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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 28 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 28 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 28 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 28 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 28 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many ex-service personnel have received funding from the £5 million enterprise support programme announced in paragraph 4.51 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report; and how much of the funding allocated has been spent. | | (311942) | 2
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward legislation to clarify the lawfulness of copying for personal use a recording the copier purchased; and if he will make a statement. | | (314151) | 3
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department is providing to encourage implementation of the recommendations of the MacLeod review of employee engagement by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and whether his Department plans to provide funding for SMEs for such purposes after March 2010. | | (313920) | 4
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to provide funding for the implementation of the recommendations of the MacLeod review of employee engagement from the end of March 2010. | | (313921) | 5
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of foreign direct investment into the UK was (a) in the electricity generation sector and (b) in Wales in the last 12 months; and how many of the companies making such investment received allocations from the UK Innovation Investment Fund. | | (314191) | 6
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what expenditure his Department incurred on representation at official level at overseas events in each of the last five years. | | (314273) | 7
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the funding formulae for further education courses. | | (314274) | 8
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people (a) started and (b) completed a course at an adult education college in each of the last five years. | | (314294) | 9
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials represented his Department at events abroad in each of the last five years. | | (314295) | 10
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): 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 Runshaw College in each of the last five years. | | (314219) | 11
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West which will have broadband internet access after the Universal Service Commitment has been fulfilled in 2012. | | (314220) | 12
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to business in (a) Chorley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK of the adverse weather conditions of December 2009 and January 2010. | | (314221) | 13
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): 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 (a) under and (b) over 24 years old in (i) Chorley constituency and (ii) Lancashire in the next five years. | | (314222) | 14
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made of the likely effects on (a) charities and (b) other not-for-profit organisations in (i) Lancashire and (ii) England of the proposed changes to music licensing legislation. | | (314224) | 15
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): 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 the music licensing regime. | | (314225) | 16
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (314232) | 17
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students in higher education have received payments in respect of (a) tuition fee loans, (b) maintenance loans, (c) grants for living costs, (d) bursaries and scholarships and (e) extra help for students with children or adult dependants from his Department in (i) Torbay constituency, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each of the last three years; and what the total monetary value was of each such type of payment in each area in each such year. | | (314214) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 18
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people resident in (a) Chorley constituency and (b) Lancashire County Council area have been diagnosed with breast cancer in each year since 1997. | | (314226) | 19
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of her Department since 1997. | | (314231) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 20
| Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in each (a) region and (b) parliamentary constituency have a child trust fund; and how many such households have an annual income of (a) less than £20,000, (b) between £20,000 and £29,999, (c) between £30,000 and £39,999, (d) between £40,000 and £49,999 and (e) £50,000 or more. | | (314211) | 21
| Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with at least one disabled child have received a child trust fund payment. | | (314218) | 22
| Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in each (a) region and (b) Parliamentary constituency are in receipt of child tax credits; and how many such households have an income of (a) less than £20,000, (b) between £20,000 and £30,000, (c) between £30,000 and £40,000, (d) between £40,000 and £50,000 and (e) more than £50,000. | | (314301) | 23
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 of introducing a transferable personal allowance, limited to the basic rate of income tax, for all married couples and couples in civil partnerships. | | (312943) | 24
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation HM Revenue and Customs has conducted with (a) staff and (b) unions on proposed redundancies amongst its human resources staff. | | (314284) | 25
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans there are to outsource welfare support for staff of HM Revenue and Customs. | | (314285) | 26
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money provided by the welfare support services operating within HM Revenue and Customs. | | (314286) | 27
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the costs, including redundancy payments, and the benefits, including increased tax yield and transaction savings, have been of HM Revenue and Customs' transformation programme in each year from 2006-07; and what the net change in the number of staff employed has been in each year. | | (313699) | 28
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 6WS, on the Draft Code for Fiscal Stability, what definition of transparency was used for the purposes of the Draft Code for Fiscal Stability; and for what reasons the requirements for economic and fiscal projections referred to at paragraph 42 of that code do not refer to reporting requirements relating to the projected financial effects on climate change under the Climate Change Act 2009. | | (314192) | 29
