Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2009 - 10
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 20 January 2010

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 20 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 20 January 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 20 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 20 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 20 January see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

1
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to establish a University of Wirral under its New University Challenge scheme.

(312414)

2
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in each (a) constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) Government Office region have received services from UK Trade and Investment since 1 April 2008.

(312236)

3
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that people with legal responsibilities for companies in liquidation are not able to form new companies before having met the liabilities of the original company.

(312550)

4
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that companies entering liquidation are not able to reform under a different name in order to avoid liabilities.

(312551)

5
N Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on charities and other not-for-profit organisations in Greater London of proposed changes to public performance rights under the music licensing system.

(311735)

6
N Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with Phonographic Performance Limited on the effects on charities and other not for profit groups of the proposed changes to the music licensing system.

(312070)

7
N Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on charity shops of the proposed changes to the music licensing system.

(312075)

8
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of university students who have withdrawn from a course as a result of a delay in receiving student finance in 2009-10.

(312211)

9
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has visited (a) Dorneywood, (b) Chevening and (c) Chequers since his appointment.

(312187)

10
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on charities and voluntary groups of changes to exemptions from public performance rights in sound recordings and performers' rights.

(312267)

11
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Departmental Trade Union Side Officers agreement.

(312269)

12
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many trade union side officers are employed by his Department; and how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department work exclusively on union activities.

(312270)

13
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what occasions the Secretary of State has met Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in an official capacity since becoming Secretary of State.

(312271)

14
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department holds records on the efficiency achieved by its (a) executive agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies in paying invoices within 10 days of receipt.

(312275)

15
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the offices of (a) the Commissioner for Rights of Trade Union Members and (b) the Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action were discontinued.

(312276)

16
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 10 September 2007, Official Report, column 2011W, on conditions of employment, what provisions of the Government's manifesto relating to the outcome of the National Policy Forum in July 2004 have (a) been implemented and (b) not been implemented.

(312352)

17
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residents of Torbay constituency attended university (a) in 1997 and (b) in the most recent academic year for which figures are available.

(312397)

18
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312451)

19
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to business in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands of the adverse weather conditions of December 2009 and January 2010.

(312224)

20
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will put in place procedures to record separately the export of products to those Moroccan settlements in the occupied Western Sahara deemed to be illegal.

(312311)

21
N Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration was given to maintaining the status quo in the Government's response to the consultation on the requirement to pay royalties for playing recorded and broadcast music by charitable and not for profit organisations amending the Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988; and if he will make a statement.

(311938)

22
N Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on youth clubs of proposed changes to the music licensing system; and if he will make a statement.

(311939)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

23
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether staff in (a) the Serious Organised Crime Agency are and (b) the Assets Recovery Agency were included in civil service headcounts.

(312178)

24
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in respect of which public bodies staff were included in civil service headcounts in 1996.

(312179)

25
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which executive agencies are not deemed to be part of the Civil Service for the purposes of civil service headcounts.

(312180)

26
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether staff of Ofcom (a) are included and (b) were included in 1996 in civil service headcount figures.

(312181)

27
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the yearly running costs, excluding value added tax and including service fees and rental costs, of a photocopier in her Department were in the latest year for which information is available.

(312182)

28
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable she has set for the lobbying industry to develop a voluntary register of lobbying activity.

(312183)

29
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the 1,499 Government websites identified for closure in the Varney review have (a) been closed and (b) not been closed.

(312184)

30
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed by (a) local government, (b) central government, (c) public corporations and (d) the Civil Service in (i) 1996 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available.

(312186)

31
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 January 2009, Official Report, column 873W, on private detectives, whether other Government departments have hired or commissioned individuals from the panel of independent investigators.

(312257)

32
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 January 2009, Official Report, column 873W, on private detectives, how much her Department spent on hiring or commissioning individuals from the panel of independent investigators in each of the last five years.

(312258)

33
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 34WS, on the departmental expenditure limit 2009-10, what the timetable is for the creation of the new Public Appointments website; and what additional features and information will be provided by the website.

(312259)

34
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in each public sector body earn more than £150,000.

(312260)

35
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures are used by (a) her Department and (b) the Office for National Statistics of the level of cost inflation within the public sector.

(312261)

36
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on information and communication technology across central Government in the latest year for which information is available.

(312262)

37
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her Department's timetable is for the publication online of information about Ministerial meetings with outside interest groups.

(312263)

38
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the 20 recommendations of the Better Information report from the Social Exclusion Policy Action Team 18 have (a) been implemented and (b) not been implemented.

(312264)

39
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures the Office for National Statistics uses of public sector productivity; and what estimate has been made of the change in public sector productivity since 1997 or for the closest period for which figures are available.

(312265)

40
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated monetary value is of the central Government information and communication technology contracts that are expected to be renewed or commissioned over the next two years.

(312266)

41
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Communications Electronic Security Group Annual Report for (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

(312277)

42
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the Public Services Forum task group on the Joint Statement on Access to Skills, Trade Unions and Advice in Government Contracting has met in the last 12 months; and what the membership of the group is.

(312278)

43
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Central Office of Information's White Book produced for the second half of 2009.

(312279)

44
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many websites are being operated by (a) Government departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies.

(312281)

45
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on information and communications technology across central Government since 1997-98.

(312282)

46
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures the Office for National Statistics uses of private sector productivity; and what estimate has been made of the change in private sector productivity since 1997 or the closest period of time for which figures are available.

(312283)

47
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Handbook for Ministers prepared by the National School of Government.

(312284)

48
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which works of art from the Government Art Collection are on display in (a) No. 10 Downing Street and (b) the Prime Minister's personal residence; and which other works of art have been on display at each such location since June 2007.

(312285)

49
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Office's most recent organisational chart.

(312286)

50
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the policy of the Charity Commission is on undertaking investigations of whether schools with charitable status are promoting the public benefit; and what statutory provisions govern such Charity Commission investigations.

(312287)

51
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding her Department has provided to charities to tackle socio-economic disadvantage and promote social inclusion in the last 12 months.

