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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 29 January 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 29 January 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 29 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 Friday 29 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 29 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms are in place for the allocation of funding to training providers under the scheme for apprentices over the age of 19 years after 1 April 2010; and how much such funding he plans to provide in each of the next three years. | | (314707) | 2
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has received representations on the recent dispute between Fujitsu and Fujitsu employees on redundancies, levels of pay and company pensions policy. | | (314710) | 3
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on its service to customers in areas which did not receive mail deliveries during the recent adverse weather conditions; what (a) information and (b) consultation Royal Mail held with such customers; and what assessment has been made of whether the universal service obligation was complied with during the period of adverse weather conditions. | | (314467) | 4
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to provide statutory protection to consumers in respect of debit card purchases in circumstances in which a company enters administration without having provided the goods or services purchased. | | (314410) | 5
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions there have been in each industry sector in each year since 2005. | | (314563) | 6
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value of trade between the UK and Kazakhstan was in each of the last three years. | | (314629) | 7
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what barriers to increasing trade between the UK and Kazakhstan his Department has identified. | | (314636) | 8
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which 10 UK companies had the highest monetary value of trade with Kazakhstan in each of the last three years. | | (314637) | 9
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what dates Cabinet Committee MISC 33 has met in the last 12 months; which additional Government services have been awarded to Post Office Limited as a result of that Committee's activity; and if he will make a statement. | | (314578) | 10
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent guidance his Department has issued on the (a) requirement for Government departments to put out to public tender contracts that could be awarded to Post Office Limited and (b) grounds on which the award of such a contract is to be considered; and if he will make a statement. | | (314579) | 11
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether all Post Office branches hold information for customers on his Department's consultation on financial and banking products available through the Post Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (314580) | 12
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people under 25 years old were not in employment, education or training in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) each region in (i) 1997, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008-09. | | (314618) | 13
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses in each constituency in the South West have applied for financial assistance under the (a) Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme and (b) Capital Enterprise Scheme since its inception; and how many such applications were granted. | | (314622) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 14
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her most recent estimate is of the ratio of female to male earnings in the North West. | | (314507) | 15
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many patients in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster have been diagnosed with melanoma in each of the last 10 years. | | (314634) | 16
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many patients in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster have been diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the last 10 years. | | (314635) | 17
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what amendments to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme will come into force on 1 April 2010. | | (314554) | 18
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the 10 most frequently recorded causes of death were for (a) men, (b) women, (c) boys under the age of 18 years and (d) girls under the age of 18 years in Torbay constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (314609) | 19
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in the South West had been claiming that allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months in each month since September 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (314616) | 20
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of her Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314526) | 21
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements are in place for the provision of footage obtained from the broadcast pool camera at the Iraq Inquiry to news agencies and news providers. | | (314411) | 22
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make it her policy to ensure that all video news agencies providers have access to low-resolution footage from the broadcast pool camera at the Iraq Inquiry. | | (314412) | 23
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided by her Department to the Iraq Inquiry that Inquiry has sought to publish under the procedure set out in the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information; and if she will make a statement. | | (314545) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 24
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments there are on the England 2010 rating list (a) in London with a rateable value below (i) £21,500, (ii) £36,000 and (iii) £43,000 and (b) outside London with a rateable value below (A) £15,000, (B) £25,000 and (C) £30,000. | | (314208) | 25
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged 75 years and over had an income below (a) £10,000, (b) the age-related personal allowance of £9,640 and (c) the basic level of personal allowance of £6,475 in 2009-10. | | (314173) | 26
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged between 65 and 74 years old had an income below (a) £10,000, (b) the age-related personal allowance of £9,640 and (c) the basic level of personal allowance of £6,490 in 2009-10. | | (314174) | 27
N | Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people likely to accept a voluntary redundancy package as part of HM Revenue and Customs' redundancy programme; and what estimate he has made of the likely average cost per individual entitlement. | | (314321) | 28
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of hours (a) he and (b) his predecessor spent in Northern Ireland on official visits since 1997. | | (314559) | 29
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs formerly undertaken by staff of his Department have been outsourced to external companies in each of the last five years; and to which companies. | | (314633) | 30
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what checks are carried out by HM Revenue and Customs to ensure alcoholic goods have been correctly exported before duty is repaid. | | (314165) | 31
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of beer sold in the UK without the payment of value added tax and excise duty. | | (314166) | 32
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanism is in place to monitor the movement of beer under duty suspension to the EU. | | (314167) | 33
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue lost to the Exchequer through the non-payment of value added tax and excise duty on beer in each year from 2001. | | (314268) | 34
