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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 21 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 21 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 21 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 Thursday 21 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 21 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what account his Department took of the (a) options appraisal section and (b) generating and short-listing policy option section of its impact assessment toolkit when designing the consultation on the requirement to pay royalties for playing recorded and broadcast music by charitable and not-for-profit organisations. | | (312476) | 2
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed changes to the music licensing system on charities and other not-for-profit groups in (a) Staffordshire Moorlands constituency and (b) the West Midlands. | | (312477) | 3
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average staff to student ratio is in (a) York College and (b) further education colleges in England. | | (312888) | 4
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applicants from (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Chelmsford local authority area did not get a place at university in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10. | | (312480) | 5
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Stroud constituency have received a health check from Business Link. | | (312755) | 6
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department provides to young people to obtain support from small business start-up schemes in Stroud constituency. | | (312756) | 7
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, from what supermarkets he has received representations on the recommendation of the Competition Commission to introduce a statutory code of practice and an ombudsman; and what discussions he plans to have on the implications of the recommendation. | | (312757) | 8
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on Government policy for economic regeneration in Birmingham and the West Midlands. | | (312774) | 9
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many mergers of companies have taken place in Birmingham in each of the last three years. | | (312775) | 10
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312823) | 11
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department collates on the (a) number of businesses in and (b) annual revenue of the independent hand car wash sector. | | (312694) | 12
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has taken steps to assist field sports businesses during the recession. | | (312855) | 13
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department made use of the generating and shortlisting policy options section of its impact assessment toolkit in its consultation on the requirement for the payment of royalties for playing recorded and broadcast music by charitable and not-for-profit organisations. | | (312575) | 14
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed changes to the music licence system on care homes. | | (312576) | 15
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish a list of the assets owned by each regional development agency. | | (312498) | 16
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) address and (b) area is of each regional development agency property which is (i) occupied and (ii) vacant according to data held in the e-PIMS database. | | (312499) | 17
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeships which will be taken up by people over 24 years old in Torbay constituency in the next five years. | | (312864) | 18
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on levels of investment by the programme making and special events sector in radio microphones and associated technologies that will be usable beyond 2012 since notice of the spectrum clearance was provided by Ofcom. | | (312865) | 19
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the migration of programme making and special events users from the digital dividend spectrum channels 31 to 37 and 61 to 69 to replacement frequencies to (a) start and (b) finish; and if he will make a statement. | | (312866) | 20
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of the (a) finance function and (b) IT of Companies House referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312686) | 21
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged between 18 and 24 years and not in employment, education, or training in each (a) region and (b) local authority on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (312786) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 22
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2009, Official Report, columns 1228W, on Hakluyt, what contacts Ministers in her Department have had with Hakluyt and Co since 1 January 2009. | | (312789) | 23
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual salary was of full-time (a) members of the academic staff in further education colleges, (b) teachers in secondary schools, (c) public sector employees and (d) private sector employees in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (312885) | 24
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average percentage rise in salary has been for (a) members of the academic staff in further education colleges, (b) teachers in secondary schools, (c) public sector employees and (d) private sector employees in cash terms in the last three years. | | (312886) | 25
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria will be used to appoint members of the Social Mobility Commission announced in Cm 7755, Unleashing Aspiration; what the Commission's budget will be in its first year; and whether this funding will be additional to funding announced in the Pre-Budget Report. | | (312700) | 26
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the 10 most frequently recorded causes of death for (a) men, (b) women, (c) boys under the age of 18 years and (d) girls under the age of 18 years were in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in each of the last five years. | | (312783) | 27
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in her Department and its agency; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312824) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many married couples there are in the UK; and how many such couples there are where both persons are under the age of 65, have not remarried, are living together in the same residence have children under the age of 18, and are not both in employment; and if she will make a statement. | | (312613) | 29
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the reason for the cost of (a) the finance function and (b) the human resources function of the Central Office of Information referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if she will make a statement. | | (312679) | 30
N | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value of the pension pot assigned to (a) Sir Christopher Kelly and (b) Sir Thomas Legg on retirement from the Civil Service was. | | (312494) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 31
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what telephone lines are available for hon. Members to contact HM Revenue and Customs. | | (312612) | 32
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice has been issued to farmers on the use of rebated fuel in tractors and other agricultural machines engaged in snow-clearing operations on public roads. | | (312344) | 33
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312818) | 34
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been convicted of an offence of counterfeiting coins in each year since 1997. | | (312768) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 35
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average staff to pupil ratio is in secondary schools in (a) York and (b) England. | | (312887) | 36
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in schools in Stroud constituency in each year since 1997. | | (312745) | 37