(312288)

52
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has issued recent guidance to non-departmental bodies and executive agencies on the outsourcing of civil service jobs abroad.

(312289)

53
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets (a) her Department and (b) the Government Communication Group have for the time to (a) acknowledge and (b) provide a substantive reply to external correspondence.

(312290)

54
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance her Department has produced for other departments on re-employing former civil servants as (a) fee-paid staff, (b) contractors, (c) agency staff and (d) consultants.

(312291)

55
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has issued guidance to Government departments on the termination of employment of public sector workers on grounds of inefficiency.

(312293)

56
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department plans to undertake legal action to recover losses from the Scope IT project.

(312294)

57
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether an impact assessment has been made of the likely effects on public bodies of EU proposals to fine such bodies for not paying invoices on time.

(312295)

58
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate (a) the Office of National Statistics and (b) the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number of net additional jobs created by the Government's stimulus initiatives.

(312296)

59
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps are being taken to implement the recommendations of the Power of Information Taskforce.

(312297)

60
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 182W, on Derek Draper, whether Mr Draper has ever been issued with a security pass to No. 10 Downing Street.

(312298)

61
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in (a) Government departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies are in receipt of a salary of over (i) £100,000, (ii) £150,000 and (iii) £200,000.

(312299)

62
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 18 May 2009, Official Report, column 1254W, on departmental manpower, what the job title was of each of the 200 staff working in No. 10 Downing Street on 1 April 2009.

(312301)

63
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which websites were identified for closure by the Department Website Review; which of these have been closed; and what Department or other body sponsors or sponsored each website.

(312302)

64
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on Project George; and what works have been completed under the project.

(312303)

65
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) job title, (b) salary range and (c) sponsoring public body was of each job vacancy posted on the Civil Service Recruitment Gateway that was only advertised on the private part of the website in the last three months.

(312304)

66
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 422W, on civil servants, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance to civil servants on taking minutes.

(312305)

67
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Reading West of 21 April 2009, Official Report, column 550W, on Government departments: telephone services, if she will publish the report of the Contact Council's survey.

(312306)

68
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for how long records of visitors to the Downing Street/Cabinet Office complex are retained.

(312307)

69
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 5 October 2009, Official Report, column 2315W, on Derek Draper and Charlie Whelan, how many times (a) Mr Derek Draper and (b) Mr Charlie Whelan visited the Downing Street/Cabinet Office complex between October 2007 and April 2009.

(312308)

70
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many layers of line management there are in her Department; and what estimate she has made of the average number of layers of line management in each Government department.

(312353)

71
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter from the Cabinet Office's Director of Security and Intelligence (a) dated 8 October 2008 sent to SO15 Counter Terrorism Command requesting the assistance of the police into the investigation of Home Office leaks and (b) of 29 October 2008 sent to Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick calling for a scoping exercise to be undertaken.

(312354)

72
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many sales there have been of each item of stock in the Downing Street gift shop in the last 12 months.

(312355)

73
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the Scope IT project; how much was paid to IBM in respect of the project; and how much is planned to be spent on the replacement for the project.

(312356)

74
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department plans to respond to the parts of the Review of the lessons learned from the Metropolitan Police Service's investigation of Home Office leaks by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary that relate to it.

(312357)

75
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean and (b) median full-time wage for (i) private sector and (ii) public sector employees was in (A) 1997 and (B) the most recent period for which figures are available.

(312358)

76
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent from the public purse on executive non-departmental public bodies in 2008-09.

(312359)

77
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on advisory non-departmental public bodies in each year since 1996-97.

(312360)

78
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 236W, on the Census, what the latest estimated cost is of developing the address register being created for the 2011 Census; what use will be made of the register after the 2011 Census; and whether not-for-profit groups will have access to the register.

(312368)

79
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the original provisional budget was for the works in No. 10 Downing Street under planning application reference 09/00619/LBC.

(312369)

80
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director Service has cost; which IT projects each consultant worked on; and what payments have been made to each consultant for Work Undertaken in Connection with the programme.

(312370)

81
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 57WS, on Report to Parliament on Civil Service Delegations/Authorisations, what the details of each delegation or authorisation were; and what the purpose was of each.

(312377)

82
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Ministerial Correction of 9 November 2009, Official Report, column 1MC, on the National School of Government, which courses at the National School of Government were attended by representatives of the Prime Minister's Office in each of the three listed years.

(312435)

83
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 411W, on disclosure of information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the current edition of the document, Handling unauthorised disclosures, redacting information which could harm national security.

(312438)

84
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 411W, on departmental work experience, what the average pro rata salary paid to interns in the Cabinet Office and Downing Street was in the latest year for which figures are available.

(312439)

85
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter of 21 October 2008 from the Cabinet Office to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, how many communications staff were employed by each Government department in 1996; and what the total number of communications staff was, using comparative methodolgy.

(312459)

86
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 1035W, on Civil Servants: pay, what the (a) name and (b) job title is of each of the senior civil servants who have a salary greater than £150,000; and who the employer is in each case.

(312460)

87
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 1035W, on Civil Servants: pay, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey dataset, redacting identifiable personal data.

(312461)

88
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 1040W, on departmental publications, if she will place in the Library hard copy print outs of the daily online news service bulletin for the period from 1 January 2010 to date.

(312462)

89
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Permanent Secretary for Government Communications has issued advice to political parties on the use of the (a) Real Help Now and (b) Building Britain's Future brands.

(312521)

90
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number and percentage of charities which do not have established complaints procedures in the latest year for which figures are available.

(312340)

91
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the National Code of Governance for the Voluntary and Community Sectors; and if she will make a statement.

(312341)

92
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average life expectancy for (a) men and (b) women in each constituency in Devon and Cornwall geographical region (i) is and (ii) was in (A) 1999, (B) 1989 and (C) 1979.

(312398)

93
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer was in Torbay constituency in each of the last 10 years.

(312399)

94
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312424)

95
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in respect of (i) No. 10 Downing Street and (ii) the Office of the Leader of the House in each of the last three years.

