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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 2 February 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 2 February 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 2 February 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 Tuesday 2 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 2 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 2000. | | (315306) | 2
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 267W, on internet privacy, what the results were of his recent discussions on revisions to the E-privacy Directive 2002/58/EC. | | (314694) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what record (a) his Department and (b) its agencies keep of fees paid to insolvency practitioners. | | (315180) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of creditors' committees in scrutinising insolvency practitioners. | | (315192) | 5
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage young people to undertake apprenticeships in Coventry. | | (314601) | 6
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to increase coordination between training providers, businesses, schools and further education establishments on providing information on apprenticeships. | | (314602) | 7
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) the Secretary of State and (b) Ministers in his Department have discussed with the Higher Education Funding Council for England a timetable to take forward its six proposals for new higher education centres under its University Challenge initiative. | | (314915) | 8
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which companies the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation has key account management relationships; and what the purpose of such a relationship is in each case. | | (315189) | 9
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, who the members are of (a) the UK Trade and Industry Defence and Security Organisation Defence Advisory Group and (b) the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation Security Advisory Group; what the background is of each such member; and when each was appointed. | | (315190) | 10
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in his Department and its agencies (a) have the status of embedded communicators and (b) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315168) | 11
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations and individuals responded to the Intellectual Property Office's consultation on copyright exemptions for public performance of recorded music. | | (315261) | 12
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many separate bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (315262) | 13
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) an equality impact assessment and (b) a small firms assessment has been made of the effects of abolishing the Phonographic Performance Limited licence exemption for charities and voluntary groups. | | (315268) | 14
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of each response to the consultation on changes to exemptions from public performance rights in sound recordings and performers' rights. | | (315270) | 15
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of each written response to the Intellectual Property Office's consultation on copyright exemptions for public performance of recorded music. | | (315271) | 16
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on font licensing in the last three years. | | (315282) | 17
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its agencies spent on external recruitment consultants in the last 12 months. | | (315286) | 18
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many job vacancies in his Department and its agencies were filled through external recruitment in the last 12 months. | | (315289) | 19
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to which parts of the UK the proposed changes by the Intellectual Property Office to performance rights licence exemptions for not-for-profit groups will apply. | | (315307) | 20
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any written instructions have been provided to the Accounting Officer for his Department and its predecessors in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since May 1997. | | (315314) | 21
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what targets the Government has to reduce digital exclusion by giving people access to online services. | | (315319) | 22
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residents in each electoral ward in (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area attended university in each year since 1997. | | (315247) | 23
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications (a) in total and (b) from businesses registered in Scotland for loans under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme have been (i) made and (ii) granted. | | (315310) | 24
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many loans each participating bank has made under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme (a) overall and (b) to businesses registered in Scotland. | | (315311) | 25
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been lent by each participating bank under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme (a) in total and (b) to businesses registered in Scotland. | | (315381) | 26
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the prospects for agreement in the Doha trade round. | | (314789) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 27
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in (a) her Department, (b) the Charity Commission and (c) the Central Office of Information (i) have the status of embedded communicators and (ii) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315166) | 28
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 956W, on the Census, if she will place in the Library a copy of the data-sharing agreement with (a) Local Government Information House, (b) the Royal Mail and (c) Ordnance Survey. | | (315172) | 29
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 951W, on the Census, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Information Commissioner's response on the privacy impact assessment. | | (315173) | 30
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 951W, on Census, if she will place in the Library a copy of each written submission made to the Office for National Statistics on the Census by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (315174) | 31
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department has budgeted for the works in Downing Street covered by Westminster City Council planning application with the reference 09/00619/LBC. | | (315202) | 32
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) title and (b) notional budget is of each advertising and marketing campaign co-ordinated through the Central Office of Information in 2009-10. | | (315203) | 33
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days leave a civil servant had on average in 2008-09; and how many of these were (a) annual leave, (b) bank holidays and (c) privilege days. | | (315205) | 34
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the policy of (a) her Department and (b) the Prime Minister's Office is on the maximum time that should be taken to respond to correspondence from members of the public. | | (315206) | 35
