Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2009 - 10
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 25 January 2010

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 25 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 25 January 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 25 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 Monday 25 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 25 January see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what new initiatives his Department has taken to help unemployed young women to set up small businesses in the last 12 months.

(313525)

2
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the proposed takeover of Cadbury by Kraft; and what discussions the Government has had with Kraft on that matter.

(313084)

3
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the value added to the economy by the National Physical Laboratory.

(313126)

4
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much capital has been supplied to small businesses in Staffordshire through the Government's Enterprise Investment Scheme.

(313440)

5
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the estimated monetary value was of One North East's share in the assets of the North East Property Partnership on 1 April in each year from 2004 to 2009; how much income was received by One North East from the partnership in 2008-09; and how much it is estimated will be received in 2009-10.

(312815)

6
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many units were in the portfolio which One North East transferred to the North East Property partnership on 1 April 2004; what the average rent roll was of those units; and what the total area was of those units.

(312816)

7
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of Government-guaranteed loans issued by UK banks (a) in total and (b) via the credit guarantee scheme in the last 12 months.

(313280)

8
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of loans which remained outstanding in the Bank of England special liquidity scheme at the time the scheme closed.

(313281)

9
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the monetary value of bond issues across all sectors requiring refinancing in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.

(313282)

10
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been started under the National Apprenticeship Service in (a) Coventry and (b) nationally since its inception.

(312809)

11
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which industry sectors have apprenticeships been created under the National Apprenticeship Service.

(312810)

12
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to the National Apprenticeship Service since its inception.

(312811)

13
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure effective co-operation between college and university careers services and Jobcentre Plus.

(312812)

14
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much financial assistance was given by regional development agencies to the video games industry in 2008-09.

(312993)

15
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313217)

16
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the funding allocated to UK Trade and Investment's Trade Assistance Programme in 2008-09 was spent on assistance for UK video games businesses to exhibit at overseas trade shows.

(313192)

17
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the level of personal guarantees required by lenders in respect of the portion of each loan advanced under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme that is not guaranteed by the Government.

(313142)

18
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that borrowing guaranteed under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme relates to new lending only.

(313143)

19
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the average delay in processing of student grant applications for academic year 2009-10; how many students have yet to receive their grant; how many students have withdrawn from their course as a result of not receiving their grant; and if he will make a statement.

(313102)

20
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Ashford constituency have received a health check from Business Link.

(313518)

21
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent industrial action by Royal Mail employees on small businesses in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent.

(313521)

22
Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to lay before Parliament the instrument to repeal the Land Agreements Exclusion and Revocation Order 2004.

(313377)

23
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and its predecessors and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313245)

24
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of the effect on the financial services industry in Portsmouth of the recession; and if he will make a statement.

(313073)

25
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies are registered under UK standard industry classification codes for restaurants in (a) Hampshire, (b) the City of Portsmouth and (c) Portsmouth South constituency.

(313075)

26
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people completed an apprenticeship in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.

(313064)

27
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on college buildings in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 2008.

(313481)

28
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people normally resident in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide enrolled at university in each year since 2007-08.

(313483)

29
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313403)

30
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time officials in his Department have responsibility for policy on the retail petrol industry; and if he will make a statement.

(312728)

31
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what monitoring his Department undertakes of the geographical distribution of petrol filling stations.

(312729)

32
Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the five most popular NVQ level 4 qualifications were in the latest period for which figures are available.

(313297)

33
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, columns 420-21W, on digital broadcasting: radio, whether it is his policy that the date from which it is deemed that adequate notice has been given to the programme making and special events sector on the need to use different frequencies and to purchase alternative equipment should start only after the new frequencies have been promulgated and such frequencies are fully available for use.

(313178)

34
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, columns 420-1W, on digital broadcasting: radio, whether the notice period constitutes the time during which the programme making and special events sector has been able to replace equipment due to be rendered redundant with alternatives that will be usable beyond 2012; and if he will make a statement.

(313179)

35
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the availability of radio microphones and similar technologies that will be usable following the sale of digital dividend channels 31 to 37 and 61 to 69, (b) the market size for such technologies and (c) the price of such technologies relative to their existing equivalents; and if he will make a statement.

(313180)

36
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of women who work (a) between one and five, (b) between six and 10, (c) between 11 and 15, (d) between 16 and 20, (e) between 21 and 25, (f) between 25 and 30, (g) between 31 and 35 and (h) over 35 hours a week in each year since 1997.

(313558)

37
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much each of his Department's (a) non-departmental public bodies and (b) research councils spent on (i) first-class air travel, (ii) first class rail travel, (iii) taxis, (iv) hotel accommodation and (v) other travel and overnight subsistence expenses in each of the last three years.

(313293)

38
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of export credit guarantees in supporting the manufacturing industry; and if he will make a statement.

(313006)

39
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship has cost in each year since its establishment; and if he will make a statement.

(313330)

40
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residents of (a) Devon and (b) Torbay constituency who have registered for Train to Gain courses have not yet commenced their training.

(313166)

41
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Devon and (b) Torbay constituency have successfully completed a Train to Gain course.

(313167)

42
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses in Torbay constituency.

(313333)

43
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313581)

44
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each age group resident in (a) each local education authority area in the North West and (b) England had paid their student loans in full on the latest date for which figures are available.

(312988)

45
N Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will undertake an impact assessment for the (a) retail and (b) bill payments sector of Camelot's proposed entry into the ancillary services market, with particular reference to its proposals on (i) bill payment and (ii) mobile telephone top-up services.

(312805)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

46
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value of foreign (a) direct and (b) indirect investment in the UK expressed in (a) sterling, (b) US dollars and (c) euros was in each of the last five years.

(313251)

47
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313218)

48
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women in each local authority area earn more than £100,000 per annum.

(313101)

49
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small businesses started up in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent in each of the last 12 years.

(313506)

50
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the percentage change is in the number of jobseeker's allowance claimants resident in (a) Ashford and (b) Kent between 1997 and the latest period for which figures are available.

(313508)

51
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees in (a) her Department and (b) its agency are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) her Department and (ii) its agency in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313249)

52
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the gross domestic product per head of the resident population of the City of Portsmouth was in each year since 1992.

(313071)

53
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed in the (a) service sector and (b) financial sector in Portsmouth; and how many people are employed in (i) commerce and (ii) manufacturing in each industry sector in (A) Portsmouth South constituency and (B) Portsmouth.

(313076)

54
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997.

(313402)

55
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by primary legislation sponsored by her Department since 1 May 2008.

(313015)

56
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes have been made to the mechanisms by which information on marital status has been collected by the Office for National Statistics since 1997.

(313090)

57
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average life expectancy was for (a) males and (b) females in each (i) local authority area, (ii) parliamentary constituency, (iii) middle layer super output area and (iv) lower layer super output area in each of the last five years.

(313164)

58
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many obesity-related deaths there have been in each year since 1997.

(312801)

59
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many electors there were in each ward in (a) Vale of Clwyd and (b) Bristol South constituency in each year since 1980.

(312893)

60
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the difference was between the size of the electorate in each parliamentary constituency in 1997 and (a) the date of dissolution of the 2001-05 Parliament for each constituency in Scotland and (b) the most recent date for which figures are available for each constituency in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

(313285)

61
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys were provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in her Department in 2009; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313176)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

62
N Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 of introducing a transferable personal allowance, limited to the basic rate of income tax, for all married couples and couples in civil partnerships with children under the age of six.

(312934)

63
N Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 of introducing a transferable personal allowance, limited to the basic rate of income tax, for all married couples and couples in civil partnerships with children under the age of three.

(312935)

64
N Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 of introducing a transferable personal allowance, limited to the basic rate of income tax, for all couples with children under the age of six.

(312936)

65
N Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 of introducing a transferable personal allowance, limited to the basic rate of income tax, for all couples with children under the age of three.

(312937)

66
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the loss of revenue to the Exchequer resulting from illicit alcohol sales in the last 12 months.

(313127)

67
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 563W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; what proportion of staff received no bonus; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses.

(313131)

68
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many retail bank branches there are per head of population.

(313443)

69
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the sum to accrue to the Exchequer from penalty charges and interest surcharges on unpaid tax from self-assessment tax returns for the 2008-09 tax year.

(313448)

70
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide that all (a) savers, (b) borrowers and (c) shareholders in UK banks and building societies have the same voting rights as those proposed in the mutual society to be formed from the Chelsea Building Society and the Yorkshire Building Society.

