in respect of traffic incidents on the motorway. | | (309462) | 300
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what key performance indicators have been set by his Department and its agencies for traffic officers on setting signs and signals to inform drivers of a motorway incident; and what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the system of setting signals to inform drivers of a motorway incident. | | (309463) | 301
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment his Department and its agencies have made of the effects on motorway incident clear-up times of the division of roles and responsibilities between the Highways Agency and the police; and if he will make a statement. | | (309464) | 302
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the average time taken to remove a vehicle from a motorway following a collision. | | (309465) | 303
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the average time taken to remove an abandoned vehicle from a motorway. | | (309466) | 304
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what key performance indicators his Department has set in respect of the duration of motorway closures following traffic incidents; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the time taken to re-open a motorway after such an incident. | | (309467) | 305
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment has been made of the performance of the traffic officer service since its implementation; what recent steps his Department and its agencies have taken to increase the effectiveness of that service; and when he next plans to review the roles of traffic officers. | | (309468) | 306
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to his Department and its agencies of training a traffic officer to the standard required to discharge duties effectively in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (309469) | 307
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies had spent on the traffic officer service on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (309470) | 308
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what key performance indicators have been set by his Department and its agencies for traffic officers in respect of incident clear-up times on motorways following traffic incidents. | | (309471) | 309
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average time taken was between the notification of a regional control centre of a motorway traffic incident and the arrival of the traffic officer service at the scene of that incident in each of the last 10 years; and what performance indicators are in place in respect of that response time. | | (309472) | 310
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what (a) research and (b) trial work his Department has undertaken for the purposes of improving the provision of information to drivers on the motorway network on incidents on their routes in the last five years; and what assessment he made of the outcomes of such work. | | (309473) | 311
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many staff of his Department are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time on research for the purposes of reducing incident clear-up times on motorways. | | (309474) | 312
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what trials using laser-surveying equipment his Department has undertaken for the purposes of reducing motorway incident clear-up times. | | (309475) | 313
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) research and (b) trials of equipment for the purposes of reducing motorway incident clear-up times on motorways in the last five years. | | (309476) | 314
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 768W, on motorways, what assessment he has made of the effects on the level of motorway congestion of the DAB radio service Traffic Radio since its introduction. | | (309477) | 315
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what evaluation his Department has made of the effects of the joint Home Office/Department for Transport/Association of Chief Police Officers strategy on roads policing published in January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (309528) | 316
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department plans to authorise the annual inflationary increase for the Severn Bridges toll price from April 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (309356) | 317
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when his Department plans to make an announcement on the annual inflationary increase in the Severn Bridges toll price from April 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (309357) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 318
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order 2010, and paragraph 43 of the Explanatory Memorandum, whether an impact assessment has been prepared on the proposals to allow higher council tax on second homes and holiday homes in Wales. | | (309379) | 319
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations his Department has received on the effects of the National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order 2010 on council tax on second homes and holiday homes in Wales. | | (309394) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 320
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the timetable is for the creation of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's lifestyle database; and what data sources will be used to create it. | | (309396) | 321
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will place in the Library a copy of the standard template contract for the provision of (a) goods and (b) services used by the Government Equalities Office. | | (309425) | 322
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will place in the Library a copy of the reasoned opinion of the European Commission on the compliance of the UK's equality legislation with the EU Equal Treatment Directive. | | (309426) | 323
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether Strategic Funding Programme funding being provided by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission to (a) Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller Project, (b) Friends, Families and Travellers and (c) Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange in 2009-10 may be used to assist travellers in relation to funding planning applications, planning policy or planning appeals. | | (309527) | 324
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government has taken to encourage more disabled people to (a) apply for and (b) present themselves as candidates for election to public office. | | (309445) | 325
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much money the Equality and Human Rights Commission has paid to OH Communications in each of the last two financial years. | | (308245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 326
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure that applications for health care costs grants sent mistakenly to Jobcentre Plus offices are forwarded immediately to the correct office for processing; and if she will make a statement. | | (309525) | 327
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 818-20, on benefit reform, what changes to the work capability assessment (a) would be desirable and (b) are planned. | | (308845) | 328
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of benefit payments to people resident in Chesterfield constituency were paid into a Post Office card account in each of the last five years. | | (309015) | 329
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many small and medium-sized firms are contracted to her Department; and how long on average her Department has taken to settle their invoices in the six months to 30 November 2009. | | (308097) | 330
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 48W, on local housing allowance, if she will undertake research into whether landlords discriminate against potential tenants who are on local housing allowance on the grounds that the benefit is not paid directly to the landlord. | | (309380) | 331
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 48W, on local housing allowance, what the timetable is for removal of the £15 excess. | | (309381) | 332
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were in receipt of local housing allowance in excess of (a) £385 per week and (b) £965 per week in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (308321) | 333
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many rapid reclaims of housing benefit took more than 10 days to process (a) nationally and (b) in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Jobcentre Plus district in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available; what the target time is for processing such reclaims; and if she will make a statement. | | (308322) | 334
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the effect on the level of poverty among pensioners of paying all people reaching the state pension age in 2012-13 the full basic state pension in each of the subsequent three years. | | (308530) | 335
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) primary contracted and (b) sub-contracted employment support providers have withdrawn providing employment support services under the Flexible New Deal in each of the smallest geographical units for which figures are available since the programme's inception; and if she will make a statement. | | (307819) | 336
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people on Pathways to Work have moved back into sustainable employment (a) in each year since it has been operating and (b) in each of the last 12 months, listed by the main reason for which they were receiving incapacity benefit; and if she will make a statement. | | (307820) | 337
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure a substantive reply is sent to the letter of 28 October 2009 from the hon. Member for Walsall North to the Head of Carer's Allowance concerning a constituent. | | (307817) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 338
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the boiler scrappage scheme applies to boilers operating on liquefied petroleum gas. | | [Transferred] (308251) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 339
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) applied for and (b) received the Help with Health Costs grant in 2008-09; what the average amount received was; what the eligibility criteria for the grant are; and what the main reasons for refusing applications were in that period. | | [Transferred] (309377) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 340
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his latest estimate is of the date on which the e-borders programme will be fully operational. | | [Transferred] (309526) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 341
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to review the effectiveness of the Sugar Protocol between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states in providing such countries with access to EU markets. | | [Transferred] (309434) |
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