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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 27 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 27 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 27 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 27 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 27 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what requests for information on (a) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, (b) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, (c) reproductive cloning and (d) stem cell research were made to his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each year since 2005; and what decision was taken on each such request. | | (313932) | 2
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many part-time students have registered for a higher education course at (a) Newcastle College, (b) Northumbria University and (c) Newcastle University in each year since 2006. | | (313758) | 3
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department has provided for (a) teaching, (b) research and (c) staff development for (i) Newcastle and (ii) Northumbria universities since 2004-05. | | (314003) | 4
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students received non-repayable maintenance grants from (a) each education authority in the county of Tyne and Wear and (b) English local education authorities in each of the last five years; and what the average grant received by such students was in each case in each of the last five years. | | (314006) | 5
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 12 June 2000, Official Report, column 464W, on ECGD, if he will break down the figures for the financial years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02, (d) 2002-03, (e) 2003-04, (f) 2004-05, (g) 2005-06, (h) 2006-07, (i) 2007-08 and (j) 2008-09 by country. | | (314021) | 6
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of households in the UK and which geographical areas he estimates will be without broadband access after the Universal Service Commitment has been fulfilled in 2012. | | (313762) | 7
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which geographical areas of the UK have no broadband access. | | (313778) | 8
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses since its inception. | | (314001) | 9
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its predecessors in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313830) | 10
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313839) | 11
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to business in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) the UK of the adverse weather conditions of December 2009 and January 2010. | | (313951) | 12
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeships which will be taken up by people over 24 years old in Milton Keynes in the next five years. | | (313954) | 13
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) UK banks in which the Government holds shares and (b) other UK banks on standardising the banking services they offer through the Post Office network; and if he will make a statement. | | (313804) | 14
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (313947) | 15
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials from (a) his Department and (b) the Intellectual Property Office are planning to attend the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations in Mexico in January 2010. | | (313943) | 16
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on (a) charities and (v) other not-for-profit organisations of the proposed changes to music licensing legislation, with particular reference to the West Midlands. | | (313944) | 17
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on village halls of the proposed changes to music licensing legislation. | | (313945) | 18
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 402W, on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, on what date (a) he and (b) other Ministers last discussed the proceedings of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations; when he next expects to meet Ministers who have a departmental interest in the negotiations to discuss the Agreement's progress to date. | | (314019) | 19
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 402W, on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, on what date officials in his Department last met their counterparts in other Government departments to discuss the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | (314028) | 20
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 402W, on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, what further steps he plans to take to increase transparency in the negotiating process of the agreement. | | (314036) | 21
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 402W, on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, what information has been provided to businesses on the negotiations; and if he will make a statement. | | (314037) | 22
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 402W, on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, if he will make it his policy to seek the agreement of his negotiating partners the publication of the latest draft held by his Department of the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement. | | (314067) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 23
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) meetings and (b) other contacts (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in her Department have had with (A) Niall Fitzgerald, (B) Keith Craig, (C) Sir Rod Eddington, (D) Sir Kieran Prendergast, (E) Robert Webb QC and (F) Mark Getty since 1 January 2009. | | (313775) | 24
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the likely effect on third sector organisations of proposals to phase out the cheque clearing system. | | (313359) | 25
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much consultants employed by her Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (314000) | 26
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of melanoma in (a) adults and (b) children have been reported in each primary care trust area since 1997. | | (313973) | 27
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in how many cases (a) staphylococcus aureus, (b) meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and (c) Clostridium difficile has been mentioned on death certificates in each region in each year since 1997. | | (313937) | 28
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in (a) Torbay constituency, (b) Torbay local authority area, (c) the South West and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (313884) | 29
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties her Department owns; and what recent estimate she has made of the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313791) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 30
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) public and (b) private sector employees likely to be affected by the changes to tax relief on pension contributions to take effect in 2011; and whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on the competitiveness of UK businesses of the implementation of those proposals. | | (314045) | 31
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be affected by the new 50 per cent. tax band. | | (314046) | 32
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) number of people affected by the changes to tax relief on pension contributions to take effect in 2011 likely to remain in company pension schemes and (b) likely effects on company pension provision of the implementation of those proposals. | | (314047) | 33