(313449)

71
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) size and (b) regional distribution is of the buy to let portfolio of the residual portion of Bradford and Bingley owned by UK Financial Investments.

(313252)

72
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what square footage of office space his Department and its agencies rent; and in respect of what proportion of such space rental is calculated on an index-linked basis.

(313257)

73
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department's due diligence information on (a) banks in which the Government has a shareholding or which the Government owns and (b) on RBS assets guaranteed by the Government has not been made available to UK Financial Investments.

(313261)

74
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) his Department and (b) UK Financial Investments advised (i) RBS and (ii) Lloyds Banking Group on the categories of employees to be (A) included in and (B) excluded from bonus pools.

(313262)

75
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Taxback programme operated by HM Revenue and Customs; and how many pensioners have claimed back overpaid tax on savings income to date.

(313263)

76
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what studies (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-Ministerial departments have made of the tax derived from fee income accruing from (A) corporation and (B) limited liability partnerships in respect of insolvency work.

(313265)

77
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received from the Financial Services Authority on its stress testing exercise on building societies; and whether that exercise has been concluded.

(313292)

78
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tenanted properties were repossessed by mortgage lenders from landlord owners in (a) England and (b) Coventry between 2005 and 2009; what assistance his Department provides to tenants who are evicted as a result of such repossessions; and what recent representations his Departmenthas received on the matter.

(313046)

79
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of tenants who were evicted as a result of repossession of property by a mortgage lender in cases where landlords had not obtained the lender's permission to rent in the latest period for which figures are available.

(313047)

80
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313230)

81
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to regulate the price of domestic heating oil following the return in the rate of value added tax to 17.5 per cent.

(313193)

82
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of working (a) men and (b) women earning less than the income tax personal allowance threshold in each local authority area.

(313099)

83
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of working (a) men and (b) women earning less than £10,000 per annum and paying income tax resident in each local authority area.

(313100)

84
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in Ashford constituency are in households in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.

(313510)

85
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of families in each ward of Ashford constituency in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.

(313513)

86
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313233)

87
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the recession on the economy in Portsmouth South constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(313074)

88
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average payment has been made into child trust fund accounts by parents in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since the scheme's inception.

(313025)

89
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children have been eligible to receive a child trust fund voucher in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since the scheme's inception.

(313026)

90
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child trust fund vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) used by parents to open an account in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since the scheme's inception.

(313027)

91
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313391)

92
N Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has issued rebates of value added tax to supermarkets in relation to loss-leading marketing promotions of alcohol products in the last five years.

(312717)

93
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of the petrol retail industry to discuss the 2010 rating revaluation.

(312724)

94
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of childcare providers who have declined to accept payment through the childcare voucher scheme.

(313195)

95
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct the Chief Executive of the Valuation Office Agency to meet representatives of the petrol retail industry to discuss the 2010 rating revaluation.

(313370)

96
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the introduction of a feed-in tariff for micro-combined heat and power.

(313548)

97
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the revenue from national insurance contributions for employers is attributable to local government employers.

(313085)

98
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether remuneration arrangements for members of the Valuation Office Agency board include benefits in kind.

(313086)

99
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many errors in the calculation of tax based on (a) Pay-As-You-Earn and (b) self assessment were identified in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009; and how many errors in the calculation of all types of tax there were in each such year.

(313093)

100
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of proposed EU regulations on derivatives on businesses in the corporate sector which depend on very long-term hedging practices to manage risk and uncertainty; and if he will make a statement.

(313007)

101
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(313029)

102
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313593)

103
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of bank deposits insured by the Government under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

(313070)

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

104
N Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on children of the changes to the rules on reporting sensitive personal information in family courts under the proposals in the Children, School and Families Bill.

(312806)

105
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what initiatives his Department and its predecessors have taken to tackle child poverty in Salford since 1997.

(313322)

106
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were living in poverty in Salford in each year since 1993; and what the percentage change in this figure was from each year to the next.

(313323)

107
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average per child education spending was in Salford (a) in 1997 and (b) in the latest period for which information is available.

(313324)

108
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants there were in Salford schools (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which information is available.

(313325)

109
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many representations (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have received from (i) hon. Members and (ii) London boroughs on the number of primary school places in London in (A) 2008 and (B) 2009; how many (1) requests for meetings each received from and (2) meetings each had with (x) hon. Members with and (y) London boroughs on the matter; and which boroughs were involved in each case.

(313452)

110
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding he plans to allocate to the new support activities for families referred to in Chapter six of his Department's Green Paper, On Support for all.

(313543)

111
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (a) companies or individuals in the private sector and (b) other organisations.

(313219)

112
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in his Department and its predecessors and in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313248)

113
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers were employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) North East England in each year since 1997.

(313459)

114
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils achieved GCSE grades A* to C including English and mathematics in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in 2009.

(313479)

115
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary school teachers were employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.

(313480)

116
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on school buildings in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) nationwide in each year since 2008.

(313482)

117
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England received education maintenance allowance in 2009.

(313484)

118
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide have received education maintenance allowance in each year since 2008-09.

(313485)

119
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils achieved at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in 2009.

(313489)

120
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school teachers were employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in 2009.

(313490)

121
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which constituency had the highest number of its residents attending a university in each year since 1997.

(313491)

122
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class size for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) England in each year since 1997.

(313492)

123
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average teacher to pupil ratio was in infant school classes in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) England in each year since 1997.

(313493)

124
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary school education in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) nationwide in each year since 1997.

(313495)

125
Keith Hill (Streatham): 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 Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313401)

126
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 137W, on academies: sponsorship, what the increase was in the proportion of pupils achieving at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in 2009 in schools, other than academy schools, which had fewer than (a) 50, (b) 40 and (c) 30 per cent. of pupils achieving this standard in 2008.

(312798)

127
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many first-time (a) male and (b) female entrants into the youth justice system aged (i) 10, (ii) 11, (iii) 12, (iv) 13, (v) 14, (vi) 15, (vii) 16 and (viii) 17 years old there were in each of the last three years.

(313121)

128
Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanisms are in place for the benchmarking of teaching practice in vocational courses in schools.

(313298)

129
Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on students' careers of the availability of vocational courses in schools.

(313299)

130
Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the 20 most popular vocational courses taught in schools are; and what proportion of students passed those courses in the latest period for which figures are available.

(313300)

131
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many childcare places have been created in Houghton and Washington East constituency since 2000.

(313068)

132
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department and its predecessors have provided for (a) computers and (b) information and communications technologies in schools and colleges in the City of Sunderland in the last five years for which figures are available.

(313189)

133
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) correspondence and (b) reports and reviews on safeguarding in Doncaster have been received by (i) the Director for Children and Learners in the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber and (ii) the Children's Services Adviser in the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber since 1 January 2004; and on what date each was received.

(312792)

134
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what communications his Department has received on safeguarding in Doncaster from (a) the Director for Children and Learners in the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the Children's Services Adviser in the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber since 1 January 2004; and on what date each was received.

(312793)

135
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what reasons Mr Mark Hodson gave his Department for leaving his post as Director of Children's Services in Doncaster in 2007.

(312794)

136
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 were classified as persistent absentees in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2003.

(312795)

137
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of white British (a) boys and (b) girls who were eligible for free school meals were classified as persistent absentees in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2003.

(312796)

138
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assistance his Department is providing to the London Borough of Hillingdon to support the borough's role in caring for trafficked children.

(313059)

139
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers and teaching assistants were employed in schools in each constituency in the South West in each year since 1997.

(313165)

140
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding was allocated for the provision of extra-curricular activities in schools in (a) the South West and (b) Torbay constituency in each year since 1997.

(313332)

141
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on bottled drinking water since 1 April 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(313288)

142
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313582)

143
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects on the welfare of children of the provisions in the Children, Schools and Families Bill on family court proceedings.

(312932)

Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners

144
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent representations he has received on the level of contribution from central Government towards church repairs.

(313296)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

145
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he issued an Article 14 direction with regard to the proposed runway extension at London Southend Airport.

(312996)

146
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, column 1266W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; what proportion of staff received no bonus; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses.

(313129)

147
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements for aggregate extraction the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy places upon councils in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Staffordshire.

(313441)

148
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses local authorities in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the West Midlands are required to provide under the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy.

(313444)

149
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people resident in Staffordshire have successfully applied for each of his Department's shared equity housing schemes.