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Charity Commission's (a) policy on and (b) methodology for applying the public benefit test to charities. | | (315207) | 36
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the speech, presentation and speaking notes made by the Permanent Secretary for Government Communications, Mr Matt Tee, at the briefing held by Hanover in November 2009. | | (315208) | 37
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job vacancies in (a) her Department, (b) the Charity Commission and (c) the Central Office of Information were filled using external recruitment in the last year for which figures are available. | | (315209) | 38
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) her Department, (b) the Charity Commission and (c) the Central Office of Information spent on external recruitment consultants in the last year for which figures are available. | | (315210) | 39
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) her Department, (b) the Charity Commission and (c) the Central Office of Information have spent on font licensing in the last three years, | | (315211) | 40
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 4.76 of the Census 2001's General Report for England and Wales, if she will place in the Library a copy of each document drawn up on guidance and training on procedures for handling census non-compliance. | | (315219) | 41
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 251W, on 10 Downing Street, how purchase orders for expenditure on renovation and refurbishment are (a) authorised and (b) electronically held; how quotations are obtained in advance of work on renovation and refurbishment; and how the Total Facilities Management Provider is reimbursed for expenditure on renovation and refurbishment over and above routine maintenance. | | (315220) | 42
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the members are of the Advertising Advisory Committee; what procedures govern their (a) appointment, (b) length of appointment and (c) remuneration; what the functions of the committee are; and to whom the committee provides advice. | | (315221) | 43
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 351W, on central government: public relations, in what month of 1997 the framework was established; and which public relations companies have been included in that framework in each year since it was established. | | (315222) | 44
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Central Office of Information press release of 11 December 2009, on the merchandising and promotional items framework, how much the Central Office of Information has spent on promotional food and drink products in each of the last three years; what suppliers were used; and on behalf of which public bodies promotional food and drink was procured. | | (315223) | 45
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Central Office of Information press release of 11 December 2009, on the merchandising and promotional items framework, what the estimated monetary value is of each label within each lot. | | (315224) | 46
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department spent on its recent event held on HMS Illustrious; and how many staff from her Department attended the event. | | (315227) | 47
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Public Services Forum Task Group to date. | | (315228) | 48
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the eight principles of the Government Communication Network's Engage Strategic Communications Framework are. | | (315229) | 49
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff her Department has appointed who later were discovered to be illegal immigrants since 2005. | | (315230) | 50
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the predicted monetary value is of the Branding lot of the Central Office of Information's Marketing and Brand Strategy Consultancy Framework; what contracts have been awarded under that lot; to which public bodies; and what estimate she has made of the total monetary value of all contracts under the Framework agreement. | | (315231) | 51
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the predicted monetary value is of the Brand and Values lot of the Central Office of Information's Internal Communication, Engagement and Change Consultancy Framework; what contracts have been awarded under that lot; to which public bodies such contracts have been awarded; and what estimate she has made of the total monetary value of all contracts to be let under the Framework agreement. | | (315232) | 52
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Census datasets the Government is required to provide to the European Commission. | | (315253) | 53
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the person response rate was in the 2001 Census in each local authority area; and what the estimated number of people is in each local authority area who did not respond. | | (315255) | 54
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the proportion and number of completed Census questionnaires that were lost by Royal Mail in the 2001 Census. | | (315256) | 55
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what means will be used to collect 2011 Census forms from (a) travellers and (b) people in travelling fairs. | | (315263) | 56
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of a postal strike on the 2011 Census. | | (315265) | 57
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value is of the Office for National Statistics' 2011 Census contract with (a) Polestar, (b) UK Data Capture, (c) Cable and Wireless, (d) bss, (e) Logica, (f) Steria and (g) Lockheed Martin. | | (315266) | 58
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps are being taken to prevent phishing attacks related to the 2011 Census. | | (315267) | 59
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what directions Ministers have given to the UK Statistics Authority on the 2011 Census under section 2 of the Census Act 1920, as amended. | | (315269) | 60
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the (a) Office of the Third Sector and (b) Charity Commission have had with the Department of Health on the effects of the implementation of International Accounting Standard 27 (IAS 27) on independent NHS charities. | | (315272) | 61
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-compliance staff are planned for the Census 2011; and what estimate has been made of the cost of employing such staff. | | (315273) | 62
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the limit is on the number of users who will be able to use the Census online system at any one time. | | (315274) | 63
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many separate bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) the Charity Commission and (c) the Central Office of Information in the last year for which figures are available; and what the cost of such bookings was. | | (315275) | 64
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2009, Official Report, column 702W, on Government communications, how many public sector employees are registered to access the Government Communication Network. | | (315276) | 65
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2009, Official Report, column 702W, on Government communications, what substantive documents have been published for members of the Government Communication Network in the last 12 months. | | (315277) | 66