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what directives the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued to non-FSA regulated industrial and provident societies in Northern Ireland on the undertaking of regulated activities by such societies. | | (313914) | 30
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates in Eltham constituency paid inheritance tax in each of the last five years. | | (314371) | 31
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates in Eltham constituency would have been required to pay inheritance tax had the threshold been set at (a) £325,000 and (b) £1 million in each of the last five years. | | (314372) | 32
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made against the Tax Credits Office by residents in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. | | (314293) | 33
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department since 1997. | | (314239) | 34
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 497W, on industrial health and safety, when his Department produced the document Introduction to stress awareness and management; and what the cost was of producing that document. | | (314032) | 35
N | Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue gain to the Exchequer of raising the rate of capital gains tax (a) for individuals from 18 per cent. to an individual's marginal income tax rate and (b) to 40 per cent. for trusts (i) while retaining entrepreneurs' relief in its current form and reintroducing indexation for inflation from March 1998 and (ii) while retaining entrepreneur's relief in each fiscal year from 2010-11 to 2013-14; how the estimated revenue gain to the Exchequer is distributed between (A) financial assets, (B) agricultural land and buildings, (C) commercial and industrial land and buildings, (D) residential land and buildings and (E) other non-financial assets in each year; and how the estimated revenue gain to the Exchequer is distributed between different marginal tax rates in each of those years. | | (313012) | 36
N | Chloe Smith (Norwich North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of reintroducing the 10 pence rate of income tax on the first £2,000 of taxable income in each fiscal year from 2010-11 to 2013-14. | | (313013) | 37
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314259) | 38
N | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of increasing the personal allowance by £2,000, limited to the basic rate of income tax, in respect of (a) all married couples and couples in civil partnerships, (b) all married couples and couples in civil partnerships with children under the age of (i) three and (ii) six and (c) all those aged 65 years and over in each fiscal year from 2010-11 to 2013-14. | | (313286) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 39
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average real terms change in expenditure per pupil has been in Greenwich Education Authority (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth forms in each of the last five years. | | (314394) | 40
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the capital allocation has been in respect of Greenwich Education Authority (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth form centres in each financial year since 1987-88. | | (314395) | 41
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated in respect of children's centres in Eltham constituency since their introduction. | | (314396) | 42
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents he estimates have participated in the introduction of children's centres in Eltham constituency. | | (314397) | 43
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on parents in Eltham constituency of the introduction of children's centres; and if he will make a statement. | | (314398) | 44
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of students (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals achieved a grade A* to C at GCSE in (i) French, (ii) German and (iii) Spanish in each year since 2004. | | (314217) | 45
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the future of his Department's Gifted and Talented programme. | | (314379) | 46
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 464W, on young offenders, how many people aged between (a) 10 and 12, (b) 13 and 15 and (c) 16 and 17 years old received their first conviction in each year since 2000-01. | | (313819) | 47
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (314230) | 48
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the teacher to pupil ratio is at each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in Lancashire. | | (314296) | 49
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of school children in (a) Chorley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West were identified as gifted and talented in each of the last five years. | | (314297) | 50
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the teaching assistant to pupil ratio is at each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in (i) Chorley constituency and (ii) each school in the Lancashire County Council area. | | (314298) | 51
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of (a) Key Stage 1 and (b) Key Stage 2 pupils received specialist instrumental or vocal tuition in each of the last five years. | | (313770) | 52
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage participation in specialist instrumental or vocal tuition amongst (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in maintained schools. | | (313771) | 53
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in Milton Keynes receive free school meals. | | (314283) | 54
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the number of pupils in each constituency entitled to free school meals; and if he will make a statement. | | (314156) | 55
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath of 9 September 2009, Official Report, columns 1937-8W, on schools, what proportion of the expenditure on curriculum is received by schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (314157) | 56
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on the Family Learning Impact Fund in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (314159) | 57
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Family Learning Impact Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (314160) | 58
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether (a) he, (b) the Director of Children and Learners in the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the Children Services Improvement Adviser in the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber, received a copy of the internal report on safeguarding in Doncaster authored in 2007 by Bron Sanders. | | (313769) | 59
