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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 4 February 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 4 February 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 4 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 Thursday 4 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 4 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex are employing apprentices. | | (315760) | 2
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of people in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) England aged (i) between 16 and 18 and (ii) between 19 and 24 years old were not in education, employment or training in each year since 1997. | | (315767) | 3
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people from the Lewes District Council area became full-time undergraduate students in each year since 1997; and how many such people (a) were from each socio-economic group and (b) had parents from each socio-economic group. | | (315773) | 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Communication Workers Union on Royal Mail's pensions deficit. | | (314855) | 5
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations his Department has received on the Hooper report on the postal services sector. | | (314856) | 6
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Cabinet Committee MISC 33 has discussed the procurement of the front office identity services subject to the Identity and Passport Service tender notice 2009/S 247-354963. | | (315510) | 7
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance the South West Regional Development Agency has provided to businesses in Stroud constituency during the economic downturn. | | (315884) | 8
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of sub-post offices operate as (a) a stand-alone business and (b) one of (i) two, (ii) three and (iii) four or more businesses. | | (315885) | 9
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department allocated to vocational training in each of the last three years. | | (316034) | 10
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had recent discussions with the National Star Centre on its capital programme; and how much funding his Department has allocated to that programme. | | (316035) | 11
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of 18 to 22 year-olds exclusively resident in Romford were studying at university (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (315909) | 12
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of 18 year-olds participated in higher education in Romford in 2008-09. | | (315934) | 13
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value was of foreign direct investment from China (a) in total, (b) in each sector and (c) in each industry sector in each of the last five years. | | (315758) | 14
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the monetary value was of UK direct investment (a) in total and (b) in each (i) sector and (ii) industry in China in each of the last five years. | | (315759) | 15
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will tabulate the adult learner responsive budget in respect of each further education college in England for the years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (315747) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 16
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in East Sussex had been claiming the 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. | | (315762) | 17
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of unemployment was in Lewes constituency in each year since 1997. | | (315772) | 18
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many electors were registered in each ward of Stroud constituency in each year since 1988. | | (315881) | 19
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many electors there were in each ward in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since 1997. | | (315904) | 20
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from (a) liver cancer and (b) other liver disease there have been in (i) England and (ii) each parliamentary constituency in each year since 1997. | | (315907) | 21
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office intends to appeal against the decision of the Information Commissioner in respect of the undertaking given by Lord Ashcroft on UK residency. | | (315443) | 22
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will review the effectiveness of the statutory provisions which determine the circumstances in which charities are able to change their charitable objects; and if she will make a statement. | | (315444) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 23
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that its services are available in person to people living in rural areas. | | (315905) | 24
| Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposed change to the Climate Change Levy discount arrangement on (a) private sector investment in environmental technology and (b) the number of manufacturing jobs. | | (315892) | 25
| Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the decision to change the Climate Change Levy discount arrangement threshold from 80 to 65 per cent. | | (315893) | 26
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures exist for a Pay-As-You-Earn taxpayer to obtain information from his Department on their annual tax calculation. | | (315983) | 27
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to his Department's guidance on resource account budgeting since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (316085) | 28
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the benefits for the UK financial services sector of proposals for EU regulation of that sector. | | (315927) | 29
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs took of the disability equality duty of public authorities under Section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in its programme of closures of public enquiry centres. | | (315975) | 30
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of in-work (a) lone parents and (b) couple parents claiming working tax credit with (i) one child, (ii) two children and (iii) three children have gross annual incomes for the purpose of calculating their awards of (A) less than £10,000, (B) between £10,000 and £20,000, (C) between £20,000 and £30,000, (D) between £30,000 and £40,000, (E) between £40,000 and £50,000 and (F) over £50,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (315976) | 31
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of (a) working tax credit, (b) child tax credit and (c) total tax credit expenditure is paid to families with annual incomes of less than (i) £20,000, (ii) £30,000, (iii) £40,000 and (iv) £50,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (315977) | 32
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of out of work (a) lone parents and (b) couple parents are receiving child tax credit equivalent to the family element or less. | | (315978) | 33
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of couples with children receiving (a) child tax credit only and (b) both working tax credit and child tax credit have both adults in work and do not receive the 30 hour element of working tax credit. | | (315979) | 34
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of couples with children receiving (a) child tax credit only and (b) both working tax credit and child tax credit have more than one adult in full-time work. | | (315980) | 35