(313445)

150
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of progress towards his Department's target of three million new homes by 2026; and what estimate he has made of the sum to be contributed by the Government towards such building.

(313446)

151
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 30 June 2009, Official Report, columns 7-10WS, on housing, what the (a) housing debt and (b) servicing costs were in each of the 202 local authorities referred to in each of the last three years; and when he expects to conclude his review of council housing finance and the future of local council housing.

(313118)

152
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, columns 816-18W, on housing: low incomes, if he will publish the figures for takeup of Open Market Homebuy from the second quarter of 2009-10 to the date of closure of the scheme to new applicants.

(313284)

153
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313220)

154
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and its predecessors and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313247)

155
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313400)

156
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to make a decision on the 199 proposals shortlisted by the Local Government Association and submitted to him under the provisions of the Sustainable Communities Act 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(313063)

157
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Trusts Services Authority issues guidance to local authorities on obtaining information on the sexual orientation of social tenants and leaseholders.

(313087)

158
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to encourage home-based working in (a) local authority and (b) housing association social housing tenancies.

(313089)

159
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff work in the Tenant Services Authority communications team; and what the cost to the public purse was of that team on the latest date for which figures are available.

(313092)

160
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what means the contents of the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 January 2010, Official Report, columns 6-7WS, on planning, appeared in the Daily Telegraph on the morning of 19 January 2010; and who authorised the provision of the information to the Daily Telegraph.

(312931)

161
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(313031)

162
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313583)

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

163
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, columns 375-6W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; what proportion of staff received no bonus; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses.

(313128)

164
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the effect of digital switchover of radio on local and community commercial radio stations in Scotland; and if his Department will take steps to ensure the continuing financial viability of such stations after switchover.

(312939)

165
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with broadcasters to ensure that public service radio broadcasting continues to provide universal coverage to listeners in Scotland after the digital switchover.

(312940)

166
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313221)

167
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many premises had a 24 hour alcohol licence in each year since 2005.

(313017)

168
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what occasions the (a) Tourism Advisory Council, (b) inter-Ministerial Group on Tourism and (c) Tourism 2012 Ministerial Advisory Group have met since April 2009.

(313020)

169
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313244)

170
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on Streatham constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313399)

171
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the English Heritage At Risk register will next be updated.

(312647)

172
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries (a) opened and (b) closed in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(312650)

173
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding he plans to allocate to the (a) British Film Institute National Film Centre, (b) British Museum World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre, (c) British Library newspaper archive and (d) new Stonehenge Visitors' Centre in each of the next five years.

(312990)

174
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the research project by Peter Brett Associates on the effects of car parking charges in Richmond and Bushy Parks.

(312991)

175
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects Ofcom to designate the Advertising Standards Authority as the regulator for video on demand advertising under the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009.

(312992)

176
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 88W, on departmental manpower, on what matters each of the 43 policy and senior advisers provide advice.

(313041)

177
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the budget is for the PriceWaterhouseCoopers evaluation of his Department's free swimming programmes; and when he expects the report to be published.

(312802)

178
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has the Big Lottery Fund has given to sport-related activities in 2008-09.

(312803)

179
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313584)

180
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys were provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department since March 2009; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313171)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

181
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service accommodation properties in (a) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, (b) the Highlands and (c) Scotland have an energy certificate rating of (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C, (iv) D, (v) E, (vi) F and (vii) G.

(312114)

182
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department sold in each local authority area in Scotland in each of the last two years; and how many were sold or otherwise transferred to (a) the relevant local authority and (b) a registered social landlord.

(312115)

183
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 300284, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313133)

184
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has had with representatives of the Atomic Weapons Establishment on the development of new facilities at Aldermaston in the last 12 months.

(313383)

185
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on Atomic Weapons Establishment facilities at Aldermaston in each of the last five years.

(313384)

186
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the development of new nuclear weapons at Aldermaston.

(313385)

187
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the UK-US Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty to be ratified by the US Congress.

(313253)

188
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has allocated for the (a) procurement, (b) maintenance, (c) compliance testing and (d) security of information technology systems in 2010-11.

(313553)

189
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on information technology in the last three financial years; how much of this was spent on (a) software development and testing and (b) application including (i) staff training, (ii) the cost of new hardware and software and (iii) the cost of launching into the live environment.

(313554)

190
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which departmental information technology projects have been outsourced to companies based overseas in the last three years; and what the monetary value was of each such contract.

(313555)

191
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, columns 17-18W, on radioactive materials: imports, from which countries of origin the uranium which was enriched to military grade at the gaseous diffusion plant at BNFL Capenhurst was obtained; and what materials have been enriched at that plant since 31 March 2002.

(313540)

192
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, columns 17-18W, on radioactive materials: imports, what the provisions are of the strict materials accountancy regime to which reference was made in the Answer; which organisation carries out the accountancy checks; and to whom that organisation reports.

(313541)

193
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313222)

194
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he expects to allocate in respect of contract work related to the new aircraft carrier project to be undertaken in Northern Ireland.

(313194)

195
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to use HMS Ironduke to assist in the humanitarian effort in Haiti.

(312874)

196
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to provide support from the military security and stabilisation teams to assist with the humanitarian effort in Haiti.

(312875)

197
N Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are plans to deploy elements of (a) the NATO Response Force and (b) an EU Battlegroup to Haiti.

(312719)

198
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 99-100WS, on future rotary wing strategy, when he expects to sign contracts for the 22 additional Chinook helicopters.

(313259)

199
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 99-100WS, on future rotary wing strategy, whether he expects to order the additional 22 Chinook helicopters through (a) foreign military sales orders with the US administration, (b) direct commercial purchase from Boeing Company and (c) Finmeccanica in Italy.

(313289)

200
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 99-100WS, on future rotary wing strategy, whether the additional 22 Chinook helicopters will be fitted with the Julius standard flight deck.

(313290)

201
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on its Green Helicopter initiative; and if he will make a statement.

(313545)

202
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313243)

203
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent assessment is of the likely effects on life extension of Vanguard-class submarines should continuous at-sea deterrence cease.

(313549)

204
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to the hon. Member for Ashfield on NATO's (a) nuclear policy and (b) New Strategic Concept Group; and if he will make a statement.

(313551)

205
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 87W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, how many personnel (a) wounded and (b) deployed outside the wire of a main operating base in Afghanistan have not been issued with a morphine auto injector.

(312804)

206
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent research his Department has undertaken on the predictability of the outbreak of future conflicts of (a) a state-against-state and (b) an insurgency nature; and ifhe will make a statement.

(313106)

207
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the recommendations of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review have since been fully funded.

(313107)

208
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been signed in respect of the construction of new (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels since May 1997.

(313108)

209
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on women serving as crew members of Her Majesty's submarines.

(313109)

210
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Astute and (b) Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programmes; and if he will make a statement.

(313110)

211
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which 50 substitute (a) service family and (b) single living accommodation properties in Scotland had the highest rent in the last 12 months.

(312720)

212
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has provided for the rehabilitation work of Help for Heroes in Scotland in each of the last five years.

(312721)

213
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the monetary value was of allowances paid to his Department's civilian staff based in Afghanistan in 2008-09.

(312722)

214
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(313185)

215
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313585)

216
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys have been provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department in 2009-10 to date; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313173)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

217
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps (a) he and (b) Ofgem have taken to ensure that energy supplies provide fair payment terms to small businesses.

(313111)

218
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (a) companies or individuals in the private sector and (b) other organisations.

(313223)

219
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions since 2006 air exclusion zones around licensed nuclear installations have been breached; what action was taken in each case; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report made on each incident.

(313120)

220
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost was of holding the public meeting on his Department's document on nuclear justification held at the Marriott Hotel, Marble Arch on 19 January 2010; and what consideration his Department gave to holding the meeting on its premises.

(313272)

221
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent which (i) were in fuel poverty in the latest period for which figures are available, (ii) have come out of fuel poverty since 1997 and (iii) have re-entered fuel poverty since 1997.

(313516)

222
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of fuel poverty among the residents of Ashford constituency.

(313519)

223
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in his Department and its predecessors in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313246)

224
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since its inception.

(313398)

225
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 134W, on government departments: energy, which Departments have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded a grant through the (i) Low Carbon Technology Programme and (ii) Salix finance scheme; and how much funding has been awarded to each Government department through each scheme.

(312797)

226
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the potential financial contribution to the UK economy of the micro-combined heat and power industry.