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the total cost was of bonuses paid through the education maintenance allowance for submitting course work on time in (a) North Cornwall constituency and (b) Cornwall in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (313918) | 60
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with which private companies in the South West his Department has contracts for the provision of goods and services; and what the (a) monetary value and (b) purpose of each such contract is. | | (314212) | 61
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 16 year-olds completed a BTEC First Diploma in each subject in each parliamentary constituency in the South West in each of the last five years. | | (314215) | 62
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314249) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 63
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made in his assessment of the effectiveness of the use of the Working Neighbourhoods Fund in Birmingham. | | (314299) | 64
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes had been built as a result of each Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder at 1 April 2009; how many were planned to be built in each Pathfinder area in 2009-10; and how many additional affordable homes he now expects to be built as a result of the release of additional resources in July 2009. | | (313696) | 65
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make his policy to postpone the implementation of the 2010 business rates revaluation for petrol filling stations. | | (314068) | 66
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many petrol filling stations which are (a) owned by (i) oil companies and (ii) major supermarket chains and (b) independent provided evidence of rental value for the 2010 revaluation of non-domestic rates. | | (314069) | 67
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals relating to the 2005 national non-domestic rates valuation remain outstanding in relation to (a) petrol filling stations and (b) car washes. | | (314070) | 68
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many construction firms have gone into liquidation or ceased trading for other reasons in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area or the lowest geographical area for which data is available. | | (313978) | 69
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (314229) | 70
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he will make a final decision on the 199 proposals shortlisted by the Local Government Association under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 sent to him on 22 December 2009. | | (314186) | 71
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to planning authorities on handling planning applications for waste treatment plants. | | (314367) | 72
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications for waste treatment plants have been granted in each of the last three months. | | (314368) | 73
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) representations and (b) complaints his Department has received in relation to tenancy deposit schemes in each of the last three years; and how many have been received in 2009-10 to date. | | (313981) | 74
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to departmental staff on stress recognition and management. | | (313984) | 75
| Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many boards of local strategic partnerships hon. Members are represented. | | (314154) | 76
| Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides on the role of hon. Members as members of (a) local strategic partnerships and (b) working groups appointed by local strategic partnerships. | | (314155) | 77
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314250) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 78
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department since 1997. | | (314228) | 79
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has provided for (a) existing and (b) new facilities for basketball in (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) universities and (iv) sports clubs in the last three years. | | (314300) | 80
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314251) | 81
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 1039W, on Arts Council England: finance, whether the methodology used to calculate the annual efficiency savings Arts Council England expects to make as part of its reorganisation process was approved by Ministers. | | (314065) | 82
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 1038W, on Arts Council England, what recent representations he has received on the restructuring of Arts Council England since 1993. | | (314066) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 83
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military driving licences were converted into civilian driving licences in each year since 2005. | | (314288) | 84
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military driving licences were not converted into civilian licences as a result of processing errors in each year since 2005. | | (314289) | 85
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2009, Official Report, column 704W, on helicopters, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Woodspring. | | (314287) | 86
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal British Legion on support services for former service personnel. | | (314223) | 87
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department since 1997. | | (314227) | 88
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has he made of the number of former service personnel resident in the UK who are over the age of (a) 65 and (b) 80 years. | | (314384) | 89
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has he made of the number of residential home and nursing home places that are available specifically for former service personnel. | | (314385) | 90
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of former service personnel who have been diagnosed with service-related injuries or long-term illnesses in each year since 1992. | | (314386) | 91
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has he made of the number of former service personnel in prison in each year since 1992. | | (314387) | 92
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of residential and nursing home places for former service personnel diagnosed with service-related disabilities, long-term illnesses or age-related care needs; and if he will make a statement. | | (314388) | 93