(312523)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

96
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the revenue to be raised consequent upon the withdrawal of personal allowances on incomes between £100,000 and £112,950 and (b) the number of taxpayers who will be affected by this change.

(312364)

97
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much each bank in receipt of public funding has spent on funding the British Bankers' Association since public funding was made available to it.

(312196)

98
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit are received by the parent with care in cases where the non-resident parent attempts to make a claim.

(312548)

99
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average it took to process a claim for (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit in the last 12 months.

(312549)

100
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of child benefit claims in 2009-10 to date have not been processed within (a) 20 days, (b) 40 days, (c) 60 days, (d) 90 days and (e) 120 days; and if he will make a statement.

(312468)

101
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on reasons for which complaints were made to Revenue and Customs about its services in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312144)

102
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the objectives are of the HM Revenue and Customs Policy Development Programme.

(312145)

103
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HM Revenue and Customs employee headcount was for its (a) PSN and (b) information management services department in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312146)

104
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the status is of the national implementation programme for the In and Out of Work scheme.

(312147)

105
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what accuracy statistics are recorded by the HM Revenue and Customs Quality Monitoring Exercise each month.

(312148)

106
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what accuracy statistics his Department's Quality Monitoring Exercise records each month.

(312149)

107
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcomes were of the HM Revenue and Customs annual review of errors in respect of automatically-processed Pay-As-You-Earn in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312150)

108
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were on (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312151)

109
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Pl4 returns had to be processed manually in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312152)

110
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many forms HM Revenue and Customs generated about changes of jobs in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312153)

111
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HM Revenue and Customs Customer Service Survey overview reports were produced for (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009; and where such reports are published.

(312154)

112
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals have been switched out of self-assessment in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312155)

113
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Pay-As-You-Earn coding notices were issued to (a) employers and (b) individuals in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312156)

114
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcomes were of the HM Revenue and Customs (a) Customer Journeys Individuals (two phases) and (b) Complaints Tracking Research (three phases) survey completed since 2006.

(312157)

115
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many income sources (a) terminated and (b) commenced during (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312320)

116
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of those who paid tax through the Pay-As-You-Earn system had more than one income source in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312321)

117
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to define a Pay-As-You-Earn case as a complicated case which requires manual processing.

(312322)

118
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the all-cases accuracy rate was for (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn for (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312323)

119
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn cases were processed manually in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312324)

120
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the accuracy rate was for (a) Pay-As-You-Earn and (b) self-assessment cases processsed (i) automatically and (ii) manually in (A) 2006, (B) 2007, (C) 2008 and (D) 2009.

(312325)

121
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax effect accuracy rate was for (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn for (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312326)

122
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the causes were of the tax effect errors in the (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn system in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312327)

123
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paying tax through (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn were (i) overcharged and (ii) undercharged in (A) 2006, (B) 2007, (C) 2008 and (D) 2009; and what the difference was between the amount charged and the amount owed in each case in each such year.

(312328)

124
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were affected by errors in the (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn system in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312329)

125
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Pay-As-You-Earn and (b) self-assessment cases there were in which the tax remitted did not match the end-of-year information in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312330)

126
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost under each budget heading was of administering the (a) Pay-As-You-Earn and (b) self-assessment system in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312331)

127
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to determine whether a self-assessment case requires manual processing.

(312332)

128
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Pay-As-You-Earn and (b) self-assessment cases remained open during (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312333)

129
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many databases the HM Revenue and Customs Pay-As-You-Earn computer systems operate by the end of the pay as you earn modernisation process.

(312334)

130
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of self-assessment forms were (a) incomplete and (b) completed incorrectly in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312335)

131
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of employers did not operate changed tax codes for their employees in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312336)

132
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formal mechanisms are in place for co-operation between HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.

(312405)

133
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the five most common errors made by individuals completing self-assessment forms were in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009.

(312406)

134
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many coding errors there were in respect of the (a) self-assessment and (b) Pay-As-You-Earn system in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(312407)

135
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many programmes for which HM Revenue and Customs is responsible have a verification procedure for access by users to (a) their tax records and (b) HM Revenue and Customs officials for discussions on their tax arrangements.

(312408)

136
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 765W, on furnished holiday lettings, if he will make an estimate of the number of furnished holiday lettings owned by (a) UK residents and (b) residents of other EU member states in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England.

(312342)

137
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of (a) central and (b) local government contracts required to be advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily, the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union in the last 12 months.

(312160)

138
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which company won the contract for the Government Air Programme.

(312161)

139
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government's Euro National Changeover Plan was last updated.

(312162)

140
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of the Integrated Communication Plan for the Euro Changeover.

(312163)

141
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of Government expenditure on goods and services was directed through framework agreements drawn up with the assistance of the Office of Government Commerce in the last 12 months; and what requirements there are on (a) Departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies to procure goods and services through such framework agreements.

(312164)

142
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what mechanism the Government plans to vet public sector employment contracts paying more than £150,000; and whether that mechanism will apply to existing contracts.

(312165)

143
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which recommendations of the 2004 review of public sector relocation undertaken by Sir Michael Lyons have been implemented.

(312272)

144
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Government departments and agencies have participated in electronic auctions facilitated by (a) the Office of Government Commerce and (b) OGC.buyingsolutions in the last 12 months.

(312273)

145
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable has been set for the publication of the Long Term Public Finance Report's estimate of the liability of Pay-As-You-Go public service occupational pension schemes.

(312274)

146
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) executive agencies, (b) Ministerial departments, (c) non-ministerial departments and (d) non-departmental public bodies have been relocated out of London since the Gershon review reported.

(312280)

147
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 53 of Putting the Frontline First, Cm 7753, what the name is of each of the 750 arms-length bodies sponsored by the Government.

(312300)

148
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Ministerial Correction of 9 November 2009, Official Report, column 1MC, on the National School of Government, what courses representatives of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit attended at the National School of Government in each of the three listed years.

(312434)

149
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 590W, on HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), what measures and indicators HMRC uses to count the number and frequency of telephone calls that are (a) not answered and (b) not answered promptly.