(313547)

227
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely contribution of coal gasification to UK energy needs; and if he will make a statement.

(313188)

228
N John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many renewable obligations certificates were issued to developers of renewable energy technologies in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.

(313032)

229
N John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the monetary value was of renewable obligation certificates received by the developers of renewable energy technologies in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.

(313033)

230
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on bottled drinking water since its establishment; and if he will make a statement.

(313183)

231
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313586)

232
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department provides to owners of residential craft in respect of insulation and heating efficiency where the craft is used as a main residence.

(313014)

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

233
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 300896, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313134)

234
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313224)

235
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria Natural England has put in place in order to enable landowners to be paid through the single payment scheme to permit the introduction of flood alleviation schemes.

(312983)

236
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to discuss Professor Sir Patrick Bateson's report on legislation on dangerous dogs with its author.

(312984)

237
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to redefine controls on dangerous dogs to apply to all dogs rather than specific breeds.

(312985)

238
N Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in 2010.

(313044)

239
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents of fly-tipping in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent in each of the last five years.

(313512)

240
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been seized and put down in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent in the last 12 months.

(313522)

241
Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases he has considered under paragraph (a) 3 and (b) 4 of Schedule 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009; how many such cases he determined in each such year; how many such cases he determined within (A) six, (B) nine and (C) 12 months of receipt; and what the (1) shortest and (2) longest time taken to reach a determination was on such a case in each such year.

(313378)

242
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313242)

243
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313397)

244
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313587)

245
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys have been provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department since March 2009; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313175)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

246
N Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will revise his Department's guidance in relation to property development in the north of Cyprus in light of the Court of Appeal judgment of 19 January 2010 in the case of Apostolides v Orams.

(313057)

247
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2009, Official Report, column 304W, on departmental pay, how many staff in his Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what proportion of the total work force this represents; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses.

(313141)

248
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has recently altered its travel advice in respect of areas close to the Cabinda province of Angola.

(313023)

249
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313225)

250
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review the advice on his Department's website concerning the purchase of property in northern Cyprus in light of the Court of Appeal judgment in Apostolides v Orams; and if he will make a statement.

(312930)

251
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Stelios Award for business co-operation to the Government's policy objectives in respect of bi-communal relations in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (313035)

252
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the outcome of the case of Apostolides v Orams on progress towards a settlement in Cyprus.

[R] (313036)

253
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the renewal of the UNFICYP mandate and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1898; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (313037)

254
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Indonesian government on its decision not to grant a licence to the Sound of Hope radio network.

(312986)

255
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese government on its policy towards the Sound of Hope radio network.

(312987)

256
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Afghanistan's GDP attributable to bribery; what steps his Department is taking to counter bribery in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(313156)

257
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer the letter from the hon. Member for Romsey of 2 September 2009, on an enquiry made on behalf of her constituents, Mr and Mrs J Cook.

(313144)

258
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313241)

259
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 December 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S Choudhry.

(313438)

260
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, what steps the Government is taking to ensure women from civil society participate fully in the forthcoming Afghanistan Conference.

(313045)

261
Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice he has obtained on the law of the sea and the application of the national minimum wage to seafarers working on foreign-flagged ships operating between two UK ports.

(313368)

262
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of progress towards securing the release of Paul and Rachel Chandler who have been kidnapped by Somali pirates.

(312799)

263
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(313187)

264
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313588)

265
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys were provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department in 2009; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313174)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

266
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the reciprocal agreement for medical cover with (a) the Channel Islands and (b) the Isle of Man was terminated; and if he will make a statement.

(313527)

267
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical negligence cases funded by conditional fee agreements were closed in each of the last five years; in how many such cases damages were paid, whether by agreement to settle or award; in such cases where damages were paid, what the costs of defending the cases were; what the legal costs paid to the claimants for (a) base costs and (b) success fees were; and in cases where damages were paid, what amounts were paid in after the event insurance premiums.

(312648)

268
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department undertook for the purposes of its consultation and impact assessment on automatic generic substitution in respect of assessment of the (a) effect on incentives for investments in research and development, (b) the potential health impacts on patients and (c) the one-off costs, ongoing costs and potential savings; and if he will make a statement.

(312642)

269
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that patients continue to receive the most appropriate treatment under its preferred approach in the proposal for automatic generic substitution of medicines; what role the quarterly reviewed select list will play in this process; and if he will make a statement.

(312643)

270
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department consulted the National Patient Safety Agency during its discussions on proposals to introduce automatic generic substitution of medicines.

(312644)

271
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time was for which a resident of Salford waited for (a) cancer treatment to start, (b) a heart by-pass operation, (c) a hip replacement and (d) a cataract removal from the time of first presenting to a GP in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available.

(313326)

272
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) dentists there were in Salford in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest date for which information is available; and what assessment he has made of the standard of healthcare provided in Salford in each of those periods.

(313327)

273
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners in Salford constituency have received a free eye test in each of the last five years.

(313562)

274
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to answer Question 300302, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313136)

275
N Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library at the earliest opportunity a copy of the report of the inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust commissioned by his Department and chaired by Robert Francis, QC.

(313019)

276
N Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of his recent discussions with a delegation from the Isle of Man government on reciprocal health arrangements; and if he will make a statement.

(313048)

277
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the correlation between trends in the level of unemployment and trends in the level of illnesses attributable to drink or drugs.

(313254)

278
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received from the Chief Medical Officer on the effects on public health of present trends in the level of unemployment.

(313291)

279
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers and officials in his Department have held with NHS staff in London in 2009-10 to discuss (i) reviews of the acute hospital sector in London, (ii) options for closing one or more hospitals in London and (iii) options for closing units or services at London hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(313447)

280
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS on chaplaincy services in each of the last five years.

(313181)

281
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made on the proportion of people who have a mental health disorder; and on what evidence his estimate is based.

(313182)

282
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by (a) his Department and (b) the National Health Service on chaplaincy services in 2008-09.

(313294)

283
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313226)

284
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on making myalgic encephalomyelitis a notifiable illness for the purposes of blood donation.

(313595)

285
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to (a) commission and (b) evaluate research on the possible health effects of receiving blood donated by a person with myalgic encephalomyelitis.

(313596)

286
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to provide funding for biomedical research into the causes, transmission and treatment of (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis and (b) other xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related illnesses.

(313597)

287
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to test patients for xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related illnesses.

(313607)

288
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent severe weather conditions on ambulance response times in (a) the Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England.

(313157)

289
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people transported to hospital by helicopter in preference to transport by ambulance in December 2009 and January 2010 in circumstances attributable to severe weather conditions.

(313158)

290
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely number of excess deaths attributable to cold weather in January 2010.

(313159)

291
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged (a) between 0 and 15, (b) between 16 and 24, (c) between 25 and 39, (d) between 40 and 59 and (e) 60 years and over, who were admitted to hospital in December 2009 and January 2010 with conditions attributable to severe weather conditions.

(313275)

292
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support for dementia (a) patients and (b) their carers is being provided from the additional funding awarded to NHS Cumbria through the National Dementia Strategy.

(312723)

293
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosthetic shoes have been rebuilt by the NHS for patients following leg operations in 2009-10; how many companies manufacture such shoes under contract with the NHS; with which such companies the NHS is in dispute over the contract; and if he will make a statement.

(313038)

294
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been admitted to hospital in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent after being attacked by a dog in the last five years.

(313509)

295
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313240)

296
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 552, on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, if he will publish the terms of reference of the internal governance review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

(313601)

297
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 552, on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, by (a) what mechanisms and (b) whom the decision was made to conduct an internal governance review rather than an independent inquiry; and whether he was consulted on that decision.

(313602)

298
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 552, on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, what progress has been made on the internal governance review; and whether individuals outside that Authority (a) have contributed and (b) will contribute to that review.

(313603)

299
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 552, on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, what changes have been implemented by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to prevent a recurrence of the circumstances under consideration in the internal governance review.

(313604)

300
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 552, on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, whether the terms of reference of the internal governance review include the Authority's contact with the BBC in the making of a Panorama programme.

(313605)

301
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department made the payment of £580,000 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, as referred to its 2008-09 Annual Report.

(313606)

302
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 552, how much funding his Department has provided to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for legal assistance in respect of the circumstances under consideration in the internal governance review.

(313608)

303
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average starting salary of an NHS doctor was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.