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 16 of Smarter Government, Cm 7753, what the monetary value is of the planned reduction in marketing and communications spend; over what period the planned reduction is expected to take place; whether the reduction relates to (a) Central Office of Information expenditure and (b) departmental expenditure; and whether she expects there to be any reduction in the number of departmental press officers employed. | | (315280) | 67
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 975W, on Media Monitoring Unit, what the difference is between the subscribers referred to as the Cabinet Office and Cabinet Office Communications; and which subscriber incurred the £25,200 of expenditure referred to. | | (315281) | 68
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the supplementary letter of 21 October 2008 from her Department in its written evidence to the House of Lords Select Committe on Communications HL 7, what her most recent estimate is of the number of special advisers whose responsibilities are primarily in communications. | | (315318) | 69
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job vacancies have been advertised internally under the Civil Service West Midlands Pilot; and what the (a) job title, (b) department and (c) salary range of each was. | | (315320) | 70
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public bodies had their staff included in Civil Service headcounts in 2009. | | (315321) | 71
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any written instructions have been provided to her Department's Accounting Officer in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since 1997. | | (315323) | 72
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Communications Manager in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and Senior Information Risk Owner will be a member of the Government Communications Network. | | (315325) | 73
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public sector websites have been discontinued since her Department announced its plans to rationalise the overall number; and on what date each was discontinued. | | (315326) | 74
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Central Office of Information spent on advertising in each of the last 24 months. | | (315327) | 75
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many companies tendered for the contract for the supply of public relations services for the London Summit with the heads of the G20 in April 2009; and to which company the contract was awarded. | | (315328) | 76
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements will apply to recording the details of guests at house parties on 2011 Census night. | | (315329) | 77
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many telephone calls were made to the 2001 Census helpline; how many were predicted before the line became operational; and what assessment was made of the adequacy of the capacity of the line. | | (315330) | 78
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how homeless people were counted in the 2001 Census; how many homeless people were counted; and how homeless people will be counted in the 2011 Census. | | (315333) | 79
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people in (a) England and Wales and (b) the UK had at least one (i) edit and (ii) imputation made to their record in the 2001 Census. | | (315334) | 80
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many emails were sent to the email help system in the 2001 Census; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken to respond was. | | (315335) | 81
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what checks were carried out by the Office for National Statistics on the accuracy of the optical data capture exercise in the 2001 Census. | | (315337) | 82
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the imputation rate in the 2001 Census for (a) persons and (b) households was in each local authority area. | | (315338) | 83
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people resident in (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area were diagnosed with breast cancer in each year since 1997. | | (315380) | 84
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many requests the Iraq Inquiry has made for the disclosure of classified documents under the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information. | | (314896) | 85
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many classified documents have been passed to the Iraq Inquiry which may not be disclosed under the protocol on documents and other written and electronic information. | | (314897) | 86
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK citizens resident abroad are registered to vote in each Parliamentary constituency, ranked from highest to lowest in respect of the number in each constituency. | | (314900) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 87
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315298) | 88
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the present and future level of the UK budget deficit compared to other G20 economies; and if he will make a statement. | | (314796) | 89
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the then Paymaster General of 3 May 2000, Official Report, column 217, what the evidential basis was for the £900 million figure; and how much has been raised through IR35 in each year since 2000-01. | | (315308) | 90
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether recent guidance issued by HM Revenue and Customs will (a) restrict and (b) remove the exemption from taxation in respect of free travel-to-work benefits. | | (315341) | 91
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in (a) his Department, (b) HM Reveune and Customs, (c) the Valuation Office Agency and (d) his Department's other agencies (i) have the status of embedded communicators and (ii) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315169) | 92
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many separate bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs, (c) the Valuation Office Agency and (d) his Department's agencies in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (315252) | 93
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on the Employee Share Scheme project; what the running costs of the project are estimated to be in 2010-11; and how many transactions have been processed under the scheme. | | (315257) | 94
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been of HM Revenue and Customs' Special Customer Records programme; and how many taxpayers are registered as special customers. | | (315258) | 95
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies have been appointed to each of the lots to provide services referred to in the OGC Buying Solutions Contract Notice 2009/S 60-086533 on general management consultancy services. | | (315259) | 96
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, over what timetable the proposals in the Pre-Budget Report 2009 to cap contributions to public sector pension schemes will be implemented. | | (315260) | 97
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs, (c) the Valuation Office Agency and (d) his Department's other agencies spent on font licensing in the last three years. | | (315284) | 98