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median gross income is of (i) in work and (ii) out of work (A) lone parents and (B) couple parents claiming tax credits with (1) one, (2) two, (3) three, (4) four, (5) five and (6) six or more children in the family; and if he will make a statement. | | (315981) | 36
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of revenue that would be lost in 2010-11 if the personal tax allowance was raised to £10,000. | | (315721) | 37
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the additional amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if an income tax rate of 50 per cent. was charged on incomes over £100,000 per annum. | | (315722) | 38
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the additional amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if the national insurance contribution ceiling was removed. | | (315723) | 39
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the additional amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if the income tax rate of 60 per cent. was charged on incomes over £250,000 per annum. | | (315724) | 40
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the additional amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010-11 if higher rate income tax pension relief was abolished. | | (315725) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 41
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding for academies in South East England has been provided by (a) the Government and (b) sponsors since the inception of the academy scheme. | | (315763) | 42
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in schools in Lewes constituency (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (315769) | 43
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent per pupil in each local authority area in the South East in each year since 1997. | | (315775) | 44
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to increase provision of sport in schools in Coventry. | | (315940) | 45
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has had recent discussions with Gloucestershire County Council on its provision of children's services and children's centres. | | (316054) | 46
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children's centres are (a) open and (b) planned to be opened in the next 12 months at each location in each local authority area in the south west. | | (316055) | 47
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much of the dedicated schools grant will be allocated for the delivery of the three to four year-old nursery entitlement in 2010-11. | | (316089) | 48
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much of the dedicated schools grant will be allocated for under five year-olds in 2010-11. | | (316090) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects local authorities to spend on delivering the three to four year-old nursery entitlement in 2010-11. | | (316091) | 50
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance schools have been given on the implementation of the Healthy Eating in Schools paper; and how much has been spent on that implementation. | | (316092) | 51
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): 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 Milton Keynes, the effects on Milton Keynes of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (316043) | 52
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of students in (a) Romford and (b) the London Borough of Havering are eligible to receive free school meals. | | (315908) | 53
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has allocated per child in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Romford and (ii) Hornchurch constituency in each of the last five years. | | (315935) | 54
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent per child on (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Greater London and (ii) Romford in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (315936) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 55
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on improving social housing stock owned by each district council in East Sussex in each year since 1997. | | (315761) | 56
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided for (a) regeneration and (b) housing projects in each local authority area in South East England in each year since 1997; and how much such funding his Department plans to provide in 2010-11. | | (315768) | 57
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty properties there were in each local authority area in the South East of England in each year since 2004. | | (316057) | 58
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals against planning appeal decisions were upheld in the High Court in each of the last five years; and in respect of which such appeals all legal proceedings have been completed. | | (316050) | 59
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what monitoring his Department undertakes of the decisions taken by inspectors at planning appeals. | | (316051) | 60
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made on the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West. | | (316052) | 61
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) social and (b) affordable homes there were in each planning authority area in the South West in each year since 2005. | | (316053) | 62
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the future of sheltered housing; and whether he has had recent discussions with the Local Government Association on that matter. | | (316056) | 63
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010 to Question 314719, how long elapsed between issuing an Article 14 Direction and announcing his decision on whether or not to call in the application on each occasion where he has issued an Article 14 Direction (a) in each of the last five years, (b) in respect of airport-related cases and (c) in cases subsequently called in. | | (315746) | 64
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of permits that have been issued for building development on agricultural land in each of the last five years. | | (315583) | 65
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many combined aerial rescue pump vehicles have been purchased by the fire and rescue service in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) East Yorkshire and Humberside in the last five years; at what cost those purchases were made; and who authorised those purchases. | | (314835) | 66
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many combined aerial rescue pump vehicles in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) East Yorkshire and Humberside are not in use by fire and rescue services; and for what reasons those vehicles are not in use. | | (314836) | 67
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dicon smoke detectors have been purchased through FireBuy; what assessment his Department has made of the performance of dicon smoke detectors; and if he will make a statement. | | (315939) | 68
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were purchased under the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) Open Market HomeBuy, (d) First Time Buyer's Initiative and (e) Social HomeBuy in each region in each year since 2005. | | (315675) | 69
