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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 13 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 13 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 13 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 13 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 13 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the number of young people in (a) Wellingborough constituency and (b) the UK who are not in employment, education or training. | | (310668) | 2
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) animation and (b) design students have graduated with an honours degree from a university in England in each year since 1997. | | (310612) | 3
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) art, (b) mathematics, (c) video games, (d) computer science and (e) IT students have graduated with an honours degree from a university in England in each year since 1997. | | (310613) | 4
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310843) | 5
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made of the likely effect of a reduction in the length of undergraduate courses to two years on the global ranking of English universities. | | (310627) | 6
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount of financial support provided by (a) UK and (b) non-UK (i) private sector organisations and (ii) charities for research in the higher education sector in each of the last five years. | | (310628) | 7
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much grant funding has been provided to higher education institutions by the (a) Arts and Humanities Research Council, (b) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, (c) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, (d) Economic and Social Research Council, (e) Medical Research Council, (f) Natural Environment Research Council, (g) Science and Technology Facilities Council and (h) Higher Education Funding Council for England in each of the last five years. | | (310665) | 8
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310802) | 9
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on maintaining its Twitter feed in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (310831) | 10
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all workers receive wages at a rate at least equivalent to the national minimum wage. | | (310833) | 11
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses during the recession; and if he will make a statement. | | (310834) | 12
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff his Department employs. | | (310870) | 13
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on maintaining its Flickr channel in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (310871) | 14
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of people starting apprenticeship schemes have been from an ethnic minority background since 1997. | | (310872) | 15
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people his Department employs to maintain its participation in social media and networking sites; and what estimate he has made of the cost of employing such staff in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (310873) | 16
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have dropped out of apprenticeships in each year since 1997. | | (310874) | 17
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people started but did not complete an apprenticeship in each year since 1997. | | (310875) | 18
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people completed an apprenticeship in each year since 1997. | | (310876) | 19
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of people starting apprenticeship schemes in each year since 1997 were (a) male and (b) female. | | (310877) | 20
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many industrial tribunals relating to his Department there have been in each of the last five years; and what the cost to his Department was of such tribunals in each such year. | | (310748) | 21
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which websites his Department's staff are blocked from accessing on networked computers. | | (310762) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 22
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years resident in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) West Chelmsford constituency were unemployed in (i) May 1997 and (ii) each of the last six months for which figures are available. | | (310710) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many adults were living in marriage in each year since 1980; and if she will make a statement. | | (310670) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many married couples (a) are both over the age of 65, (b) are both in work, (c) are living apart, (d) have no children and (e) have one or more children under the age of five; and if she will make a statement. | | (310671) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 25
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations (a) he and (b) HM Revenue and Customs have received on the separate definitions of a gaming machine and an automated lottery machine. | | (310698) | 26
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310850) | 27
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) destination, (b) cost, (c) class of ticket purchased and (d) type of fare was for each flight taken by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury at public expense in the last six months; and what the purpose was of each overseas trip. | | (310740) | 28
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 176W, on tax yields, when he expects the data relating to Pay as You Earn tax for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 will be available. | | (310611) | 29
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310803) | 30
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people informed HM Revenue and Customs by 4 January 2010 of previously undeclared overseas income and gains under the most recent tax amnesty; and if he will make a statement. | | (310673) | 31
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results from his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what the total cost of the survey was. | | (310767) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 32
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what documentation was made available to Graham Badman on Gloucestershire County Council's proposals on Vale of Berkeley College for his evaluation of National Challenge Schools in Gloucestershire. | | (310390) | 33
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has agreed to the request of Gloucestershire County Council to extend the period of consultation on its proposed closure of Vale of Berkeley College. | | (310391) | 34
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions took place between his Department and Gloucestershire County Council on the format of the council's consultation on the proposed closure of Vale of Berkeley College. | | (310392) | 35
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his Department was first informed of Gloucestershire County Council's proposals with regard to Vale of Berkeley College. | | (310393) | 36