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs, (c) the Valuation Office Agency and (d) his Department's other agencies spent on external recruitment consultants in the last 12 months. | | (315291) | 99
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Standing Committee on Preparations for the Euro last met. | | (315312) | 100
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any written instructions have been provided to the Accounting Officer for his Department in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since May 1997. | | (315313) | 101
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the likely effect of the implementation of proposals in the Pre-Budget Report 2009 to cap contributions to public sector pension schemes on the pension deficit implied on each affected pension scheme. | | (315336) | 102
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines have been imposed on small and medium-sized companies for late payment of value added tax in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months. | | (315185) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 103
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 2000. | | (315305) | 104
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in (a) comprehensive and (b) independent schools were entered for GCSE examinations in (i) physics, (ii) biology, (iii) chemistry, (iv) history, (v) geography, (vi) mathematics, (vii) English and (viii) English literature in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (314907) | 105
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of all organisations consulted by (a) Mr Maurice Smith and (b) officials of his Department assisting Mr Maurice Smith as part of Mr Smith's review of provisions against the promotion of racism in schools. | | (314908) | 106
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) applications were received for and (b) places were awarded on (i) graduate teacher programmes, (ii) Bachelor of Education programmes, (iii) Postgraduate Certificate of Education programmes and (iv) Teach First programmes in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (314909) | 107
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in (a) comprehensive, (b) academy and (c) independent schools were entered for a GCSE in each modern language in the last year for which figures are available. | | (314925) | 108
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the purpose was of his Department's Je suis un Rockstar advertising programme. | | (315164) | 109
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department (a) have the status of embedded communicators and (b) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315170) | 110
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many separate bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (315254) | 111
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 1072W, on school meals: finance, what political and policy opinion formers were identified by the stakeholder mapping exercise of the School Food Trust; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the desk research report produced by Tetra Strategy. | | (315278) | 112
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 311W, on Google Adword on-line advertising keywords, for which Google Adword on-line advertising keywords his Department has paid in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (315279) | 113
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its agencies spent on font licensing in the last three years. | | (315283) | 114
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its agencies spent on external recruitment consultants in the last 12 months. | | (315287) | 115
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many job vacancies in his Department and its agencies were filled through external recruitment in the last year for which figures are available. | | (315288) | 116
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any written instructions have been provided to the Accounting Officer for his Department and its predecessors in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since May 1997. | | (315315) | 117
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average staff to pupil ratio is in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Milton Keynes. | | (315372) | 118
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have held the post of headteacher at each school in Milton Keynes since 1997. | | (315373) | 119
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children have been permanently excluded from (a) primary, (b) middle, (c) upper and (d) secondary schools in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. | | (315374) | 120
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what dates (a) he, (b) his predecessors and (c) Ministers in his Department and its predecessors have visited Doncaster since 1 January 2004. | | (314910) | 121
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what meetings (a) he and his predecessors, (b) officials in his Department, (c) representatives of the Government Office in Yorkshire and the Humber have had with (i) Doncaster councillors, (ii) officers and (iii) representatives of children's services in Doncaster at which safeguarding children was discussed in each year since 2005. | | (314911) | 122
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Cleethorpes constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997. | | (315342) | 123
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the unauthorised absence rate was for pupils in (a) Mid Sussex constituency and (b) West Sussex in each year since 1997. | | (314792) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 124
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to assist arm's length management organisations to raise finance for renovation work on their properties; and if he will make a statement. | | (314787) | 125
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions the Government has had with (a) Coventry City Council, (b) Warwick District Council and (c) others on the allocation of 33,500 new homes as part of the regional housing strategy in Coventry. | | (314695) | 126
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that students undertaking the National Day Nursery Association Early Years Professional Status full-time Pathway training course in partnership with the Open University are exempted from liability for council tax; and if he will make a statement. | | (314830) | 127
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that petrol filling stations in rural areas are not adversely affected as a result of the Valuation Office Agency's 2010 business rate revaluation. | | (314833) | 128
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department and its agencies (a) have the status of embedded communicators and (b) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315167) | 129
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on font licensing in the last three years. | | (315204) | 130
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department and its agencies spent on external recruitment consultants in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (315285) | 131
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacancies in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were filled using external recruitment consultants in the last 12 months. | | (315290) | 132