(312436)

150
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 589W, on the Government Air Programme, what the provisional, estimated amount is that will be spent on domestic flights per year under the Framework Agreement; and how many flights that will entail.

(312437)

151
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1353W, on public sector: hospitality, if he will place in the Library a full copy of the summary data on bookings made under the contract Buying Solutions has with Expotel.

(312458)

152
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in (a) direct and (b) indirect taxes was (i) collected and (ii) administered by HM Revenue and Customs' office in Elgin in each year since 2006.

(312379)

153
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were based at HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor organisations' office in Elgin in each year since 2006.

(312380)

154
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs plans to take to retain the knowledge of the whisky industry of the staff at its Elgin office following the closure of that office.

(312381)

155
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much duty has been collected from the whisky industry in each of the last five years.

(312382)

156
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation HM Revenue and Customs held with its staff based at Elgin over the workforce change programme.

(312383)

157
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation HM Revenue and Customs undertook with the representatives of the whisky industry over the closure of its office in Elgin.

(312384)

158
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect that the closure of the HM Revenue and Customs office in Elgin will have on the provision of face-to-face advice for clients; how far the nearest HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centre providing face-to-face advice for clients will be from Elgin following that closure; and what the estimated disposal costs are following the closure of the HM Revenue and Customs offices in Elgin.

(312389)

159
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has offered staff at Elgin over the workforce change programme; whether HM Revenue and Customs plans any compulsory redundancies in respect of its staff at its offices in Elgin; and how many staff at those offices will be redeployed by HMRC to other locations.

(312390)

160
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312513)

161
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the Payments Council and (b) British banks on the development of a practical alternative to replace cheques following the proposed closure of the cheque clearing system in 2018.

(312391)

162
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to small businesses of the proposed closure of the cheque clearing system in 2018.

(312392)

163
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is planning to take to ensure that (a) vulnerable people and (b) small businesses will not be disadvantaged by the closure of the cheque clearing system in 2018.

(312393)

164
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) elderly and (b) disabled people of the proposed closure of the cheque clearing system in 2018.

(312394)

165
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been received by the Exchequer in duties collected from companies importing (a) produce and (b) goods into the UK from Moroccan settlements in occupied Western Sahara in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(312310)

166
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many consignments of Moroccan goods entered the UK in each of the last three years.

(312464)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

167
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex in (A) 1997 and (B) 2009.

(312420)

168
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department and its predecessors have allocated for the encouragement of physical exercise for pupils in schools in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in each of the last three years.

(312189)

169
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils at schools in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency have been identified as gifted and talented since 2006.

(312190)

170
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) out-of-school and (b) holiday play schemes were created in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in the last three years.

(312191)

171
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children resident in the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency have been diagnosed with a learning disability in each year since 2003.

(312200)

172
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many households in the Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency a child under the age of 18 years fulfils the role of a carer for a disabled parent.

(312201)

173
N Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the statistical release of 26 November 2009 entitled Youth crime: young people aged 10 to 17 receiving their first reprimand, warning or conviction, in England, 2000-01 to 2008-09, how many of the offenders referred to in table one were aged (a) 10 to 12, (b) 13 to 15 and (c) 16 to 17 years old.

(312100)

174
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether (a) his Department and (b) associated non-departmental public bodies plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign for cutting carbon usage in 2010; and if he will publish the (i) criteria and (ii) research upon which such a decision will be taken.

(312568)

175
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of 15 year olds entitled to free school meals achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and mathematics in each local authority in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(312442)

176
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects his Department to spend on giving free books to 11 year-olds in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(312466)

177
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible for free school meals and (b) not eligible for free school meals were entered for GCSEs in each subject in 2009.

(312467)

178
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2010, Official Report, column 1123W, on the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit: standards, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the agreed monthly Milestones.

(312233)

179
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class size in schools in Torbay constituency was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009.

(312396)

180
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312543)

181
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have closed owing to adverse weather conditions in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England in January 2010 to date; and how many pupils in each location have not been able to sit exams as a result.

(312225)

182
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England did not meet the Government's target for GCSE examination passes in the latest period for which figures are available.

(312226)

183
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of students who took GCSE examinations in 2009 failed by one mark to achieve their predicted grade in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England.

(312227)

184
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools achieved GCSE results above the national average in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many such schools in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England are scheduled to be closed in 2010.

(312228)

185
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schemes aimed at (a) improving parenting skills, (b) supporting dysfunctional families and (c) providing diversionary activities for young people at risk of offending his Department and its predecessors have introduced since 1997; how much has been spent on each; and whether any ring-fenced funding has been provided to local authorities to finance such schemes.

(312229)

186
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for which he has responsibility intend to sign up to the 10:10 campaign for cutting carbon usage; and if he will publish the research or criteria on which decisions about participation in the campaign have been based.

(312471)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

187
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department has made available for the Mersey Coastal Park Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(312415)

188
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will discuss with his US counterpart the applicability to UK building stock of the report on building sector energy efficiency presented by the US administration to the Major Economies Forum in December 2009.

(312450)

189
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the combined rateable value of hereditaments in each local authority area is on the (a) 2005 and (b) draft 2010 Rating List.

(312098)

190
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) associated non-departmental public bodies plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign for cutting carbon usage in 2010; and if he publish the (i) criteria and (ii) research upon which such a decision will be taken.

(312569)

191
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the recent decision by Lancashire County Council to refuse planning permission for a proposed facility for further gas storage capability in that area.

(312339)

192
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration his Department has given to the effectiveness of local authority distribution of car snow chains to individuals affected by cold weather conditions.

(312444)

193
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312423)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

194
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many convictions there have been of residents of Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency for non-payment of a television licence in the last three years.

(312206)

195
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the typical financial cost to (a) charities, (b) places of worship and (c) voluntary groups of the recent changes to public performance rights exemptions in sound records and performers' rights.

(312268)

196
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312545)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

197
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the cost of deploying Eurofighters to the Falkland Islands; and if he will make a statement.

(312207)

198
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what preparations he has made for the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain; and if he will make a statement.