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of students (a) with special educational needs and (b) whose first language is not English gained (i) five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C, (ii) five GCSEs at grades A* to G and (iii) at least one GCSE pass in each year since 1997. | | (310562) | 37
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female students gained (i) five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C, (ii) five GCSEs at grades A* to G and (iii) at least one GCSE pass in each year since 1997. | | (310563) | 38
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of students eligible for free school meals gained (a) five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C, (b) five GCSEs at grades A* to G and (c) at least one GCSE pass in each year since 2002. | | (310564) | 39
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310854) | 40
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to publish the results of his consultation on home education registration and monitoring. | | (310788) | 41
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's plans are for academy schools in the National Challenge category where fewer than 27 per cent. of pupils have achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics. | | (310395) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to end the three hour limit on lesson observation by headteachers; and if he will make a statement. | | (310672) | 43
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 598W, on the Independent Safeguarding Authority, who the members of the Partnership Network are; what the remit of the Partnership Network is; who chairs the network; what its budget is for 2009-10; from which funding stream its expenditure is met; and on what dates the network has met since its creation. | | (310610) | 44
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many employees of his Department have been convicted of a criminal offence in the last five years. | | (310696) | 45
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310809) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 46
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much the Church of England pension funds paid in bonuses to staff in each of the last three financial years. | | (310796) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 47
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect the green belt in (a) England and (b) Coventry. | | (310676) | 48
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for development on green belt land his Department has received in each of the last five years. | | (310677) | 49
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is for the future of the green belt. | | (310678) | 50
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there has been to the extent of green belt land in (a) England and (b) Coventry since 1997. | | (310679) | 51
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) planning applications and (b) planning appeals have been made in respect of telecommunications masts in the last five years. | | (310688) | 52
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home information packs have been issued in the London Borough of Bexley since their introduction. | | (310689) | 53
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many first-time buyers purchased a home in the London Borough of Bexley in the last three years. | | (310690) | 54
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many mortgages were approved in respect of purchases in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last three years. | | (310691) | 55
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of key workers resident in the London Borough of Bexley who are eligible for assistance with housing costs. | | (310693) | 56
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of Government buildings have a G rating in their display energy certificates; and if he will make a statement. | | (310626) | 57
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance with the requirement to provide energy performance certificates in respect of the sale of buildings in the commercial property sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (310629) | 58
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance with the requirement to provide display energy certificates in all public buildings of over 1,000 square metres; and if he will make a statement. | | (310630) | 59
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance with the requirement to provide display energy certificates in Government buildings over 1,000 square metres in size; and if he will make a statement. | | (310667) | 60
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many pensioners in Milton Keynes are in receipt of winter fuel allowance; and how much his Department paid to such pensioners in winter fuel allowance in 2009. | | (310770) | 61
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on protecting the green belt within the Thames Gateway; and if he will make a statement. | | (310830) | 62
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310808) | 63
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of rates of bankruptcies in coastal towns; and what steps he is taking to reduce those rates. | | (310715) | 64
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content provision and (e) testing and evaluation for his Department's websites in each of the last three years; and how much has been allocated for each such category of expenditure in 2009-10. | | (310760) | 65
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results from his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what the total cost of the survey was. | | (310766) | 66
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the properties receiving empty property business tax relief in each of the last five years were empty for more than six months; and how much was paid out in empty property business tax relief for such properties in each of those years. | | (310745) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 67
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the monetary value was of fines imposed under the provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984 in each year since that Act came into force. | | (310394) | 68
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310818) | 69
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many industrial tribunals relating to his Department there have been in each of the last five years; and what the cost to his Department was of such tribunals in each such year. | | (310749) | 70
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each such event took place; and which Ministers were present at each event. | | (310752) | 71
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many community radio licences (a) were awarded and (b) ended in each month of the last five years. | | (310719) | 72
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what service criteria must be met by community radio stations in order to receive a radio licence. | | (310720) | 73
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote the provision of local radio services. | | (310721) | 74
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to remove the restrictions on community radio licence areas in respect of advertising and sponsorship. | | (310722) | 75