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of value added tax on memorials to children (a) levied in each of the last five financial years and (b) expected to be levied in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (314702) | 35
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to levy value added tax on the purchase and erection of memorials for children; and if he will make a statement. | | (314703) | 36
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles were seized in Northern Ireland consequent on their use for cross-border fuel smuggling in each of the last three years; what the monetary value was of the fuel seized from those vehicles; how many arrests were made in connection with those seizures; and how many convictions there were as a result of those arrests. | | (314485) | 37
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of detections of fuel smuggling in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) England and Wales were made by (i) the police and (ii) HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years. | | (314538) | 38
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) England and Wales were found to be running on red diesel illegally in each of the last three years. | | (314573) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 39
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers were employed in secondary schools in Leeds North East constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. | | (314652) | 40
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers were employed in primary schools in Leeds North East constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest date for which information is available. | | (314653) | 41
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on new school buildings in Leeds North East constituency since 1997. | | (314655) | 42
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start places have been established in Leeds North East constituency since 1997. | | (314656) | 43
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) boys and (b) girls who were eligible for free school meals were classified as persistent absentees in 2006-07. | | (314326) | 44
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of white British (a) boys and (b) girls who were eligible for free school meals were classified as persistent absentees in 2006-07. | | (314327) | 45
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of Ofsted inspectors of (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools have (i) professional experience of working with and (ii) undertaken specialist training in inspecting provision for children with (A) physical disabilities and (B) special educational needs. | | (314477) | 46
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start centres there are in Torbay constituency; and how many children are enrolled at such centres. | | (314611) | 47
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in (a) Torbay constituency and (b) the South West were below the National Challenge benchmark following the 2009 GCSE results. | | (314614) | 48
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) three and (b) four years old in Torbay constituency are in free nursery places. | | (314615) | 49
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314519) | 50
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what evaluation has been carried out of the effectiveness of his Department's policies to reduce levels of bullying in schools. | | (314536) | 51
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of bullying in schools. | | (314677) | 52
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in (a) comprehensive and (b) maintained schools who achieved at least five grades A* to C at GCSE achieved (i) one or more, (ii) more than one, (iii) more than two, (iv) more than three of those grades in the subjects of business studies, music technology, child development, hairdressing, construction, health and social care, sociology, media, travel and tourism, performing arts, and hospitality and catering, in each year since 1997. | | (314463) | 53
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils from current National Challenge schools who achieved at least five grades A* to C at GCSE achieved (a) one or more, (b) more than one, (c) more than two, (d) more than three of those grades in the subject of business studies, music technology, child development, hairdressing, construction, health and social care, sociology, media, travel and tourism, performing arts, and hospitality and catering, in each of the last five years. | | (314464) | 54
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils at the end of Key Stage Four in current National Challenge schools (a) took and (b) achieved a grade A* to C at GCSE in a modern foreign language in each of the last five years. | | (314465) | 55
| Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children obtained five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in schools where (a) fewer than 10, (b) more than 20 and (c) more than 50 per cent. of pupils were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2005. | | (314581) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 56
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hereditaments in England he expects to claim small business rate relief in 2009-10. | | (314207) | 57
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets his Department has set for local authorities on the (a) administration and (b) collection of council tax. | | (314324) | 58
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority has received in fines relating to late payment of council tax in each of the last 10 years. | | (314380) | 59
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority has collected in fines relating to late payment of business rates in each of the last 10 years. | | (314381) | 60
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the Audit Commission to publish the findings of its corporate governance inspection of Doncaster Council. | | (314325) | 61
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) rough sleepers and (b) homeless people there were in Torbay constituency in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (314612) | 62
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the provision of services to households which are designated intentionally homeless. | | (314657) | 63
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provision is made for emergency accommodation for households which are classified as intentionally homeless. | | (314658) | 64
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households classified as intentionally homeless in each of the last three years included children. | | (314659) | 65
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households classified as intentionally homeless were provided with emergency accommodation in each of the last three years; and how many such households were accommodated for more than (a) 28 and (b) 60 days. | | (314660) | 66
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in each local authority area were classified as intentionally homeless in each of the last three years. | | (314661) | 67
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been received by the Local Government Ombudsman on the administration of services for those who are (a) intentionally homeless and (b) sleeping rough in each of the last three years. | | (314662) | 68
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in temporary accommodation were classified as intentionally homeless in each of the last three years. | | (314663) | 69
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the households in temporary accommodation were classified as intentionally homeless on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (314664) | 70