(312567)

199
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much public funding has been awarded for the rehabilitation work of Help for Heroes (a) in total and (b) in Wales in each of the last five years.

(312237)

200
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent under each budgetary heading on running the Navy buildings in Greenock in each of the last five financial years; and what the equivalent budget is for 2009-10.

(312385)

201
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current estimated value is of the Navy buildings in Greenock; and how much is planned to be spent on redeveloping those buildings.

(312386)

202
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff and (b) members of the armed forces were employed at the Navy buildings in Greenock in each of the last five years.

(312387)

203
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maintenance costs were for the Navy buildings in Greenock in each of the last five years.

(312388)

204
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312540)

205
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, column 1201W, on the Afghan National Army, what information his Department holds on the tribal origin of (a) the commander, (b) officers and (c) non-commissioned officers of the Afghan troop force in Helmand province.

(312409)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

206
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity windfarms have supplied to the National Grid in each of the last four weeks for which information is available.

(312212)

207
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) new furnishings and (b) new vehicles in each year since its inception.

(312541)

208
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to establish a compensation scheme for surface workers as part of the British Coal Respiratory Disease Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(312234)

209
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for which he has responsibility plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign for cutting carbon usage; and if he will publish the research or criteria on which decisions about participation in the campaign have been based.

(312470)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

210
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 157W, on special areas of conservation: Cumbria, whether Natural England has reached agreement with the owners of Bolton Fell Moss candidate Special Area of Conservation on measures needed to secure the future protection of the site; and if he will make a statement.

(312419)

211
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many exotic animal licences were granted by each London borough in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(312208)

212
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's Food 2030 strategy document, what plans he has to introduce compulsory household food waste collections; and whether fixed penalty notices would be imposed in such a system.

(312446)

213
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) Ofwat has received representations from the Office of the Third Sector over the new system of water charging on voluntary groups.

(312378)

214
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the fee accompanying a planning application for a wind turbine development is allocated to the local authority responsible for the initial assessment; and if he will make a statement.

(312563)

215
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency receives payment from money submitted as payment with wind farm planning applications to cover the cost of its contribution to the planning process; and if he will make a statement.

(312564)

216
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how cross-compliance regulations in respect of single payments and the Integrated Administration and Control System scheme apply to turbines and related infrastructure built on farmland; and if he will make a statement.

(312565)

217
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 963W, on agriculture: waste disposal, what provision of the EU Animal By-Products Regulations 1774/2002 prohibits the disposal of fallen stock by means of anaerobic digestion; and if he will make a statement.

(312566)

218
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312428)

219
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he made of the outcome of the November 2009 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas; and what position the Government took on the proposal to list Atlantic bluefin tuna under Appendix 1 to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

(312372)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

220
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of South Africa to seek to ensure that street children are not forcefully rounded up and removed from the streets in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

(312421)

221
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet representatives of relevant non-governmental organisations and representatives of the government of Nigeria to discuss child witchcraft stigmatisation and abandonment in that country.

(312454)

222
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many events have been held under his Department's EU debate programme; when and where they have been held; what the cost of the programme is; what panellists have attended the events; how many members of the public attended each debate; what further events are planned; and which panellists have been invited to attend further events.

(312230)

223
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the attendance of foreign ministers of EU member states at meetings of the European Council; and if he will make a statement.

(312231)

224
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of officials in the European External Action Service to be seconded from the diplomatic services of EU member states.

(312232)

225
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued to his Department's staff on the Hornby system for claiming for foreign travel.

(312158)

226
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's role is in the arrangements for foreign visits on official business by Ministers from other Departments.

(312447)

227
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312430)

228
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to discourage UK residents from purchasing properties inside those Moroccan settlements in Western Sahara which are deemed to be illegal; and if he will estimate the number of houses in such settlements owned by UK nationals.

(312309)

229
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Western Sahara; and what steps he is taking to assist in improvements to the human rights situation in that territory.

(312312)

230
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what results he has received on the (a) length, (b) characteristics, (c) legality under international law and (d) effect on human rights of the Saharawi people of the structure erected between Guerguerat and Oued Drâa.

(312349)

231
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he most recently met UK human rights and peace groups working on Western Saharan issues.

(312350)

232
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a Minister last met persons working on behalf of the Polisario Front.

(312351)

233
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what remedy exists under international law to remove settlements in the occupied Western Sahara which are deemed to be illegal.

(312362)

234
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will direct HM Ambassador in Rabat to investigate the abduction of Ahmed Mahmoud Haddi on 28 October 2009.

(312520)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

235
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intrapartum deaths of babies occurred in each primary care trust (PCT) in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the population served by each PCT is.

(312363)

236
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Health Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government on the application to NHS charity funds associated with hospitals in Wales of proposed changes to NHS accounting standards.

(312539)

237
N Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the sample base is of the GP patient survey being conducted by the Peninsular Medical School and the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre at the University of Manchester; what the timescale is for the survey; when the results will be published; and if he will make a statement.

(311648)

238
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department has evaluated on adverse side effects arising from use of vaccines distributed during the current swine influenza epidemic.

(312453)

239
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to the provision of cognitive behavioural therapy in the Birmingham area in each of the last three years.

(312188)

240
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 60 years and over in (a) England and (b) Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency who had at least one emergency readmission to hospital in the last two years for which figures are available.

(312197)

241
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to answer Questions tabled by hon. Members on the operation of (a) NHS foundation trusts and (b) Monitor; and if he will make a statement.

(312337)

242
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of extending the Joint Statement on Access to Skills, Advice and Trade Unions to include the NHS.

(312169)

243
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital accident and emergency staff in each region were hospitalised as a result of being assaulted while on duty in each of the last two years.

(312314)

244
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) levels of obesity and (b) overall health of schoolchildren in England in each of the last three years.

(312315)

245
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312429)

246
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people injured in accidents attributable to adverse weather conditions in January 2010; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the National Health Service of treating such people in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands.

(312219)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

247
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving the use of a knife were recorded by police in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in the last three years.

