Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2009 - 10
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 5 February 2010

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 5 February 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 5 February 2010

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 5 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 Friday 5 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 5 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

1
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residents of each constituency in England attended university in the most recent academic year for whic figures are available.

(314921)

2
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 1394W, on English language: immigrants, how many places were available on English for Speakers of Other Languages courses for immigrants in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

(316370)

3
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been paid at the national mimimum wage rate in the last two years.

(316363)

4
N Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Bearwood Holdings Limited filed its accounts for the period to 30 September 2008 within the statutory period provided for in the Companies Act 2006.

(315951)

5
N Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Astraporta (UK) Limited filed its accounts for the period to 30 September 2008 within the statutory period provided for in the Companies Act 2006.

(315952)

6
N Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any action has been taken against Anne Street Partners Limited and its directors in respect of the accounts it has filed for the period to 30 September 2008.

(316059)

7
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316421)

8
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception.

(316470)

9
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2010, Official Report, column 1094W, on departmental written questions; by what mechanism his Department monitors its responses to parliamentary questions; what its target time is for responses; and how its performance against that target is measured.

(316508)

10
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the borough of Sandwell, the effects on that borough of changes to the policies of his Department and its predecessors since 1997.

(316474)

11
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much he has allocated to the New Industries, New Jobs strategy in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and how much has been allocated to Wales.

(315797)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

12
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of time was for which claimants aged between 18 and 24 years resident in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years.

(315683)

13
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from (a) chronic liver disease and (b) cirrhosis there were in the last 12 months; and in how many such cases alcohol was listed on the death certificate.

(316279)

14
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from (a) breast cancer and (b) heart disease were caused by alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.

(316280)

15
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from cancer of the (a) mouth, (b) oesophagus and (c) larynx there were in the last year for which figures are available.

(316292)

16
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from cancer of the (a) mouth, (b) oesophagus and (c) larynx were caused by alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.

(316293)

17
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from breast cancer there were in the last year for which figures are available.

(316294)

18
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of people per 1,000 expected to develop cancer of the (a) mouth, (b) oesophagus and (c) larynx; and in how many such cases the consumption of alcohol is expected to be a direct causal factor.

(316298)

19
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of people per 1,000 expected to develop (a) breast cancer and (b) heart disease; and in how many such cases the consumption of alcohol is expected to be a direct causal factor.

(316299)

20
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from breast cancer were caused by alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.

(316348)

21
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobs there were in Merseyside (a) in 1997 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.

(315995)

22
N Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times her Department has appealed against a decision notice from the Information Commissioner since 2005.

(316060)

23
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in her Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316458)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

24
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his long-term projections based on principal projections made by the Office for National Statistics in the same terms as those set out in table 4.1 of the 2008 Long-term Public Finance Report.

(316369)

25
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, columns 215-6W, on inheritance tax: Eltham, how many estates paid inheritance tax in (a) Greenwich, (b) each other London borough and (c) the area most closely corresponding to the parliamentary constituency of Eltham in each of the last five years.

(316415)

26
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, columns 215-6W, on inheritance tax: Eltham, how many estates would have been required to pay inheritance tax had the threshold been set at (a) £1 million and (b) £325,000 in (i) Greenwich, (ii) each other London borough and (c) the area most closely corresponding to the parliamentary constituency of Eltham in each of the last five years.

(316416)

27
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, columns 215-6W, on inheritance tax: Eltham, how many estates in Eltham constituency for which the postcodes in respect of completed inheritance tax returns are available would have been required to pay inheritance tax had the threshold been set at (a) £325,000 and (b) £1 million in each of the last five years.

(316417)

28
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, columns 215-6W, on inheritance tax: Eltham, how many estates in Eltham constituency for which the postcodes in respect of completed inheritance tax returns are available paid inheritance tax in each of the last five years.

(316418)

29
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Revenue and Customs will publish its roadmap to show how component programmes contribute to the achievement of its strategic objectives, with reference to paragraph 3.6 of the National Audit Office's 2008 Report on HM Revenue and Customs Transformation Programme.

(316115)

30
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 6.43 of HM Revenue and Customs 2008-09 Accounts, for what reasons items are placed in the suspense files; what the definition is of an item; what will be done with these items once the National Insurance and PAYE Service (NPS) is fully implemented; and what his estimate is of the number of items which will be added to suspense files each year once NPS is fully implemented.

(316116)

31
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) P45s and (b) P46s HM Revenue and Customs received from employers in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(316117)

32
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many user errors occurred in filling out (a) P45s and (b) P46s during (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(316118)

33
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an individual's PAYE case is automatically cleared when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not receive back an employment history enquiry; and how many PAYE cases were cleared after HMRC received back an employment history enquiry from individuals in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(316119)

34
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employment history enquiries relating to P46s were (a) sent to individuals and (b) received back by HM Revenue and Customs in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

(316120)

35
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of collecting income tax from state pensions through the PAYE system.

(316502)

36
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of tax credit claimants in Northern Ireland who do not renew their claims.

(316277)

37
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child benefit overpayments in Northern Ireland have been made consequent on the failure of claimants to notify the Tax Credit Office of a change of circumstances in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and what the monetary value was of such overpayments in each such year.

(316278)

38
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests were received for emergency payments of tax credits in Northern Ireland in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

(316347)

39
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners resident in Northern Ireland have been contacted as part of his Department's pension credit Tax Back campaign.

(316362)

40
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long HM Revenue and Customs retains copies of tax returns.

(316409)

41
Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest assessment is of the effectiveness of the childcare voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(316224)

42
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the stamp duty and stamp duty land tax (a) threshold and (b) rate was in each relevant year since 1996.