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, columns 769-70W, on Departmental written questions, what mechanisms are in place for monitoring his Department's performance in answering parliamentary questions for written answer; and what targets he has set for the time taken to answer such questions. | | (314469) | 71
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average period elapsed between each change to (a) planning policy guidance and (b) planning policy statements proposed to his Department in the last three years and the entry into force of the change. | | (314193) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 72
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations in the London Borough of Bexley received grants from each different funding programme of the Big Lottery Fund in each of the last five years. | | (314679) | 73
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on its UK world heritage policy in each of the last five years; and how many of his Department's staff worked on the policy in each of those years. | | (314199) | 74
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 536W, how much of the funding for the (a) British Film Institute National Film Centre, (b) British Museum World Conservation and Exhibition Centre, (c) British Library Newspaper Archive and (d) new Stonehenge Visitor Centre will be allocated in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (314201) | 75
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 539W, on museums and galleries: educational visits, how much of the £32 million had been spent on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (314202) | 76
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on stationery in each of the last five years. | | (314209) | 77
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many free visits to museums and art galleries funded from the public purse there were in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2003-04. | | (314320) | 78
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to prepare people for the FM radio switch off in 2015. | | (314558) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 80
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 88W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, whether the three helicopters were delivered to Afghanistan by 31 December 2009. | | (314322) | 81
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of personnel deployed to Afghanistan in the current deployment undertook individual reinforcement training rather than full collective pre-deployment training. | | (314471) | 82
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on urgent operational requirements in 2009-10. | | (314472) | 83
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of the membership of the (a) Territorial Army, (b) Royal Navy Reserve, (c) Royal Marine Reserve and (d) Royal Auxiliary Air Force was available for deployment on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (314473) | 84
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many break-ins at UK military bases were reported in each of the last 12 months. | | (314475) | 85
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were absent without leave in each month in 2009. | | (314478) | 86
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average unit tour interval was for each (a) aircraft and (b) helicopter crew type in the Royal Air Force in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (314479) | 87
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have served in (a) Afghanistan since 2001 and (b) Operation Telic from 2003-09. | | (314562) | 88
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships have gone out of service in each year since 1997. | | (314672) | 89
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 16W, on Halsar Hospital, how much Our Enterprise (Haslar) Ltd paid for Halsar Hospital. | | (314669) | 90
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Government's golden share in AWE Management Ltd with (a) UK and (b) EC competition law. | | (314625) | 91
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the future of Fremington Army Camp. | | (314626) | 92
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and the North Devon District Council on the feasibility of utilising Fremington Army Camp for temporary accommodation during construction of the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm. | | (314670) | 93
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs formerly undertaken by staff of his Department have been outsourced to external companies in each of the last five years; and to which companies. | | (314630) | 94
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many families have been evicted from service family accommodation in each of the last 12 months. | | (314196) | 95
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many houses owned by his Department were rated as grade (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 in each of the last five years. | | (314197) | 96
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) permanent and (b) temporary accommodation for civil servants in each of the last 12 months. | | (314198) | 97
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 203W, on armed forces: housing, how many requests for repair call outs were made in respect of family housing. | | (314204) | 98
N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has purchased ADE-651 bomb detectors from ATSC. | | (314328) | 99
N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the ADE-651 bomb detector has been used to screen vehicles at any of his Department's establishments (a) in the UK and (b) overseas. | | (314329) | 100
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to declare any part of Middlewick Ranges, Colchester Garrison, surplus to military requirements. | | (314399) | 101
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314520) | 102
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a decision on the location of the submarine dismantling project is likely to be made; and if he will make a statement. | | (314474) | 103
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question (a) 310011, (b) 310012 and (c) 310013 on Milngavie reservoir, tabled on 6 January 2010. | | (314200) | 104
N | Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what price was the Royal Hospital Haslar site sold and to whom; what the acreage of the site sold is; how many houses, flats and other buildings are on the sold site; what due diligence was undertaken prior to the sale; what undertakings were obtained from the prospective purchasers prior to the sale; what other offers and indications of interest were received for the site; what the monetary value of the site was on his Department's accounts prior to the sale; and what limitations and covenants were placed on the site at the time of sale. | | (314354) | 105
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to spend on research and development, excluding expenditure from the science, innovation and technology budgets, in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (314194) | 106
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on research and development, excluding expenditure from the science, innovation and technology budget, in the financial year 2008-09. | | (314195) | 107
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided by his Department to the Iraq Inquiry that Inquiry has sought to publish under the procedure set out in the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information; and if he will make a statement. | | (314547) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 108
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much oil was imported from Iraq in each of the last 10 years. | | (314162) | 109
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in fuel poverty as a result of the costs arising from heating properties to the temperature required to manage disability and related long-term medical conditions. | | (314576) | 110