(312192)

248
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded incidents of robbery there were (a) in total and (b) per head in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in the last three years.

(312193)

249
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were recorded (a) in total and (b) per capita in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in the last three years.

(312194)

250
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs by 16 to 24 year olds there were in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in each of the last three years.

(312195)

251
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders received a police caution for the possession of drugs in each year since 2006.

(312202)

252
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisation is responsible for the implementation of his Department's DNA isotope testing regime.

(312203)

253
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged between 16 and 18 have (a) been given and (b) breached an anti-social behaviour order in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in the last three years.

(312204)

254
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders received a police caution for grievous bodily harm in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in each year since 2007.

(312205)

255
N Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2010, Official Report, column 1091W, on deportation, how many charter flights removing people with no right to remain there were in 2008-09; and how many people were removed from the UK upon such flights.

(312099)

256
N Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 145W, on identity cards, what proportion of the 2,400 applicants have been enrolled in the scheme.

(312101)

257
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Border Agency plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham dated 3 November 2009, on behalf of his constituent, Mr Bujar Mehmeti.

(312426)

258
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff there were in Greater Manchester in (i) 1997, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009; and how many police community support officers there were in Greater Manchester in (A) 2008 and (B) 2009.

(312209)

259
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Greater Manchester in each of the last 10 years.

(312210)

260
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals are recorded on the National Identity Register.

(312171)

261
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the first annual report by the National Identity Scheme Commissioner is expected to be published.

(312172)

262
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether children who apply for a national identity card will have their fingerprints taken.

(312173)

263
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) biometric and (b) personal data of individuals stored on the National Identity Register will be removed from the Register if (i) they die and (ii) they decide not to renew their identity card.

(312174)

264
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are not required to have an identity card have applied for a voluntary national identity card.

(312175)

265
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the latest estimate is of the level of failure demand in each call centre run by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies.

(312176)

266
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what suppliers there are under the Identity Card and National Identity Register's framework agreement.

(312177)

267
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of applications the Independent Safeguarding Authority will process in its first 12 months.

(312374)

268
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which public bodies personal data held on the National Identity Register may be provided.

(312375)

269
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average time to answer a call, (b) average waiting time for members of the public during a call, (c) percentage of calls dropped or not answered and (d) average length of calls was in call centres run by his Department and each of its agencies in the latest period for which figures are available.

(312376)

270
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to Lord Stoddart of Swindon of 14 October 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, columns 26-7WA, on the National Identity Register, how many fingerprints (a) per person and (b) in total he expects to be stored on the National Identity Register from 2012.

(312440)

271
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to Lord Stoddart of Swindon of 14 October 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, columns 26-7WA, on the National Identity Register, what estimate has been made of the number of citizens who will have their fingerprints stored on the National Identity Register by 2022.

(312441)

272
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) England, (b) Devon and (c) Torbay constituency have been (i) killed and (ii) wounded by a firearm in each year since 1997.

(312395)

273
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each region were convicted of (a) a motoring offence that resulted in a fatality and (b) careless driving in 2008.

(312319)

274
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312512)

275
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many schemes aimed at (a) improving parenting skills, (b) supporting dysfunctional families and (c) providing diversionary activities for young people at risk of offending his Department has introduced since 1997; how much has been spent on such schemes; and how much has been provided to local authorities in ring-fenced funding for each such scheme.

(312220)

Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

276
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, columns 825-6W, on bars, for what reason the House of Commons Commission decided not to consult the Administration Committee on possible sites for location of nursery facilities; and if he will make a statement.

(312365)

277
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 959W, on bars, what plans the Commission has to make up the revenue to be foregone following the closure of Bellamy's Bar.

(312366)

278
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2010, Official Report, column 1065W, on 14 Tothill Street, what consideration the House of Commons Commission gave to siting the proposed nursery in the premises leased by the House of Commons at vacant space available at (a) 14 Tothill Street and (b) Number 4 Millbank leased by the House of Commons.

(312371)

279
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent on running costs for the Department of Resources and its predecessors in each year from 2005-06 to 2008-09; what estimate has been made of such costs in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

(312213)

280
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, column 622W, on Members: email, whether PICT has had discussions with representatives of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) to find a technical fix to allow PGP software to be used on hon. Members' computers in a way which is not incompatible with Parliament's current version of VPN (remote access) software.

(312432)

281
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, column 622W, on Members: email, if the House of Commons Commission will ask PICT to undertake a further evaluation of whether Pretty Good Privacy software can be used by hon. Members following the introduction of new versions of the PGP email proxy and the Infoexpress VPN client.

(312433)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

282
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria were used by his Department for the selection of organisations to participate in (a) strategic grant agreements and (b) strategic framework partnership agreements since its creation.

(312517)

283
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) purpose and (b) terms are of each (i) strategic grant agreement and (ii) strategic framework partnership agreement entered into by his Department since its creation.

(312518)

284
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria were used by his Department for the selection of organisations to participate in the partnership programme arrangements awarded in 2009; and for what reasons these awards were not subject to competition.

(312519)

285
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312452)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

286
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines for cycling on pavements have been issued in each local highway authority area in each of the last five years.

(312418)

287
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at whose request the process for the creation of a new practice for the sealing of royal wills following the death of Princess Margaret was initiated.

(312449)

288
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the statutory legal grounds are by which it is claimed the Act of Settlement excludes illegitimate children from a right to succession to the Crown, with particular reference to the basis of succession outlined in Section 1 of the Act of Settlement 1700.

(312534)

289
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the UK's interpretative declaration in respect of articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born Out Of Wedlock is a designated derogation or reservation under article 1 (2) of the Human Rights Act 1998.

(312535)

290
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what external legal advice he has taken in respect of the rights of illegitimate children in succession to the Crown, and the UK's interpretative declaration made in February 1981 of articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock.

(312536)

291
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the advice of the Attorney General on the rights of illegitimate children in a succession to the Crown (a) was requested prior to and (b) has been requested since the deposition in February 1981 of the UK's interpretative declaration of articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock.