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the marginal tax rate would be on the pensions savings of those affected by the changes to tax relief on pension contributions to take effect in 2011. | | (314048) | 34
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds information for benchmarking purposes on the tax arrangements of other countries in respect of company pension contributions. | | (314049) | 35
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his reply to the letter of 1 November 2009 sent to Lord Myners by Tim Bush. | | (313694) | 36
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance he provides through the taxation and tax credits system to people with part-time jobs of less than 16 hours per week; and how many people worked for less than 16 hours per week in each of the last three years. | | (313757) | 37
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what headline workplace-based gross value was added per head at current basic prices in each NUTS 1 region in each year since 2005; and what the percentage change was from each year to the next. | | (313759) | 38
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff the HM Revenue and Customs Large Business Service had in each year since 2006; how many cases it dealt with in each of those years; and what the taxation yield of the service was in each of those years. | | (313761) | 39
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate (a) the number and monetary value of cigarettes and (b) quantity of hand-rolled tobacco HM Revenue and Customs seized in each region in (i) 2006-7, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09. | | (313900) | 40
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional (a) steps he has taken and (b) HM Revenue and Customs staff have taken or deployed to restrict conversion of income into capital gains or corporation revenues following his announcement of an increase in the top rate of income tax. | | (313901) | 41
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the value added tax revenue lost as a result of the routeing of purchases of goods through the Channel Islands in the last 12 months; and what steps he has taken to prevent such losses. | | (313902) | 42
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disclosures have been made under the onshore account disclosure facility since the Finance Act 2009 came into force. | | (313903) | 43
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure on (a) advertising and (b) staff has been incurred in respect of HM Revenue and Custom's New Disclosure Opportunity; and how many disclosures have been made under this facility to date. | | (313904) | 44
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disclosures have been made under the Liechtenstein disclosure facility; how many disclosures were made under the offshore disclosure facility; and what revenue was (a) predicted and (b) achieved from such disclosures. | | (313905) | 45
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what taxation issues were (a) on the agenda and (b) discussed at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council on 19 January 2010; and what position the Government took on each such issue. | | (313906) | 46
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue was foregone in the debt reliefs included in corporation tax in the last three financial years; and what effects on companies of such relief his Department has identified. | | (313907) | 47
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors he took into account in reaching his decision not to incorporate a general anti-avoidance principle in taxation law. | | (313908) | 48
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he, (b) his Department or (c) his Department's agencies have made representations to the US administration on the return to Lehman Brothers UK of its (i) funds and (ii) assets transferred to the US. | | (313909) | 49
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incidents possibly related to money laundering (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) HM Customs and Excise have reported to the appropriate investigative agencies in each year since 1997; and how many prosecutions resulted from these reports in each year. | | (314007) | 50
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) take steps to establish a ring-fenced fund in each bank in receipt of public funds to provide financial support to the manufacturing sector and (b) commission research on the implications for levels of greenhouse gas emissions of foreign energy projects involving fossil fuels which have received financing from the Royal Bank of Scotland. | | (314040) | 51
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (314012) | 52
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313823) | 53
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313847) | 54
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the most recent audit of open P14 cases was undertaken; and what statistics were collected for the purposes of that audit. | | (313935) | 55
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the most recent audit of open PSN cases was undertaken; and what statistics were collected for the purposes of that audit. | | (313936) | 56
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff and (b) consultants were employed in each business unit of HM Revenue and Customs in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. | | (313938) | 57
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on identifying ways in which HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and other Government departments can better maintain a core database of business identities referred to in the report on service transformation by Sir David Varney. | | (313939) | 58
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcomes were of the proof of concept trials undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and 12 local authorities as referred to in the report on service transformation by Sir David Varney. | | (313940) | 59
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the self-assessment forms filed in (a) September and (b) January were processed manually in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. | | (313941) | 60
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of processing self-assessment forms filed in (a) September and (b) January. | | (313942) | 61
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department makes available to PAYE taxpayers on their annual tax calculation. | | (313958) | 62
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax code changes for benefits in kind are processed automatically following the receipt of P11Ds. | | (313959) | 63
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many P35s were manually processed in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. | | (313960) | 64
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many P11Ds were processed (a) manually and (b) automatically in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. | | (313961) | 65
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost of processing a P11D (a) automatically and (b) manually was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (313962) | 66
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the volume is of the backlog of P11Ds waiting to be manually processed. | | (313963) | 67
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research has been commissioned or undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs since 2001-02 on (a) the number of self assessment taxpayers who underdeclare liability and (b) the levels of tax revenues which go undeclared; and if he will make a statement. | | (313964) | 68
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many P46 codes were used in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. | | (313965) | 69