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any written instructions have been provided to the Accounting Officer for his Department and its predecessors in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since May 1997. | | (315316) | 133
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Cleethorpes constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997. | | (315243) | 134
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public conveniences there are in each local authority area; and how many have closed in each such area in each of the last 10 years. | | (314901) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 135
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315304) | 136
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of visitors to museums in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) England in 2009. | | (315028) | 137
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2009, Official Report, column 1744W, on departmental public relations, how many staff in his Department and its agency are (a) embedded communicators and (b) members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315163) | 138
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department and its agencies (a) have the status of embedded communicators and (b) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315171) | 139
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many separate bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by his Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (315212) | 140
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many job vacancies in his Department and its agencies were filled through using external recruitment in the last year for which figures are available. | | (315213) | 141
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department and its agencies spent on external recruitment consultants in the last 12 months. | | (315214) | 142
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council spent on external public relations in each of the last five years; and what external public relations contracts it has placed for tender. | | (315215) | 143
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many separate bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (315216) | 144
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many job vacancies in his Department and its agencies were filled through external recruitment in the last year for which figures are available. | | (315217) | 145
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department and its agencies spent on font licensing in the last three years. | | (315218) | 146
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any written instructions have been provided to his Department's Accounting Officer in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since 1997. | | (315322) | 147
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many free swims (a) pensioners and (b) those under the age of 16 years resident in (i) North East Lincolnshire and (ii) North Lincolnshire local authority area have received in each year since his Department's free swimming programmes were introduced. | | (315235) | 148
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many free television licences have been issued to residents of (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area in each year since such licences were introduced. | | (315237) | 149
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many discounted television licences have been issued to blind and sight-impaired people resident in (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area in each year since such licences were introduced. | | (315238) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 150
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315303) | 151
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his predecessor had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer between 2002 and 2004 on the availability of funding for the purchase of military helicopters to be used for future services in Afghanistan; and what the outcome was of each request by his Department for funding to purchase such helicopters in that period. | | (314788) | 152
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates Ministers met representatives of the organisation Our Enterprise to discuss the future of Haslar Hospital. | | [R] (314892) | 153
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects his Department's pilot housing purchase scheme announced on 26 January 2010 to be (a) completed and (b) evaluated. | | [R] (314893) | 154
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £20 million allocation announced on 26 January 2010 for a housing purchase pilot he expects to be spent on administrative overhead costs. | | [R] (314894) | 155
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons he decided to restrict eligibility for loans under his Department's housing initiative announced on 26 January 2010 to those who have served between four and six years. | | [R] (314895) | 156
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian aircraft (i) arrived at and (ii) departed from RAF Northolt in each year since 2007. | | (315378) | 157
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest assessment is of the balance of naval power in the (a) Indian Ocean and (b) Pacific Ocean. | | (314793) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 158
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 2000. | | (315294) | 159
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to reply to the hon. Member for Billericay's letter of 11 January 2010 on energy tariffs. | | (314786) | 160
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 401W, on fuel poverty, when the definition of fuel poverty was last reviewed. | | (315191) | 161
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made in taking forward the connection of the Pimlico and Whitehall district heating schemes as announced in the Budget 2009; and how much his Department is planning to spend on this project. | | (315187) | 162
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the incidence of leukaemia in children aged under five years living within a five kilometre radius of a nuclear site. | | (314904) | 163
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department is using to evaluate the effectiveness of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. | | (315181) | 164
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what formula is to be used to calculate the reduction in UK carbon dioxide emissions as a direct result of implementing the Carbon Reduction Commitment. | | (315182) | 165
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what incentives will be available through the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme to encourage organisations to outsource work to the most energy-efficient provider. | | (315183) | 166
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely reduction in (a) UK, (b) European and (c) global carbon dioxide emissions as a direct result of implementing the Carbon Reduction Commitment. | | (315184) | 167
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what scientific (a) evidence and (b) advice he used in formulating the Carbon Reduction Commitment. | | (315186) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 168
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315302) | 169
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans (a) British Waterways and (b) the Environment Agency has to reduce its budget deficit. | | (314097) | 170