(312537)

292
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what legal grounds, by reference to the Act of Settlement, the UK made its interpretative declaration in respect of articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock.

(312538)

293
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of working days lost per employee at (a) the Legal Services Commission and (b) the Youth Justice Board in the latest period for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce levels of staff absence at each body.

(312509)

294
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the policy of the Youth Justice Board is on access by former employees to (a) laptops, (b) emails, (c) electronic files and (d) information systems operated by the Board.

(312510)

295
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recovery notices have been made under section 7A of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995; and how much compensation has been so recovered.

(312511)

296
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by (a) HM Courts Service and (b) his Department in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency on interpreters for (A) suspects, (B) charged individuals and (C) victims of crime who are unable to speak English in each of the last three years.

(312198)

297
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) hit and run accidents, (b) hit and run accidents in which the driver did not have insurance and (c) hit and run drivers taken to court there were in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in each of the last three years.

(312199)

298
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure equality of opportunity in respect of staff on the Prison Service surplus list and Probation Service secondees in applying for vacant positions in either service.

(312570)

299
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations he (a) has consulted and (b) plans to consult regarding the proposed reduction in the number of staff at the National Offender Management Service headquarters.

(312571)

300
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the human resources department of the National Offender Management Service is taking to redress the imbalance in the terms and conditions of staff in the prison and probation services.

(312572)

301
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the projected underspend in the National Offender Management Service's budget is for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

(312465)

302
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests made to the Office of Public Sector Information's Public Sector Information Unlocking Service beta have been (a) accepted and (b) refused.

(312166)

303
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312542)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

304
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were convicted of an assault in which the victim was a child in each of the last three years.

(312313)

305
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were subject to a racially-motivated attack in each (a) police district and (b) council district in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.

(312316)

306
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils in Northern Ireland were found to be in illegal possession of (a) a weapon and (b) drugs on school premises in 2008-09.

(312317)

307
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of domestic violence were reported to the police in each (a) police district and (b) council area in Northern Ireland in 2008-09.

(312318)

308
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of a serious sexual assault in each year since 2007.

(312403)

309
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were convicted of (a) a motoring offence that resulted in a fatality and (b) careless driving in each of the last two years.

(312404)

310
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312544)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

311
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much the Government Olympic Executive has spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each year since its inception.

(312516)

312
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many businesses based in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) locations outside the UK have (i) registered with the London 2012 Business Network and (ii) secured Olympic contracts at each location.

(312401)

313
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the cost has been of maintaining the London 2012 Business Network in each year since its establishment.

(312402)

Questions to the Prime Minister

314
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the prices of items in the Downing Street Gift Shop were increased when the value added tax rate returned to 17.5 per cent.

(312373)

315
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps are being taken to remove persons occupying the former Ministerial residence at South Eaton Place.

(312445)

316
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1166W, on Government departments: security, who would be consulted when taking a decision on whether to refer a case to the Security Commission.

(312455)

317
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1166W, on Government departments: security, and to the Answer to the hon. Member for Southend West of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 712W, on Damian Green, for what reason the Security Commission was not requested to investigate in the case of the Home Office leaks that subsequently lead to the Cabinet Office asking the police to investigate.

(312456)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

318
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312546)

Questions to the Solicitor General

319
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Solicitor General, in which official capacity the then Attorney General acted in discussions with (a) Buckingham Palace, (b) the then Senior President of the Family Division and (c) Farrers in respect of the creation of a practice for the sealing of royal wills.

(312448)

320
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, which of the public appointments for which the Law Officers' Departments are responsible are due to be (a) renewed and (b) filled in the next 24 months; what the (i) remit, (ii) salary, (iii) political restrictions, (iv) eligibility requirements and (v) timetable for each such appointment is; and what records the Law Officers' Departments keep in respect of such appointments.

(312159)

321
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, on what criteria bonus payments for travelling to work during the severe weather were made to Crown Prosecution Service staff in 2009.

(312167)

322
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, what public appointments are made by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Law Officers' Departments.

(312168)

323
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312524)

324
N Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Solicitor General, who chose the subject of the lecture by the Attorney General at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, on 5 January 2010.

(311937)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport

325
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he is taking to facilitate the introduction of a rail link between Woking and Heathrow Airport.

(312416)

326
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many vehicles of each type there are registered in the UK.

(312422)

327
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent on (i) support for passenger rail franchises and (ii) Transport Innovation Fund capital grants to local authorities for 2008-09.

(312552)

328
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from (i) the Total Annual Managed Expenditure budget and (ii) the Departmental Expenditure Limit budget for 2008-09.

(312553)

329
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) have spent to date on (i) support for passenger rail franchises and (ii) Transport Innovation Fund capital grants to local authorities for 2009-10.

(312554)

330
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from (i) the Annually Managed Expenditure budget and (ii) the Departmental Expenditure Limit budget for 2009-10.

(312555)

331
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from the Annually Managed Expenditure budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2008-09.

(312556)

332
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent from the Departmental Expenditure Limit budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2008-09.

(312557)

333
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent to date from the Annually Managed Expenditure Budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2009-10.

(312558)

334
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) has spent to date from the Departmental Expenditure Limit Budget on (i) Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 1, (ii) DSO 2, (iii) DSO 3, (iv) DSO 4 and (v) DSO 5 for 2009-10.

(312559)

335
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) spent on (i) the congestion Transport Innovation Fund and (ii) the productivity Transport Innovation Fund for 2008-09.

(312560)

336
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) budgeted to spend and (b) has spent to date on (i) the congestion Transport Innovation Fund and (ii) the productivity Transport Innovation Fund for 2009-10.

(312561)

337
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had on the establishment of a high speed rail link between the North West and London.

(312425)

338
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of salt held by local highway authorities in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.

(311451)

339
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure effective gritting of roads in the West Midlands.

(311452)

340
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent assessment is of the damage caused to roads and highways in the West Midlands as a result of cold weather; and what his estimate is of the cost of repairing such damage.