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual taxpayers claimed benefits-in-kind or paid business expenses in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009; and what total amount was claimed in each year. | | (313966) | 70
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) PAYE and (b) Self Assessment taxpayers challenged or appealed the amount they were charged for income tax in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. | | (313967) | 71
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax effect error percentages for the collection of National Insurance through PAYE were in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. | | (313968) | 72
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average income was of taxpayers who were (a) overcharged and (b) undercharged income tax in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (313969) | 73
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it cost to operate PAYE, Self Assessment and national insurance in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009, broken down by budget heading. | | (313970) | 74
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-assessment forms were filed in respect of the (a) September and (b) January deadline in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | (313974) | 75
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Dubai concerning large deposits or money transfers from Afghan nationals; and if he will make a statement. | | (313782) | 76
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the unrealised loss has been to the Exchequer of the indemnity which has been given to the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility Fund to cover its losses. | | (313858) | 77
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to other Government departments on budget control for Government ICT projects. | | (313351) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 78
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many professional school counsellors there are in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools. | | (313872) | 79
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what projections his Department has made of the numbers of primary school children over the next 10 years; and what funding has been allocated to increase numbers of such children in (a) Test Valley borough, (b) Southampton City, (c) the Ceremonial County of Hampshire and (d) the South East. | | (313879) | 80
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses since its inception. | | (313999) | 81
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of his Department and its predecessors in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313831) | 82
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of his Department and its predecessors managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313840) | 83
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the change was in the number of notifications to Ofsted of deaths of (a) children and (b) children under the age of one year following a serious incident between 2008 and 2009; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for that change. | | (314044) | 84
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in further education have received education maintenance allowance in each year since the allowance was introduced. | | (313738) | 85
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether universities which offer courses in the Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (numeracy) programme were expected as a condition of their funding to ensure that students they enrolled would have the opportunity of a teaching placement; and if he will make a statement. | | (314087) | 86
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of universities in providing Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS) teaching placements for students on their DTLLS courses; and if he will make a statement. | | (314088) | 87
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will require mainstream schools to have a member of staff trained in the administration of emergency medication for pupils with epilepsy. | | (313889) | 88
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to end the practice in mainstream schools of the automatic post-seizure hospitalisation of pupils with epilepsy. | | (313890) | 89
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to require mainstream schools to follow the new guidance on managing medicines in schools. | | (313891) | 90
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties there are in (a) Torbay constituency, (b) the South West and (c) England. | | (313883) | 91
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in Torbay constituency receive free school meals. | | (313886) | 92
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of school children in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England were (i) identified as gifted and talented and (ii) went on to further education in each of the last five years. | | (313857) | 93
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the ratio of teachers to pupils is at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Suffolk, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England. | | (313860) | 94
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the ratio of teaching assistants to pupils is at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Suffolk, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England. | | (313861) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 95
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government have taken to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (313933) | 96
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he decided to resume contacts with the Muslim Council of Britain; whom he consulted on that decision; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (314041) | 97
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters have been trained in decontamination techniques to help the general public since 2002; how many protective suits are available in each fire authority area; what expenditure has been incurred on such (a) training and (b) suits in each year since 2002; and how much is planned for 2009-10. | | (314010) | 98
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has contributed through Bridging Newcastle Gateshead to costs for (a) the strategic housing staff capacity of the City of Newcastle and (b) (i) the EDAW consultancy and (ii) other consultancy costs incurred in (A) the preparation of the North Central Plan and (B) relation to the Benwell Scotswood Plan. | | (314013) | 99
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology the Valuation Office Agency used in its 2010 business rates revaluation to calculate the fuel margin obtained in the independent petrol filling station network; and what factors that methodology takes into account. | | (313927) | 100
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effects of the 2010 business rates revaluation on the network of independent petrol filling stations. | | (314042) | 101
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313995) | 102
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the average rateable value of (a) rugby league grounds, (b) lifeboat stations, (c) aquaria, (d) arenas and (e) conference and exhibition centres on the 2010 Rating List changed between 29 May 2009 and 18 December 2009. | | (313638) | 103
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313832) | 104
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313841) | 105