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much capital funding his Department has allocated in respect of Gloucestershire in each year since 1997. | | (312746) | 38
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the number of home educators in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Stroud constituency; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of their regulation should the recommendation of the Badman review of secondary education be accepted. | | (312747) | 39
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools were (i) temporarily and (ii) permanently excluded in (A) Stroud constituency and (B) Gloucestershire in academic year 2008-09. | | (312751) | 40
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many representatives he has received on the recommendations of the Badman review of secondary education percentage of these supported the introduction of a regulator for home education. | | (312752) | 41
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Leominster of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 159W, on schools: finance, how many pupils in Gloucestershire are defined as (a) in urban schools and (b) in rural schools. | | (312753) | 42
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Stroud constituency the effects on the constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997. | | (312754) | 43
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312834) | 44
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training will be given to teachers of the personal, social, health and economic education curriculum to respond appropriately to a child or young person, who, during such teaching, discloses abuse. | | (312701) | 45
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to provide specialist teacher training to (a) teachers and (b) trainee teachers to deliver sex and relationships education within the personal, health, social and economic curriculum. | | (312702) | 46
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers he expects to be trained to teach sex and relationships education under the personal, social, health and economic education provisions proposed in the Children, Schools and Families Bill. | | (312703) | 47
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he plans to take to ensure that teaching of personal, social, health and economic education meets the specific needs of (a) deaf and (b) disabled children. | | (312704) | 48
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average per pupil funding was in each local authority in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (312787) | 49
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of white (a) boys and (b) girls eligible for free school meals did not achieve A* to C at GCSE in both English and mathematics in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (312243) | 50
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many white (a) boys and (b) girls eligible for free school meals achieved an A grade in A-level further mathematics in 1997. | | (312244) | 51
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals did not achieve A* to C at GCSE in both English and mathematics in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (312245) | 52
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who were not eligible for free school meals achieved an A grade in A-level further mathematics in 1997. | | (312246) | 53
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, at how many (a) secondary schools and (b) maintained mainstream secondary schools at which more than 50 per cent. of pupils were eligible for free school meals fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils received five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics but excludng equivalents in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (312247) | 54
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of eligible pupils received five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics but excluding equivalents in (a) local authority schools and (b) academies where the per capita spend per pupil was (i) up to £4,500, (ii) from £4,501 to £5,000, (iii) from £5,001 to £5,500 and (d) more than £5,500 in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (312790) | 55
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils received more than (a) 15 and (b) 20 fixed-period exclusions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (312791) | 56
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on teacher training for graduates with a degree result lower than second class since 1997. | | (312914) | 57
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the lowest degree score required for graduates is to receive tax-payer funded teacher training for (a) primary and (b) secondary school teaching. | | (312915) | 58
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many graduates with a degree classed lower than second class have received government funding for teacher training since 1997. | | (312916) | 59
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in Torbay constituency received less funding for sixth form places in their final yearly allocations for 2009-10 than was indicated in their provisional funding figures. | | (312859) | 60
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has provided for the enhancement of public play facilities in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) Devon in the last 12 months. | | (312860) | 61
| Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on local health services training for school staff in the administration of emergency medication for pupils with epilepsy. | | (312673) | 62
| Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children with epilepsy there are in mainstream schools. | | (312674) | 63
| Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children with epilepsy in mainstream schools who achieve examination results lower than indicated by their assessed intellectual level. | | (312675) | 64
| Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his review of Managing Medicines in School is considering improvements to advice for the management of children with epilepsy when they have seizures at school. | | (312676) | 65
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of the finance function of the Training and Development Agency for Schools referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312683) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 66
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the effects of recent changes to funding of English Heritage grants on churches and cathedrals applying for grants for repairs; and if he will make a statement. | | (312919) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 67
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of empty (a) residential and (b) commercial properties in (i) West Chelmsford constituency and (ii) Chelmsford local authority area in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (312481) | 68
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): 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 will publish the (i) criteria and (ii) research upon which such a decision will be taken. | | (312750) | 69
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what occasions his Department has used budget-capping powers in respect of local authorities in the last 10 years; and for what reasons in each case. | | (312255) | 70
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312825) | 71
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much expenditure was incurred in the (a) disposal and (b) modification of signage consequent on the creation of his Department. | | (312854) | 72
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many sale and rent bank transactions of domestic properties there were in each of the last five years. | | (312857) | 73
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has commissioned research into the attitudes of home buyers in relation to the effects on buying behaviour of the availability of car parking spaces at new build houses. | | (312882) | 74
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission research into the proportion of domestic garages used for (a) parking cars and (b) storage. | | (312883) | 75