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Government has allocated to the Community Radio Fund in each of the last five years. | | (310723) | 76
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects on commercial radio stations of community radio advertising and sponsorship. | | (310724) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 77
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rules are in place in respect of routine visits by regimental associations to soldiers in the military ward of Selly Oak Hospital. | | (310794) | 78
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to establish the exact boundaries of the site of RAF Fairfield. | | (310795) | 79
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310816) | 80
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content provision and (e) testing and evaluation for his Department's websites in each of the last three years; and how much has been allocated for each such category of expenditure in 2009-10. | | (310761) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 81
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his estimate is of the likely change in the number of jobs in the micro-combined heat and power industry if a feed-in tariff for the sector were to be introduced. | | (310717) | 82
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to make an announcement on the introduction of a feed-in tariff for micro-combined heat and power. | | (310718) | 83
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in Bexleyheath and Crayford in fuel poverty. | | (310692) | 84
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310847) | 85
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for the installation of (a) heating and (b) insulation measures under the Warm Front scheme in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since the inception of that scheme. | | (310621) | 86
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of back boilers which have been replaced under the Warm Front scheme in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since its inception. | | (310622) | 87
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people have received a grant under the Warm Front scheme in (a) Jarrow constituency and (b) South Tyneside in each year since the inception of the scheme. | | (310663) | 88
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been provided in Warm Front grants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since their inception. | | (310664) | 89
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310810) | 90
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials accompanied the UK Ministerial delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen; how many such officials used each (a) mode and (b) class of travel; and what the total cost was of such travel. | | (310741) | 91
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who the members were of the UK delegation to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference. | | (310742) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 92
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of bonuses awarded to officials of the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last five years. | | (310620) | 93
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310819) | 94
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects his Department to publish its third report on the proportion of domestically produced food used by Government departments and also supplied to hospitals and prisons under contracts negotiated by NHS Supply Chain and National Offender Management Service. | | (310825) | 95
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons his Department decided not to complete a sustainability appraisal prior to relocating offices in 2007-08. | | (310826) | 96
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the recycling of waste industrial and automotive batteries. | | (310832) | 97
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects a diagnostic test to differentiate between infected and vaccinated animals to become available for use in vaccinating cattle against tuberculosis. | | (310716) | 98
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sessions of media training were organised for Ministers in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (310754) | 99
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff work in the Environment Agency's (a) flood and coastal risk management, (b) water resources, (c) fisheries, (d) navigation, (e) recreation and conservation, (f) water quality, (g) process industry regulation, (h) radioactive substances regulation, (i) Integrated Pollution Prevention Control and (j) waste regulation department. | | (310746) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 100
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Moroccan authorities against the (a) deportation from Western Sahara of Aminatou Haidar and (b) prevention of Saharawi human rights activists from travelling abroad. | | (310700) | 101
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310841) | 102
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the ending of the UK's bilateral health arrangement with the Isle of Man. | | (310631) | 103
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310804) | 104
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many sessions of media training were organised for Ministers in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (310753) | 105
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Equateur province of Western Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (310632) | 106
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many countries are involved in the training of the Congolese army; how many official languages are used in such training; what assessment he has made of the effect of the number of languages on the effectiveness of the training provided by the UN peacekeeping force in that country (MONUC); and if he will make a statement. | | (310633) | 107
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the Government has put forward for the reconfiguration of the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) following the expiry of its mandate in May 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (310634) | 108
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact there has been between the Minister of State with responsibility for Africa and members of the unity government of Zimbabwe since October 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (310635) | 109
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress by the unity government of Zimbabwe in re-drafting that country's constitution since the signing of the Global Political Agreement in September 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (310636) | 110
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on proposals for the future EU sanctions regime against Zimbabwe; and when he next expects the EU to review its sanctions programme in respect of that country. | | (310638) | 111
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing in respect of the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (310639) | 112