(316067)

43
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316422)

44
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316454)

45
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the responses received to his Department's consultation on the taxation of gaming machines.

(316169)

46
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has carried out research to establish the reasons for the reduced demand for face-to-face interviews at HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centres; and if he will make a statement.

(316250)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

47
N Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many recipients of Family Unit Current Grants there are expected to be in each category in 2010-11.

(315726)

48
N Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which departments he expects to contribute funds to the Think Family grant in 2010-11; and how much each department will contribute.

(315727)

49
N Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has allocated to Family Nurse Partnerships in 2010-11.

(315749)

50
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils attended primary schools with more than (a) 400, (b) 500, (c) 600, (d) 750 and (e) 1,000 pupils in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(316182)

51
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils did not gain one or more GCSEs, excluding equivalents, at grade (a) G, (b) E, (c) D and (d) C or above in 2009.

(316407)

52
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much and what proportion of the Walking to School initiative's budget was spent in the latest year for which figures are available.

(316168)

53
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils obtaining five GCSEs (a) at grades A* to C and (b) at grades A* to C including English and mathematics also received an equivalent qualification worth (i) four GCSEs and (ii) two GCSEs in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316170)

54
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many serious case reviews have been outstanding for more than one year.

(316073)

55
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools more than (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 30 and (iv) 40 per cent. of pupils were classified as persistent absentees in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest year for which figures are available.

(316074)

56
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, at which mainstream (a) primary and (b) secondary schools more than 50 per cent. of the pupils have statemented or non-statemented special educational needs.

(316075)

57
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 302W, on social services: Doncaster, with whom meetings were held on each visit listed; and what topics were discussed at each such meeting.

(316435)

58
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316424)

59
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception.

(316469)

60
N Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent representations he has received on the future of the London Refuge; and if he will make a statement.

(315802)

61
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): 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 Hemsworth constituency, the effects on Hemsworth of his Department's policies and actions since 2000.

(316308)

62
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): 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 the borough of Sandwell, the effects on that borough of changes to the policies of his Department and its predecessors since 1997.

(316473)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

63
N Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to planning guidance as a result of the 2007 floods.

(315989)

64
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in each local authority area have been empty for over a year; and how many empty dwelling management orders have been (a) issued and (b) concluded in respect of such properties.

(316492)

65
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which 10 (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords have sold the largest number of dwellings in the last five years; how many dwellings each type of vendor sold in that period; and what the monetary value was of such dwellings, excluding those sold to sitting tenants.

(316493)

66
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had on the system of council rent receipt payments to local authorities.

(315946)

67
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish its response to the Building Research Establishment report on licensing of houses in multiple occupation.

(315799)

68
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of new homes were built to Code Level (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4, (e) 5 and (f) 6 in each of the last three years.

(316007)

69
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate has been made of the number of tenancy agreements covered by each tenancy deposit scheme licensed by his Department; and what the monetary value of deposits held in each scheme was at the latest date for which figures are available.

(316178)

70
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) management statement and (b) financial memorandum in respect of the (i) Tenants Service Authority and (ii) Homes and Communities Agency.

(316179)

71
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of social sector homes were considered not to meet the decent homes standard in 2009.

(316180)

72
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Homes and Communities Agency spent acquiring unsold stock for affordable housing in each month since February 2009; and how many such properties have been purchased.

(316181)

73
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) households and (b) people in the (i) private rented, (ii) social rented and (iii) owner occupier sector living in overcrowded conditions in each year since 1997.

(316236)

74
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications were received for the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) Open Market HomeBuy, (d) First Time Buyer's Initiative and (e) Social HomeBuy schemes in each region in each year since 2005.

(316253)

75
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with which organisations the (a) Homes and Communities Agency, (b) Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (c) Tenants Services Authority share offices; and where each such office is located.

(316350)

76
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Homes and Communities Agency Academy at the most recent date for which figures are available.

(316406)

77
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on (a) staff, (b) accommodation and (c) administration by the (i) Homes and Communities Agency, (ii) Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (iii) Tenant Sevices Authority in 2008-09; and how much each such organisation has budgeted for in each such category of expenditure in 2009-10.

(316408)

78
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are employed in each office of the (a) Homes and Communities Agency, (b) Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (c) Tenant Services Authority.

(316412)

79
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) the Homes and Communities Agency, (b) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (c) the Tenant Services Authority spent on (i) advertising and (ii) marketing in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10 to date; and how much has been budgeted for such expenditure in 2009-10.

(316431)

80
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by the (a) Finance and Corporate Services, (b) Strategy, Performance and Research, (c) Investment and Regeneration, (d) Land and Development, (e) New Ventures and Partnerships and (f) Skills and Knowledge division of the Homes and Communities Agency in 2008-09; how much has been budgeted for each division in 2009-10; and what proportion of each figure is attributable to staff costs.

(316432)

81
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Homes and Communities Agency has spent in each region in each year since its inception.

(316433)

82
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Homes and Communities Agency spent on its (a) Decent Homes and Mixed Communities, (b) Growth, (c) Gypsy and Traveller Site Grant, (d) Housing Market Renewal, (e) Thames Gateway Delivery, (f) Place of Change and (g) Vulnerable People programme in 2008-09; and how much it expects to spent on each such programme in 2009-10.

(316481)

83
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the main responsibilities are of the (a) Decent Homes and Mixed Communities, (b) Growth, (c) Gypsy and Traveller Site Grant, (d) Housing Market Renewal, (e) Thames Gateway Delivery, (f) Place of Change and (g) Vulnerable People division of the Homes and Communities Agency; and if he will make a statement.