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless former service personnel in each year since 1992. | | (314389) | 94
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who was authorised to inform the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner about the attempt by special forces to rescue Paul and Rachel Chandler; for what reasons that authorisation was given; what account was taken of the effects of the disclosure on the safety of the Chandlers; and if he will make a statement. | | (314090) | 95
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on authorising public disclosure of information on operations by special forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (314091) | 96
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on employing private contractors in defence medical services in each of the last five years. | | (314176) | 97
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's planned military training exercises were cancelled before they took place in each of the last five years. | | (314177) | 98
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the monetary value of cash allowances awarded to military staff in Afghanistan was in 2008-09. | | (314182) | 99
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) single living and (b) service family accommodation units are awaiting demolition. | | (314183) | 100
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department allocated for overseas travel expenses for Army recruitment teams in each of the last five years. | | (314184) | 101
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 516W, on Afghanistan, to how many of his Department's civilian staff based in Afghanistan in 2008-09 the total was paid. | | (314375) | 102
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 35W, on warships, what the crew complement of HMS Walney is. | | (314302) | 103
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the conventional surface fleet based at Faslane other than the withdrawal of HMS Walney. | | (314303) | 104
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the fleet of Sandown class mine hunters other than the withdrawal of HMS Walney. | | (314304) | 105
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department has incurred on the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers during the (a) initial and (b) main gate decision period for the two new carriers. | | (314305) | 106
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate his Department's research and development expenditure arising from its procurement of two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. | | (314306) | 107
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a final decision has been made on the procurement of the Boeing RC-135 to replace the Nimrod R.1. | | (314373) | 108
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with BAE Systems on the procurement of a successor to the Nimrod R.1; and when he last met representatives of BAE Systems to discuss such procurement. | | (314374) | 109
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the first in class Type 45 destroyers to be fully operational. | | (314376) | 110
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 35W, on Type 45 destroyers, whether the problems encountered during the test firing of the Sea Viper missile will affect the timetable for bringing HMS Daring into service; and what consideration he has given to fitting HMS Daring with a different missile system. | | (314377) | 111
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether HMS Daring is to be fitted with a phalanx system. | | (314378) | 112
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many non-departmental bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314252) | 113
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on research and development in respect of each technology sector in each year since 2004-05; and which five projects in each such year received the most funding. | | (314178) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 114
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department since its inception. | | (314240) | 115
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what products have received certification under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme. | | (314336) | 116
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Microgeneration Certification Scheme certificates have been issued to installers. | | (314337) | 117
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has considered the effect of accreditation requirements on levels of participation in the feed-in-tarriff scheme; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such requirements on the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. | | (314338) | 118
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the price per megawatt hour of electricity generated over the life cycle of proposed new (a) coal, (b) gas, (c) oil, (d) hydroelectric, (e) nuclear and (f) tidal power generating facilities. | | (314344) | 119
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish the final electricity supply licence conditions for the purpose of introducing the feed-in tariff scheme. | | (314345) | 120
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost to an installer of microgeneration products of the steps necessary to attain certification under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme. | | (314393) | 121
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) the UK were in fuel poverty in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2009. | | (314216) | 122
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department has provided to Totnes Transition Town Group; over what period this funding is being provided; for what purpose the funding is being provided; and how the effectiveness of the funding will be evaluated. | | (314079) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 123
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to announce the start date of the public inquiry into the Banbury flood defence scheme. | | (314248) | 124
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department and its predecessor since 1997. | | (314233) | 125
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of financial viability of private finance initiative schemes for waste treatment plants; and if he will make a statement. | | (314369) | 126
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314253) | 127
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Government's application to the European Commission for a derogation from the nitrogen oxide limits around Heathrow Airport. | | (313720) | 128
