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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 12 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 12 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 12 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 12 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 12 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from (a) the public purse and (b) the European Union budget will be provided under the new fund announced by the Secretary of State to install the next generation of fibre optic cable broadband in Wales in each financial year up to 2016-17. | | (310508) | 2
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students resident in (a) each local authority area in the North West and (b) England had not received their first student loan payment for the academic year 2009-10 by 4 January 2010. | | (309869) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 3
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account the 2008 population projections issued by the Office of National Statistics on 21 October 2009 took of recent trends of reductions in (a) net migration and (b) net migration from the A8 EU member states. | | (310514) | 4
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of 18 to 24 year olds in England are unemployed under International Labour Organisation definitions but not in full-time education have (a) no qualification, (b) below Level 2 qualifications, (c) Level 2 as their highest qualification, (d) Level 3 as their highest qualification and (e) Level 4+ as their highest qualification. | | (310550) | 5
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in Wales had been claiming the allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months in each month since September 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (310509) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 6
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment was made of the effects of the implementation of the Joint Statement between HM Revenue and Customs and the Gambling Commission in relation to amusement machines which offer games designed to look like recognised games of chance on (a) the revenue collected by the Exchequer in relation to these amusement machines, (b) the amusement and pub sectors and (c) the traditional British seaside economy; who was consulted on the terms of the Joint Statement before it was made; and what assessment has been made of whether the terms of the Joint Statement comply with the Hampton principles of better regulation. | | (310569) | 7
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether expenditure in England on the boiler scrappage scheme will be subject to the Barnett formula and consequential funding made available for Wales. | | (310506) | 8
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of preparing whole of government accounts was in each year since 2000. | | (310557) | 9
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what volume of waste his Department generated in each of the last three years; what percentage of this was (a) paper, (b) plastic, (c) glass, (d) metal, (e) electrical goods and batteries and (f) food waste; and what percentage of his Department's waste was (i) disposed of securely, (ii) disposed of in landfill and (iii) recycled. | | (310381) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 10
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent representations he has received from the Charity Commission on the method of achieving charitable status for educational academies and colleges; and what steps he plans to take in response to those representations. | | [R] (310572) | 11
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average (a) authorised, (b) unauthorised and (c) persistent absence rate for (i) boys and (ii) girls at Key Stage 4 was in each year since 1997. | | (310558) | 12
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of Key Stage 4 students went on to (a) education, (b) employment and (c) training in each year since 1997; and how many and what proportion were not in employment, education or training in the year after leaving school in each such year. | | (310559) | 13
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers and (b) school support staff were in employment in schools in England in each year since 1997; and what the pupil: teacher ratio was in each such year. | | (310560) | 14
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of students of (a) white, (b) mixed race, (c) Asian, (d) Black and (e) Chinese ethnicity gained (i) five GCSEs including English and mathematic at grades A* to C, (ii) five GCSEs at grades A* to G and (iii) at least one Key Stage 4 pass in each year since 1997. | | (310561) | 15
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his Department will publish its analysis of the responses to its consultation on the Badman Report on elective home education in England. | | (310388) | 16
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has made an estimate of the level of obesity amongst pupils who are eligible for free school meals. | | (310368) | 17
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what proportion of schools in each index of multiple deprivation decile less than 30 per cent. of pupils obtained five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics but excluding equivalents in the (a) earliest and (b) most recent year for which figures are available. | | (310369) | 18
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils eligible for free school meals achieved (a) one or more A to G grades, (b) three or more A to C grades and (c) three or more A grades at A-level in (i) 1980 and (ii) the most recent year for which records are available. | | (310370) | 19
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 462W, on GCE A-level, what the threshold for disclosure is. | | (310372) | 20
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to answer Question (a) 3202667, (b) 302668, (c) 302936, (d) 303105 and (e) 303139, tabled on 25 November 2009. | | (310373) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 21
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on whether funding under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 may be spent on religious buildings. | | (310451) | 22
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 381W, on multiple occupation: licensing, for what reason the report has not yet been published; and whether he expects it to be published before May 2010. | | (310389) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 23
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the starting gate review of the 2012 Sports Legacy plans will be published; and if he will place a copy in the Library on publication. | | (310374) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 24
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been made since 1994 to the rules under which deceased Royal Air Force aircrew can be found guilty of gross negligence; whether a finding of gross negligence could have been made in respect of the Chinook crash if the current rules had applied at the time of the crash; and if he will make a statement. | | (310015) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 25
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with the Scottish Executive the location of the test hubs referred to in the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan. | | (310546) | 26
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Executive on the possible extension to Scotland of the boiler scrappage scheme. | | (310377) | 27
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to expand the capacity for nuclear power generation in the UK. | | (310503) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 28
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what programmes his Department funds to assist farmers to diversify into tourism; and how much funding has been allocated under each such programme in 2009-10. | | (310363) | 29
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who has responsibility for managing the water level of Lake Windemere; and how this management is undertaken. | | (310365) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 30