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by his Department on the Mortgage Rescue Scheme at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (315676) | 70
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of properties entered onto the non-domestic Energy Performance Certificate database to date have had an energy banding of G. | | (315677) | 71
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private sector properties were leased by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in order to house homeless households in 2008-09. | | (315678) | 72
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the ratio of lower quintile house prices to lower quintile earnings was in 2009. | | (315679) | 73
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) housing associations, (b) local authorities and (c) arm's length management organisations under the Decent Homes scheme for (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (315778) | 74
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many arm's length management organisations received funding from the Decent Homes scheme in each of the last three years; and how many such organisations he expects to receive such funding in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (315779) | 75
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of new (a) affordable and (b) social homes were built to Code Level (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5 and (vi) 6 in each of the last three years. | | (315992) | 76
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of (a) people of working age and (b) other households in social housing were in employment, education or training in each year since 1997. | | (316028) | 77
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the average price of a home information pack; and if he will make a statement. | | (316029) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of home information packs produced in (a) November 2009, (b) December 2009 and (c) January 2010. | | (316030) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in (a) sheltered accommodation and (b) care homes in each year since 1997. | | (316031) | 80
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of pregnant women living in temporary accommodation in each year since 1997. | | (316032) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many babies were born into households in temporary accommodation in each year since 1997. | | (316094) | 82
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) children and (b) babies under 12 months old were living in temporary accommodation in each year since 1997. | | (316095) | 83
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure the appropriate expenditure by Castle Point local authority of funds for independent living adaptations and equipment; if he will visit Castle Point constituency for that purpose; and if he will make a statement. | | (315448) | 84
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities which exhausted their allocated funds for independent living adaptations and equipment within a 12 month period in each of the last five years. | | (315453) | 85
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers he has to designate previously parished and unparished areas as mixed Charter Trustee areas consequent on the creation of a unitary authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (315756) | 86
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) book value and (b) estimated annual rental value is of vacant residential properties owned by the Fire Service College. | | (315969) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 87
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 1042W, on Royal Parks: parking, when he plans to lay the statutory instruments required to implement parking charges in Bushy and Richmond parks. | | (315460) | 88
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase opportunities for people aged from (a) seven to 12 and (b) 13 to 18 years old in Coventry to play sport. | | (315941) | 89
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the provision of community sport facilities in Coventry. | | (315942) | 90
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to retain playing fields in Coventry. | | (315943) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department allocated to Gloucestershire for the purposes of tourism in each of the last 10 years. | | (315879) | 92
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): 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 Milton Keynes, the effects on Milton Keynes of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (316044) | 93
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2010, Official Report, column 1069W, on departmental training, on what date the training was provided; which organisation provided the training; and what the cost was of that training. | | (315781) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 94
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many days RAF Lyneham was closed as a result of recent adverse weather conditions. | | (315787) | 95
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the effect of meteorological differences between RAF Lyneham and RAF Brize Norton on their operational sustainability. | | (315788) | 96
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department provides for reservists who sustain injuries on deployment which render them unfit to (a) return to work and (b) return to work in their previous earning capacity. | | [R] (316086) | 97
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his predecessor was first informed of the determination by HM Treasury in autumn 2003 that his Department had exceeded its budget in the previous 15 months in respect of the flexibility permitted by resource account budgeting; what estimate was made of the size of that overspend; what discussions he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on that matter; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (316087) | 98
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department gives (a) financial and (b) material assistance to the armed forces in Yemen in order to combat terrorism. | | (315921) | 99
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are stationed in the Middle East other than in Iraq; and where each contingent is stationed. | | (315922) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 100
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of pensioner households in fuel poverty. | | (314916) | 101
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in Stroud constituency were in fuel poverty in (a) 1997, (b) 2003 and (c) 2009. | | (315882) | 102
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what submissions were received on uranium mining, milling and processing in the consultation his Department held on nuclear justification in 2009; what account was taken of those submissions in preparation of the current nuclear justification consultation; what technical advice his Department has obtained on the radiological impact of uranium mining in the nuclear fuel production and use cycle compared to other stages; and what his latest information is on the radiological detriment contributed by uranium mining in his Department's comparative sustainability analysis of nuclear new build. | | (315993) | 103
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on the deletion of emails; and what mechanism is in place to ensure adherence to guidance issued to departments by the National Archives on electronic records management. | | (315681) | 104