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 156W, on rodents, whether his Department has reviewed the revised sewer protocols between Thames Water and Yorkshire Water and their relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (314243) | 129
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research into the number, uses and viability of care farms in England. | | (314290) | 130
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the running costs were of the Natural England office in Crewe in the last 12 months; how many staff at each grade Natural England employs at that office; and how long the lease for that office has left to run. | | (314179) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 131
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since the end of Operation Cast Lead Ministers from his Department have visited Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (314071) | 132
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since the end of Operation Cast Lead UK diplomats from (a) the UK Embassy in Tel Aviv and (b) the British Consulate in Jerusalem have visited Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (314074) | 133
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314254) | 134
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UK embassies provide office space to officials of the Department for International Development; and how much is charged to that Department for that provision. | | (314181) | 135
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance is issued to Government departments on the use of wine from the Government wine cellar; and if he will make a statement. | | (313985) | 136
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the events where wine from the Government wine cellar was served between 25 December 2009 and 25 January 2010. | | (313986) | 137
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 954W, on Government hospitality: wines, from what wine merchants his Department purchased wine in the last 12 months. | | (314031) | 138
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff his Department employs in each of the UK's overseas territories. | | (314152) | 139
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department are serving as heads of mission overseas. | | (314153) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 140
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified school nurses are employed in schools in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley. | | (314291) | 141
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the Healthier Food Mark scheme; and how much it has paid to Deloitte for its evaluation of the pilot stage of that scheme. | | (314187) | 142
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what mechanisms he plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of the Healthier Food Mark scheme for the purposes of deciding whether to make use of that scheme mandatory in 2012, as referred to in the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit report on Food Matters of July 2008. | | (314188) | 143
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Professor Ian Gilmore has reported to his Department the conclusions of the review of prescription charges for patients with long-term conditions; and when he expects the review to be published. | | (313913) | 144
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance on liability in cases where a drug automatically generically substituted by a pharmicist adversely affects a patient and that patient's GP has not informed the pharmacist that such adverse effects are likely. | | (314185) | 145
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effect of implementation of proposals for automatic generic substitution of medicines on the workload of (a) clinicians, (b) pharmacists, (c) nurse prescribers and (d) other health professionals; and if he will make a statement. | | (314190) | 146
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department since 1997. | | (314234) | 147
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) strategic health authorities, (b) acute hospital trusts and (c) foundation hospital trusts on the potential effects on (i) income and (ii) service provision of ending the system of car park charges at NHS facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (314096) | 148
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of tests for urinary tract infection carried out in each of the last three years for which figures are available and (b) cost of those tests. | | (313415) | 149
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, column 1317W, on health education: internet, what the name was of the company paid £10,000 to develop the iPhone application. | | (313422) | 150
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how long he expects his Department to continue to issue free Tamiflu medication. | | (313423) | 151
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has he made of the number of former service personnel who have received treatment for mental illness in each year since 1992. | | (314383) | 152
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the five-year survival rate for patients treated for (a) lung, (b) kidney and (c) liver cancer at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton was at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (314307) | 153
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on public relations at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (314308) | 154
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in the public relations department at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. | | (314309) | 155
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) contracted and (b) died from (i) MRSA and (ii) clostridium difficile infection at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (314310) | 156
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many avoidable deaths have occurred at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last five years. | | (314311) | 157
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was raised from (a) parking charges and (b) parking fines at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (314312) | 158
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients discharged from Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in a malnourished state in the last 12 months. | | (314313) | 159
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed in equality and diversity roles at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. | | (314314) | 160
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attacks on staff there have been at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (314315) | 161
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in bonuses to staff in management grades at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the financial year 2008-09. | | (314316) | 162