(313379)

304
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average starting salary of an NHS nurse was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.

(313380)

305
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average starting salary of an NHS dentist was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.

(313381)

306
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent per capita by the NHS in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year since 1997.

(313382)

307
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313395)

308
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in Chesterfield constituency (a) under 18 and (b) over 60 years old were registered as carers in each of the last five years.

(312807)

309
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the use of robotic radiosurgery systems in the National Health Service.

(313049)

310
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost savings consequent on full implementation of the 2008 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of chronic asthma.

(313528)

311
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he spent on metered dose inhalers in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

(313529)

312
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by each primary care trust in the provision of inhalers which do not contain chlorofluorocarbons.

(313530)

313
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that all asthma patients have personal asthma action plans.

(313531)

314
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preparations his Department has made for managing the symptoms of asthma patients who contract (a) swine influenza and (b) seasonal influenza during the winter.

(313532)

315
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has made to encourage general practitioners to implement the 2008 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of chronic asthma.

(313560)

316
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated for (a) the treatment of heart disease and (b) cancer care in Houghton and Washington East constituency in the last five years.

(313067)

317
N Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 1059W, on swine influenza: disease control, what consideration he has given to the merits of (a) using the NHS number alone to track take-up of the vaccine and (b) requiring only monthly totals of vaccinations administered by each GP or practice to be submitted.

(312649)

318
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 273W, on NHS: manpower, how many full-time equivalent (a) managers and (b) senior managers were in post in each (i) primary care trust and (ii) strategic health authority in each of the last five years.

(313561)

319
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to review the management of mentally ill offenders within the prison system.

(313060)

320
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to make it a criminal offence for the food industry to manufacture and sell artificial food products which are known to have seriously harmful effects on health.

(312891)

321
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received from (a) professional, (b) campaigning and (c) other public health organisations on the effects on coronary health of artificial trans fats; and if he will bring forward proposals to ban the sale of products containing artificial trans fats in light of the most recent evidence on those effects.

(312892)

322
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what proportion of bone marrow transplant cases was the patient still alive five years after surgery in each of the last five years.

(313114)

323
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed in (i) the South West and (ii) the South Devon Healthcare Trust in each year since 1997.

(313331)

324
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on bottled drinking water in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(313287)

325
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313589)

326
N Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect of the Physical Agents Directive on the number of patients per week who receive medical scans.

(312348)

327
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances there were at (a) accident and emergency departments and (b) minor injury units in (i) December 2008 and (ii) December 2009.

(312941)

328
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many single rooms there are in each hospital which has opened since 2001; and how many there were in each hospital which they replaced.

(312942)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

329
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue from fines for motoring offences in (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales arising from detection by speed cameras was paid into the Consolidated Fund (i) directly and (ii) from surpluses of safety camera partnerships in each of the last 10 years; what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on this matter; and if he will make a statement.

(313155)

330
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to reduce the amount of time spent by police officers on administrative tasks since 1997; what steps he plans to take in the next six months; what estimate he has made of the average amount of time spent by police officers on administration per (i) day, (ii) week and (iii) month; what recent representations he has received on police morale; what reply he gave; and if he will make a statement.

(313278)

331
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police authority area are deployed (a) to Iraq, (b) to Afghanistan and (c) elsewhere outside the UK; and how many are serving in specialist units outside their force area.

(312999)

332
N James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of the provisions of the Prüm Treaty for the retention of information on the National DNA Database.

(312638)

333
N James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA records obtained by the police since 1997 have not been loaded on to the National DNA Database; and if he will make a statement.

(312639)

334
N James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of names attached to records on the National DNA Database which (a) are mis-spelled and (b) have been attached in error; and if he will make a statement.

(312640)

335
N James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to police forces on the types of information to be disclosed in soft data disclosures under enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks.

(312641)

336
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to answer Question 300301, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313135)

337
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the manual trial period for authority to carry capabilities as part of the e-borders programme.

(313295)

338
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313227)

339
N Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in 2010.

(313043)

340
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners have been detained under immigration powers in (a) immigration removal centres and (b) prison for over 12 months.

(313211)

341
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been fined for selling alcohol to under-age persons in each year since 1997; and what the average fine was in each such year.

(313016)

342
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) offences and (b) violent offences were committed between 3 am and 6 am in each year since 1997.

(313018)

343
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licensees were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of selling alcohol to under age persons in each year since 1997.

(313097)

344
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop and searches have been carried out by the Metropolitan Police under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since 2003-04; and how many such searches resulted in arrests for (a) possession of an offensive weapon or dangerous instrument and (b) other reasons.

(313042)

345
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted for offences relating to comments posted on social networking websites under counter-terrorism legislation.

(313338)

346
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue was raised through fines consequent on (a) parking, (b) speeding and (c) other driving offences in each year since 2005.

(313427)

347
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 32W, on departmental sick leave, what the average number of annual working days lost per employee through sick leave was in each of the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of such leave.

(313439)

348
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has a YouTube channel.

(313524)

349
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on its website in 2009-10.

(313559)

350
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) SIM cards were confiscated from persons held in immigration detention centres in each of the last five years.

(313450)

351
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency spent on first class travel in each year since 2005.

(313451)

352
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were transferred from immigration removal centres to open prisons in each of the last three years; and what the criteria for transferral are.

(313453)

353
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the prison population had a profile stored on the National DNA Database on the latest date for which figures are available.

(313454)

354
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many samples not linked to a personal profile there were on the National DNA Database on the latest date for which figures are available.

(313455)

355
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminals convicted before the creation of the National DNA Database had given a DNA sample to police.

(313456)

356
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on the Integrated Case Work IT system (Integrity) to date; and what the overall budget for the project is.

(313457)

357
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Integrated Case Work IT system (Integrity) to be fully operational.

(313458)

358
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency and its predecessor spent on (a) advertising, (b) refreshments and (c) stationery in each year since 2005.

(313499)

359
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) SIM cards have been issued to immigration detainees in each of the last five years.

(313500)

360
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interviews at passport centres resulted in the refusal of a passport in 2009.

(313501)

361
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts with a monetary value of over £2 million the UK Border Agency and its predecessors have signed in each of the last five years.

(313503)

362
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff were based in each overseas country on 1 December 2009.

(313504)

363
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Serious Organised Crime Agency warranted officers were based in each overseas country on 1 December 2009.

(313505)

364
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded as homicide committed by a stranger attributable to quarrel, revenge or loss of temper in each year since 1997-98.

(313335)

365
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of homicide in each year since 1997-98 had previously been convicted of homicide; and what the (a) name of the offender, (b) date of first offence, (c) sentence for first offence, (d) release date, (e) date of second offence and (f) sentence for second offence was in each case.

(313336)

366
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained without charge on suspicion of terrorist or related offences for over (a) 14 days and (b) 28 days in the last 10 years.

(313337)

367
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313239)

368
N Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations govern the re-admission to the UK of a UK national who has taken US citizenship but whose citizenship has been revoked upon deportation from the United States.

(312726)

369
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) UK in each year since their inception.

(313098)

370
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers have been employed in (i) South Tyneside, (ii) the North East and (iii) England and Wales in each year since 2008.

(313488)

371
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how domestic burglaries were reported in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England and Wales in each year since 2006.

(313494)

372
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of anti-social behaviour police forces in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales have received in each year since 1997.

(313498)

373
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of serious violent crime offences in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009.

(313598)

374
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of overall violent crime offences in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009.

(313600)

375
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313394)

376
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent consideration he has given to allowing British citizens resident in (a) the European Union and (b) Switzerland to submit passport renewal applications to be processed by post.

(313533)

377
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of (a) his Department's programme of intercepting communications data and (b) the proposed Interception Modernisation Programme with the requirements of the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009.

(313534)

378
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many sites and over how many hectares the illegal growing of opium poppies was discovered in each year since 1997; and in which regions such sites were located.

(313536)

379
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unsuccessful asylum seekers have given birth in the UK while awaiting immigration determination in each of the last five years; and of these how many have (a) applied for section 4 hard case support and (b) applied for section 4 support after the deadline of six weeks after birth and were subsequently refused payment.

(313537)

380
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on establishing rape crisis centres in London since May 2008; and how many such centres have been opened.

(313538)

381
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the visa section of the British Embassy in Bern received in overseas passport fees in respect of passports issued in Switzerland in each of the last five years.

(313539)

382
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) lap dancing clubs and (b) sex establishments in operation in each region in each year since 1997.