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): 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 North East Milton Keynes constituency, the effects on Milton Keynes of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (316037) | 105
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) positive and (b) negative responses there were to the consultation on implementation of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. | | (316027) | 106
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the boiler scrappage scheme in contributing to the objectives of his Department. | | (315890) | 107
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the effects on plumbing and heating companies of the implementation of the boiler scrappage scheme. | | (315891) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 108
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on flood protection measures in Lewes constituency in each year since 1997. | | (315771) | 109
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on plans for the transfer of private drains to water companies for 2011. | | (315757) | 110
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the draft Animal Health Bill what contribution hobby farmers would be expected to make under the cost-sharing arrangements proposed in the draft Bill. | | (315785) | 111
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the draft Animal Health Bill, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to extend the powers available to inspectors. | | (315786) | 112
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided to local food chain initiatives in the last 12 months; and which such initiatives received that funding. | | (315961) | 113
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) police forces on the enforcement of provisions of the Hunting Act 2004. | | (315962) | 114
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of farms in the UK under five hectares in size. | | (315584) | 115
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer on 14 January 2010, Official Report, column 1079W, on wood: Government departments, whether guidance provided by the Central Point of Expertise on Timber is binding on all non-departmental public bodies. | | (315585) | 116
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that the outputs from publicly-funded research related to agriculture are available for on-farm use. | | (315972) | 117
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage local river restoration. | | (315910) | 118
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood storage reservoirs have been (a) decommissioned and (b) created in each of the last five years. | | (315911) | 119
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 63W, on departmental buildings, what the (a) book value and (b) estimated annual rental value is of vacant residential properties owned by his Department. | | (315968) | 120
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Natural England advisers are working in each Higher Level Stewardship Scheme (a) target area and (b) Government Office region. | | (315994) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 121
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on (a) the activities of the Lords Resistance Army and (b) prospects for the resumption of peace negotiations involving Joseph Kony in Uganda. | | (315982) | 122
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on allegations of human rights abuses committed during Operation Cast Lead. | | (315913) | 123
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the upholding of democratic principles through its activities. | | (315914) | 124
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development in relation to Haiti in January 2010. | | (315915) | 125
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to visit Haiti in an official capacity. | | (315916) | 126
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has spent on measures to combat piracy around the Horn of Africa in the last 12 months. | | (315918) | 127
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional steps he has taken to ensure the safety and security of (a) the British Embassy in Yemen and (b) Embassy staff since the closure of the Embassy in January 2010. | | (315919) | 128
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Yemeni counterpart on the release of the hostage Anthony S. | | (315920) | 129
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on proposals for the unification of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (315923) | 130
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss with the US administration its policy on Iran's nuclear programme. | | (315929) | 131
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the US administration on stockpiles of nuclear weapons; and what his policy is on the steps to be taken by the Government and the US administration on reducing such stockpiles. | | (315931) | 132
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on international nuclear proliferation. | | (315932) | 133
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to make an official visit to the United States. | | (315933) | 134
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people his Department employs to maintain its social media and networking sites; and at what cost. | | (315937) | 135
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on maintaining its Youtube Channel in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (315938) | 136
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on maintaining his Department's Flickr photo stream in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (315970) | 137
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many sick days members of his Department have taken in each month of each year since 1997. | | (315971) | 138
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has visited the Pitcairn Islands on official business in the last five years. | | (315452) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 139
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors have been employed in the Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (315764) | 140
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many, and what proportion of GP surgeries in Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust area are open (a) in the evenings and (b) at weekends. | | (315765) | 141
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on health outcomes of the Quality and Outcomes Framework. | | (315783) | 142
| Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the (a) implementation of NHS health checks and (b) expenditure of funds allocated for that purpose. | | (315784) | 143
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed days on adult psychiatric wards were recorded for patients aged under 16 years in each quarter of the last three years. | | (315776) | 144
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed days on adult psychiatric wards were recorded for patients aged 16 and 17 years in each quarter of the last three years. | | (315777) | 145
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors have been employed in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in each year since 1997. | | (315902) | 146
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria have been agreed for evaluating the second phase of the pre-consultation pilot project of the Healthier Food Mark. | | (315900) | 147