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of the state of each of the structures maintained by British Waterways. | | (314098) | 171
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to how many canal restorations British Waterways has contributed in the last 12 months. | | (314100) | 172
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on its decision no longer to offer payment to photographers whose photographs it uses. | | (314831) | 173
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on surrounding (a) coastlines and (b) coastal communities of sea defences constructed to protect nuclear sites. | | (314905) | 174
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Cleethorpes constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997. | | (315343) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 175
| Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will propose at the next meeting of the European Council at which the proposed inter-governmental conference is to be discussed, amendments under Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union to (a) assert the sovereignty of the UK and (b) ensure that the Declaration of Primacy No. 17 of the Lisbon Treaty shall not be deemed as being capable of being construed by UK courts as preventing Parliament (i) legislating expressly and inconsistently with and (ii) amending or overriding European legislation. | | (315344) | 176
| Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons he agreed at the meeting of the European Council in December 2009 to request that the European Parliament should not convene an intergovernmental conference; and if he will make it his policy to seek such a conference to be convened. | | (315345) | 177
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his predecessor received on resolutions proposed in the Italian Senate in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 recommending the exile from Iraq of Suddam Hussain; what steps his Department took in consequence; and if he will make a statement. | | (314891) | 178
N | Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to vote in favour of the endorsement of the report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict at the forthcoming meetings of (a) the UN General Assembly and (b) the UN Security Council. | | (313371) | 179
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent officials in his Department work on the (a) central coordination of activities on and (b) monitoring of the impact of activities undertaken pursuant to the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. | | (315179) | 180
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes the UK is seeking in the composition of the UN Security Council. | | (314790) | 181
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's objectives are for reform of the United Nations. | | (314791) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 182
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315301) | 183
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effects of the guidance issued to primary care trusts (PCTs) on the processes for local decision-making about medicines, with particular reference to (a) the consistency of decision-making between PCTs and (b) the availability of drugs not recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence across PCTs. | | (314794) | 184
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms exist to monitor the consistency of decisions taken by exceptional case panels in different primary care trusts. | | (314795) | 185
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to primary care trusts on whether they should fund IVF treatment in cases where a husband or partner has a child or children from a previous relationship. | | (314832) | 186
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department took to inform those not party to the negotiations that discussions on the Quality and Outcomes Framework had been postponed. | | (315251) | 187
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Cleethorpes constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997. | | (315245) | 188
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified school nurses there are in schools in the London Borough of Hillingdon. | | (315377) | 189
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating non-UK residents for lung disease in each of the last five years. | | (314912) | 190
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Armenian nationals treated by the NHS and (b) UK nationals treated in Armenia under reciprocal healthcare obligations in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was in each such case. | | (314913) | 191
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many single rooms there will be in new hospitals opening in 2010; and how many there are in hospitals which they are to replace. | | (312944) | 192
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS walk-in centres there were in (a) England, (b) Merseyside and (c) Cheshire in each year since 1997. | | (312945) | 193
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many female chief executives of NHS hospital trusts there were in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2009. | | (312946) | 194
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many hours on average each day NHS walk-in centres are open. | | (312947) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 195
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315300) | 196
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the likely level of take-up of national identity cards by people aged 16 to 24 years and resident in London from 8 February 2010. | | (315027) | 197
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any written instructions have been provided to his Department's Accounting Officer in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since May 1997. | | (315317) | 198
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been paid in compensation to people for slow processing of Criminal Records Bureau checks. | | (315376) | 199
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Cleethorpes constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997. | | (315242) | 200
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the (a) Facilitated Returns Scheme and (b) Assisted Voluntary Returns programme in each year of their operation; and how many individuals have been awarded funds in each such year. | | (315379) | 201
| Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure compliance with legislation on hunting with hounds. | | (315339) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 202
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what contribution the House of Lords has made to the Commission towards the cost of (a) rent, (b) refurbishment, (c) business rates and (d) utilities in respect of 14 Tothill Street in the last 12 months. | | (315248) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 203
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to ensure that cholera does not break out in camps for displaced persons in Haiti. | | (315030) | 204
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts in respect of the sanitation of camps for displaced persons in Haiti. | | (315031) | 205