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many charities in England are granted 100 per cent. relief from business rates. | | (312617) | 76
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of the finance function of the Homes and Communities Agency referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312685) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 77
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are in place to regulate the use of credit card payments to make bets through gambling websites. | | (312921) | 78
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley have been prosecuted for not having a television licence in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (312852) | 79
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of staff of (a) Sport England, (b) UK Sport and (c) the Olympic Delivery Authority plan to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February 2010; and at what cost in each case. | | (312707) | 80
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many licensed premises there were per 1,000 of population in Birmingham in each of the last three years. | | (312782) | 81
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and its agency; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312876) | 82
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what free educational schemes his Department operates in national museums and galleries. | | (312412) | 83
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on (a) administration and (b) staffing costs of the English Heritage free educational visits scheme in each year since its inception. | | (312478) | 84
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many free educational visits to English Heritage sites there have been in each year since the scheme's inception. | | (312488) | 85
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been made available for tourism regeneration projects in Torbay constituency in the last five years. | | (312861) | 86
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of (a) the finance function of his Department and (b) the (i) finance function and (ii) IT for Arts Council England referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312678) | 87
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions members his Department have had with the National Lottery Commission on Camelot's proposed entry into the commercial market for bill payments and mobile telephone payments; and whether the Commission has made any assessment of the potential effect of such an entry on the commercial market in the area. | | (312249) | 88
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the effects on rural communities in Scotland of ending FM/AM broadcasting in 2015. | | (312696) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 89
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to reply to the letter of 30 November 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay regarding a constituent, Mr J. Dodd. | | (312248) | 90
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current estimated value is of RAF Kinloss; and how much is planned to be spent on its redevelopment. | | (312622) | 91
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current estimated value is of RAF Lossiemouth; and how much is planned to be spent on its redevelopment. | | (312623) | 92
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent under each budgetary heading on running RAF Kinloss in Moray in each of the last five financial years; and what the equivalent budget is for 2009-10. | | (312624) | 93
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent under each budgetary heading on running RAF Lossiemouth in Moray in each of the last five financial years; and what the equivalent budget is for 2009-10. | | (312625) | 94
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff and (b) armed forces staff were employed at RAF Lossiemouth in each of the last five years. | | (312626) | 95
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff and (b) armed forces staff were employed at RAF Kinloss in each of the last five years. | | (312627) | 96
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maintenance costs were for RAF Kinloss in each of the last five years. | | (312628) | 97
| David Cairns (Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maintenance costs were for RAF Lossiemouth in each of the last five years. | | (312629) | 98
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether trained recruitment to the Defence Police Agency has ended. | | (312741) | 99
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the space-based infrared system at RAF Menwith Hill to be operational. | | (312742) | 100
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of (a) the erection of a single-storey extension with bermed earth covering and (b) the detached substation with four cooling units developed at RAF Menwith Hill. | | (312743) | 101
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects Ministry of Defence Police Agency staff to be withdrawn from RAF Welford; and which organisation will assume responsibility for its security thereafter. | | (312744) | 102
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships are located in the Caribbean; and whether any are being tasked to assist with humanitarian efforts in Haiti. | | (312573) | 103
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each type there are in the RAF. | | (312651) | 104
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which (a) initiatives and (b) programmes of the European Defence Agency the UK is participating; and what the cost to the UK is of each in 2009-10. | | (312652) | 105
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been to date of operating the Northwood HQ in support of Operation Atlanta; and how much of that cost has been paid by (a) the UK, (b) the Athena Mechanism and (c) other means. | | (312653) | 106
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the UK to participate in permanent structured co-operation. | | (312654) | 107
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external consultancy during 2008-09. | | (312655) | 108
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) financial and (b) other contribution his Department has allocated to the (i) European Defence Agency and (ii) EU military staff in (A) 2008-09, (B) 2009-10 and (C) 2010-11. | | (312656) | 109
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of overseas (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation units are in each grade in each country. | | (312657) | 110
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit-for-task strength is of each corps of the Army. | | (312658) | 111
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of personnel in each service were (a) divorced and (b) separated from a spouse in each year since 2001. | | (312659) | 112
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are deployed at each overseas location on operations. | | (312660) | 113
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises originally planned for 2010 have been cancelled; and what the reasons are for each cancellation. | | (312661) | 114
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for task strength of each corps of the Army (i) was in 1997 and (ii) is in 2010. | | (312709) | 115
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation units are in each grade in each region of the UK. | | (312716) | 116
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his review of the use of naval bases will include issues other than the relocation of Type 23 Frigates to Portsmouth; when the outcomes of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (312853) | 117
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 16 December 2009, Official Report, columns 967-69, on the Nimrod review, whether he has taken steps to apportion (a) responsibility and (b) liability to (i) BAE Systems and (ii) QinetiQ in respect of the crash of Nimrod XV230 in September 2006. | | (312672) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 118
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which working groups and committees have been advising his Department on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme. | | (312472) | 119