(316482)

84
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the salary was of each of the Homes and Communities Agency's regional directors in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.

(316483)

85
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were (a) started and (b) completed in each year between 1980 and 2007-08.

(316501)

86
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception.

(316468)

87
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were on local authority waiting lists for independent living adaptations and equipment in (a) the latest period for which figures are available and (b) each of the last five years.

(315461)

88
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse has been of the structural review of local government in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon.

(316214)

89
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of the investigation of the Standards Board for England relating to six councillors on the Isle of Wight in respect of (a) the tribunal hearing and (b) all other costs.

(315800)

90
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): 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 the borough of Sandwell, the effects on that borough of changes to the policies of his Department and its predecessors since 1997.

(316475)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

91
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 777W, on digital broadcasting: Scotland, how many meetings with small local radio stations in Scotland have been held to date; and with which stations meetings have been held.

(315682)

92
N Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent in Gloucester constituency since 1997; and which projects have been funded.

(316004)

93
N Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been provided by his Department through the Football Foundation in Gloucester since 1997.

(316005)

94
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the provisional results of the most recent Taking Part Survey to be published.

(316249)

95
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316461)

96
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 88W, on departmental written questions, by what mechanisms his Department monitors its responses to parliamentary questions; what its target time is for responses; and how its performamce against that target is measured.

(316503)

97
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): 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 Hemsworth constituency, the effects on Hemsworth of his Department's policies and actions since 2000.

(316307)

98
N Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance (a) his Department and (b) the Digital Switchover help scheme offers to vulnerable people whose needs are not met by the standard offer of a free digital box, with particular reference to vulnerable people with sight difficulties.

(316001)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

99
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, columns 792-4W, on armed forces: housing, to whom the 370 houses in Scotland sold by his Department to persons other than registered social landlords or local authorities were sold.

(314919)

100
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, columns 517-8W, on armed forces: housing, for what reason Helensburgh was chosen for the small-scale representative assessment; whether his Department plans to undertake further assessments; and whether the Helensburgh assessment is assumed to be representative of the housing stock held by his Department in Scotland.

(314920)

101
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned tests involving biochemical weapons using animals in each of the last five years.

(316351)

102
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) pigs, (b) primates, (c) dogs and (d) goats were used in tests (i) conducted and (ii) commissioned by his Department in each of the last five years.

(316352)

103
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals have been used in tests (a) conducted and (b) commissioned by his Department in each of the last five years.

(316353)

104
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals have been used in tests involving explosives (a) conducted and (b) commissioned by his Department in each of the last five years.

(316354)

105
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) school-aged children in maintained schools and (b) other school-aged children were enrolled in community cadet forces in the latest year for which figures are available.

(316310)

106
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on assistance to cadet forces in maintained schools in (a) 1997, (b) 2003 and (c) the latest year for which figures are available.

(316311)

107
N Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 205W, on military aircraft: helicopters, when he expects main gate approval to be obtained for specific upgrades to extend the service life of the (a) Merlin Mk3, (b) Merlin Mk3a, (c) Sea King Mk4, (d) Sea King Mk7, (e) Apache, (f) Chinook Mk2 and (g) Chinook Mk2a.

(316069)

108
N Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 206W, on rescue services: helicopters, when he expects the competition for new search and rescue helicopters to be completed; and what progress has been made in the competition.

(316070)

109
N Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he decided to hold a review of out-of-hours primary care care for service personnel; what the terms of reference are of that review; and when it will be concluded.

(316071)

110
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops were stationed in Afghanistan in each year between 2006 and 2009.

(316276)

111
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are stationed at each location in Northern Ireland.

(316410)

112
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department provides to assist service personnel seriously injured in Afghanistan to return to work.

(316411)

113
N Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel injured in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have (i) lost both legs and both arms, (ii) lost both legs at or above the knee, (iii) lost both legs below the knee, (iv) lost one leg at or above the knee, (v) lost one leg below the knee, (vi) lost both arms at or above the elbow, (vii) lost both arms below the elbow, (viii) lost one arm at or above the elbow, (ix) lost one arm below the elbow, (x) received deep second degree or third degree burns to more than 70 per cent. of the body, (xi) been blinded in both eyes and (xii) been made deaf in each month since both conflicts began; and if he will make a statement.

(315798)

114
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on household staff for members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in each of the last 12 months.

(316372)

115
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on household furniture for properties occupied by members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above.

(316373)

116
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was claimed in reimubursable expenses by members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in each of the last 12 months.

(316374)

117
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces received annual remuneration, including benefits, of at least £100,000 in the latest year for which figures are available.

(316375)

118
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on hired cars for members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in each of the last 12 months.

(316376)

119
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on overseas travel for members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in each of the last 12 months.

(316377)

120
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force (i) fixed wing aircraft and (ii) helicopters are deployed in (A) Iraq, (B) Germany, (C) Afghanistan, (D) Cyprus, (E) Diego Garcia, (F) the Falkland Islands and the South Atlantic, (G) Gibraltar, (H) Kuwait, (I) Ascension Island, (J) the United Arab Emirates, (K) Oman, (L) Bahrain and (M) at sea.

(316489)

121
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current unit cost for the Airbus A400M agreed with EADS is.

(316509)

122
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many problems have been reported with the Brimstone missile system (a) in operational situations and (b) during testing since it entered service.

(316510)

123
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to date of development of the Brimstone missile system has been.

(316511)

124
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's housing stock in Scotland was (a) void and (b) uninhabited in each of the last five years; and what the estimated monetary value of such properties is.