(311453)

341
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the retention of (a) electronic and (b) paper correspondence sent and received by Ministers and officials in his Department; how long such electronic communication is retained on IT hardware; whether such files are (i) archived and (ii) backed up; and at what point such files are deleted.

(312096)

342
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date and by what means the decision was taken to hold the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation over a 14-week period; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) minutes of meetings and (b) correspondence in which the duration of the consultation was discussed.

(312097)

343
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much salt has been available to (a) each Lancashire district council and (b) Lancashire County Council in anticipation of its requirement for road-gritting in each of the last three years.

(312338)

344
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the contribution of Lord Davies of Oldham of 2 February 2004, Official Report, House of Lords, column 444, on footpaths and roads: de-icing, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on (a) the personal liability of householders who seek to clear the pavement or highway of ice or snow and (b) on whether local authorities should seek to (i) discourage or (ii) encourage householders from clearing highways themselves.

(312427)

345
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects the road widening works north of junction 25 on the M1 motorway to be completed and the temporary speed restriction removed; and if he will make a statement.

(311732)

346
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people were on site and working on the roadworks taking place on the M1 motorway between junctions 25 and 28 on (a) 4, (b) 5, (c) 6 and (d) 7 January 2010; and if he will take steps to expedite the completion of these works.

(311733)

347
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what cameras are scheduled to be installed on the M1 motorway in Nottinghamshire in the vicinity of junction 26; for what purpose such cameras will be used; on what date he expects such cameras to become operational; and if he will make a statement.

(311734)

348
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date the Secretary of State was first notified of the recent industrial action by drivers on the First Capital Connect Thameslink route.

(312504)

349
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the recent industrial action by drivers on the First Capital Connect Thameslink route constitutes a force majeure event under the terms of the franchise agreement with First Capital Connect.

(312505)

350
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the management of First Capital Connect to discuss industrial action by drivers on the First Capital Connect Thameslink route in the last three months.

(312506)

351
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations Ministers in his Department have (a) made to and (b) received from First Capital Connect on industrial action by drivers on the First Capital Connect Thameslink route in the last three months.

(312507)

352
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many items of correspondence he has received on the recent industrial action by drivers on the First Capital Connect Thameslink route.

(312508)

353
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 July 2009, Official Report, column 79WS, on the cost of Ministerial cars for 2008-09, how many cars there were in 1996-97 for (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants; and what the annual cost was of providing the service.

(312463)

354
N Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will require train operating companies to take further steps to make readily available to the public accurate information on the definition of (a) off-peak and (b) variations to off-peak times, with particular reference to super off-peak times.

(311471)

355
N Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will require National Rail Enquiries to take further steps to make readily available on its website information on the definition of (a) off-peak and (b) variations to off-peak times, with particular reference to super off-peak times.

(311472)

356
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when a decision will be made on programme entry for the Weston Transport Package.

(312214)

357
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312522)

358
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which guided busways are in service in each local authority area; on what date each commenced operations; and what the length of each is.

(312525)

359
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guided busways have been approved for construction; when each is projected to open; and what the projected length of each is.

(312526)

360
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessments his Department has made of the safety of operation of guided busways; and who has carried out the assessments undertaken for his Department.

(312527)

361
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of grit and salt to treat roads and pavements in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands and (c) nationwide in periods of very cold weather.

(312215)

362
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many snow ploughs provided by his Department were in operation in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands in January 2010.

(312216)

363
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department issues on the minimum amount of grit to be spread on roads in icy conditions.

(312217)

364
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, from what sources the salt used to treat roads in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands is procured.

(312218)

365
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many A-roads in Leicestershire were closed owing to adverse weather conditions in January 2010.

(312221)

366
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many roads for which his Department has responsibility in (a) Leicester, (b) the East Midlands and (c) nationwide were closed owing to adverse weather conditions in January 2010.

(312222)

367
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many rail services in England and Wales were cancelled owing to adverse weather conditions in January 2010; and how many such services served stations in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands.

(312223)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

368
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last three years.

(312515)

369
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for which he has responsibility plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign for cutting carbon usage; and if he will publish the research or criteria on which decisions about participation in the campaign have been based.

(312469)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

370
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each year since its inception.

(312514)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

371
John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to inform pensioners not registered for pension credit of their entitlement to cold weather payments.

(312400)

372
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what office facilities her Department provides for the exclusive use of each trade union recognised by it; and what the notional value of such provision was in the latest period for which information is available.

(312367)

373
N Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Braintree constituency are in receipt of incapacity benefit; and how many of these have been in receipt of incapacity benefit for more than 12 months.

(312076)

374
N Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Braintree constituency receive (i) income-related and (ii) contributory employment and support allowance; and how many of these are in paid employment.

(312077)

375
N Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Braintree constituency receive carer's allowance; and how many of these are in paid employment.

(312078)

376
N Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Braintree constituency are in receipt of each type of benefit administered by her Department.

(312079)

377
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

(312547)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

378
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what export of military equipment to Morocco for use in Western Sahara he most recently licensed; and on what date.

[Transferred] (312361)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

379
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to prevent children from being stigmatised as witches.

[Transferred] (312562)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

380
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of people of each (a) age, (b) ethnicity and (c) gender stopped for drink driving (i) tested positive and (ii) refused to provide a breath test in (A) each police authority area and (B) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (312417)

Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

381
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will bring forward arrangements to ensure that legislation introduced in the House is published on the internet in the format recommended by mysociety.org in its Free Our Bills campaign.

[Transferred] (312170)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

382
N Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to the Iraqi government to increase the water flow into the Hawizeh marshes.

[Question Unstarred] (311687)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

383
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been which resulted in a conviction in each of the last six months.

[Transferred] (312457)

384
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what grounds a public body may make a request under the Re-Use of Public Sector Information rules.

[Transferred] (312185)

385
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department issues guidance to other Government departments on the circumstances in which privacy impact assessments are (a) required and (b) encouraged.

[Transferred] (312292)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport

386
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what consideration his Department has given to the effects on the environment of the use of (a) grit and (b) salt to remedy the effects of cold weather conditions on the roads.

[Transferred] (312443)

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