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what process was used to elect the Chair of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme; and what the role of the Chair of the Scheme is. | | (312473) | 120
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much reprocessed uranium in (a) oxide and (b) uranium hexafluoride (UF6) has been exported to each destination since January 2009; for what purpose in each case; who the owner is of each consignment; and what transport route was used for each consignment. | | (312699) | 121
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications from residents of Birmingham to the Warm Front Scheme for (a) heating, (b) insulation and (c) heating and insulation were approved in each of the last three years. | | (312784) | 122
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms are in place to encourage consumers to improve their power factor; and whether he has plans to bring forward proposals for further incentives. | | (312345) | 123
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the merits of increasing the level of charges levied on consumers for excess reactive power in respect of the likely effects of such an increase on consumers' power factors. | | (312346) | 124
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312833) | 125
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of the finance function of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312677) | 126
| Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what obligation electricity suppliers have to customers in respect of price when supplying electricity under Tariff B. | | (312841) | 127
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the area of residence of people who have made enquiries about eligibility for assistance under his Department's boiler scrappage scheme. | | (312740) | 128
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has discussions with the Welsh Assembly Government on the guidance issued by his Department on the operation of the boiler scrappage scheme. | | (312846) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 129
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 687W, on tuna: conservation, whether he plans to take advice from the (a) International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and (b) UN Food and Agricultural Organisation's Ad Hoc Advisory panel into account in determining the UK's negotiating position; and what information will be sought from ICCAT at the compliance meeting in February 2010. | | (312732) | 130
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the salmon population in the River Dee in the last (a) two, (b) five, (c) 10 and (d) 15 years. | | (312618) | 131
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the size of the salmon population in the River Dee. | | (312706) | 132
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of food produce disposed of by supermarkets which has passed its sell-by date and not its best-before date. | | (312530) | 133
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the practice of supermarkets of rejecting supplies of fruit and vegetables on the grounds of minor imperfections. | | (312531) | 134
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of fruit and vegetables that is rejected by supermarkets due to minor imperfections; and what recent discussions his Department has had with supermarket representatives on this practice. | | (312532) | 135
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the practice of supermarkets discarding supplies of fruit and vegetables rejected owing to minor imperfections. | | (312533) | 136
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Forestry Commission plans to sell any of the land it holds. | | (312490) | 137
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of making the hare a protected species; and if he will make a statement. | | (312254) | 138
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312826) | 139
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to require the chemical industry to minimise the number of animals used in testing covered by the provisions of the EU Regulation on the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals. | | (312689) | 140
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what duties there are on the owner of a rental petrol forecourt site to decontaminate the site once its use as a petrol station has ceased; and if he will make a statement. | | (312671) | 141
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of flytipping. | | (312765) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 142
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the latest round of the UK-China human rights dialogue did not take place. | | (312710) | 143
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2009, Official Report, columns 1112-13W, on Hakluyt, what contacts Ministers in his Department have had with Hakluyt and Co since 1 January 2009; on what dates such contacts took place; and what form such contacts took. | | (312788) | 144
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British-owned and registered vessels have been captured by pirates in the Gulf of Aden and the surrounding ocean in the last 12 months; how many (a) passengers and (b) crew of each nationality were on board each such ship at the time of capture; and what steps are being taken to ensure their safe return. | | (312731) | 145
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the development of bi-communal civil society links in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (312737) | 146
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget is for the UN Committee on Missing Persons in 2009-10; what recent assessment he has made of the progress the Committee has made in respect of its work in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (312738) | 147
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for success of the intensified round of settlement talks in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (312739) | 148
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made in Turkey's EU accession process; and what his latest assessment is of the effects of such accession on Cyprus. | | [R] (312838) | 149
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcomes were of (a) his discussions with his Turkish counterpart on 12 January 2010 and (b) the Minister of Europe's recent visit to Turkey in relation to (i) Cyprus and (ii) Turkey's EU accession process; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (312839) | 150
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with the distribution of the 259 million euros allocated by the EU to northern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (312840) | 151
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Southern Sudan on its proposal to set up a Southern Sudan Referendum Committee. | | (312614) | 152
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Southern Sudan on the steps to be taken to ensure that parties other than the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement have sufficient capacity to be able to contest the forthcoming elections. | | (312615) | 153
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312827) | 154
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) date, (b) venue and (c) cost of (i) accommodation, (ii) transport and (iii) security was of each international summit and conference hosted by HM Government and attended by the Prime Minister in each year since 2007. | | (312491) | 155
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department received on the alleged donation by the former Soviet Union of funds to UK-based organisations between 1980 and 1989. | | (312884) | 156
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to recognise Moroccan sovereignty of the Western Sahara. | | (312848) | 157
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent in Kashmir in the last two years. | | (312475) | 158
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has contributed to the Government's Conflict Prevention Pool in each of the last three years. | | (312529) | 159