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) staff and (b) trade unions on the proposed relocation of the Health Protection Agency from the Porton Down Site near Salisbury to Harlow, Essex. | | (316047) | 148
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Milton Keynes employ a school nurse. | | (316036) | 149
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to North East Milton Keynes constituency, the effects on Milton Keynes of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (316040) | 150
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified nurses were employed in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. | | (316042) | 151
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the reduction in the pooled treatment budget for Milton Keynes from the National Treatment Agency in 2010-11; and how much funding has been allocated to Milton Keynes from the National Treatment Agency over the next three years. | | (316096) | 152
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in (a) each primary care trust area and (b) England who responded to his Department's general practice patient survey reported that contacting their GP out-of-hours service was (i) very easy, (ii) fairly easy, (iii) not very easy, (iv) not at all easy and (v) don't know in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10. | | (315894) | 153
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in (a) each primary care trust area and (b) England who responded to his Department's general practice patient survey reported that their GP out-of-hours service was (i) very good, (ii) good, (iii) neither good nor poor, (iv) poor, (v) very poor and (vi) don't know in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10. | | (315895) | 154
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what medicines appraisals have been undertaken and published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence since 6 May 2005; how many such appraisals resulted in (a) recommendation, (b) partial recommendation and (c) medicine not being recommended; what (i) indication was appraised for each medicine and (ii) the estimated eligible patient population was for each such indication; and if he will make a statement. | | (315896) | 155
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to which medicines which (a) have been appraised and (b) are under appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has its supplementary advice on appraising treatments which may extend life, at the end of life, adopted on 17 December 2008, been applied; what estimate he has made of the annual eligible patient population for each indication for each such medicine; what the outcomes were of each completed appraisal; and if he will make a statement. | | (315897) | 156
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long on average a person attending the Accident and Emergency Department at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, waited to be seen by a member of the medical staff in 2009. | | (315984) | 157
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there has been any dismissals of clinical staff from Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, for negligence in the last five years. | | (315985) | 158
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many scheduled cardiology operations were cancelled at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (315986) | 159
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many scheduled hip replacement operations were cancelled at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (315987) | 160
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a restorative dentistry procedure is at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. | | (315988) | 161
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of scheduled appointments in outpatient departments at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton which did not start on time in the last 12 months. | | (315991) | 162
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for bariatric surgery is at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. | | (316020) | 163
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent patient satisfaction ratings were for the Pain Management Department at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. | | (316021) | 164
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is for the Somerset Research and Development Support Unit, based at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton for 2009-10. | | (316022) | 165
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths resulting from complications during surgery there have been at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last five years. | | (316023) | 166
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cleaning staff are employed at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton; and what the average number of cleaning staff employed at NHS hospitals is. | | (316024) | 167
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on gardening and landscaping at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last five years. | | (316025) | 168
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff working at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton have responsibility for the enforcement of parking restrictions; and what the average number of such staff is at NHS hospitals. | | (316026) | 169
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have contracted Norovirus at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (316080) | 170
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long on average an in-patient displaying symptoms of (a) dementia and (b) Alzheimer's Disease remained at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, in the last 12 months. | | (316081) | 171
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many scheduled gastroenterology procedures have been cancelled at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton in the last 12 months. | | (316082) | 172
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to reduce its spending in 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement. | | (316015) | 173
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects NHS East Lancashire to reduce its spending in 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement. | | (316016) | 174
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in respect of which ambulance trusts performance in meeting the target for responding to category A calls has declined since October 2007. | | (316019) | 175
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 910W, on departmental training, when the training was provided; whether external organisations provided the training; what the cost was of the training; and to which Ministers training was provided. | | (315782) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 176
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of burglary were recorded in each police division in Sussex in each year since 2005. | | (315766) | 177
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers there were in each year since 1997 and (b) police community support officers there were in each year since 2002 in Sussex Police. | | (315774) | 178
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police force was responsible for the enforcement of the control order in the case of each of the seven individuals who have absconded from an order. | | (316088) | 179