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent asessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory regime for the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. | | (314535) | 111
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage retailers to reduce their carbon emissions; what representations he has received on campaigns organised by not-for-profit organisations to encourage retailers to conserve energy; and if he will make a statement. | | (314486) | 112
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department plans to take in co-operation with its international counterparts to take forward the provisions of the treaty signed in Copenhagen on Climate Change. | | (314557) | 113
| Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to increase the diversity of energy sources in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (314481) | 114
| Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to encourage renewable energy; and if he will make a statement. | | (314483) | 115
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of fuel poverty in Torbay constituency. | | (314608) | 116
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in Torbay constituency received assistance under the Warm Front scheme in 2008-09. | | (314623) | 117
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314522) | 118
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many meetings he and his officials have had with their Treasury counterparts since December 2009 on the introduction of a feed-in tariff for micro-combined heat and power; and if he will make a statement. | | (314534) | 119
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will review the standards in respect of noise from wind turbines contained in the document ETSU-R-97 for the purposes of further limiting the permitted level of noise. | | (314413) | 120
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on limits on noise from onshore wind farms. | | (314414) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 121
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Tanzania on its proposals on the listing of the African Elephant at the 15th Conference of the Parties Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna. | | (314708) | 122
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the size of the salmon population in (a) the River Mersey and (b) all rivers in the Merseyside region, (i) on the latest date for which information is available and (ii) (A) two, (B) five, (C) 10 and (D) 15 years ago. | | (314466) | 123
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314523) | 124
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on the photography industry of non-remunerated photography contracts issued by the Environment Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (314169) | 125
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on options to dispose of waste that cannot be recycled. | | (314470) | 126
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of progress in the transfer of private drains to water companies in 2011; and if he will make a statement. | | (314262) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 127
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Peruvian counterpart on Peru's adherence to the United Nations General Assembly's declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; and if he will make a statement. | | (314704) | 128
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 585W, what revisions he has made to his Department's guidance in relation to property development in the north of Cyprus. | | (314484) | 129
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the quantity of oil exported from Iraq in each of the last 10 years. | | (314161) | 130
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Spanish authorities seek payment from the Government in respect of the costs of imprisonment in Spain of British citizens awaiting trial. | | (314270) | 131
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent reports of corruption in business transactions between the UK and Kazakhstan. | | (314717) | 132
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political and economic stability of Venezuela and its role in the region. | | (314417) | 133
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which EU Common Positions the Government subscribes; on what date the Government subscribed to each; and on what date each such position is due to expire. | | (314263) | 134
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens are (a) detained abroad awaiting trial and (b) detained abroad in violation of Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. | | (314533) | 135
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 101W, on Government hospitality: wines, if he will publish the most recent (a) paper and (b) electronic copy of the Government wine cellar database. | | (314170) | 136
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 101W, on Government hospitality: wines, how many people are employed to input data into the Windows SharePoint system used to manage transactions for the Government wine cellar; and when he expects the current backlog of data to have been entered. | | (314171) | 137
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the EU's military presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement. | | (314172) | 138
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided by his Department to the Iraq Inquiry that Inquiry has sought to publish under the procedure set out in the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information; and if he will make a statement. | | (314546) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 139
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to (a) increase the level of monitoring of NHS performance on the diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury and (b) implement a code to identify and audit the (i) incidence of and (ii) outcomes associated with acute kidney injury. | | (314709) | 140
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to facilitate joint working and commissioning by acute care and renal medicine services to ensure the rapid diagnosis of acute kidney injury. | | (314711) | 141
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster have been diagnosed with asbestos-related mesothelioma in each of the last 10 years. | | (314624) | 142
| Patrick Hall (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Professor Gilmore's review of prescription charges and his Department's response will be published; and whether asthma is to be included in the list of long-term conditions exempted from charges. | | (314561) | 143
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed at Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (314651) | 144
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of establishing the Regional Oncology Centre at St James's University Hospital. | | (314654) | 145
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which payments made by his Department to the Eileen Trust in the last five years (a) constituted (i) an ex-gratia payment and (ii) an admittance of liability on the Government's part and (b) were made for other reasons. | | (314409) | 146
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts are expected to meet the target of providing access to NHS dentistry to all patients who are seeking it by March 2011. | | (314705) | 147
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all primary care trusts meet the target of providing access to NHS dentistry to all patients by March 2011. | | (314706) | 148
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons a UK military pension paid to a resident of the Isle of Man will not be deemed to be a UK state pension for the purpose of qualifying for free emergency admission to hospital when that person visits the UK after the end of the UK-Isle of Man reciprocal health agreement with effect from 1 April 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (314205) | 149