(316512)

125
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on substitute accommodation in Scotland for (a) service family accommodation and (b) single living accommodation in each of the last five years.

(316513)

126
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation units in Scotland are awaiting demolition.

(316514)

127
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the (a) Royal Auxiliary Air Force, (b) Territorial Army and (c) Royal Naval Reserve are based in Scotland.

(316516)

128
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met representatives of the Nordic Council; and what subjects were discussed.

(316517)

129
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current estimated monetary value is of the property comprising (a) Naval Base Clyde, (b) Royal Marines Condor, (c) RAF Leuchars, (d) 2nd Division HQ Craigiehall, (e) Defence Estates Hebrides and (f) Fort George; and how much his Department plans to spend on redevelopment at each of these bases.

(316518)

130
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated monetary value is of the property comprising (a) HM Naval Base Devonport, (b) RAF Valley, (c) HM Naval Base Portsmouth, (d) RAF Marham, (e) RAF Brampton, (f) RAF Honnington, (g) RAF Wittering, (h) RAF Wattisham, (i) RAF Northolt, (j) RAF High Wycombe, (k) RAF Brize Norton and (l) RAF Leeming; and how much his Department plans to spend on redevelopment at each of these bases.

(316519)

131
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316420)

132
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316460)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

133
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much employees paid in contributions to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme between 1987 and 1994.

(316315)

134
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 187W, on nuclear power: regulation, what cost recovery has been applied to the Nuclear Industry Association, as originator of the nuclear justification document which was the subject of discussion at the public consultation meeting; and whether he plans to apply cost recovery to applicants for any future meetings held on nuclear justification.

(316515)

135
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception.

(316466)

136
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) Eaga have received in relation to (i) the installation and (ii) failure of boilers installed under the Warm Front Scheme in each of the last five years.

(316429)

137
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): 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 Hemsworth constituency, the effects on Hemsworth of his Department's policies and actions since 2000.

(316306)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

138
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the bee industry of importing queen bees in the last five years.

(316499)

139
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316465)

140
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): 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 Hemsworth constituency, the effects on Hemsworth of his Department's policies and actions since 2000.

(316305)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

141
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with (a) his EU counterparts, (b) the United Nations Human Rights Council and (c) the United Nations General Assembly on reports of crimes against humanity in Burma.

(316378)

142
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request the United Nations Security Council to undertake a review of the 2008 Burmese constitution together with representatives of (a) pro-democracy, (b) ethnic and (c) other groups in Burma.

(316379)

143
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for the outcome of the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting on Burma.

(316380)

144
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals for a more proactive mandate for the United Nations Mission in Sudan at the meeting of the UN Security Council in April 2010.

(316357)

145
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the proposed appointment of a mediator for Sudan.

(316358)

146
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed Sudan with the (a) US administration, (b) Chinese government and (c) African Union.

(316359)

147
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he (a) last visited and (b) next plans to visit Sudan.

(316360)

148
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed with the Secretary of State for International Development the matter of the end of the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

(316361)

149
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Cote d'Ivoire on the disbursement of the compensation paid by Trafigura in respect of the toxic waste dumped by that company; and if he will make a statement.

(316486)

150
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the attempted coup to overthrow President Ndayizeye of Burundi; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the coup attempt on the July 2010 elections.

(315949)

151
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the EU plans to send an observer mission to the 2010 elections in Burundi; and if he will make a statement.

(315950)

152
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits to Gaza have been made by officials of his Department in the course of their duties in the last 12 months.

(316213)

153
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions in the United Nations Human Rights Council on the arrest of pro-democracy activist Nyi Nyi Aung in Burma in September 2009.

(316241)

154
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Burmese authorities on permitting the International Committee of the Red Cross to resume its inspection of prisons in Burma.

(316242)

155
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports on the recent sentencing and imprisonment of a journalist who worked with the Democratic Voice of Burma.

(316243)

156
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the government of (a) Canada, (b) New Zealand and (c) Brazil on an arms embargo against Burma.

(316244)

157
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had in the United Nations Human Rights Council and the United Nations General Assembly on reports of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma.

(316245)

158
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316428)

159
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316464)

160
N Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list each representation he has received from the US State Department (a) orally and (b) in writing on UK procedures for the issue of arrest warrants in respect of foreign nationals alleged to have committed war crimes in the last 12 months.

(315804)

161
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports his Department has received on the treatment of religious minorities in (a) North Korea, (b) Iran, (c) Saudi Arabia, (d) Somalia and (e) the Maldives.

(316239)

162
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Chinese authorities on the case of the Alimjan Himit.

(316240)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

163
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an audit has been carried out on the effects on general practitioner prescribing patterns of the March 2008 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's guidance on inhaled corticosteroids.

(316122)

164
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account his Department's guidance on primary care trust procurement takes of the policy on preferred providers of health services.

(316312)

165
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the NHS as the preferred provider of health services.

(316313)

166
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish guidance on commissioning skills for the NHS.

(316314)

167
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to monitor contracts awarded to consultancy firms by NHS trusts and primary care trusts.

(316366)

168
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating strokes caused by the consumption of alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.

(316281)

169
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the causes of (i) stroke, (ii) dementia and (iii) depression and (b) the proportion of cases attributable to each such factor in the last 12 months.

(316282)

170
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new diagnoses of (a) depression and (b) dementia there were in the last year for which figures are available; and in how many such cases the consumption of alcohol was a direct causal factor.

(316283)

171
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating (a) depression and (b) dementia attributable to alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.