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's timetable is for the production of its staff handbook in an alternative electronic format that can be published online; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the staff handbook when available on CD-ROM. | | (313806) | 106
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to Lord Bates of 3 December 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, columns 66-7WA, on Department for Communities and Local Government: meeting with MPs, which hon. Members representing constituencies with ports he has met. | | (313807) | 107
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. member for Meriden of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1073-4W, on shops: empty property, what information his Department used to assess (a) levels of deprivation and (b) shop vacancy rates. | | (313808) | 108
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation document, Lender repossession of residential property: protection of tenants, when he expects to announce each of the preferred options. | | (313809) | 109
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 October 2009, on connecting communities, what criteria were used to determine the allocation of funding to neighbourhoods. | | (313810) | 110
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that the Comprehensive Area Assessment Oneplace website includes data on the frequency of collection of household waste by local authorities. | | (313811) | 111
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce his decision regarding the allocation of funding to fire and rescue authorities with regard to their statutory duties in respect of flooding. | | (313812) | 112
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the irrecoverable financial losses incurred by local authorities consequent on the Cumbria floods in 2009. | | (313930) | 113
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of ex-service personnel in the number of street homeless people in England. | | (314024) | 114
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the number of street homeless people in England. | | (314025) | 115
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the next Index of Multiple Deprivation. | | (313887) | 116
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of people in each region who are homeless but who are not included in local authority homelessness statistics; and if he will make a statement. | | (313859) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 117
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to regulate the sale of event tickets by third parties. | | (313749) | 118
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of Sport England's (a) grant-in-aid and (b) lottery funding has been spent on operating costs in each of the last three years. | | (313864) | 119
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of UK Sport's (a) grant-in-aid and (b) lottery funding has been allocated to sports governing bodies in each of the last three years. | | (313865) | 120
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of Sport England's (a) grant-in-aid and (b) lottery funding has been allocated to sports governing bodies in each of the last three years. | | (313866) | 121
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313994) | 122
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many consultants his Department and its agency employed in each of the last 10 years; and how many hours were worked by such consultants for his Department and its agencies in each such year. | | (314015) | 123
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the detailed assumptions and calculations are behind the total key monetised (a) costs and (b) benefits cited in his Department's impact assessment of the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) Regulations 2010. | | (313637) | 124
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agency in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313833) | 125
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agency managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313842) | 126
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tickets have been taken up under the A Night Less Ordinary scheme. | | (313639) | 127
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local newspapers of local authority publications. | | (313892) | 128
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what recent estimate he has made of the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313797) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 129
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on the initial gate for replacing Trident nuclear submarines. | | (314038) | 130
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department in providing logistical support to the emergency services in Haiti following the recent earthquake. | | (314039) | 131
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the mental health pilot scheme for armed forces personnel; and if he will make a statement. | | (313868) | 132
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have taken part in his Department's mental health pilots since their inception. | | (313869) | 133
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which psychological therapies are being offered as part of his Department's six mental health pilots. | | (313873) | 134
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to implement its mental health pilot schemes on a national basis. | | (313874) | 135
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313993) | 136
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) flights and (b) passengers have been delayed at (i) Brize Norton, (ii) Kandahar and (iii) Akrotiri for more than (A) 24, (B) 48 and (C) 72 hours in the last six months; what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Afghan Air Bridge; and if he will make a statement. | | (313928) | 137
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many days Brize Norton was closed owing to the recent bad weather; how many flights were diverted as a result; and to what destination each was diverted. | | (313929) | 138
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313834) | 139
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313843) | 140
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to minimise the number of ex-service personnel who are street homeless. | | (314023) | 141
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which ships of the Royal Navy are deployed on operations at sea; and where each is deployed. | | (314054) | 142
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of the (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential properties owned by his Department. | | (313751) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 143
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department paid to Eaga plc for their administration of the Warm Front Scheme in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and how much it is estimated will be paid for 2009-10. | | (313742) | 144
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many tariffs each energy provider has for its domestic customers in each region; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of tariff ranges. | | (313744) | 145
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to prevent the closure of social tariff schemes by energy suppliers. | | (313755) | 146
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the effect on (a) the size of energy bills and (b) the number of jobs in the energy sector of implementation of the provisions of the EU Large Combustion Plant Directive. | | (313756) | 147