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK's fast-start financing for climate change adaptation will be drawn from his Department's existing budgets. | | (314906) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 206
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to the Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315295) | 207
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2010 to Question 312817, what the average fine given to a person convicted of driving without insurance was in each justice administrative area in 2008. | | (314785) | 208
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of (i) men and (ii) women for offences of rape there have been in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (313820) | 209
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department and its agencies (a) have the status of embedded communicators and (b) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. | | (315165) | 210
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its agencies spent on recruitment consultants in the last 12 months. | | (315292) | 211
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any written instructions have been provided to his Department's Accounting Officer in accordance with paragraph 5.5 of the Ministerial Code since 1997. | | (315324) | 212
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on font licensing in the last three years. | | (315331) | 213
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many job vacancies in his Department and its agencies were filled through external recruitment in the last 12 months. | | (315332) | 214
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each age group in Milton Keynes were convicted of robbery in each year since 1997. | | (315370) | 215
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people resident in Milton Keynes were convicted of an offence of (a) handling stolen goods and (b) fraud and forgery in each year since 1997. | | (315371) | 216
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme of 28 October 2009, Official Report, column 422W, on Trafigura: injunctions, when he expects to announce the result of his assessment of the effects of the practice of granting injunctions which prohibit the reporting of the grant of the injunction. | | (315309) | 217
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Acts sponsored by his Department since May 2007 contain provisions which are retrospective in their effect. | | (314845) | 218
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are registered to vote by post in each Parliamentary constituency, ranked from highest to lowest in respect of the number in each constituency; and what percentage of the total of those on the electoral roll this represents in each such constituency. | | (314899) | 219
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions of officials of Government departments have been brought for misconduct in public office in each of the last six years; and how many such prosecutions have resulted in convictions. | | (315160) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 220
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what volume of freight of each type of material has been (a) delivered to and (b) removed from the London Olympic site by water. | | (314099) | 221
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent assessment she has made of the economic effects of the London 2012 Olympics on (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex. | | (314889) | Questions to the Prime Minister 222
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the registration statement made to the United States Department of Justice under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act 1938, registration number 5838, what expenditure his Office has incurred on procuring services from West Wing Writers to date since he took up his Office; and on what dates and for what purposes such payments were made. | | (315199) | 223
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 711W, on parliamentary private secretaries, which parliamentary private secretary posts are (a) filled and (b) vacant. | | (315225) | 224
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 711W, on parliamentary private secretaries, on what date the list of parliamentary private secretaries was most recently provided to Dods for inclusion in Vacher's Quarterly; and if he will place in the Library a copy of this list. | | (315226) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 225
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many reports or papers have been produced or commissioned by the Scotland Office since 2007; and what the (a) cost, (b) subject matter and (c) distribution run of each report was. | | (313987) | Questions to the Solicitor General 226
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what procedures exist within the Treasury Solicitor's Department to ensure that its employees comply with the provisions of (a) data protection and (b) freedom of information legislation. | | (314271) | 227
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance her Department has issued on the processing of complaints of criminal conduct on the part of Ministers and Government officials made to (a) the Director of Public Prosecutions and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service. | | (314272) | 228
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what systems are in place in the Government Legal Service to advise its members on (a) responsibilities for compliance with legal obligations under (i) the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and (ii) provisions of the Data Protection Acts, (b) the sanctions for non-compliance with such legislation and (c) the provisions of the common law relating to misconduct in public office. | | (315159) | 229
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service operates a system to regulate (a) access and (b) dissemination of material within the Service relating to (i) investigations into and (ii) prosecutions of (A) Ministers and (B) officials of Government departments. | | (315161) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 230
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which local authorities have yet to implement all three performance standard indicators in respect of electoral registration. | | (314898) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 231
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of his Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315299) | 232
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department provided to local authorities on whether Saturday 26 December 2010 should be deemed to be a Saturday or a public holiday for the purposes of parking restrictions. | | (314828) | 233
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what category of driving licence will be needed to drive a steam engine or steam lorry on the public highway when EU Directive 2006/126/EC comes into force in 2013. | | [R] (314829) | 234
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 344W, on Heathrow Airport, on what date the then Secretary of State confirmed the decision to hold the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation over a 14 week period. | | (315175) | 235
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, columns 342-3W, on departmental correspondence, what criteria are used to decide (a) whether (i) an electronic document and (ii) other information forms part of the official record keeping system and (b) the agreed retention period of an approved file plan file. | | (315176) | 236