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of (a) IT for his Department and (b) the finance function for the British Council referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312682) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 160
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of clinical negligence which were funded by conditional fee agreements were closed in each of the last five years; in how many such cases damages were paid (a) by agreement to settle and (b) by award; what the total cost was of defending each such case where damages were paid; how much was paid to claimants in legal costs in (i) total, (ii) base costs and (iii) success fees; and in such cases where damages were paid, how much was paid in after-the-event insurance premiums. | | (312528) | 161
| Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with the Isle of Man government before he made his decision to terminate the reciprocal health agreement with the Isle of Man; whether he proposed any alternative financial terms for a continuing health agreement; what the reasons were for his decision; and if he will make a statement. | | (312835) | 162
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to evaluate the effectiveness of self-care by patients; what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of self-care among GPs and patients; what educational programmes his Department plans to implement to encourage the early adoption of this approach; and what safeguards are in place to discourage the inappropriate use of self-care by patients diagnosed with conditions which require medical intervention. | | (312630) | 163
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 18 were admitted to hospital with an (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis related to alcohol in each strategic health authority in each of the last three years. | | (312632) | 164
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 18 were admitted to hospital with an (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of poisoning by drugs in each strategic health authority in each of the last five years. | | (312633) | 165
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been inoculated against influenza in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Chelmsford local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (312487) | 166
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse has employed in each year since its inception. | | (312904) | 167
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each primary care trust (a) are eligible for and (b) have been administered swine influenza vaccine to date. | | (312749) | 168
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of persons who died following contraction of swine influenza in the last 12 months had also contracted other diseases. | | (312495) | 169
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many persons were recorded as having contracted seasonal influenza in each year since 1998; and how many persons were recorded as having contracted swine influenza in the last 12 months. | | (312496) | 170
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of unused stocks of swine influenza vaccine can be returned to suppliers at no cost to the public purse. | | (312497) | 171
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of those diagnosed with swine influenza have received Tamiflu in the last 12 months. | | (312917) | 172
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312819) | 173
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of support it provides to carers. | | (312733) | 174
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) the executive chairman and (b) each of the five paid directors of Monitor were paid in the latest period figures are available. | | (312695) | 175
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GP surgeries and (b) pharmacies in England are providing NHS Health Checks to people aged between 40 and 74. | | (312619) | 176
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems his Department has in place to assess the use of funding allocated for the implementation of NHS Health Checks. | | (312620) | 177
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the takeup of the NHS Vascular Checks programme for people aged between 40 and 74; and if he will make a statement. | | (312621) | 178
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many wards operated by Southend Hospital Trust have been closed during January 2010; and for what reason. | | (312489) | 179
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of the finance function for (a) the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence and (b) the NHS Litigation Authority referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312680) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 180
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Billericay of 27 October and 8 December 2009 on his constituents, Mr and Mrs Adedoyin. | | (312235) | 181
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty fines (a) have been issued and (b) remain outstanding or not paid in (i) West Chelmsford constituency and (ii) Chelmsford local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (312486) | 182
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions on visa applications made at each British embassy or consulate were overturned by immigration judges in each of the last three years. | | (312836) | 183
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what offences his Department classifies as drug-related crime. | | (312837) | 184
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions immigration judges have overturned a decision on an application made under each tier of the points-based immigration system since the implementation of that system. | | (312880) | 185
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to introduce passenger name record checks on all passenger movements (a) into, (b) through and (c) out of the UK. | | (312898) | 186
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the e-borders programme to include an automated authority to carry capability. | | (312899) | 187
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an automated authority to carry capability will be specified in his Department's contract with Trusted Borders for services relating to the e-borders programme. | | (312900) | 188
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made on the implementation of the e-borders programme; whether the programme met its project milestones in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (312901) | 189
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance by airlines with the data requirements of the e-borders programme; and when he expects all airlines to implement that programme. | | (312902) | 190
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department expects to meet its target of capturing 100 million passenger movements through passenger name record checks; and how many such movements have been captured to date. | | (312907) | 191
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made on the inclusion of the category of other passenger information in the e-borders programme. | | (312909) | 192
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the authority to carry element of the e-borders programme. | | (312910) | 193
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to launch its 12-week consultation on the UK Border Agency's authority to carry scheme. | | (312911) | 194
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to increase the number of security checks on (a) outbound and (b) transit passenger movements carried out by the UK Border Agency. | | (312925) | 195
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers have (a) requested and (b) been granted certificates of sponsorship under the Tier 2 (i) general and (ii) intracompany transfer categories in each month since October 2009. | | (312411) | 196
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 (a) general and (b) ICT certificates of sponsorship had (i) been requested, (ii) been allocated and (iii) were pending in each month since October 2009. | | (312413) | 197