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that former members of HM Armed Forces resident in the Isle of Man in receipt of military pensions will continue to have free NHS hospital care when visiting the UK when they are subject of an emergency admission to hospital following the end of the reciprocal UK-Isle of Man Health Agreement on 1 April 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (314206) | 150
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps will be taken to ensure that the Autism Strategy meets the criteria and recommendations contained in the National Audit Office's report on Supporting people with autism through adulthood, HC (2008-09) 556; and if he will make a statement. | | (314571) | 151
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Autism Strategy required under the Autism Act 2009 in April 2010; and if he will issue all statutory guidance to local authorities and health bodies required by the Act by December 2010. | | (314572) | 152
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Sir David Nicholson on the merits of independent provider arms for community care. | | (314713) | 153
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Adult Autism Strategy. | | (314556) | 154
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what progress his Department has made on agreeing explicit goals for the size and speed of the reduction of the use of antipsychotic medication and for the improvement in the use of such drugs where needed; and whether any such goals have been agreed. | | (314509) | 155
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what progress has been made on developing an audit to generate data on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia. | | (314510) | 156
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what the role of the National Clinical Director for Dementia will be; what the salary is for that post; and what objectives have been set for that post. | | (314511) | 157
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what steps he has taken to make the reduction of the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia and the assurance of good practice a clinical governance priority across the NHS. | | (314512) | 158
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Opportunities for Volunteering scheme in each of the last five financial years; and how much funding he plans to allocate to the health and social care volunteering fund in the next five financial years. | | (314513) | 159
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the Capacitybuilders programme in each financial year since its inception; how much has been spent on consultants in respect of that programme in each such financial year; and how much has been paid out in grants to charities in each such financial year. | | (314514) | 160
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs, whether his Department has made a decision on the proposed introduction of the P-Capt filter into paediatrics. | | (314515) | 161
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to undertake a review of wheelchair services in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (314516) | 162
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded as having (a) an admission and (b) a discharge episode with a diagnosis of (i) malnutrition, (ii) nutritional anaemias and (iii) other nutritional deficiencies (A) in England and (B) per 100,000 admissions to each NHS trust in each year between 1997-98 and 2008-09. | | (314564) | 163
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were recorded as having (a) an admission and (b) a discharge episode with a diagnosis of (i) malnutrition, (ii) nutritional anaemias and (iii) other nutritional deficiencies in each (A) strategic health authority and (B) primary care trust commissioning area of residence in each year since 1997-98. | | (314565) | 164
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to exempt from prescription charges those with long-term conditions; what assessment he has made of Sir Ian Gilmore's review of prescription charges; when he expects that review to be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (314566) | 165
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 9 November 2009, Official Report, column 128W, on nutrition, if he will ensure that his Department's response to the report of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board is finalised and the report and the response published by the end of February 2010. | | (314568) | 166
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the National Programme for IT's (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure was spent on (i) the central contracts with CSC and BT in each financial year since 2004 and (ii) operating Connecting for Health. | | (314569) | 167
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 495W, on social services, whether the figures given in table 2 of the Personal Care at Home Bill impact assessment for additional costs relate to million of pounds. | | (314570) | 168
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's response to its consultation on strengthening protection for vulnerable adults of 19 January 2010, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for the mandatory Safeguarding Adults Boards; what estimate he has made of the cost under each budget heading of implementing such proposals; and from what budgets such funding would be drawn. | | (314627) | 169
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of risk of contracting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease through podiatric procedures; and whether he has made an assessment of the (a) merits and (b) cost of implementing measures to mitigate that risk. | | (314638) | 170
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which constituencies the Personal Care at Home Bill engagement events will be held. | | (314639) | 171
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology was used to calculate the costs in (a) Annex B of the impact assessment for the Personal Care at Home Bill, (b) table 13 of the PSSRU discussion paper 2644 and (c) table 35e of his Department's memorandum contained in HC 269-i. | | (314640) | 172
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology was used to calculate the number of critical care users (a) in table 10 of the PSSRU discussion paper 2644 and (b) table 2 of the impact assessment for the Personal Care at Home Bill. | | (314641) | 173
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts (a) have and (b) have not appointed a local director of public health jointly with each relevant local authority. | | (314642) | 174
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of risk of contracting variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease through brain surgery procedures; and whether he has made an assessment of the (a) merits and (b) cost of implementing measures to mitigate that risk. | | (314643) | 175
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of risk of contracting variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease through ophthalmological procedures; and whether he has made an assessment of the (a) merits and (b) cost of implementing measures to mitigate that risk. | | (314644) | 176
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of versions 1 to 8 of the impact assessment for the Personal Care at Home Bill. | | (314645) | 177
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what mechanisms he has put in place to facilitate liaison between specialist older people's mental health services and general practitioners to address the issue of people with dementia in their own homes who are on antipsychotic medication. | | (314646) | 178
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what steps he has taken to ensure that the improving access to psychological therapies programme delivers therapies to people with dementia and their carers. | | (314647) | 179