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the Art For Life scheme at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton was in each of the last three years. | | (314317) | 163
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made as part of its consultation on NHS car parking of the annual revenue raised by NHS hospital trusts from parking charges; what estimate it has made of the cost to NHS hospital trusts of providing free car parking; what consideration he is giving to the merits of providing funding to NHS hospital trusts to offset the revenue foregone through the introduction of free car parking; and over what period he expects any policy on introducing free car parking to be implemented. | | (314370) | 164
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department's target for one qualified school nurse to be allocated to each secondary school and its cluster of primary schools to be met. | | (313915) | 165
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of full-time equivalent school nurses to pupils was in (a) North Cornwall constituency and (b) Cornwall in each year since 2004. | | (313916) | 166
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified school nurses there were in (a) North Cornwall constituency and (b) Cornwall in each year since 2004. | | (313917) | 167
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to his Department's staff on stress recognition and management. | | (313983) | 168
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314255) | 169
N | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Human Tissue Act 2004 to ensure that the rules for informal consent apply equally to imported and exported body tissue; and if he will make a statement. | | (314080) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 170
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1204-5W, on crime, how many incidents related to public safety/welfare were recorded in each category in 2008-09. | | (313815) | 171
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1204-5W, on crime, how many incidents with the qualifier hate/discrimination were recorded in each category in 2008-09. | | (313816) | 172
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1204-5W, on crime, how many incidents relating to administration were recorded in each category in 2008-09. | | (313817) | 173
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1204-5W, on crime, how many incidents with the qualifier (a) alcohol, (b) critical incident, (c) domestic abuse, (d) drugs, (e) firearms, (f) weapons, (g) youth-related aged under 10 and (h) youth-related aged 10 to 17 were recorded in 2008-09. | | (313818) | 174
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on opinion polling in 2009-10. | | (314333) | 175
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 77W, on identity cards: databases, what the prescribed circumstances are under which information may be provided from the National Identity Register under the Identity Cards Act 2006; and to which organisations such information has been provided. | | (314334) | 176
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of outstanding asylum applications; how many staff have been assigned to this task in the last three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (314335) | 177
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department since 1997. | | (314235) | 178
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of appeals to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) against police investigations of complaints were upheld in each of the last three years; and how many such appeals resulted in a re-investigation (a) undertaken by the police, (b) supervised by the IPCC, (c) managed by the IPCC and (d) undertaken independently by the IPCC. | | (314244) | 179
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Independent Police Complaints Commission has used its statutory powers under the Police Reform Act 2002 to require a complaint case to be referred to it which did not fall to be referred to it on a mandatory basis by the police force or police authority concerned in each of the last three years. | | (314245) | 180
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Independent Police Complaints Commission has presented a case against an officer at a police conduct hearing in each of the last three years. | | (314246) | 181
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Independent Police Complaints Commission has directed that a police conduct hearing be held in public in each of the last three years. | | (314247) | 182
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314256) | 183
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter dated 7 December 2009 from the hon. Member for Walsall North regarding a constituent Ref: S1410402/K1287157. | | (313772) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 184
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to ensure that the number of people attending the Parliament Choir concert on 17 March does not affect the ability of constituents and other members of the public to obtain access to the House for meetings with hon. Members; and if he will make a statement. | | (313919) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 185
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will incorporate child rights situational analysis into his Department's (a) country governance analysis and (b) country assistance plans. | | (314318) | 186
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what publications his Department has produced for hon. Members to send to their constituents in each of the last three years; at what cost; and for what purpose. | | (314175) | 187
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will send a Minister from his Department to Gaza to assess the humanitarian situation there; and if he will make a statement. | | (314072) | 188
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions since the end of Operation Cast Lead Ministers from his Department have visited Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (314073) | 189
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 467W, on Palestinians: overseas aid, for how long he was in Gaza on 1 March 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (314075) | 190
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314261) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 191
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who determined that the medical reports and photographs connected to the death of Dr David Kelly should be closed for 70 years; and on what legal basis this determination was made. | | (313785) | 192