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has provided to tackle antisocial behaviour in Birmingham in the last three years. | | (312776) | 198
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of recorded crime was in Birmingham in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (312777) | 199
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers were assigned to duties in Birmingham in the last three years. | | (312778) | 200
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of burglary were recorded in Birmingham in each year since 2005. | | (312779) | 201
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the crime detection rate in Birmingham has been in the last three years. | | (312780) | 202
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of calls to the UK Border Agency helpline which have not been connected in the last 12 months. | | (312253) | 203
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312820) | 204
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to replace arrangements for the safety testing of shellfish with alternatives which do not require testing on animals. | | (312690) | 205
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotel room bookings were made (a) by his Department and (b) on his Department's behalf in 2009; what the cost was to his Department of such bookings; and what estimate he has made of the cost of agents' fees in connection with such bookings; and if he will make a statement. | | (312734) | 206
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's document entitled Guidance on Powers of Entry - Scrutiny by the Home Department, how many requests for new powers of entry from organisations other than the police have been (a) approved and (b) refused by his Department since October 2007. | | (312858) | 207
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many journalists have been arrested under counter-terrorism legislation for taking photographs since 2000; and whether any such journalists have been prosecuted. | | (312736) | 208
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on single patrols; and if he will make a statement. | | (312924) | 209
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the level of risk to the safety of police officers of undertaking single patrols; and if he will make a statement. | | (312929) | 210
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many air weapons have been seized by police in each year since 1997. | | (312758) | 211
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for offences connected to forgery of passports in each year since 1997. | | (312759) | 212
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many forged passports have been seized each year since 1997. | | (312760) | 213
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press releases his Department has issued in the last 12 months. | | (312761) | 214
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many guns were seized by the police in each year since 1997. | | (312762) | 215
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the availability of guns. | | (312763) | 216
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted for an offence of flytipping in each London borough since 1997. | | (312764) | 217
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to reduce the numbers of knives used in street crime. | | (312766) | 218
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for an offence connected with setting off fireworks in each year since 1997. | | (312769) | 219
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police warrant cards have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each year since 1997. | | (312770) | 220
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of retail businesses on the sale of knives. | | (312771) | 221
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (312842) | 222
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has allocated to spend on maintaining its Flickr channel in 2009-10. | | (312843) | 223
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has allocated to maintenance of its Twitter feed in 2009-10. | | (312844) | 224
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people work on his Department's social media and networking sites; and at what cost in 2009-10. | | (312845) | 225
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2009, Official Report, columns 44-5W, on visas: tourism, what the pilot schemes demonstrated to be the single most important driver to encouraging tourist visa applications. | | (312867) | 226
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on judicial systems in the UK of the European Public Prosecutor envisaged under the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty; and if he will make a statement. | | (312431) | 227
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letters sent to him on 10 November and 2 December 2009 by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling on his constituent Mr Ryan Baird and Mr Baird's family. | | (311941) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 228
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the rules are governing (a) the use by and (b) the admission of guests of (i) hon. Members, (ii) hon. Members' staff and (iii) House of Commons staff in respect of each bar on the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate. | | (312634) | 229
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 2W, on manpower, for what reasons the comparable information for 2000-01 to 2006-07 is not available. | | (312687) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 230
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the Government has provided to Haiti in each year since 1997; for what purposes; and with which non-governmental organisations his Department has worked in Haiti over this period. | | (312692) | 231
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much emergency aid has been provided to Haiti by the EU since the recent earthquake; and what discussions he has had at EU level on provision of aid. | | (312693) | 232
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has made available to the government of (a) Sudan and (b) Southern Sudan to assist preparations for the forthcoming (i) elections and (ii) referendum. | | (312616) | 233
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 1014W, on overseas aid, how much expenditure by Government departments qualified as official development assistance in the last financial year; and what percentage of such expenditure was undertaken by (a) his Department, (b) the Ministry of Defence and (c) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | | (312347) | 234
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312832) | 235
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will increase aid to Morocco, Tunisia and Libya to help these states tackle illegal immigration from Western Africa to Europe. | | (312849) | 236
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department allocated to Algeria in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009. | | (312912) | 237
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department allocated to Morocco in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009. | | (312913) | 238
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding for school children to visit developing countries his Department allocated to pupils who attended National Challenge schools in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (312735) | 239
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on the policy of results-based aid; and if he will make a statement. | | (312918) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 240
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of proposals to set up separate operational arms in the National Offender Management Service. | | (312662) | 241
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to increase the number of staff at the National Offender Management Service HQ who have a background in probation. | | (312663) | 242
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to increase the level of contact time between probation staff and offenders. | | (312664) | 243