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what steps his Department has taken to enable the Care Quality Commission to implement rates of prescription of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia. | | (314648) | 180
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what progress his Department has made on giving primary care trusts the resources and mandate to commission from local specialist older people's mental health services an in-reach service that supports primary care in its work in care homes; and how many primary care trusts commission such in-reach services. | | (314649) | 181
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what steps his Department has taken to support the Royal Colleges in developing a curriculum for the development of appropriate skills for general practitioners and others working in care homes; and whether any college has implemented such a curriculum. | | (314650) | 182
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report for the Minister of State for Care Services on the use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia, what steps his Department has taken to commission further research into assessing the clinical and cost effectiveness of non-pharmacological methods of treating behavioural problems in dementia and other pharmacological approaches as an alternative to antipsychotic medication; what research projects on such matters have received funding from the NHS research budget in the last 12 months; and how much funding each such project received from that budget. | | (314668) | 183
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2009, Official Report, column 354W, whether the £11 million allocated to primary care trusts for the provision of annual health checks to individuals with learning disabilities is ring-fenced. | | (314714) | 184
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued instructions to doctors to cease prescribing the anti-obesity drug sibutramine; whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will bring forward its 2011 review of its guidance on obesity to take account of this development; and if he will make a statement. | | (314671) | 185
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many orthopaedic surgeons have been employed by the NHS in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last 10 years. | | (314163) | 186
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS of treating non-UK residents for cancer was in (a) the latest period for which figures are available and (b) each of the last five years. | | (314168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 187
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent attacks on racecourse bookmakers travelling to and from racecourses have ben recorded in the last 12 months. | | (314680) | 188
| Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to enable hon. members to present information to the UK Border Agency on behalf of an asylum applicant in circumstances in which the applicant is unable to provide such information in person. | | (314407) | 189
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU workers were registered in the Worker Registration Scheme in each local authority in the North East in (a) March 2007, (b) March 2008, (c) March 2009 and (d) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (314034) | 190
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been questioned and been (a) cautioned and (b) subsequently prosecuted in relation to terrorism offences in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years. | | (314349) | 191
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested under anti-terrorism legislation have subsequently been extradited in each of the five years. | | (314350) | 192
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been released from custodial sentences handed down for terrorism offences following a successful appeal in each of the five years. | | (314351) | 193
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of offences under anti-terrorism legislation have been released on (a) automatic unconditional release. (b) automatic conditional release and (c) discretionary conditional release in each of the last 12 months. | | (314352) | 194
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of offences under anti-terrorism legislation are serving custodial sentences. | | (314353) | 195
| Patrick Hall (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the results of the joint review of student visas by his Department and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to be published. | | (314673) | 196
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of violence against the person without injury have been recorded by each police force in each quarter since April 2006. | | (314330) | 197
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many jobs formerly undertaken by staff of his Department have been outsourced to external companies in each of the last five years; and to which companies. | | (314631) | 198
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314524) | 199
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ships were searched by HM Revenue and Customs in UK ports in each of the last three years. | | (314539) | 200
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ships were searched by HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland ports in each of the last three years. | | (314540) | 201
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was collected in fines for benefit fraud (a) in each region in England and (b) in Wales in each of the last two years. | | (314574) | 202
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the risks of the recreational use of methadone. | | (314415) | 203
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the classification of methadone; and if he will make a statement. | | (314416) | 204
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided by his Department to the Iraq Inquiry that Inquiry has sought to publish under the procedure set out in the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information; and if he will make a statement. | | (314544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 205
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's role was in the commissioning and delivery of the turbine delivered to the Kajaki Dam in September 2008; whether his Department had lead responsibility for commissioning that project; and if he will make a statement. | | (314476) | 206
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's list of (a) deployable civilian experts and (b) members of the Civil Service Stabilisation Cadre deployed in each country of the world. | | (314364) | 207
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the job description of each of his Department's officials involved in managing the Stabilisation Unit's database of deployable civilian experts and the Civil Service Stabilisation Cadre. | | (314365) | 208
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of his Department's Stabilisation Unit are employed to manage that Unit's database of (a) deployable civilian experts and (b) the Civil Service Stabilisation Cadre. | | (314366) | 209
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 414W, on people trafficking, to what overseas projects and non-governmental organisations tackling human trafficking, forced labour and child labour his department provides support. | | (314203) | 210
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided by his Department to the Iraq Inquiry that Inquiry has sought to publish under the procedure set out in the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information; and if he will make a statement. | | (314541) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 211