(316284)

172
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the causes are of (a) chronic liver disease and (b) cirrhosis; and what proportion of cases of each were caused by each such factor in the last 12 months.

(316285)

173
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating breast cancer attributable to alcohol consumption in the last year for which figures are available.

(316287)

174
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the causes are of (a) breast cancer and (b) heart disease; and what proportion of cases of each were attributable to each such factor in the last 12 months.

(316288)

175
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths from breast cancer there were in the last year for which figures are available.

(316289)

176
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating (a) breast cancer and (b) heart disease attributable to the consumption of alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.

(316290)

177
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported cases of stroke there were in the last year for which figures are available; and in how many such cases the consumption of alcohol was a direct causal factor.

(316291)

178
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of treating cancer of the (a) mouth, (b) oesophagus and (c) larynx attributable to the consumption of alcohol in the last year for which figures are available.

(316295)

179
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the causes are of cancer of the (a) mouth, (b) oesophagus and (c) larynx; and what proportion of cases of each was attributable to each such factor in the last 12 months.

(316296)

180
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of (a) stroke, (b) dementia and (c) depression per 1,000 of the population; and in how many such cases the consumption of alcohol is estimated to be a direct causal factor.

(316297)

181
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £340 million included in primary care trust (PCT) baseline allocations for the three years from 2008-09 to 2010-11 for disabled children's services under the Child Health Strategy has been allocated to each PCT.

(316101)

182
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish an Adult Autism Strategy under section 1 of the Autism Act 2009.

(316173)

183
N Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees work at the Health Protection Agency's Porton Down site.

(316061)

184
N Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Health Protection Agency's Project Chrysalis had cost on the latest date for which figures are available.

(316062)

185
N Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on the Health Protection Agency's Project Chrysalis; and if he will make a statement.

(316063)

186
N Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the proposed relocation of the Health Protection Agency Centre for Emergency Preparedness from Porton Down to Harlow, Essex; and if he will make a statement.

(316064)

187
N Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future of the Health Protection Agency site at Porton Down; and if he will make a statement.

(316065)

188
N Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) management, (b) administration and (c) estates staff by each (i) strategic health authority, (ii) primary care trust, (iii) NHS trust and (iv) non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997.

(315586)

189
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department assessed the level of use of external locums to fill gaps in the medical rotas at acute hospitals (a) before and (b) after the implementation of the European Working Time Directive.

(316498)

190
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether medical practitioners are required to inform local authorities when they administer drugs to children in care.

(316072)

191
N Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts did not submit an application for registration with the Care Quality Commission by 29 January 2010.

(315947)

192
Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the devolved administrations on the effects of the new care and support system in the Shaping the Future of Care Together Green Paper on (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance.

(316223)

193
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice and guidance his Department has given to primary care trusts on their future role as healthcare providers.

(316225)

194
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received medical attention in hospital as a result of attacks by dogs in each primary care trust in (a) the East of England and (b) London in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316413)

195
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316425)

196
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316463)

197
N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has evaluated on the comparative (a) safety and (b) effectiveness of (i) human biology-based testing and (ii) animal testing of new drugs and treatments.

(316006)

198
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Hemsworth constituency, the effects on Hemsworth of his Department's policies and actions since 2000.

(316309)

199
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the borough of Sandwell, the effects on that borough of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(316472)

200
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of prescriptions issued by the NHS in England and Wales were for generic drugs in each of the last five years.

(316238)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

201
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was to (a) process a visa application and (b) despatch an approved passport following approval of a visa in the last year for which figures are available.

(315360)

202
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest recorded journey time was for non-human primates imported from (a) China, (b) Mauritius, (c) Indonesia, (d) the Philippines, (e) Vietnam and (f) Israel into the UK for research purposes in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.

(316436)

203
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many primates imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research during 2008 and 2009 were reported to be sick or dead on arrival.

(316437)

204
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many primates were imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and from which countries.

(316438)

205
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas primate suppliers are accredited by his Department to export non-human primates to the UK; and in which country each is based.

(316439)

206
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records have been (a) added to and (b) removed from the Police National Computer in each of the last five years.

(316430)

207
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from each country who were classified as having (a) low and (b) higher level English language skills overstayed in the UK following admittance under tier 4 of the points-based immigration system in the latest period for which figures are available.

(316371)

208
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from North Yorkshire Police on its budget allocation for 2010-11.

(316121)

209
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of incidents of (a) rape and (b) violence against the person reported in the last five years a caution was issued.

(316491)

210
Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to reduce crime rates in Wales.

(316221)

211
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made to the police in each police authority area in respect of attacks by dogs in each of the last five years; how many such complaints resulted in prosecutions; and if he will make a statement.

(316414)

212
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 81W, on departmental training, on what dates the sessions of media training were provided; which organisations provided that training; what the cost was of that training; and to which Ministers that training was provided.

(315801)

213
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316462)

214
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on controlling the sale of (a) firearms and (b) air weapons; and if he will make a statement.

(315803)

215
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the borough of Sandwell, the effects on that borough of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.

(316471)

216
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of interviews held with asylum seekers by UK Border Agency staff were (a) video and (b) audio recorded in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316215)

217
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) equality and (b) cultural awareness training is (i) compulsory and (ii) made voluntarily available for UK Border Agency employees; and if he will make a statement.

(316216)

218
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of service at the UK Border Agency has been of (a) case-owners and (b) casework team leaders (i) in Cardiff and (ii) nationally in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316217)

219
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of UK Border Agency case owners based in Cardiff have had their contracts terminated for each reason in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316218)

220
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of UK Border Agency case owners had their contracts terminated for each reason in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316219)

221
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of UK Border Agency legal staff (a) in Cardiff and (b) nationally are qualified (i) solicitors, (ii) barristers and (iii) para-legal staff; and if he will make a statement.