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to make regulations under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 in relation to the use of force by bailiffs. | | (314390) | 193
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he made of the effectiveness of the use by bailiffs of powers under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (314391) | 194
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the interest charged on Legal Services Commission charges has been reviewed to reflect the economic situation in the last five years. | | (314392) | 195
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of the Land Registry office in Coventry. | | (313416) | 196
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) proposals to outsource the filing store operations at Coventry and (b) alternative proposals for the future of those operations. | | (313417) | 197
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations his Department has received on the Land Registry accelerated transformation programme. | | (313418) | 198
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of land not registered with the Land Registry; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the Land Registry accelerated transformation programme on the prospects for registration of such land. | | (313419) | 199
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent meetings he has had with the Asbestos Support Groups Forum on proposals to create an employers' liability insurance bureau. | | (314158) | 200
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department and its predecessor since 1997. | | (314236) | 201
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juveniles sentenced to a custodial sentence in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which information is available had served (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four, (v) five and (vi) more than five previous custodial sentences. | | (314276) | 202
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for (a) an offence of drink driving and (b) each other motoring offence in (i) Torbay constituency, (ii) Devon and (iii) England resulted in a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years. | | (314213) | 203
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to departmental staff on stress recognition and management. | | (313982) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 204
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many miles of new road lanes on (a) newly-built roads and (b) widening projects have been constructed in each year since 1997; and what the estimated cost of such construction has been. | | (313784) | 205
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the financial savings that would result from cancelling (a) the East Coast pilot fleet of the Inter-city Express Programme and (b) the Inter-city Express Programme East Coast depot. | | (314076) | 206
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research the Rail Safety and Standards Board is undertaking; and how much that research (a) has cost to date and (b) is estimated to cost in total on completion. | | (314077) | 207
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding from the £30 million of the Green Bus Fund announced in December 2009 has been provided to each recipient bus company; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs (a) created and (b) safeguarded (i) directly and (ii) indirectly through this expenditure. | | (314078) | 208
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many rail franchises he expects to re-tender in each of the next four years. | | (314277) | 209
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the financial costs incurred by his Department when re-tendering each rail franchise since 2005. | | (314278) | 210
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the financial implications for his Department of the cancellation of the European Train Control System early deployment scheme. | | (314279) | 211
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the financial consequences arising from the introduction of main line station gating. | | (314280) | 212
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of savings to his Department of the cancellation of the implementation of smart cards. | | (314281) | 213
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely level of spending by his Department on consultancy fees in the next five years; and what projects he anticipates employing consultants on. | | (314339) | 214
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the financial implications of deferring the delivery of Thameslink until 2015. | | (314340) | 215
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of financial saving that would result from the cancellation of the Inter-City Express Programme. | | (314341) | 216
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of any projects his Department has considered cancelling in each of the last five years, together with any calculations of the estimated costs or savings likely to result from each. | | (314342) | 217
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of the refurbishment of the existing rolling stock on the East Coast Main Line; and how many additional years of service he estimates would be delivered by such refurbished rolling stock. | | (314343) | 218
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when the tendering process for East Coast rail services is likely to begin; and whether an option to continue Kings Cross to Glasgow via Newcastle services will be included in the tender. | | (313697) | 219
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the timetable is for the public consultation on the future of direct London Kings Cross to Glasgow via Newcastle rail services will be; and when he expects a final decision to be (a) made and (b) implemented. | | (313698) | 220
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with the Joint Committee on Mobility for Disabled People; and what steps his Department takes in order to meet its disability equality duty through its relationship with the Committee. | | (314062) | 221
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (314237) | 222
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 35WS, on rail franchises, whether the consultation with key stakeholders in respect of the proposed rail franchise for InterCity East Coast will include (a) Peterborough City Council, (b) Opportunity Peterborough Urban Regeneration Company, (c) Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce, (d) Peterborough Environment City Trust and (e) Members of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (314030) | 223
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what provision his Department plans to make as an alternative to full body scanners for passengers with pacemakers or other implanted electronic medical devices. | | (313420) | 224