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for non-payment of council tax in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years. | | (314382) | 212
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons certain papers submitted to Lord Hutton's inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly are not to be disclosed until 70 years have elapsed. | | (314462) | 213
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to ensure disabled people have access to polling stations in the forthcoming General Election. | | (314555) | 214
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evaluations have been made of the performance of his Department's Data Access and Compliance Unit; who undertook those evaluations; and what use has been made of those evaluations by (a) his Department's Corporate Management Board and (b) Ministers. | | (314716) | 215
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in (a) each region of England and (b) Wales were (i) fined and (ii) prosecuted for non-payment of television licence fees in each of the last three years. | | (314487) | 216
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of sentence was in England and Wales in respect of convictions for motoring offences which resulted in a fatality in each of the last three years. | | (314675) | 217
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided by his Department to the Iraq Inquiry that Inquiry has sought to publish under the procedure set out in the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information; and if he will make a statement. | | (314543) | Questions to the Leader of the House 218
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Leader of the House, how many applications have been received each week asking for subjects to be debated in topical debates since their inception; and what the 10 most popular subjects proposed for debate have been since procedures for such debates were instituted. | | (314676) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 219
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were present at each event. | | (314530) | 220
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on driving offences, how many custodial sentences were handed down for causing grievous bodily injury by driving carelessly (a) when unfit and (b) with excess alcohol; and what the (i) average, (ii) longest and (iii) shortest custodial sentence was in each of those years. | | (314517) | 221
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 511-2W, on driving offences, what the (a) average, (b) longest and (c) shortest custodial sentence handed down for a motoring offence causing death was in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006; and how many custodial sentences were handed down in each of those years. | | (314518) | 222
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) serving and (b) former members of the (i) Police Service of Northern Ireland, (ii) Royal Irish Regiment and (iii) Northern Ireland Prison Service have moved from their homes after being targeted by (A) Republican and (B) Loyalist paramilitaries in each of the last three years. | | (314537) | 223
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 512-14, on sexual offences, in respect of each category of offence, (a) what the average length of custodial sentence was, (b) how many custodial sentences were handed down and (c) what the (i) longest and (ii) shortest custodial sentence for each category of offence was. | | (314678) | 224
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will discuss with the First Minister the introduction into the Northern Ireland Assembly of a bill to establish a national day to raise awareness of the need to eradicate all forms of slavery. | | (314319) | Questions to the Prime Minister 225
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Prime Minister, how many hours he has spent in Northern Ireland on official visits between the date of his appointment and 26 January 2010. | | (314560) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 226
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were present at each event. | | (314529) | 227
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the cross-border provision of winter road salt supplies; and on what dates. | | (314401) | Questions to the Solicitor General 228
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Solicitor General, how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by the Law Officers' Departments since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were present at each event. | | (314528) | 229
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information in electronic format provided by the Law Officers' Department's to the Iraq Inquiry that Inquiry has sought to publish under the procedure set out in the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information; and if she will make a statement. | | (314542) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 230
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what he estimates the cost to the public purse will be in 2010 of removal from train operating companies of the individual ticket price flexibility hitherto available to them in producing their overall retail price index +1 increase in regulated fares. | | (314164) | 231
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much has been raised by each category of fixed penalty notice issued by the British Transport Police in (a) England and (b) Wales since 2006. | | (314346) | 232
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of rail replacement bus services that have been in operation for longer than (a) one week, (b) one month and (c) one year; and what the cost has been of providing such services. | | (314347) | 233
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what has been the average length of delay for trains classified as late in each of the last 10 years in respect of (a) short distance and (b) long distance journeys; and what percentage of delays in each such year have been the responsibility of (i) Network Rail and (ii) a train operating company and (iii) another organisation. | | (314348) | 234
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress has been made in reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured in road traffic accidents involving cars and motorcyclists over the last three years. | | (314503) | 235
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people paid their vehicle excise duty online in each of the last three years. | | (314504) | 236
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many motorists bought a vehicle excise duty licence with a single payment in each of the last three years. | | (314505) | 237
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the employment of traffic wardens. | | (314506) | 238
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of repairs to roads following damage incurred during recent severe weather in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Leeds. | | (314468) | 239
| Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to improve major arterial roads; and if he will make a statement. | | (314480) | 240
| Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve the performance of the railway industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (314482) | 241
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accidents in Torbay constituency involved loss of life in each of the last five years. | | (314613) | 242
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accidents there were in (a) Devon and (b) Torbay constituency in each of the last five years; how many such accidents involved (i) motorcyclists and (ii) cyclists in each such year; and how many accidents of each type resulted in loss of life in each such year. | | (314715) | 243
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314525) | 244
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities in England on the sharing of road salt supplies so as to ensure that the areas worst affected have access to salt. | | (314400) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 245