(313022)

383
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 524W, on religious buildings: registration, if he will make an assessment of the likely effect on the Registrar General's power to refuse applications for registration as a place of worship of the provisions proposed in the Equality Bill.

(313088)

384
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in (a) overall recorded crime, (b) recorded violent crime, (c) burglary and (d) vehicle thefts in Houghton and Washington East constituency has been between 2000 and the most recent date for which figures are available.

(313190)

385
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the provision of SOS night-time emergency buses in urban centres; and how much he plans to allocate to (a) revenue expenditure and (b) capital expenditure on vehicles for such services in 2010-11.

(313191)

386
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(313184)

387
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313590)

388
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been referred to the human trafficking national referral mechanism by (a) police and (b) the UK Border Agency since 1 April 2009.

(313009)

389
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities have referred children to the human trafficking national referral mechanism since its inception.

(313010)

390
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys were provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department in 2009; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313168)

391
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sickness days were taken consequent on assaults on (a) police and (b) community support officers in each police force in each of the last five years.

(312989)

392
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol-related incidents were recorded by each basic command unit of Hampshire Constabulary in each of the last five years.

(312725)

393
N Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) largest, (b) smallest and (c) average expenditure was on a Serious and Organised Crime Agency operation in each year since the Agency was established; and if he will make a statement.

(312813)

394
N Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency's budget was spent on operations in each year since it was established; and if he will make a statement.

(312814)

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

395
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, on what dates (a) Bellamy's Bar, (b) Bellamy's Club Room and (c) the Astor Suite have been refurbished since 1997; and what the cost was of each such refurbishment.

(313557)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

396
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effects of the earthquake in Haiti on the capacity for the transfer of remittance payments from the UK to that country.

(313556)

397
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (a) companies or individuals in the private sector and (b) other organisations.

(313228)

398
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313238)

399
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) government of Egypt and (b) Palestinian authorities on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza; and if he will make a statement.

(313435)

400
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the authorities in Somalia on the humanitarian situation in that country; and if he will make a statement.

(313436)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

401
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of time probation staff spend in face to face contact with offenders; and if he will make a statement.

(313069)

402
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice upon which the Government relies in asserting that the provisions of Section 1 of the Act of Settlement 1700 do not give illegitimate children the right of succession to the Crown.

(313283)

403
N Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate is for fines levied by each magistrates' court.

(312896)

404
N Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which magistrates' courts do not have on-site facilities for payment to be made in person.

(312897)

405
N Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sales orders in respect of residential property there were in each year since 1997; and how many charging orders over residential properties have been issued in each year since 1997.

(312927)

406
N Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which magistrates courts have withdrawn in-person fine payment facilities in each of the last five years.

(312928)

407
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 300893, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313137)

408
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what opportunities he expects there to be for members of the public to contribute to the review of the family justice system in England and Wales announced on 20 January; when the review panel will be appointed; whether it will hold public hearings; and whether its proceedings will be (a) published and (b) subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

(313542)

409
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313229)

410
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse was of the consideration of a complaint by the Legal Complaints Service in each of the last five years.

(313372)

411
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average the Legal Complaints Service took to consider a complaint in each of the last five years.

(313376)

412
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monetary value was of each of the 10 largest (a) court-ordered payments and (b) out of court settlements made to prisoners by (i) the National Offender Management Service and (ii) Her Majesty's Prison Service in the last five years; and what the nature of the claim was in each such case.

(313117)

413
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many televisions were purchased by HM Prison Service in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

(313196)

414
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to identify potential ligature points in cellular accommodation in (a) HM Prison New Hall and (b) other prisons.

(313197)

415
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to replace rigid bars in shower doors and frames in cells in (a) HM Prison The Mount and (b) other prisons.

(313198)

416
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female foreign national prisoners there are, broken down by (i) offence category and (ii) length of sentence.

(313199)

417
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the high level evaluation of the introduction of the standardised core day in prisons in England and Wales.

(313200)

418
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escape list prisoners there are in each category of prison accommodation.

(313201)

419
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hospital beds in each prison are being used to ease overcrowding elsewhere in the prison.

(313202)

420
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons used hospital beds to ease overcrowding elsewhere in the prison in 2009.

(313203)

421
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which (a) young offender institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) other units juveniles are accommodated securely and meals are taken communally.

(313204)

422
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisons, (b) young offender institutions, (c) secure training centres and (d) other units in which juveniles are accommodated securely employ a nutritionist.

(313205)

423
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women prisoners have given birth since April 2009.

(313206)

424
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women became pregnant while serving a prison sentence in the last year for which data is available.

(313207)

425
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been admitted to a mother and baby unit in (a) a prison and (b) Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in each of the last 10 years.

(313208)

426
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women prisoners in mother and baby units are being held at locations more than 50 miles from their home address.

(313209)

427
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners have died subsequent to a recommendation for parole and before their release in the last five years.

(313210)

428
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Mr Bernard Pennington of HM Prison Kingston received legal aid funding in respect of his claim against the Chair of the Prisons Independent Monitoring Board.

(313369)

429
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of staff expected to leave posts at the Land Registry as a result of the review of its offices and (b) the number of additional staff to be employed by the Land Registry in 2010-11.

(313062)

430
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the (a) Chief Executive and (b) Director of Operations left their positions at the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.

(313066)

431
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies 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.

(313434)

432
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals were charged with a criminal offence in each year since 2005.

(313502)

433
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any persons convicted of homicide since 1997-98 having previously been convicted of homicide have been released from their sentence for the second offence.

(313365)

434
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are on each level of incentives and privileges.

(313366)

435
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) role and (b) responsibilities will be of the Chief Executive Officer of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS); and what the (i) role and (ii) responsibilities have been of the Director General of NOMS.

(313367)

436
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much he expects to be raised from the Victims Surcharge in each of the next five years.

(313523)

437
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and its predecessors and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313237)

438
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of (a) domestic burglary and (b) drug offences in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 2006.

(313487)

439
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on Streatham constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313393)

440
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, columns 11-12, on compulsory transfer agreements, with which countries negotiations to establish arrangements for prisoner transfers without consent are continuing; and how many foreign national prisoners there are from each such country.

(312635)

441
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, columns 11-12, on compulsory transfer agreements, how many foreign national prisoners have been returned to each of the 35 countries with which the UK has arrangements for prisoner transfers without consent since the inception of such arrangements.

(312636)

442
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, columns 11-12, on compulsory transfer agreements, how many foreign national prisoners there are from each of the 35 countries with which the UK has arrangements for prisoner transfers without consent.

(312637)

443
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentences for each type of offence were handed down to young offenders in 2009.

(313021)

444
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether probation staff (a) are permitted to apply for and (b) may be appointed to vacancies in the National Offender Management Service.

(313008)

445
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adults aged between 18 and 24 years old who entered custody in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 were receiving state benefits at the time of entering custody.

(313535)

446
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many representations he has received from hon. Members on the conduct of Burges Salmon LLP Solicitors.

(313113)

447
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) Torbay constituency, (b) the South West and (c) England were disqualified from driving as a result of an offence of (i) drink-driving, (ii) speeding and (iii) dangerous or reckless driving in each of the last 10 years.

(313334)

448
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(313186)

449
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313591)

450
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys have been provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department since the financial year 2008-09; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313177)

451
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when an assessment will be made of the effectiveness of the changes introduced in April 2009 to arrangements for the media to attend family court hearings.

(312933)

452
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to reply to Question 303548, on drugs in prisons, tabled on 26 November 2009.

(313115)

453
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 14 December 2009 concerning a constituent.

(312938)

Questions to the Leader of the House

454
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what the cost was of maintaining her Office's website for the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within her responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year.

(313039)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

455
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, columns 21-22W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; what proportion of staff received no bonus; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses.

(313130)

456
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313236)

457
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys have been provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10 to date; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313172)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

458
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Portsmouth region obtains a legacy from the London 2012 Olympics.

(313072)

459
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, when she expects the London Secure Communications Network to be fully implemented.

(313599)

Questions to the Prime Minister

460
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters were (a) discussed and (b) agreed upon in his meeting on 19 January with the President of the Council of the European Union.

(313544)

461
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what the membership is of the National Security Committee; how many times the Committee has met in the last 12 months; and what its remit is.

(313546)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

462
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313235)

Questions to the Solicitor General

463
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Solicitor General, when she plans to answer Question 300379, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313138)

464
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the investigation of Dynamic Decisions Capital Management undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office has been concluded.