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reasons the Highways Agency has installed a speed camera on the A46 southbound near the Carholme roundabout at Lincoln; and what criteria were used to determine the location of such a camera. | | (313421) | 225
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what provisions in the franchise agreement with First Capital Connect govern the termination of the franchise in respect of persistent service failure through industrial action. | | (314241) | 226
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the cost to commuters of the recent industrial action by drivers on First Capital Connect Thameslink services. | | (314242) | 227
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many bids have been received to purchase the M25 tunnels and bridge crossings of the Thames. | | (314092) | 228
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Essex County Council and (b) Kent County Council over the proposed sale of the M25 tunnels and bridge crossing of the Thames; if he will ensure that a proportion of the proceeds of any sale will be given to (a) Essex County Council and the unitary authorities of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea and (b) Kent County Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (314093) | 229
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date his Department sought expressions of interest for the purchase of the M25 tunnel and bridge crossings of the Thames; by what means it did this; by what date firm bids are required to be received; and if he will make a statement. | | (314094) | 230
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many expressions of interest have been received for the purchase of the M25 tunnel and bridge crossings of the Thames. | | (314095) | 231
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. | | (314260) | 232
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to reduce railway journey times between London and (a) Lancaster, (b) Preston and (c) Crewe. | | (314180) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 233
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to tackle discrimination against older workers. | | (313701) | 234
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, for how many non-departmental public bodies the Government Equalities Office is responsible. | | (314258) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 235
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made against (a) Jobcentre Plus, (b) the Child Support Agency and (c) the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service by residents of the London Borough of Bexley in the last five years. | | (314292) | 236
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received housing benefit in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area. | | (313976) | 237
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received council tax benefit in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area. | | (313977) | 238
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 10 December 2009, Official Report, columns 40-42WS, on the publication of the report of the Review of Equality 2025, for what reasons the report of the review has not been published immediately; and on what date it will be published. | | (314033) | 239
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Tabulation Tool on her Department's website does not contain combined information on incapacity benefit and employment and support allowance caseloads; and if she will take steps to ensure this information is available. | | (314061) | 240
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to paragraph 167 on page 117 in her Department's Annual Report 2009, what assessment she has made of the reasons behind the growth of the disability living allowance (DLA) caseload; and what expenditure forecasts she has made for DLA for each of the next 10 years. | | (314064) | 241
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Health and Safety Executive has had a recommendation for hazardous substance consent declined by a local authority in each of the last five years. | | (314189) | 242
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical information as closely related to Chorley constituency as possible, the effect on that constituency of the policies of her Department and its predecessor since 1997. | | (314238) | 243
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many external contractors were employed by her Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (313764) | 244
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how long on average staff on interim contracts are employed by her Department. | | (313765) | 245
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in her Department are employed on interim contracts; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (313766) | 246
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expenditure her Department has incurred on advertising the Backing Young Britain campaign in the last 12 months. | | (314275) | 247
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of asbestos-related mesothelioma have been recorded in London in the last 10 years. | | (313767) | 248
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many death certificates mentioning mesothelioma as (a) primary cause of death and (b) secondary cause of death have been issued in each of the last 10 years. | | (313768) | 249
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many non-departmental public bodies her Department is responsible. | | (314257) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 250
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many construction firm start ups there have been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area or the lowest geographical area for which data is available. | | [Transferred] (313979) | 251
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people seeking jobs in the construction industry. | | [Transferred] (313980) | 252
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of melanoma in (a) adults and (b) children have been reported in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (314282) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 253
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent measures he has put in place to increase security at UK airports. | | [Question Unstarred] (313724) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 254
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of disabled people who are employed (i) full and (ii) part-time in the (A) public sector and (B) private sector, in the latest period for which information is available. | | [Transferred] (314063) |
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