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of driving without insurance in each justice administrative area in each year since 1997. | | (312785) | 244
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine given to a person convicted of driving without insurance was in each justice administrative area in each year since 1997. | | (312817) | 245
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people of each ethnicity aged (a) under 18, (b) between 18 and 20 and (c) between 21 and 25 years old have been (i) remanded in custody and (ii) sentenced to custody in each of the last five years. | | (312256) | 246
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Government allocated to the Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre in 2008-09. | | (312121) | 247
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released before their agreed release date in the lastest year for which figures are available. | | (312847) | 248
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by people released from prison in error in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (312877) | 249
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people released from prison in error were returned to prison in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (312878) | 250
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by prisoners released for Christmas 2009. | | (312903) | 251
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the merits of (a) maintenance and (b) abstinence-based drug treatment programmes for prisoners. | | (312905) | 252
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were participating in (a) maintenance and (b) abstinence-based drug treatment programmes on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (312906) | 253
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of installing a mobile telephone blocker in every prison; and what plans his Department has for their installation in every prison. | | (312926) | 254
| Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps have been taken to improve the service provided by the Coroners Service for Northern Ireland. | | (312697) | 255
| Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to reduce delays in inquests held by the Coroners Service for Northern Ireland. | | (312698) | 256
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312822) | 257
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 546W, on legal advice and assistance, whether seasonal fluctuations in workload of new matter start allocations for providers of the Advice and Assistance Scheme (Legal Help) were taken into account when deciding upon the period 9 April to August 2009 to assess the annual run-rate. | | (312922) | 258
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, columns 789-90W, on gender identity disorder: prisoners, from whom the draft guidance on the treatment of prisoners with gender dysphoria is available for (a) prisons and (b) prisoners. | | (312923) | 259
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, column 1246W, on reoffenders, for what reason some offenders were listed in prison data but could not be found on the police national computer. | | [R] (312410) | 260
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the cost of the finance function of his Department's core headquarters referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312681) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 261
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312828) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 262
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what commitments the Government Olympic Executive has received from other Government bodies in relation to support for the London 2012 Olympics; and what budget is attached to each such commitment. | | (312343) | Questions to the Prime Minister 263
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, which recommendations made by the report of the committee investigating the use of intelligence on Iraq chaired by Lord Butler accepted by the Government have been implemented; and when each other recommendation accepted by the Government will be implemented. | | (312691) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 264
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312831) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 265
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many journeys and what percentage of miles were made by each type of vehicle on (a) motorways and (b) dual carriageways in the UK in each of the last three years. | | (312493) | 266
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the earliest date is on which the First Capital Connect franchise can be terminated, assuming no exceptional intervention powers are invoked by his Department. | | (312500) | 267
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many domestic flights in the UK travelled (a) 300 and (b) 360 miles or less in each of the last three years; and how many such flights were lifeline flights. | | (312501) | 268
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on the average weight of aeroplanes departing from UK airports in each of the last five years. | | (312502) | 269
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) percentage of UK-registered and (b) number of foreign-registered vehicles of each type which have used (i) motorways and (ii) dual carriageways in the last year. | | (312503) | 270
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of 17 to 21 year olds using motor vehicles on the road network without insurance in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Chelmsford local authority area. | | (312479) | 271
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what percentage of the Government Car and Dispatch Agency's diesel-powered vehicles are fitted with diesel particulate filters. | | (312850) | 272
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce diesel carbon particulates emitted from (a) Government and (b) private sector vehicles. | | (312851) | 273
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to utilise passenger data for risk assessment purposes at airport security screening check points. | | (312908) | 274
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department has taken following the incident on 31 December 2009 in which six foxhounds belonging to the Duke of Beaufort's hunt were killed by a high-speed passenger train near Wootton Bassett; and if he will make a statement. | | (312748) | 275
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will direct train operating companies to offer discounts on season tickets for commuters affected by reduced services in severe weather conditions. | | (312666) | 276
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Southeastern Railway on recent disruptions to its service caused by snow and ice. | | (312667) | 277
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which recent assessment he has made of the performance of Southeastern Railway in discharging its obligations under its franchise agreement. | | (312668) | 278
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which train operating companies operated reduced timetables on (a) 6, (b) 7 and (c) 8 January 2010; and what reason was given by each train operating company for operating such timetables. | | (312669) | 279
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the resilience of the rail network in (a) Greater London and (b) the South East to severe weather conditions. | | (312670) | 280
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the percentage year on year change in the number of (a) deaths and (b) serious injury as a result of road accidents has been in Birmingham in each of the last three years. | | (312773) | 281
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312821) | 282
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department plans to sell off Government shares in National Air Traffic Services; and if he will make a statement. | | (312474) | 283
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people travelled on local buses under the concessionary fare scheme in each (a) passenger transport executive and (b) non-passenger transport executive area in 2008-09. | | (312868) | 284