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support a bilateral resolution between India and Pakistan on the situation in Kashmir. | | (310501) | 31
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the compliance with international law of UK companies which buy goods from Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. | | (309544) | 32
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many overseas embassies he has visited in the last 12 months. | | (310512) | 33
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employees in each of its missions in Australasia. | | (310513) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 34
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on Parkinson's Disease. | | (310371) | 35
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to mental health units in each primary care trust area in each month of the last two years. | | (310570) | 36
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted into mental health units in each primary care trust area in each of the last five years. | | (310571) | 37
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the amount of money donated to NHS institutions through charitable giving. | | (310033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 38
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to police forces on handling complaints relating to alleged infringements of the provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in respect of (a) internet and (b) other interceptions; and if he will make a statement. | | (310544) | 39
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts and (b) the European Commission on protection of the privacy of UK internet users. | | (310545) | 40
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his assessment is of progress made in improving provision for families with children at immigration removal centres; and how much has been spent on making such improvements in the last 12 months. | | (310109) | 41
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to young children detained in immigration removal centres. | | (310110) | 42
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were detained in immigration removal centres in 2008. | | (310111) | 43
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many profiles were removed from the National DNA Database in each month of 2009. | | (310112) | 44
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the effect on expenditure as classified in the (a) common passport and identity card and (b) passport-specific section of the most recent identity cards scheme cost report of issuing passports without fingerprint data in each year from 2010-11 to 2018-19. | | (310383) | 45
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts relating to biometric passports his Department plans to let; when he expects each such contract to be put out to tender; and what the estimated monetary value is of each such contract. | | (310384) | 46
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts relating to biometric passports have been let; to whom each such contract has been let; for what projects or services each such contract provides; and what the monetary value is of each such contract. | | (310385) | 47
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of including fingerprint data in passports in each year from 2010-11 to 2018-19. | | (310386) | 48
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Identity and Passport Service has spent in each month since October 2006; how many passports were issued in each such month; and how much revenue accrued in fees for such passports in each such month. | | (310387) | 49
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the number and proportion of white males who have a criminal record. | | (310367) | 50
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to issue his response to the recent consultation on proposed changes to Tier 4 student visa arrangements. | | (310366) | 51
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the most serious non-state threats to UK security. | | (310504) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 52
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Legal Services Commission matter starts for (a) welfare benefit, (b) housing, (c) employment, (d) debt, (e) immigration, (f) community care and (g) family law cases in Chesterfield were given in each of the last five years; and how many such starts are being offered in the current rounds of bidding. | | (310375) | 53
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a non-molestation order have been (a) made and (b) granted in each court area in each year since their introduction. | | (310379) | 54
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for an occupational order under sections 33 to 41 of the Family Law Act 1996 have been (a) made and (b) granted in each year since their introduction. | | (310380) | 55
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will now respond to the proposals put forward by the hon. Member for Chichester for draft legislation on extraordinary rendition. | | (310113) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 56
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when his Department plans to announce which airports in the Highlands and Islands will introduce full body scanners; and when he expects such scanners to be operational. | | (310376) | 57
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an economic inpact assessment of the introduction of full body scanners at airports in the Highlands and Islands. | | (310378) | 58
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided to Freight by Water in each year since 1993; and how much it plans to provide in 2010-11. | | [R] (310573) | 59
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage use of inland and coastal waterways for the transportation of goods and materials. | | [R] (310574) | 60
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on best practice in dealing with the effects of extreme weather conditions on UK roads. | | (310505) | 61
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has approved proposals to amend limits on drivers' hours for the purposes of facilitating the distribution of salt and grit supplies. | | (310382) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 62
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will publish the correspondence his Department has had with the Treasury on whether the boiler scrappage scheme should apply in Wales. | | (310507) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 63
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to reduce the time taken to make cold weather payments to (a) recipients who use prepayment meters and (b) other recipients of such payments. | | (310547) | 64
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many graduate internships her Department has provided in the last 12 months; how many such internships were subsequently withdrawn; for what reasons; and if she will make a statement. | | (310432) | 65
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the lone parents who were moved from income support on to jobseeker's allowance as a result of changes to benefit rules in December 2008 are in employment; and if she will make a statement. | | (310510) | 66
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 Pathways to Work Programme in each of the smallest geographical units for which figures are available since the programme's inception; and if she will make a statement. | | (310511) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 67
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made of energy and climate change-related threats to national security. | | [Transferred] (310502) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 68
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people were issued with a penalty notice for disorder under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 by the British Transport Police in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (310548) | 69
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) de-arrested by the British Transport Police in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (310549) |
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