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of levels of press freedom in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (310641) | 113
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the proposal by the African Union Eminent Persons group for the establishment of hybrid courts to try persons charged with war crimes in Darfur. | | (310666) | 114
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what definition of the border of Morocco is used for the purposes of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement. | | (309545) | 115
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of internally displaced people in Colombia; and if he will make a statement. | | (310551) | 116
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK projects to reduce impunity in Colombia. | | (310552) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 117
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has received on (a) prescription of statins and (b) the side effects of statins. | | (310637) | 118
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the prescription of statins to (a) women, (b) men aged 55 and over and (c) patients with a 20 per cent. or lower risk of heart disease. | | (310640) | 119
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been prescribed statins in each of the last 10 years. | | (310695) | 120
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices in the London Borough of Bexley had extended opening hours in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (310694) | 121
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310855) | 122
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each (a) primary care trust, (b) hospital trust and (c) mental health trust spent on early retirement for members of the trust board in each of the last three years. | | (310797) | 123
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each (a) primary care trust, (b) hospital trust and (c) mental health trust spent on early retirement for staff employed by the organisation in each of the last three years. | | (310798) | 124
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each (a) primary care trust, (b) hospital trust and (c) mental health trust spent on redundancy pay for members of the trust board in each of the last three years. | | (310799) | 125
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each primary care trust is expected to spend consulting on the NHS Constitution; and if he will make a statement. | | (310800) | 126
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to answer Question (a) 301022 and (b) 300382, on performance pay awards, tabled on 18 November 2009. | | (310824) | 127
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310811) | 128
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content provision and (e) testing and evaluation for his Department's websites in each of the last three years; and how much has been allocated for each such category of expenditure in 2009-10. | | (310757) | 129
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated amount is of (a) road salt and (b) grit supplies held by hospitals. | | (310555) | 130
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been funded by the NHS to be treated using the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System (a) in the private sector in England and (b) overseas since the treatment was introduced. | | (310791) | 131
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery Systems are established in the NHS. | | (310792) | 132
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) patient groups and (b) others on the applicability of the tariff for radiotherapy to hypofractionated stereotactic high-precision radiotherapy. | | (310793) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 133
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training staff of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) will undertake on commencement of their employment; and what ongoing training will be provided for ISA employees. | | (310856) | 134
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has hade of the average cost to the Independent Safeguarding Authority of processing a vetting application. | | (310857) | 135
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has produced on the obligations of organisations in respect of the vetting of their staff by the Independent Safeguarding Authority. | | (310858) | 136
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations his Department has received from voluntary organisations on the Independent Safeguarding Authority's vetting procedure. | | (310859) | 137
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation his Department undertook on the level of fees to be charged for the vetting procedure undertaken by the Independent Safeguarding Authority. | | (310860) | 138
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the amount of fees to be paid for registration with the Independent Safeguarding Authority in the next three years. | | (310861) | 139
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Independent Safeguarding Authority procedures will apply to companies which have school pupils undertaking work experience. | | (310862) | 140
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which occupations Independent Safeguarding Authority procedures relating to controlled activities will apply. | | (310863) | 141
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be referred to the Independent Safeguarding Authority on the grounds that they pose a risk of harm to vulnerable groups in the first year of operation of the vetting and barring scheme. | | (310864) | 142
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been provided for applicants for vetting by the Independent Safeguarding Authority. | | (310865) | 143
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed on the Independent Safeguarding Authority helpline; and what training such staff have received. | | (310866) | 144
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of public sector workers likely to register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority in each of the next three years. | | (310867) | 145
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of agency workers who will be required to pay the full fee for registration with the Independent Safeguarding Authority in each of the next three years. | | (310868) | 146
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners and (b) unemployed people who will be required to pay the full registration fee for the Independent Safeguarding Authority in each of the next three years. | | (310869) | 147
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations of residents of the London Borough of Bexley without leave to remain there have been in each of the last three years. | | (310687) | 148
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310851) | 149
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310806) | 150
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce credit card fraud. | | (310835) | 151
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content provision and (e) testing and evaluation for his Department's websites in each of the last three years; and how much has been allocated for each such category of expenditure in 2009-10. | | (310758) | 152