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, columns 342-3W, on departmental correspondence, what criteria are used to decide whether a document is (a) judged to be a business critical paper, (b) marked with security classification and (c) marked with a privacy classification; and for what reasons such documents are stored on registered paper files. | | (315177) | 237
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, columns 342-3W, on departmental correspondence, what the reasons are for the length of the three month retention period for daily back-ups of the Department's electronic communications servers. | | (315178) | 238
| Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether (a) staff employed to provide catering facilities and (b) other staff on East Coast Trains will have their employment conditions protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulation in the event of an alternative train operating company providing East Coast Main Line services from Glasgow from May 2011. | | (315188) | 239
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred in Milton Keynes on average on each day of the week in each year since 1997. | | (315368) | 240
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many national concessionary bus passes for those over the age of 60 years have been issued to residents of (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area in each year since they were introduced. | | (315240) | 241
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many national concessionary bus passes for people with disabilities have been issued to residents of (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area in each year since such passes were introduced. | | (315241) | 242
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans there are to introduce direct train services from London to (a) Lincoln and (b) Cleethorpes. | | (315246) | 243
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many aeroplanes of each (a) type and (b) maximum takeoff weight departed from UK airports in 2009. | | (314914) | 244
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to receive the Planning Inspectorate's report on the Mersey Gateway inquiry. | | (313424) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 245
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Blaydon constituency, the effects on Blaydon of the policies and actions of the Government Equalities Office since it was established. | | (315297) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 246
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Blaydon constituency, the effect on that constituency of her Department's policies and actions since 2000. | | (315296) | 247
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK received cold weather payments in December 2009. | | (315029) | 248
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the administrative procedures officials in her Department use in relation to claims made by cancer patients simultaneously for employment and support allowance and disability living allowance; and if she will make a statement. | | (314933) | 249
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance who have a diagnosis of terminal cancer or other terminal illness have been moved from the Work Related Activity Group to the Support Group for the latest period for which information is available; and for how many weeks the affected claimants received the lower rate of employment and support allowance before they were moved into the Support Group. | | (314934) | 250
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy that Benefit Delivery Centres accept faxed copied of documents relating to benefit claims; and whether she plans to revise the system for processing benefit claims by Benefit Delivery Centres. | | (314935) | 251
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of Jobcentre Plus staff have left the organisation in each of the last five years; and whether her Department has conducted an analysis of which sectors such staff moved to. | | (314936) | 252
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentre Plus staff have been employed (a) up to one year, (b) between one and two years, (c) between two and three years, (d) between three and five years and (e) for five years or more. | | (314937) | 253
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the population of Milton Keynes is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. | | (315375) | 254
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area are in receipt of pension credit; and what the average award was for such people in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (315234) | 255
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners aged over (a) 80 and (b) 60 years have received winter fuel payments in (i) Cleethorpes constituency, (ii) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (iii) North Lincolnshire local authority area in each year since 2007-08. | | (315236) | 256
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Cleethorpes constituency, the effects on that constituency of her Department's policies since 1997. | | (315244) | 257
N | Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has carried out a disability equality impact assessment on the working age disability living allowance checklist. | | (314902) | 258
N | Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research her Department has undertaken on the effect on the submission of verbal claims of the introduction of the working age disability living allowance checklist. | | (314903) | 259
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 in each Jobcentre Plus district were on the most recent date for which figures are available; and to which principal benefit each debt related. | | (314734) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 260
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date Lord Mandelson was appointed a Church Commissioner. | | [Transferred] (315233) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 261
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 7 December 2009 on Smarter Government, whether the policy of requiring the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to approve public sector salaries over £150,000 and bonus payments of over £50,000 will apply to (a) non-ministerial departments, (b) public corporations, (c) non-departmental public bodies and (d) Network Rail; whether it will apply to civil servants already in post; and whether it will apply to appointments which are not subject to Ministerial approval. | | [Transferred] (315250) | 262
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the system of income tax allowances. | | [Question Unstarred] (314427) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 263
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many free passports have been issued under the Heroes Return scheme to residents of (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) North East Lincolnshire local authority area and (c) North Lincolnshire local authority area in each year since such passports were introduced. | | [Transferred] (315239) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 264
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for being drunk and disorderly there were in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (315369) |
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