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers per 100,000 of population there are in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England. | | (316068) | 180
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to extend the entitlement to a free passport to those who are over the age of 80 years after September 2009. | | (316013) | 181
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the crime detection rate was in (a) Bolton and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years. | | (316014) | 182
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of recovery has been of items stolen in reported incidents of aggravated burglary in each of the last five years. | | (315455) | 183
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reports of aggravated burglary to the police have resulted in (a) an arrest of a suspect and (b) a conviction in each of the last five years. | | (315456) | 184
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested for, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of aggravated burglary in (i) the Ribble Valley, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (315457) | 185
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of aggravated burglary there were in (a) the Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (315458) | 186
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hertsmere of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1252W, on illegal immigration, how many of the 3,275 cases where persons were suspected of working in the security industry in breach of immigration laws after a false name or national insurance number had been given to the Security Industry Authority had resulted in the (a) prosecution and (b) deportation or removal of the person concerned from the United Kingdom on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (315459) | 187
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use his Department makes of health service data in estimating trends in the level of crime involving injury. | | (315512) | 188
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to monitor the destination of those refused leave to remain in the UK who have not yet been removed from the UK. | | (315901) | 189
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the differences are between the fee structures for passport applications for British citizens resident overseas and those resident in the UK. | | (316079) | 190
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to North East Milton Keynes constituency, the effects on Milton Keynes of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (316041) | 191
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a profile on the National DNA Database have never been convicted of a crime. | | (315672) | 192
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with profiles on the National DNA Database who had no further action taken in their case have been found guilty of a separate offence (a) since their profile was added to the database and (b) primarily as a result of their profile being added to the database. | | (315673) | 193
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a profile on the National DNA Database who were found not guilty in court have since been convicted in respect of a separate offence primarily as a result of their profile being on the Database. | | (315674) | 194
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Migration Advisory Committee's report on Tier 1 of the points-based immigration system. | | (315508) | 195
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts of cars facilitated through the theft of car keys there have been in each London borough in each month of the last five years. | | (315924) | 196
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of thefts of cars facilitated through the theft of car keys. | | (315926) | 197
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens of Yemen have been refused entry to the UK on grounds of links to terrorism in each of the last five years. | | (315928) | 198
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals given leave to remain in the UK since 1997 have been convicted of a serious crime. | | (316012) | 199
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with (i) Ministers in the Scottish Executive and (ii) representatives of Scottish Water on the public security issues concerning the erection of fences around Milngavie reservoir; what security threat the fences are intended to address; what recent assessment he has made of the requirement for such security fencing; and if he will make a statement. | | (315445) | 200
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 29W, on departmental buildings, what the (a) book value and (b) estimated annual rental value is of the vacant residential property owned by his Department. | | (315967) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 201
| Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the outturn cost of the installation of Microsoft Vista. | | (315944) | 202
| Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what consideration the House of Commons Commission has given to the installation of Windows 7 on computers on the House of Commons part of the Parliamentary estate; and for what reason Windows Vista is being installed on such computers. | | (315960) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 203
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's research budget was in each year since 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (315886) | 204
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has plans to create a Scientific Advisory Committee. | | (315887) | 205
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what means the vacancy for the post of Departmental Chief Scientific Adviser was advertised following the departure of Professor Gordon Conway; and how many people from outside the Civil Service (a) applied and (b) were interviewed for the post. | | (315888) | 206
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has had discussions with the government of Haiti on the protection of children orphaned as a result of the recent earthquake. | | (315959) | 207
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government has provided to Mauritania in the last 12 months; and for what projects assistance was provided. | | (315964) | 208
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of UK search and rescue teams have been assigned to Haiti to assist with the earthquake relief effort. | | (315917) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 209
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the Sussex police force area and England were disqualified from driving as a result of (a) drink driving, (b) speeding and (c) dangerous or careless driving in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2008. | | (316058) | 210
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the effects of the Land Registry's accelerated transformation programme on its Gloucester office. | | (315880) | 211
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of prison sentence for people convicted of aggravated burglary has been in the last five years. | | (315454) | 212
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of (a) domestic burglary and (b) drug offences in (i) the London Borough of Bexley and (ii) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in each year since 2005. | | (315903) | 213