(316220)

222
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints the UK Border Agency (UKBA) received against its staff (a) for each given reason and (b) from each type of UKBA service user in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316329)

223
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints about racism involving UK Border Agency staff were received from asylum seekers in each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316330)

224
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of violence by asylum seekers against UK Border Agency staff were recorded in each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316331)

225
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the consistency of immigration application decisions taken by different UK Border Agency offices; and if he will make a statement.

(316332)

226
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints relating to incidents of violence by UK Border Agency staff were received from asylum seekers in each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316333)

227
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of interviews held with asylum seekers by UK Border Agency staff in Cardiff were (a) video and (b) audio recorded in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(316334)

228
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to increase the UK passport application fee in 2010.

(316171)

229
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults and (b) children applied for passports in each of the last five years.

(316174)

230
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of people caught entering the UK illegally were deported in each of the last five years.

(316175)

Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

231
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will establish the cost to the House Administration of ceasing the existing contract for the installation of Vista on all computers operated by the House of Commons Service.

(316166)

232
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons Commission plans to install Windows 7 in all computers operated by each department in the House of Commons Service.

(316194)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

233
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of Zambia's bilateral debt to the UK is outstanding.

(316164)

234
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) multi donor trust funds and (b) other multilateral mechanisms for distributing aid in Sudan.

(316355)

235
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding will be allocated to each aid sector in Sudan in 2010.

(316356)

236
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has discussed with his international counterparts extending the mandate of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission monitoring the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan.

(316434)

237
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316423)

238
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of any advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management.

(316480)

239
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316459)

240
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2010, Official Report, column 1085W, on departmental written questions, by what mechanism his Department monitors its responses to parliamentary questions; what the target time for responses is; and how success against that target is measured.

(316506)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

241
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of prisoners released in error.

(316246)

242
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the relationship between the supply of illicit drugs into prison and the effectiveness of drug treatment in prisons; and what assessment was made of the merits of including demand for illegal drugs in the remit of the Blakey Review.

(316183)

243
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the updated Supply Reduction: Good Practice Guide issued to prisons in England and Wales.

(316184)

244
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many intimate searches were carried out in prisons in each of the last five years.

(316186)

245
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many strip searches were carried out in prisons in each of the last five years.

(316187)

246
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether CCTV is installed in every visitor hall in prisons in England and Wales.

(316188)

247
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the development of a National Intelligence Model to enable the National Offender Management Service to disrupt the supply of illicit drugs into prisons.

(316189)

248
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outcome was of the national strategic review of the deployment of sniffer dogs throughout the prison estate.

(316190)

249
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in relation to offences under section 22 of the Offender Management Act 2007; and what the average length of sentence was in cases of conviction.

(316191)

250
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has reviewed the operation of Rule 39 post and parcel.

(316405)

251
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications have been received from other EU member states for the payment of fines under the terms of the Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA on the application of the principle of mutual recognition of financial penalties; and how many such applications have proceeded to court.

(315999)

252
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on the implementation of the Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA on the cross-border collection of fines for motoring offences.

(316000)

253
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of the licences purchased by the National Offender Management Service from (a) MPLC and (b) Filmbank.

(316316)

254
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody has spent on website maintenance and development in the last 12 months.

(316317)

255
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent assessment of the likely effects of the implementation of a preferential voting system on the number of invalid votes cast in an election.

(316318)

256
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of protective measures for juries (a) in circumstances in which allegations of jury tampering had been made and (b) in other circumstances in each of the last five years.

(316319)

257
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) trials have been adjourned as a result of jury intimidation and (b) re-trials have been ordered in each of the last five years.

(316320)

258
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juries have been provided with police protection in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of providing that protection.

(316321)

259
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of jury (a) intimidation and (b) tampering were recorded in each of the last five years.

(316322)

260
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine imposed for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third-party risks was in 2008.

(316323)

261
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced for failure to answer bail in 2008; and what the average (a) fine and (b) custodial sentence imposed for such offences was in that period.

(316324)

262
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a (a) caution, (b) suspended prison sentence, (c) community sentence and (d) conditional or absolute discharge for (i) rape, (ii) sexual assault and (iii) sexual activity with a child in 2008.

(316325)

263
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) juvenile, (b) young and (c) adult offenders sentenced in 2008 had at least 15 previous convictions.

(316326)

264
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) determinate sentence and (b) tariff was for a life or indeterminate public protection sentence for rape in each of the last 10 years.

(316327)

265
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average tariff given with a mandatory life-sentence was in each of the last 10 years.

(316328)

266
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 933W, on open prisons, how many prisoners convicted of murder were held in open prison in each of the last five years.

(316497)

267
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the extent of the practice of slopping out in prisons in England and Wales and (b) the compatibility of this practice with the Human Rights Act 1998.

(316172)

268
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 705W, on prisoners on remand, how many juveniles remanded in custody were subsequently (a) acquitted and (b) given a non-custodial sentence in (i) a magistrates' court and (ii) the Crown Court in 2008.

(316176)

269
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, column 1248W, on young offender institutions: social workers, how many (a) social worker posts and (b) vacant social worker posts there are in each young offender institution in England and Wales.

(316177)

270
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 113W, on the David Kelly death inquiry, whether Lord Hutton made that recommendation after consultation with Dr Kelly's family; and whether Dr Kelly's family has been given access to the post mortem examination report.