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether substitution of some UK-origin high level radioactive waste for intermediate level waste was applied under the repatriation agreement covering the long-term management of radioactive waste arising from reprocessing of imported foreign origin spent fuel in the shipment of radioactive waste from Sellafield to Japan sent on 20 January 2009; how much nuclear waste was in the shipment; how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has spent on supporting this shipment; and whether an armed escort vessel is accompanying the shipment. | | (313747) | 148
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much consultants employed by his Department have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses since its inception. | | (314002) | 149
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many consultants his Department employed in each year since its inception; and how many hours were worked by such consultants for his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (314016) | 150
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of his Department and its predecessors in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313835) | 151
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of his Department and its predecessors managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313844) | 152
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU regulations on the sulphur content of oil used in Aga ovens; and what assessment has been made of the costs of these regulations to owners of Agas. | | (313739) | 153
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's estimate is of the number of off-shore wind farms to be licensed over the next 10 years. | | (313955) | 154
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the installed capacity is of the UK's (a) off- and (b) on-shore wind turbines. | | (313956) | 155
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the daily load factors were at each (a) offshore and (b) onshore wind farm site around the UK in each of the first two weeks of December 2009. | | (313957) | 156
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's letter to the hon. Member for Bridgwater of 7 December 2009 on Hinkley C, whether the decision on whether proposed associated facilities can be given consent as associated development under the Planning Act 2008 will ultimately be a matter for the Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (314043) | 157
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the prohibition on obtaining consent for dwellings referred to in his Department's letter to the hon. Member for Bridgwater of 7 December 2009 on Hinkley C extends to (a) a prohibition on consent for housing falling within Class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and (b) a prohibition on the granting of consent under the Planning Act 2009 for construction worker accommodation. | | (314081) | 158
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what recent estimate he has made of the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313796) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 159
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313992) | 160
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313836) | 161
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313856) | 162
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he next plans to raise in the Council of Ministers the subject of long distance transportation of horses to slaughter. | | (314055) | 163
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will seek to secure agreement at EU level on a journey limit of between nine and 12 hours for the long distance transportation of horses to slaughter. | | (314056) | 164
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on levels of compliance in other EU member states with the requirements of EU legislation governing the long distance transportation of horses to slaughter. | | (314057) | 165
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of the (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential properties owned by his Department. | | (313753) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 166
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) meetings and (b) other contacts (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department have had with (A) Niall Fitzgerald, (B) Keith Craig, (C) Sir Rod Eddington, (D) Sir Kieran Prendergast, (E) Robert Webb QC and (F) Mark Getty since 1 January 2009. | | (313776) | 167
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any competences have been returned from EU to national level as a result of the application of the principle of subsidiarity since the Treaty on European Union came into effect. | | (313750) | 168
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313991) | 169
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313837) | 170
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313855) | 171
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Ogaden. | | (314052) | 172
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Afghan government on the composition of its delegation to the London conference on Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (313975) | 173
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding allocated by his Department in respect of Afghanistan is spent as intended; and what audit trail there is in respect of such funding. | | (313781) | 174
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there are plans to sell 1 Carlton Gardens. | | (313783) | 175
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 486W, on departmental health and safety, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document previously used by his Department to provide staff with health and safety advice. | | (314017) | 176
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of the (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential properties owned by his Department. | | (313754) | 177
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Democratic Republic of Congo on Joshua French; and if he will make a statement. | | (313763) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 178
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) improvement plans, (b) warning letters, (c) statutory requirement notices, (d) changes to conditions of registration and (e) cancellations of registration were issued by the Commission for Social Care Inspection in relation to each category of care in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (313748) | 179
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of stroke patients in each primary care trust area received thrombolysis treatment in the latest period figures are available; and when he expects the national target of 10 per cent. to be achieved. | | (313760) | 180
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the North East Strategic Health Authority on each of the priorities set out by its clinical innovation team in its document Our strategic vision for transforming healthcare services within the North East of England of June 2009. | | (313911) | 181
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol-related admissions there were to hospitals in each primary care trust area in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and what proportion these represented of all admissions in each area in each year. | | (314022) | 182
N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on information technology in the last three financial years; how much of this money was spent on (a) software development and testing, (b) software applications, (c) staff training in information technology and (d) the cost of new hardware and software. | | (313692) | 183
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have made use of NHS counselling services as part of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in each of the last two years. | | (313870) | 184