(313119)

Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

465
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission provides to second home owners on their eligibility to register to vote in their electoral area of their second home.

(313091)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport

466
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the expansion of Southend Airport on the local community in respect of (a) road traffic and (b) noise in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(313145)

467
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations he consulted regarding the expansion of Southend Airport; if he will place in the Library copies of the representations he has received to date on this matter; and if he will make a statement.

(313146)

468
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of people who drive (a) whilst using a mobile telephone, (b) without wearing a seat belt, (c) whilst disqualified and (d) without insurance; and if he will make a statement.

(313147)

469
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which local authorities in England and Wales use immobilisation as part of their parking enforcement activities; under what legislation this is regulated; and if he will make a statement.

(313148)

470
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) cars, (b) vans, (c) lorries and (d) motorcycles of each make were (i) clamped and (ii) crushed in each of the last three years; in what circumstances and under what legislative authority such vehicles are (A) clamped and (B) crushed; and if he will make a statement.

(313149)

471
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the level of greenhouse gas emissions of (a) passenger and (b) cargo aircraft using Southend Airport in the last 12 months; what representations he has received on this matter since January 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(313150)

472
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) departmental officials have had with representatives of BAA plc on proposals for the expansion of Southend Airport in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(313151)

473
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received on aircraft noise at Southend Airport; what response he gave; and if he will make a statement.

(313152)

474
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research his Department has commissioned on levels of noise pollution in the area surrounding Southend Airport in the last three years.

(313153)

475
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to assess the merits of proposals to expand airports; what changes to these criteria there have been since 1997; whether any changes are planned in the next six months; and if he will make a statement.

(313154)

476
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what legislative provisions in respect of street lighting are in force; what changes there have been to such legislation since its enactment; and if he will make a statement.

(313273)

477
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has contributed to funding for the renewal of street lighting in each year since 1997; what guidance his Department issues on criteria for the renewal of street lighting; and if he will make a statement.

(313274)

478
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the renewal of street lighting; and if he will make a statement.

(313276)

479
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many cars have been impounded in (a) Southend West constituency, (b) Essex, (c) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (d) England and Wales in each year since 2005; and at what total cost in each case in each such year.

(313277)

480
John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value for money of operating rail passenger services under public ownership; and if he will make a statement.

(313112)

481
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which 50 stretches of road have the highest rates of (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents; and how many (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents have taken place on each of these stretches in each of the last 10 years.

(312711)

482
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of road congestion in the next (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 25 and (d) 50 years.

(312712)

483
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what scenarios have been run under the National Transport Model in the last five years.

(312713)

484
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many bus companies have (a) become bankrupt, (b) gone into liquidation, (c) ceased trading for other reasons and (d) started up in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the smallest geographical area for which data is available.

(312714)

485
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many train companies have (a) become bankrupt, (b) gone into liquidation, (c) ceased trading for other reasons and (d) started up in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the lowest geographical area for which data is available.

(312715)

486
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many flights to (a) domestic destinations, (b) destinations in near Europe and (c) other international destinations departed from UK airports in each of the last three years; and how many of these were domestic lifeline flights.

(312994)

487
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of heavy goods vehicles weighing over 3.5 tonnes registered in (a) the UK and (b) abroad which use (i) motorways and (ii) dual carriageways.

(312995)

488
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average distance travelled by (a) domestic excluding lifeline, (b) near Europe and (c) other international flights departing from UK airports was in each of the last three years.

(312997)

489
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the maximum permitted take-off weight for planes departing from UK airports is, broken down by type of plane.

(312998)

490
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what restrictions apply to the jettisoning of aviation fuel over (a) British and (b) international waters.

(313000)

491
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what modelling the Government has done on (a) changes in car sharing rates and (b) the effect such changes have on road congestion; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the outcomes of such modelling.

(313001)

492
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what modelling the Government has done on the use of hard shoulder running; and if he will place a copy in the Library of the outcomes of such modelling.

(313002)

493
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what modelling the Government has done on the economic and environmental effects of a third runway at Heathrow; and if he will place a copy in the Library of the outcomes of such modelling.

(313003)

494
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much fuel was jettisoned by aircraft while in the air on (a) outward journeys from and (b) inward journeys to Great Britain, in the last year for which figures are available.

(313005)

495
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what arrangements are in place for the advance registration of air passenger details for holders of duel citizenship who book flights and leave a country on the passport of that country and arrive in the UK using a UK passport.

(313024)

496
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he plans to answer Question 300566, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313139)

497
N Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will extend the relaxation of enforcement of EU rules on drivers' hours in the Scottish Highlands and Islands to the week beginning 25 January 2010; and when he plans to make an announcement on future relaxations.

(312894)

498
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations his Department has received from (a) local authorities and (b) Royal Mail on the condition of road surfaces following the severe weather conditions in January 2010.

(313386)

499
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will discuss with Wirral Borough Council (a) damage caused by ice to roads in the borough and (b) the clearance of snow from main and side roads in the borough.

(313387)

500
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to announce the location of the facility to assemble the super express Agility train; what locations are under consideration; and how many such trains he expects to comprise the super express fleet.

(313255)

501
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many vessels carrying (a) crude oil or refined products and (b) liquefied gas which berthed at UK ports in each of the last six months had berthed in Yemen en route to the UK.

(313034)

502
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the risks to UK security from vessels which have travelled from Yemen berthing at UK ports; and what recent steps he has taken to minimise such risks.

(313040)

503
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other ogranisations.

(313270)

504
Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Olympic Delivery Authority on the likely effects of any removal of the through East Coast Main Line rail service to Glasgow on the level of spectator access to Olympic football tournament matches at Hampden Park from the North East; and if he will make a statement.

(313340)

505
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, 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.

(313433)

506
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many requests the Highways Agency has received from Royal Mail to clear the roads in (a) Ashford and (b) Kent in the last two years.

(313511)

507
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313234)

508
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(313392)

509
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what arrangements his Department has made under the London Underground public private partnership to ensure the continued operation of the London Underground system in the event of a failure by Tubelines to meets its contractual commitments under the partnership.

(313058)

510
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what changes he expects to be made to East Coast Main Line passenger rail services between Retford and London in May 2010 in respect of (a) daytime service frequency, (b) the number of services from Retford arriving in London before 10 am, (c) the latest direct train to leave London for Retford on (i) weekdays and (ii) Saturdays, (d) services at peak commuter hours, (e) services on Saturday evenings and (f) the overall number of services operated.

(313552)

511
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what mechanisms exist to ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's enforcement policy is (a) proportionate, (b) transparent, (c) consistent and (d) accountable.

(313328)

512
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many persons injured in road traffic accidents did not receive full compensation for injuries sustained in cases where the driver of the vehicle at fault was not insured in each of the last five years.

(313116)

513
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(313028)

514
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(313592)

515
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of scheduled trains operated by each franchised train operating company serving Kent which (a) were cancelled and (b) arrived late in each of the last five years.

(313428)

516
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what financial penalties apply in respect of each franchised train operating company serving Kent when scheduled trains (a) are cancelled and (b) arrive late.

(313429)

517
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many and what percentage of scheduled trains operated by each franchised train operating company in England (a) were cancelled and (b) arrived late in each of the last five years.

(313430)

518
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what funding his Department expects to provide in respect of the refurbishment of Dartford rail station.

(313431)

519
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys were provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in each year since 2007-08; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313170)

520
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent reports he has received of fires appearing above the SS Richard Montgomery in the Thames Estuary; and if he will make a statement.

(312645)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

521
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2009, Official Report, columns 282-3W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department received (a) an annual performance bonus and (b) an in-year bonus in 2008-09; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses.

(313132)

522
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on (i) the effects on employment in companies supplying the Bosch factory in Cardiff on the relocation of the factory outside of the UK and (ii) the effect of the possible closure of other Bosch factories in Wales.

(313329)

523
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of Tomorrow's Wales since the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election.

(312800)

524
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313250)

525
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) Blackberrys were provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) special advisers in his Department since April 2009; and at what cost to the public purse.

(313169)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

526
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 57W, on departmental pay, how many staff in the Department received both an annual performance bonus and an in-year bonus in 2008-09; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the largest combined bonus payment to an individual was; and who was responsible for awarding such bonuses.

(313125)

527
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on Streatham constituency of changes to the Government Equalities Office's policies since its establishment.