(316102)

271
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those convicted of offences of violence in the last three years had been issued with at least one caution.

(316490)

272
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many incidents of (a) domestic violence and (b) other offences of violence which resulted in a conviction a child was killed in each of the last 10 years.

(316494)

273
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding of the Information Commissioner's Office.

(316165)

274
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316419)

275
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception.

(316467)

Questions to the Leader of the House

276
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will place in the Library a copy of any advice issued to staff of her Office on stress recognition and management.

(316477)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

277
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what mechanisms have been established to enable data sharing in respect of fixed penalty motoring offences between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Irish Garda in accordance with the principle of mutual recognition of financial penalties.

(315998)

278
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316457)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

279
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316426)

280
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a copy of any advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management.

(316479)

281
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316456)

Questions to the Solicitor General

282
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316450)

283
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 244W, on departmental public expenditure, what the arrangements are within the Crown Prosecution Service for the authorisation of the acquisition of works of art; whether payments made in connection with the acquisition of such art works are subject to (a) monthly or (b) annual financial returns; and what post-payment internal audit arrangements are in place.

(316504)

284
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2010, Official Report, column 1014W, on departmental written questions; by which mechanism the Law Officers' Departments monitor their responses to parliamentary questions; what the target times for responses is; and how success against that target is measured.

(316507)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport

285
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average distance was of (a) all flights leaving UK airports and (b) all flights leaving UK airports except domestic lifeline flights in each of the last three years.

(315795)

286
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage change in real terms of the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 1980 and (ii) 1997.

(315796)

287
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to introduce legislative proposals to provide for the transfer of responsibilities for authorising routes for UK rallies from the Royal Automobile Club to the Motor Sports Association.

(315997)

288
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many miles of road have been detrunked in each of the last 10 years.

(316003)

289
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 1902W, on invalid vehicles: insurance, when the survey his Department is procuring to help assess the number of mobility scooter users and the extent to which their use may have injured people will be (a) completed and (b) published.

(316099)

290
N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will instruct the Highways Agency to make improvements to junction 10a of the M1 to reduce congestion; what assessment he has made of the effect of such congestion on the flow of traffic on the M1; and if he will make a statement.

(316066)

291
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment the Government Car and Despatch Agency has made of its environmental impact in each of the last five years.

(316235)

292
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Government Car and Despatch Agency spent on (a) media monitoring, (b) advertising and (c) public relations in each of the last five years.

(316247)

293
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many journeys between Government buildings were taken by (a) Ministers and (b) officials using the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last three years.

(316248)

294
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which departments used the services of the Government Car and Despatch Agency in 2008-09; and which departments have used that service in 2009-10.

(316254)

295
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Government Car and Despatch Agency spent on vehicle insurance in each of the last five years.

(316255)

296
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many Government Car and Despatch Agency vehicles were involved in road traffic accidents in each of the last five years.

(316256)

297
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many cars in the Government Car and Despatch Agency fleet are equipped with vehicle tracking equipment.

(316257)

298
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the Government Car and Despatch Agency has conducted a user satisfaction survey in the last three years.

(316258)

299
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was spent by the Government Car and Despatch Agency on consultancy in each of the last five years; which companies were employed for such services in each such year; and how much was paid to each company for those services in each such year.

(316259)

300
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) agency and (b) temporary workers were employed by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; and how much was spent in respect of such employees in each such year.

(316260)

301
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many complaints were received by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints related to the use of relief drivers.

(316261)

302
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the income was of the Government Car and Despatch Agency from the (a) private and (b) public sector in each of the last five years; and how much of that income from each sector was received in respect of the Government Car Service in each such year.

(316262)

303
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many miles were travelled by Government Car Service vehicles in each of the last five years.

(316263)

304
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average mileage was of a Government Car and Despatch Agency (a) car and (b) van on the latest date for which figures are available.

(316264)

305
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the total expenditure was of the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; and how much of that expenditure related to the Government Car Service in each such year.

(316265)

306
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many online payments were received by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last three years.

(316266)

307
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) cars and (b) other vehicles have been (i) owned and (ii) leased by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each year since 1997.

(316267)

308
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many cars the Government Car and Despatch Agency has (a) purchased and (b) sold in each of the last five years.

(316268)

309
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many staff at the Government Car and Despatch Agency received bonuses in each of the last three years.

(316269)

310
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was spent on staff costs by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years.

(316270)

311
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what proportion of drivers for the Government Car and Despatch Agency reported for work on (a) 7 and (b) 8 January 2010.

(316271)

312
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment has been made of effects of the implementation of the European Working Time Directive on the Government Car and Despatch Agency; and what estimate has been made of the cost to that Agency of such implementation.

(316272)

313
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many staff were employed by the Government Car and Despatch Agency to work in the Government Car Service in each of the last five years; and what the total cost was of the salaries of those staff.

(316273)

314
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether Ministers are entitled to express a preference for particular drivers to be assigned to them by the Government Car and Despatch Agency.

(316349)

315
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many mechanics the Government Car and Despatch Agency employed in each of the last three years.

(316484)

316
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the country of manufacture of each of the (a) cars and (b) vans in the Government Car and Despatch Agency fleet was in each of the last five years.

(316485)

317
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Government Car and Despatch Agency spent on (a) London congestion charge (i) payments and (ii) fines and (b) fines for (i) speeding and (ii) parking in each year since 2008.

(316500)

318
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316455)

319
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2010, Official Report, column 994W, on departmental public expenditure, on what items of art (a) his Department's London headquarters spent £504,606, (b) the Marine Accident Investigation Branch spent £103, (c) the Highways Agency spent £1,799,366 and (d) the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency spent £164,179.