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many black and ethnic minority people made use of NHS (a) counselling, (b) psychotherapy and (c) psychological therapy services in each of the last five years. | | (313871) | 185
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have made use of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme in each of the last three years. | | (313875) | 186
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the merits of ring-fencing funding for counselling and psychotherapy services in the light of the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement. | | (313876) | 187
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his timetable is for the introduction of proposals for regulation of counselling and psychotherapy. | | (313877) | 188
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313990) | 189
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313838) | 190
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313854) | 191
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the management report on funding for healthcare in London undertaken for NHS London by McKinsey. | | (313894) | 192
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol-related (a) deaths and (b) hospital admissions there have been in each year since 1997. | | (313640) | 193
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department made of the quality of reports of serious case reviews on vulnerable adults in each local authority area in the last two years. | | (314050) | 194
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serious case reviews regarding safeguarding adults have taken place in each local authority in each of the last two years for which figures are available. | | (314051) | 195
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many procedures planned by each NHS trust were cancelled for non-clinical reasons on or after the day of admission in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (313880) | 196
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £161 million allocated by his Department each primary care trust spent on commissioning extended hours services. | | (313881) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of (a) in-patient and (b) day case activities were not undertaken because the patient did not attend in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (313882) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 January 2009, Official Report, columns 15-16WS, on medical care (veterans), what special provisions he expects mental health services to make for veterans during 2011-12. | | (313971) | 199
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency readmissions there were in each NHS trust in each year since 1997. | | (313972) | 200
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Billericay of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1168W, on drugs, when he expects to receive the report from Professor Sir Mike Richards; and whether he plans to publish the findings of that investigation before April 2010. | | (313912) | 201
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England likely to be carrying infective prions that cause vCJD; whether an assessment has been made of whether any such people are likely to be blood donors; and if he will make a statement. | | (314082) | 202
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have contracted vCJD from contaminated blood via blood transfusion in each of the last five years; how many such people contracted vCJD from non-leucodepleted blood; and if he will make a statement. | | (314084) | 203
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to protect against the transmission of vCJD through contaminated blood; which of these procedures was recommended by the Advisory Committee on Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such measures; and if he will make a statement. | | (314085) | 204
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors have been employed in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) Devon in each year since 1997. | | (313885) | 205
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of the (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential properties owned by his Department. | | (313752) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 206
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases were resolved by the Case Resolution Directorate in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (313895) | 207
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) nuclear, (b) biological and (c) chemical agent contamination protective clothing kits were available to civil authorities at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (313897) | 208
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure his Department has incurred on plans for the containment of the effects of nuclear, biological and chemical agent contamination in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of such expenditure in 2009-10. | | (313898) | 209
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers received section 4 support in each region in each quarter since 1 April 2007. | | (313899) | 210
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) cautions, (b) on-the-spot fines and (c) formal warnings were issued by each police force in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (314004) | 211
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of cyber attacks or misuse of the data and information systems of UK-based banks and financial services companies there were in each year since 1997. | | (314008) | 212
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders, (b) parenting orders and (c) curfew orders have been issued in each local authority in Tyne and Wear in the last 12 months. | | (314009) | 213
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deposit-taking institutions reported possible money laundering offences to the National Criminal Intelligence Service in each year since 2003; and what proportion of such reports were made by the 10 sources reporting the most such possible incidents in each such year. | | (314014) | 214
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his contribution on Second Reading of the Crime and Security Bill, 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 35, from which document the facts were drawn on matches drawn from the national DNA database in 2008-09 for cases of rape and manslaughter from people who had been arrested but not convicted of a serious crime. | | (313693) | 215
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313997) | 216
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many handguns were held in England and Wales by virtue of firearm certificates in each year since 2004-05. | | (313779) | 217
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313829) | 218
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313853) | 219
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under-18 year olds have been (a) arrested, (b) cautioned and (c) prosecuted for alcohol-related offences in each year since 1997. | | (313621) | 220
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk have been brought in each criminal justice area since 2004; and how many resulted in a conviction in each year. | | (313622) | 221
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a privacy impact assessment was undertaken in respect of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009 in relation to the proposal to extend the powers to local authorities. | | (313805) | 222
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) England were convicted of (i) a motoring offence that resulted in a fatality and (ii) careless driving in each of the last five years. | | (313949) | 223