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the Office of the Judicial Ombudsman with his comments on the representations made to that office by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley on 8 December 2009. | | (315963) | 214
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many interpleader actions were commenced in the High Court in each of the last five years. | | (315449) | 215
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish its new scale of fees for interpleader proceedings. | | (315450) | 216
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fee assessment hearings relating to interpleader proceedings have been held in each of the last five years. | | (315451) | 217
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he notified the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament of the provisions in Clause 36 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill. | | (315755) | 218
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he had with (a) the Scottish Executive and (b) the Scottish Parliament on the provisions of Clause 36 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill. | | (316049) | 219
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to North East Milton Keynes constituency, the effects on Milton Keynes of the policies and actions of his Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (316039) | 220
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of Operation Black Vote. | | (315925) | 221
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been provided to his Department's staff on providing information about its staff in response to freedom of information and subject access requests; when this guidance was (a) produced and (b) promulgated; and who produced it. | | (314700) | Questions to the Leader of the House 222
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, columns 962-3W, on departmental training, on what dates the training was provided. | | (315780) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 223
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent assessment is of the likely effect on businesses of the decision of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic games to create a different timber procurement policy to that of the Olympic Delivery Authority. | | (315582) | 224
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will direct the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games to ensure that over half of the chicken and egg products on sale at the London 2012 Olympic Games are procured from producers which adhere to high animal welfare standards. | | (316045) | 225
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will require catering outlets and franchises awarded contracts for the London 2012 Olympic Games to undertake to (a) use (i) non-cage and (ii) domestically-produced eggs and (b) procure other food produced to high animal welfare standards. | | (316046) | Questions to the Prime Minister 226
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will consider the merits of establishing a Ministerial post to take forward the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development to prevent violence against women and to promote women's rights internationally. | | (315680) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 227
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many road accidents resulted in the death or serious injury of (a) an adult and (b) a child in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex in each year since 1994. | | (315770) | 228
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 523W, on aviation, how many of the domestic flights which travelled 300 miles or less in each of the last three years were lifeline flights. | | (316093) | 229
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date officials of his Department first met representatives of the aviation industry to discuss the implications for UK airport security of the attempt to detonate an explosive on a commercial airliner on 25 December 2009. | | (314735) | 230
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what meetings have been held between Ministers in his Department and (a) First Capital Connect, (b) the Office of the Rail Regulator and (c) others on the performance of First Capital Connect in the period 1 October 2009 to 31 January 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (315509) | 231
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate Network Rail has made of the cost of re-doubling the Swindon to Kemble railway line; and if he will discuss with hon. Members representing constituencies in Gloucestershire the funding of that project. | | (314852) | 232
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations he has received from Gloucestershire County Council on increasing its block grant for the purpose of funding road repairs. | | (314853) | 233
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what advice he has received on the level of compensation payable to motorists in respect of damage to vehicles during the recent severe weather conditions, incurred as a result of the state of repair of roads for which the Highways Agency has responsibility. | | (314854) | 234
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department is responsible for the site at the Old Bristol Road railway station at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire; and what recent representations he has received on the re-opening of that station. | | (315889) | 235
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to reduce the necessity for road repairs as a result of poor work by the statutory undertakers. | | (315973) | 236
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of expenditure by his Department on road repairs as a result of recent severe weather conditions; and what percentage of the total budget for 2010 this represents. | | (315974) | 237
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average queuing time was at the Dartford River Crossing (a) northbound and (b) southbound toll plaza per 15 minute interval per weekday in the last 12 months. | | (315446) | 238
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how long on average payment transactions took at each toll booth at the Dartford River Crossing in the last 12 months. | | (315447) | 239
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions he has had with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council on the proposed park and ride scheme at Bridlington, with particular reference to the expected profitability of such a scheme; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential profitability of such a scheme. | | (314834) | 240
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will allocate funds to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the purposes of repairing road surfaces cracked, potholed and damaged as a result of the recent severe weather conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (314837) | 241
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the financial losses incurred in respect of the operation of the park and ride scheme in Doncaster; and if he will provide guidance to local authorities on the consideration of alternatives to such schemes in circumstances in which they make a financial loss. | | (314838) | 242
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of baggage handlers at Heathrow Airport on the effects of their jobs on their health. | | (316111) | 243