(313396)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

528
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department made of the effects on competition in the temporary and agency work sector of the four-year staging period for implementation of the Pensions Act 2008.

(312895)

529
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 57W, whether the notification provides details of the dates for which the payment applies.

(313065)

530
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints her Department and its agencies have received on the conduct of ATOS Heathcare in respect of a work capability assessment; and what percentage of such complaints have been made by claimants with mental health problems.

(313316)

531
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of applicants for employment and support allowance with mental health problems were classified as (a) unfit to work and (b) fully fit to work in 2009.

(313317)

532
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of employment and support allowance claimants scored enough points to be considered unable to work in 2009.

(313318)

533
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants with mental health problems scored enough points to be considered unable to work in 2009.

(313319)

534
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made to her Department on a work capability assessment since the introduction of the employment and support allowance.

(313320)

535
Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were eligible for (a) incapacity benefit in September 2008 and (b) employment and support allowance in September 2009.

(313321)

536
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to help new female claimants of jobseeker's allowance to find long-term employment in the last 12 months.

(313526)

537
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer Question 300567, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009.

(313140)

538
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to ensure that claimants of (a) unemployment benefit and (b) jobseeker's allowance are able to take up employment opportunities for (i) full-time work and (ii) work for under 30 hours per week.

(313388)

539
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of older people who do not claim the cold weather payment to which they are entitled.

(313389)

540
Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that pensioners who have lost all or a greater part of their pension due to failed occupational pension schemes are fully compensated under the new Financial Assistance Scheme regulations, with particular reference to (a) indexation reflecting that provided by their original schemes and (b) backdating to cover normal retirement age.

(313442)

541
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were assigned to the National Identity Fraud Unit in each location in each of the last five years.

(313256)

542
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) disability living allowance there are in Newcastle upon Tyne; and how many of these have issues of mental wellbeing or mental capacity or require support for mental health needs.

(313258)

543
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the outcome of Operation Golf in respect of identification of benefit fraud originating outside the UK; and (a) which resources and (b) how many staff of her Department and its agencies are assigned to the detection of such frauds.

(313260)

544
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the (a) number and (b) proportion of children in (i) each region of England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland who experienced material deprivation in (A) 2006-07, (B) 2007-08 and (C) 2008-09.

(313264)

545
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child benefit disregard in respect of housing benefit and council tax benefit introduced on 2 November 2009 is (a) awarded without claim or (b) claimed for; and if she will estimate the number of residents of Newcastle upon Tyne to whom this disregard applies.

(313279)

546
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on information technology in the last three financial years; how much was spent on (a) software development and testing and (b) applications including (i) staff training, (ii) the cost of new hardware and software and (iii) the cost of launching into the live environment.

(313373)

547
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of her Department's information technology projects have been outsourced in the last three years; and what the monetary value was of each contract let in respect of such projects.

(313374)

548
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has allocated for the (a) procurement, (b) maintenance, (c) compliance testing and (d) security of information technology systems in 2010-11.

(313375)

549
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (i) companies or individuals in the private sector and (ii) other organisations.

(313231)

550
N Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to publicise the application process for cold weather payments to (a) pensioners and (b) vulnerable households.

(312718)

551
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many places the Government has made available under the Young Person's Guarantee excluding those from the Future Jobs Fund; and if she will make a statement.

(312871)

552
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Future Jobs Fund jobs have been taken up by those leaving jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement.

(312872)

553
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Future Jobs Fund jobs have been confirmed; and how many of them are guaranteed to (a) be permanent, (b) last for up to three months, (c) last for between three and six months, (d) last for between six and nine months, (e) last for between nine and 12 months, (f) last for more than one year and (g) last for more than two years.

(312873)

554
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in a household in receipt of (a) pension credit and (b) winter fuel allowance in Ashford constituency in 2008-09.

(313507)

555
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance claimants there were in (i) Ashford constituency and (ii) Kent on the latest date for which figures are available.

(313514)

556
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Ashford constituency claimed attendance allowance in each of the last five years.

(313515)

557
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Ashford constituency have claimed disability living allowance in each of the last five years.

(313517)

558
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners resident in Ashford constituency are in receipt of the winter fuel allowance; and how much her Department paid to such pensioners in winter fuel allowance in 2009.

(313520)

559
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit has been in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the salary costs of staff in transition in each such year; and what proportion of employees in transition were classed as being so for more than six months in each year.

(313232)

560
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on pensioners per capita in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.

(313339)

561
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners (a) aged 80 years and over have claimed the £400 winter fuel payment and (b) aged 60 years and over have claimed the £250 winter fuel payment in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the United Kingdom in each winter since 2007-08.

(313486)

562
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed the cold weather payment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since its inception.

(313497)

563
Keith Hill (Streatham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Streatham constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997.

(313390)

564
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what projection she has made of the provision of job centres in Milton Keynes in the next five years.

(312646)

565
N John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the entitlement to employment rights will be of jobseeker's allowance claimants participating in the work for your benefit pilots; and if she will make a statement.

(313061)

566
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish each version of the sanctions regime applicable to (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) employment and support allowance and (d) income support which has been in effect for any period since 1997.

(313077)

567
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what outreach work is undertaken by Jobcentre Plus; and what plans she has for the future of such work.

(313078)

568
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessments her Department has made of the effectiveness of alternative sanctions regimes; and if she will publish the reports of those assessments.

(313079)

569
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes she plans to make to the Jobcentre Plus sanctions regime.

(313080)

570
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish each evaluation her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Jobcentre Plus sanctions regime.

(313081)

571
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanctions are available in relation to compulsory employment or training programmes; and how many times each such sanction has been used in each year since 1997.

(313082)

572
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times each type of sanction available for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) employment and support allowance and (d) income support has been used in each year since 1997.

(313083)

573
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many state pension payments were delayed in each month of 2009; what the monetary value of such payments was in each such month; and for what reasons a state pension payment may be delayed.

(313094)

574
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit payments were delayed in each month of 2009; what the monetary value of such payments was in each such month; and for what reasons a benefit payment may be delayed.

(313095)

575
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which diseases are in the category of diseases of the genito-urinary system for the purpose of classifying incapacity benefit claims; and how many people claiming incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance have each such disease.

(313096)

576
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget for Jobcentre Plus outreach work is in 2009-10; and what the budget will be in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.

(313160)

577
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) employment and support allowance have been sanctioned, broken down by the number of such sanctions received.

(313161)

578
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those aged 16 to 24 years old were classed as living in poverty in each financial year since 1996-97.

(313162)

579
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families were classed as living in poverty in each financial year since 1996-97.

(313163)

580
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants at the end of an entitlement to contribution-based jobseeker's allowance who (a) went on to claim income-based jobseeker's allowance, (b) went on to claim Class 1 national insurance credits only, (c) went on to claim another out of work benefit and (d) left benefits altogether in each year since 1997.

(313267)

581
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount spent by her Department on crisis loans on each day in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.

(313268)

582
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) severe disablement allowance whose capability for work was limited by obesity in each year since 1997.

(313269)

583
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 97 of the Pre-Budget Report 2009, what temporary employment programmes will be phased out by 2012-13; and what estimate she has made of the likely savings to her Department in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the following three years.

(313271)

584
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether benefits are paid to a claimant appealing against a decision not to be moved from the work category to the support employment allowance category.

(312727)

585
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of winter fuel payment in (a) Dunfermline and West Fife constituency and (b) Scotland who have had their claim wrongly refused because of administrative error.

(312808)

586
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on bottled drinking water in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(313030)

587
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the costs to her Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(313594)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

588
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate she has made of the gender pay gap in each (a) local authority area, (b) Government Office region and (c) parliamentary constituency.

[Transferred] (313266)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

589
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government made of using maximum take-off weight as a basis for the proposed per plane tax which was rejected in November 2008.

[Transferred] (313004)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

590
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners aged under 18 years are (i) undergoing detoxification programmes and (ii) receiving a maintenance prescription of heroin-substitute drugs.

[Transferred] (313550)

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

591
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what consideration he has given to the potential for the relocation of a Government office or executive agency to Ebbsfleet in the Kent Thameside growth area.

[Transferred] (313432)

592
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what remunerated positions Sir Thomas Legg declared prior to his appointment to review payments from the Additional Cost Allowance; and whether Sir Thomas was required to declare the amount of remuneration he receives from such positions.

[Transferred] (313437)

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