(316505)

320
Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) has access to on (i) the number of heavy trucks and lorry drivers (A) employed and (B) self-employed in each EU and EFTA member state, (ii) the average hours worked by each category of driver in each such state in the latest period for which which figures are available and (iii) the average (1) hourly and (2) weekly earnings of heavy truck and lorry drivers in each such state in the latest period for which figures are available.

(316167)

321
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Hemsworth constituency, the effects on Hemsworth of his Department's policies and actions since 2000.

(316304)

322
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which uncompleted schemes included in the Targeted Programme of Improvements are funded through regional funding allocations; and from what other sources such schemes have been funded.

(316185)

323
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much of the budget for the Regional Fund Allocation 2 programme has been allocated to each (a) Highways Agency scheme of regional significance valued at over five million pounds and (b) Local Transport major scheme in each region.

(316192)

324
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what allocations were made to each (a) region and (b) major scheme from the first round of regional funding allocations in 2005-06.

(316193)

325
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich of 11 November 2009, Official Report, columns 368-70W, on roads: finance, which of the (a) major and (b) non-major schemes listed are funded from (i) the Regional Funding Allocation 2 programme and (ii) other sources.

(316520)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

326
Mr Paul Murphy (Torfaen): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the new First Minister on means of encouraging greater voter participation in Wales in the forthcoming general election.

(316222)

327
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library a copy of any advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management.

(316478)

328
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316453)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

329
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will make printed copies of An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK available to hon. Members in the Vote Office.

(315948)

330
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many staff in the (a) Government Equalities Office and (b) Equality and Human Rights Commission have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316451)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

331
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many placements for young people have been made in the (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sector through the Future Jobs Fund since its inception.

(316367)

332
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprenticeship places have been delivered through the Future Jobs Fund in each region since its inception.

(316368)

333
N Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to widen the Future Jobs Fund to include private sector employers.

(315990)

334
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of worklessness benefits there were in each constituency in Merseyside in each year since 1980.

(315996)

335
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what administrative processes are in place to inform claimants of employment and support allowance of the outcome of their benefit claims; and what processes are in place to ensure that claimants are informed of an unsuccessful claim before existing benefit payments are (a) stopped and (b) reduced.

(316097)

336
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of known fraud debt stock was fraud debt her Department recovered in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(316098)

337
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what user acceptance testing has been performed on the job search portals located in Jobcentre Plus offices; what existing bugs have been identified in the Jobsearch IT system in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.

(316100)

338
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff there have been in her Department's (a) Fraud Investigation Service and (b) Organised Fraud Unit in each year since 2006.

(316364)

339
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which countries persons living abroad who are identified as having perpetrated benefit fraud reside.

(316365)

340
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued on the treatment in the benefits system of (a) current members of the armed forces, (b) spouses and immediate family members of members of the armed forces and (c) former members of the armed forces.

(316487)

341
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the spouse of a serving member of the armed forces is treated for the purposes of claiming jobseeker's allowance in circumstances where that person has left a previous employment owing to the relocation of the serving member of the armed forces.

(316488)

342
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the motability contract for electric-powered vehicles managed by her Department was subject to external tender; and what the monetary value of the current contract is.

[R] (315945)

343
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit at 2009-10 prices in each year since 1997.

(316237)

344
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly payment of (a) council tax benefit and (b) housing benefit was to a (i) private renter and (ii) social tenant in each year since 1997.

(316251)

345
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of her Department's expenditure on (a) council tax benefit and (b) housing benefit was paid to (i) tenants renting privately, (ii) tenants renting from a social landlord and (iii) homeowners in the latest period for which figures are available.

(316252)

346
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has spent on such payments in 2009-10; and what proportion of such payments was made in respect of the Government Car Service.

(316427)

347
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

(316452)

348
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Hemsworth constituency, the effects on Hemsworth of her Department's policies and actions since 2000.

(316303)

349
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms were in place to monitor the implementation of the financial corrections made by her Department in respect of voluntary pension payments made between 1996 and 2002.

(316300)

350
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial corrections were made by the Government in respect of reminders for voluntary pensions contributions in each year between 1996 and 2002; and whether those corrections were made only in respect of individuals who had previously made voluntary pension contributions.

(316301)

351
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in pension back payments to overseas residents who did not receive reminders about their voluntary pension contributions in each year between 1996 and 2002.

(316302)

352
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the borough of Sandwell, the effects on that borough of changes to the policies of her Department and its predecessors since 1997.

(316476)

353
N Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer the letter of 11 November 2009, ref. SJW/SJW, from the hon. Member for Northavon on the state pension of a constituent.

[R] (315953)

354
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost in real terms of extending the winter fuel payment to people (a) receiving the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance and (b) receiving the higher rate care component of disability living allowance because they are terminally ill, who otherwise would not be entitled to it, in each of the next six years; and if she will make a statement.

(316495)

355
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the cost to the public purse in real terms of paying winter fuel allowance in respect of all children aged under five years old in receipt of the higher care component of disability living allowance in each of the next five years.

(316496)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

356
N Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the net effect on public expenditure of introducing unitary local authorities in England.

[Transferred] (316002)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport

357
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the powers of enforcement available to local authorities to ensure that roads and amenity spaces are brought up to an appropriate standard for adoption.

[Transferred] (316274)

358
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, by what mechanisms local authorities ensure that roads and amenity spaces are brought up to an appropriate standard for adoption.

[Transferred] (316275)

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