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the security costs in respect of the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (310726) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 153
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will require non-governmental organisations in receipt of partnership funding from his Department to publish information on the projects on which such funding is spent. | | (310878) | 154
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310846) | 155
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 435W, on international development: mandatory exclusions, if he will publish a list of the organisations and individuals which are excluded from contract awards made by his Department because they have been convicted of fraudulent or corrupt activity. | | (310743) | 156
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in plans to co-locate his Department's offices overseas with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office offices in (a) Abuja, (b) Bridgetown, (c) Delhi, (d) Dhaka, (d) Kabul and (e) Jerusalem. | | (310744) | 157
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310807) | 158
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which websites his Department's staff are blocked from accessing on departmental networked computers. | | (310763) | 159
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results from his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what the total cost of the survey was. | | (310768) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 160
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of burglary have been released under the End of Custody licence scheme. | | (310697) | 161
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) land purchase, (b) architectural fees, (c) fixtures and fittings and (d) other costs of the construction and furnishing of the Land Registry office in Croydon. | | (310711) | 162
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Land Registry has spent on the refurbishment of its head office in Lincoln's Inn Fields in each of the last three financial years. | | (310712) | 163
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much consultants employed to assist on the Land Registry's Accelerated Transformation Programme have been paid to date. | | (310713) | 164
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average annual cost is of a place for a young offender at Medway Secure Training Centre. | | (310680) | 165
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders there are at Medway Secure Training Centre. | | (310681) | 166
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of education and training a week young offenders at Medway Secure Training Centre receive. | | (310682) | 167
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours a day young offenders at Medway Secure Training Centre spend out of cell. | | (310683) | 168
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours a week are spent by offenders at Medway Secure Training Centre in (a) team sport and (b) physical exercise. | | (310684) | 169
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of young offenders aged (a) 12 to 15 and (b) over 15 years released from Medway Secure Training Centre have been convicted of a further offence within 12 months of release in each of the last five years. | | (310685) | 170
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of young offenders have spent (a) less than three months, (b) three to six months and (c) six to nine months at Medway Secure Training Centre in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (310686) | 171
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310805) | Questions to the Leader of the House 172
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will place in the Library a copy of the results from her Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what the total cost of the survey was. | | (310769) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 173
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310852) | 174
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310812) | 175
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sessions of media training were organised for Ministers in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (310755) | Questions to the Prime Minister 176
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Office are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310842) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 177
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310844) | 178
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310813) | 179
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who (a) drafted, (b) checked and (c) approved his Department's press release on the granting of round 3 offshore wind rights, distributed on 7 January 2010; and whether special advisers contributed to the (i) drafting and (ii) approval of that document. | | (310820) | 180
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, to which special advisers his Department e-mailed its press release on the granting of round 3 offshore wind rights on 7 January 2010. | | (310821) | 181
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reasons his Department's press release on the granting of round 3 offshore wind rights was issued before the expiry of the embargo on the press relase issued by the Crown Estate on that matter. | | (310822) | 182
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department's press release on the granting of round 3 offshore wind rights was sent to the Crown Estate before it was issued. | | (310823) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 183
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310845) | 184
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310817) | 185
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what consideration he has given to the effects on (a) road safety and (b) operational efficiency of the displacement of commercial vehicles from motorway service areas whose drivers are required by the terms of their operators licence to take breaks of in excess of two hours in driving; and if he will make a statement. | | (310614) | 186
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he last had discussions with (a) representatives of road safety organisations and (b) motoring organisations representing drivers of (i) private cars and (ii) commercial operators regarding drivers on long journeys on motorways taking a break; and if he will make a statement. | | (310615) | 187
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will make it his policy to erect 'tiredness kills, take a break' signs on trunk roads in the vicinity of service areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (310616) | 188
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his policy is on encouraging drivers of all categories of vehicles to take breaks while on long journeys; and if he will make a statement. | | (310617) | 189
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with operators of motorway service areas on the installation of automatic plate registration number equipment; and if he will make a statement. | | (310618) | 190