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs by 16 to 24 years olds there were in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years. | | (313950) | 224
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded incidents of robbery there were (a) in total and (b) per head in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years. | | (313952) | 225
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has provided to tackle antisocial behaviour in Milton Keynes in each of the last three years. | | (313953) | 226
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 261W, on departmental public consultation, how much was spent by his Department under each budgetary headline on the Burglary Summit on 4 February 2009. | | (314026) | 227
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Somali nationals are estimated to be in the UK illegally. | | (314059) | 228
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Somali nationals have arrived in the UK in each year since 1998. | | (314060) | 229
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of the residential property owned by his Department. | | (313741) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 230
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to develop and implement a child protection strategy as part of its policies. | | (313746) | 231
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the policies in his Department's White Paper to the realisation of children's rights. | | (313777) | 232
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) projects and (b) programmes which contribute to enabling child rights his Department has funded in the last three years. | | (313790) | 233
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313989) | 234
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of his Department in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313828) | 235
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of his Department managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313852) | 236
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value is of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313792) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 237
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group were prosecuted for speeding offences were over the drink-drive limit in each of the last two years. | | (314011) | 238
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 13WS, on the UK Foreign Bribery Strategy, which Departments and agencies will be regular members of the Foreign Bribery Strategy Board. | | (313743) | 239
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) police cautions and (b) conditional cautions were issued for each category of offence in each police force area in the North East region in each year since 2005. | | (313896) | 240
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313998) | 241
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many consultants his Department and its predecessors and its agencies have employed in each of the last 10 years; and how many hours were worked by such consultants for his Department and its agencies in each such year. | | (314020) | 242
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313827) | 243
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313851) | 244
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners aged between 18 and 21 were referred to adult social services under section 47 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 by the (a) Prison Service and (b) Probation Service in the last 12 months. | | (313800) | 245
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which young offender institutions provide food in accordance with Department of Health guidelines on (a) eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day and (b) other aspects of healthy eating. | | (313801) | 246
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his latest estimate is of the average cost of providing food for an inmate for one week in each young offender institution which holds juveniles. | | (313802) | 247
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what private contractors his Department employs to run work in prison schemes. | | (313862) | 248
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours on average were worked by prisoners in prisons in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much remuneration on average prisoners received per week for such work in that period. | | (313863) | 249
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of prisons. | | (313867) | 250
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to establish an independent regulator of bailiffs. | | (313888) | 251
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value is of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313794) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 252
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313826) | 253
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313850) | 254
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what recent estimate he has made of the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313793) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 255
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she is taking to encourage construction workers from the North East to work on construction sites for the London 2012 Olympics; and how many such workers there are. | | (313910) | Questions to the Prime Minister 256
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to inform the signatories to the e-petition to No. 10 Downing Street on the generic prescribing of anti-epilepsy drugs submitted on 1 October 2009, of the consultation on that matter which was recently opened by the Department of Health. | | (313934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 257
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313825) | 258
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of his Department managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313849) | 259
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) written correspondence, (b) electronic correspondence, (c) meetings and (d) other communications he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (i) the Scottish economy and (ii) road fuel duty taxation between August 2008 and March 2009. | | (310784) | 260
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) total, (b) production and (c) staff cost was of the preparation and publication of his Department's White Paper on Scotland's Future in the United Kingdom; how many copies were printed; and to whom they were distributed. | | (313053) | 261
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, at what speaking events (a) he and (b) his Under-Secretary of State has been represented by (i) a special adviser and (ii) another elected official from the Scotland Office since October 2007; for what reasons John McTernan withdrew from the Reform Scotland debate scheduled for 4 February 2010; on what date his Department informed Reform Scotland that he was unavailable to attend that debate; by what form of communication his Department informed Reform Scotland that John McTernan would take part in that debate; on what date this communication was sent; and on what date his Department informed Reform Scotland that the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State would attend the event. | | (313580) | 262
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what recent estimate he has made of the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313798) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 263
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 326W, on driving: young people, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research to which the Answer referred; and if he will make a statement. | | (314029) | 264