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Goverment Ministers and Ministerial colleagues on steps to be taken to reduce levels of child poverty in Wales. | | (314567) | 246
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Minister for Wales on assistance to service families resident in Wales in receiving the 50 per cent. reduction in council tax liability. | | (314552) | 247
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were present at each event. | | (314531) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 248
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by the Government Equalities Office since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were present at each event. | | (314532) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 249
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the effect on competition of a four year period for implementation of the provision of the Pensions Act 2008. | | (314264) | 250
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors (a) were taken into account in determining the level of the fixed penalty prescribed in regulation 12 of the Employers' Duties (Registration and Compliance) Regulations 2010 and (b) are taken into account in determining the level of initial penalty notices issued by HM Revenue and Customs. | | [R] (314265) | 251
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department made of the effects on competition of the decision to implement the provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 over a four year period. | | [R] (314266) | 252
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the level of fixed penalty notices prescribed in Regulation 12 of the Employers' Duties (Registration and Compliance) Regulations 2010. | | [R] (314267) | 253
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward proposals to assist with the heating bills of long-term sick and disabled people. | | (314577) | 254
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in each local authority area in South East England waited four weeks or more to receive winter fuel payments in the last 12 months. | | (314548) | 255
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people were in receipt of winter fuel payments in each local authority area in South East England at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (314549) | 256
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each local authority area in South East England were eligible to receive winter fuel payments in winter 2009-10. | | (314550) | 257
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets her Department has set for local authorities on the (a) administration and (b) collection of housing benefit. | | (314323) | 258
| Patrick Hall (Bedford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was between the submission of an appeal against the refusal of an application for disability living allowance and the subsequent hearing in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (314408) | 259
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2009, Official Report, column 46W, on nuclear submarines, what methodology the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate used to determine the radius of the emergency pre-planning zone around a berthed nuclear-powered submarine. | | (314712) | 260
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her latest estimate is of the number of pensioners in each constituency in Derbyshire who are eligible for but do not claim pension credit. | | (314665) | 261
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households were paid (a) pension guarantee credit, (b) pension savings credit and (c) pension guarantee and pension savings credit in 2009. | | (314667) | 262
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs formerly undertaken by staff of her Department have been outsourced to external companies in each of the last five years; and to which companies. | | (314632) | 263
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to assist jobseeker's allowance claimants resident in Wales to move into employment. | | (314551) | 264
| Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance under which initiatives her Department provides to help young jobless people in Wales to return to employment. | | (314553) | 265
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Torbay constituency received (a) the mobility component, (b) the care component and (c) the mobility and care components of the disability living allowance in each of the last five years. | | (314610) | 266
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of households in Torbay constituency who will receive the (a) £250 and (b) £400 winter fuel payment in 2009-10. | | (314619) | 267
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Torbay constituency are in receipt of winter fuel allowance; and how much her Department paid to such pensioners in winter fuel allowance in 2009. | | (314620) | 268
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance claimants there were in (i) the South West and (ii) Torbay constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (314621) | 269
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 10 largest benefit debts owed to her Department by individuals resident in Scotland were in January 2010; and to what principal benefit each such debt relates. | | (314363) | 270
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of her Department on stress recognition and management. | | (314527) | 271
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in England and Wales have been prosecuted for benefit fraud on (a) more than one occasion and (b) more than two occasions in each of the last three years. | | (314575) | 272
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in each local authority area in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (314269) | 273
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of benefits and pensions paid by her Department had payment credited (a) to a pre-paid card, (b) credited to a bank account, (c) credited to a post office card account, (d) credited to a credit card account, (e) credited to another account and (f) and paid by giro on 1 January (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010. | | (314331) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 274
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of employees who were employed on (a) short-term contracts, (b) fixed-term appointments and (c) an agency supply basis in each region in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers. | | [Transferred] (314035) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 275
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many working age adults with children were unemployed in each year since 2005. | | [Transferred] (314502) | 276
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lone parents were unemployed in each year since 2007. | | [Transferred] (314666) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 277
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 16 to 19 year-olds in Torbay constituency were (a) in education, training or employment and (b) unemployed in each year since 1992. | | [Transferred] (314617) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 278
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's press conference of 25 January 2010, what steps he plans to take to ensure full investigation of RoActemra. | | [Transferred] (314628) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 279
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Northern Ireland were (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for non-payment of the television licence fee (i) in total, (ii) by local authority area and (iii) by constituency in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (314674) |
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