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will investigate the effects on the drivers of commercial vehicles who are required by the terms of their operator's licence to take a break of in excess of two hours of motor service areas restrictions on parking for more than two hours; and if he will make a statement. | | (310619) | 191
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will assess the effect on levels of the use of train services of the level of car parking charges at railway station car parks; and if he will make representations to station management companies to encourage lower car parking fees. | | (310714) | 192
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many industrial tribunals relating to his Department there have been in each of the last five years; and what the cost to his Department was of such tribunals in each year. | | (310750) | 193
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content provision and (e) testing and evaluation for his Department's websites in each of the last three years; and how much has been allocated for each such category of expenditure in 2009-10. | | (310759) | 194
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date the Salt Cell became operational. | | (310553) | 195
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he is taking to seek to ensure that disruption to road transportation caused by adverse weather conditions does not lead to fuel shortages in (a) the north of England and (b) the rest of the country. | | (310554) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 196
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310853) | 197
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the quantity of food waste generated by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310815) | 198
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many sessions of media training were organised for Ministers in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (310756) | 199
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which websites his Department's staff are blocked from accessing on networked computers. | | (310765) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 200
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Office are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate she has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310849) | 201
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, which websites her Department's staff are blocked from accessing on networked computers. | | (310764) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 202
| Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what continuing support will be provided for employment and support allowance claimants who do not move into work after participating in Pathways to Work. | | (310623) | 203
| Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of those on the Pathways to Work programme are expected to move into work. | | (310624) | 204
| Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure Pathways to Work providers support people with autism. | | (310625) | 205
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Barnley East and Mexborough constituency are in receipt of winter fuel allowance. | | (310669) | 206
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department are planning to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and what estimate she has made of the cost of such attendance. | | (310848) | 207
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidelines her Department issues on the classification of assets as savings. | | (310773) | 208
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours of training A4e staff working on contracts let by her Department undertake annually. | | (310774) | 209
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of people who have attended A4e meetings as part of programmes delivered under contract to her Department have found work within six months since the inception of those contracts in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes. | | (310775) | 210
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have attended A4e meetings in Milton Keynes as part of programmes delivered under contract to her Department have found work within six months since the inception of those contracts. | | (310776) | 211
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the quantity of food waste generated by her Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (310814) | 212
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward proposals to ensure that a benefit claimant's first sanction for an offence should not involve loss of benefit. | | (310565) | 213
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with mental health problems have been referred to the Pathways to Work programme since its inception; and how many of them (a) were referred to the Condition Management Programme, (b) moved into employment and (c) moved back on to benefits within 12 months of moving into employment. | | (310556) | 214
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter of 18 August 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on his constituent from Fraserburgh. | | (310727) | 215
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by her Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were present at each event. | | (310751) | 216
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for winter fuel payments were made by households in (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constituency and (b) the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council area in each of the last five years. | | (310787) | 217
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each of the smallest geographical units for which figures are available claimed the higher rate care component of disability living allowance on the ground of terminal illness in 2008-09. | | (310725) | 218
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 408W, on crisis loans, how many and what proportion of crisis loan alignment payments were made to pensioners in the same quarter; and if she will make a statement. | | (310747) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 219
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of young people were not given an initial physical and mental health assessment within five days of entering custody in 2009. | | [Transferred] (310790) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 220
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted since the enactment of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 for offences relating to the taking of photographs. | | [Transferred] (310771) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 221
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidelines his Department has issued on the setting of council car park charges since 1997. | | [Transferred] (310772) | 222
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will give further consideration to returning responsibility for road gritting to lower tier local authorities in two tier areas; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (310699) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 223
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mothers under the age of 18 years old are in receipt of housing benefit. | | [Transferred] (310789) |
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