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people made one or more journeys on (a) light rail and (b) tram services under the concessionary fare scheme in 2008-09. | | (312869) | 285
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people travelled on local bus services in London under the concessionary fare scheme in 2008-09. | | (312870) | 286
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps to (a) cease allowing the Independent Penalty Fares Appeals Service (IPFAS) to be a subsidiary business of Southeastern and (b) make IPFAS wholly independent of the train operating companies. | | (311940) | 287
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which body has responsibility for (a) investigating accidents causing (i) injuries and (ii) fatalities on guided busways and (b) making recommendations for action in consequence. | | (312631) | 288
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reason for the cost of the finance function of the Government Car and Despatch Agency referred to in the publication Benchmarking the Back Office: Central Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (312684) | 289
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the review of value for money for the railways announced in the Pre-Budget Report will be used to assist in deciding overall funding for the railways for the control period 2014-19. | | (312708) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 290
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with (a) Welsh Assembly Government Ministers, (b) Ministerial colleagues and (c) representatives of Bosch to discuss the closure of Bosch operations in Wales; what the date of each such meeting was; and who attended each. | | (312250) | 291
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he was informed of Bosch's intention to end their operations in Wales. | | (312251) | 292
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Unite on the closure of Bosch operations in Wales. | | (312252) | 293
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312830) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 294
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners resident in Birmingham are in receipt of winter fuel allowance; and how much her Department paid to such pensioners in winter fuel allowance in 2009. | | (312781) | 295
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in her Department and each of its agencies; how many officials are employed in each such layer; and how much was spent on salaries and associated employment costs of staff at each such layer in the latest year for which information is available. | | (312829) | 296
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, columns 151-2W, on employment and support allowance, what information her Department holds on the reasons for which claimants of employment and support allowance stopped claiming before their assessment was completed; and if she will make a statement. | | (312238) | 297
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to develop the profiling tool for jobseekers referred to on page 108 of her Department's White Paper, Building Britain's Recovery; when she expects trials of that tool to start; where such trials will be undertaken; and recipients of what benefits will be included in those trials. | | (312239) | 298
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her most recent estimate is of the number of people in receipt of income support on the grounds of disability. | | (312240) | 299
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's White Paper on Building Britain's Recovery, whether people currently on (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance will be eligible for the new specialist back to work support for the over 50's; and when she expects that support to be available. | | (312241) | 300
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the £200 payment to pensioners to assist with council tax bills made in March 2005 has not been repeated. | | (312856) | 301
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has set any targets for the assessment of individuals for the employment support allowance. | | (312482) | 302
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to remove the benefits eligibility criterion that requires terminal illness to only be taken into account if it is terminal within a six month period. | | (312483) | 303
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will consider the merits of automatically placing individuals with (a) Huntington's disease and (b) certain other conditions on employment support allowance. | | (312484) | 304
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria are for qualification for employment support allowances. | | (312485) | 305
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost was of calls made to her Department's 0845 telephone number from (a) land lines and (b) mobile telephone networks in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (312889) | 306
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration was of calls made to her Department's 0845 telephone number in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (312890) | 307
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Torbay constituency have received assistance through New Deal schemes in each year since 1997. | | (312862) | 308
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received carers' allowance in (a) Torbay constituency, (b) Devon and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (312863) | 309
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to determine the award of cold weather payments by geographical area rather than by postcode. | | (312574) | 310
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobs created under the Future Jobs Fund scheme have been taken up by 18 to 24 year-olds; and if she will make a statement. | | (312705) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 311
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 8 on page 33 of his Department's White Paper on Building Britain's Recovery, if he will publish the evidential basis for the estimate that up to half a million jobs have been protected by the Bank of England and the Government during the recession. | | [Transferred] (312242) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 312
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will take further steps to ensure more efficient delivery of liquefied petroleum gas to customers whose supplies have been affected by the recent severe weather. | | [Transferred] (312665) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 313
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons guidance on food chain information for keepers of cattle, sheep and goats regarding procedure for animals sent to slaughter after 1 January 2010 was not issued until 30 December 2009. | | [Transferred] (312920) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 314
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of an offence of carrying a knife in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (312767) | Questions to the Solicitor General 315
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Solicitor General, how many days on average were taken by the Crown Prosecution Service in each area to provide advice to the police on charges for offences of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence and (c) violent crime in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (312879) | 316
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will lift the European Arrest Warrant which has led to the detention of Wansanatha Bulugah Aitya in Frankfurt. | | [Transferred] (312772) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 317
N | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the number of election counts that are not planned to commence on the evening of polling day in the general election. | | [Question Unstarred] (312132) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 318
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will consult fire and rescue authorities on the likely effects on them of the duty to tackle socio-economic disadvantage proposed in the Equality Bill. | | [Transferred] (312881) |
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