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what he expects the timetable to be for implementation of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's draft enforcement policy. | | (316048) | 244
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to replace the (a) Class 158 Express Sprinter and (b) Class 159 South Western Turbo rolling stock operating between London and Exeter via Salisbury; what timetable he has set for replacement of that rolling stock; and if he will make a statement. | | (316083) | 245
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the remaining serviceable life period of the (a) Class 158 Express Sprinter and (b) Class 159 South Western Turbo rolling stock; and if he will make a statement. | | (316084) | 246
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will assess the merits of placing on motorways and major roads direction signs to NHS Urgent Care Centres; and if he will make a statement. | | (316017) | 247
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 90W, on departmental buildings, what the (a) book value and (b) estimated annual rental value is of vacant residential properties owned by the Highways Agency. | | (315966) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 248
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what mechanisms are in place to identify people in Gloucestershire who have been trafficked into the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation. | | (315883) | 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, with reference to the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (War Pension Disregard) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, (SI 2009 No. 3389), if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities disregard service attributable pensions in considering eligibility for housing and council tax benefit. | | (315748) | 250
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of Torridge and West Devon constituency received cold weather payments in each of the last 12 months. | | (315906) | 251
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations her Department has received on expanding the age range for eligibility for winter fuel payments. | | (314917) | 252
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations her Department has received on the restoration of the link between salaries and pensions. | | (314918) | 253
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations her Department has received on the use of automated tiller machines (ATMs) other than Bank of Ireland ATMs to access Post Office card accounts. | | (315511) | 254
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children have been living in poverty in the South West in each year since 1993. | | (315965) | 255
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will integrate Access to Work assessments more closely with Pathways to Work providers. | | (315716) | 256
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what profiling system the Department currently uses to assess how far from the job market a claimant for (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance who is referred to a Pathways to Work provider is. | | (315717) | 257
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the latest cumulative performance data for Pathways to Work providers. | | (315718) | 258
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the evidence given to the Work and Pensions Select Committee by the Minister for Disabled People on 9 November 2009, when will the Department's (a) internal review into the operation of the Employment and Support Allowance will be published and (b) the annual review will be published. | | (315719) | 259
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of customer claims for (a) attendance allowance, (b) disability living allowance, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) employment and support allowance have been denied in the last five years; how many and what percentage of these denied claims have been appealed against; and in how many cases the appeal has been successful. | | (315720) | 260
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to North East Milton Keynes constituency, the effects on Milton Keynes of the policies and actions of her Department and its predecessors since 1997. | | (316038) | 261
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department operates programmes to assist workers made redundant from the financial services sector to find employment. | | (315898) | 262
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on measures to fund employment for workers previously employed in the financial services sector in the last 12 months; and what steps it has taken to that end. | | (315899) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 263
N | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of wildlife crime. | | [Question Unstarred] (315394) | 264
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the adequacy of the level of consolatory payments made by his Department. | | [Question Unstarred] (315393) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 265
| Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Legal Services Commission has undertaken to observe the prompt payment code. | | [Transferred] (316110) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 266
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to enforce restriction on the use of the M4 bus lane. | | [Transferred] (315912) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 267
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the US administration on relief efforts for Haiti. | | [Transferred] (315930) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 268
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Local Government Association on the state of repair of local authority roads following the recent severe weather conditions; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that local authorities carry out their duties in respect of road maintenance. | | [Transferred] (316033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 269
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the monetary value was of high technology sector exports from Wales (a) in total and (b) to China in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (315789) | 270
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the monetary value was of exports from each (a) sector and (b) industry in Wales in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (315790) | 271
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department has taken to promote high technology and value-added (a) manufacturing and (b) services from Wales in China in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (315791) | 272
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) quantity and (b) monetary value of (i) iron and (ii) steel was exported from Wales to China in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (315792) | 273
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of exports from Wales (a) in total and (b) to China was accounted for by exports of (i) iron and (ii) steel in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (315793) | 274
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the monetary value of financial services provided from Wales to overseas in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of UK exports (a) in total and (b) to China such services accounted for in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (315794) |
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