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that Network Rail maintains staffing levels adequate to maintain the railway system. | | (314083) | 265
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety case for children to wear cycle helmets. | | (313813) | 266
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has contributed towards concessionary fares on bus services in (a) Test Valley borough, (b) Southampton City and (c) the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years. | | (313787) | 267
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what percentage of bus journeys in (a) Test Valley borough, (b) Southampton City and (c) the ceremonial county of Hampshire were made on concessionary fares in each of the last five years. | | (313788) | 268
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313988) | 269
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the estimated average cost is of processing a vehicle excise duty application (a) at a post office, (b) by post and (c) on-line. | | (313636) | 270
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313824) | 271
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313848) | 272
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what security checks will apply in respect of passengers who refuse to be scanned by an airport full body scanner. | | (313213) | 273
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether full body scanners will be used to scan children at airports. | | (313214) | 274
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for human rights of the use of full body scanners at airports; and if he will make a statement. | | (313215) | 275
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for how long images obtained by airport full body scanners will be stored. | | (313216) | 276
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many snow ploughs provided by his Department were in operation in Milton Keynes in December 2009 and January 2010. | | (313948) | 277
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what criteria were used to determine the distribution of salt during the recent severe weather conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (313931) | 278
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential properties owned by his Department. | | (313740) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 279
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313822) | 280
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of his Department managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313846) | 281
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 215W, on industrial health and safety, if he will place in the Library a copy of the induction pack issued to new starters within his Department. | | (314018) | 282
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what recent estimate he has made of the (i) potential annual rental and (ii) total book value of those (A) empty and (B) occupied residential properties. | | (313799) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 283
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent representation she has received on the wearing of burkhas in public. | | (313814) | 284
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to Government Equalities Office staff on stress recognition and management. | | (313946) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 285
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what restrictions on the granting of crisis loans were introduced in 2009-10; what assessment has been made of the effects of those restrictions; and whether further restrictions are being considered. | | (313745) | 286
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners received a carer premium with their pension credit, housing benefit or council tax benefit in each social service authority area in Tyne and Wear in (a) 2005 and (b) 2009. | | (313795) | 287
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many crisis loans were made in each social services authority area in England in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and at what cost in each of those years. | | (313803) | 288
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants there are in each (a) county, (b) metropolitan authority, (c) London borough and (d) unitary authority in England. | | (314005) | 289
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many graduates exclusively resident in (a) Test Valley borough, (b) Southampton City and (c) the ceremonial county of Hampshire have taken up (i) graduate internship, (ii) a non-graduate internship, (iii) work and (iv) training since the Young Person's Guarantee came into effect; and how many are claiming jobseekers' allowance under the guarantee. | | (313878) | 290
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much consultants employed by her Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years. | | (313996) | 291
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a direct result of such a rating; and what percentage of full-time equivalent staff this represented. | | (313821) | 292
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of staff of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. | | (313845) | 293
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on the advertising campaign to position direct.gov as the nation's website; how much of this expenditure has been allocated for payments to (a) Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy and (b) celebrities appearing in the campaign. | | (313695) | 294
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each local authority area have received benefits through the Cold Weather Payment Scheme since 1 November 2009. | | (310785) | 295
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the Cold Weather Payment Scheme since 1 November 2009. | | (310786) | 296
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent consideration she has given to the provision of Jobcentre Plus services at locations other than Jobcentre Plus offices. | | (313780) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 297
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made of the capacity of the University of Greenwich to find suitable teaching placements for its Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector for students; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (314086) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 298
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students are on a course at each relevant university to train as teachers in the skills for life sector; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (314089) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 299
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 336W, on Palestinians: international assistance, if he will instruct officials within his Department to carry out research on whether Israeli restrictions on Gaza constitute collective punishment. | | [Transferred] (314027) | 300
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 468W, on Palestinians: overseas aid, what assessment he has made of whether Israel is in compliance with its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention in respect of the population of Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (314058) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 301
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether licensed premises which already have permission to undertake lap dancing as an activity in their premises licence will have that right grandfathered once the new regulatory regime for the regulation of lap dancing and other sexual entertainment venues is commenced. | | [Transferred] (313893) |
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