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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 8 February 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 8 February 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 8 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 Monday 8 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 8 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the provision of tax (a) discounts or (b) credits for those required to pay for their own training. | | (316639) | 2
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the requirement on those who carry a card authorising them to operate construction equipment to also obtain a national vocational qualification in order to operate such equipment. | | (316640) | 3
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students withdrew from higher education between September and December in each of the last five years. | | (316529) | 4
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the Consumer Focus report entitled Opportunity Knocks published on 1 January 2010. | | (316540) | 5
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) total budget and (b) staffing cost was of each regional office of Enterprise UK in financial years (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09; what the equivalent figures are for each such office in financial year 2009-10 to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (316338) | 6
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what Enterprise UK's (a) total budget and (b) staffing cost was in financial years (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06, (iii) 2006-07, (iv) 2007-08 and (v) 2008-09; what it has been in each such case in financial year 2009-10 to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (316339) | 7
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of women in Hemsworth constituency who have visited an information and communications technology training centre in order to gain return to work skills in each year since 1997. | | (316602) | 8
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of women resident in Hemsworth have taken 26 weeks maternity leave since 1997. | | (316609) | 9
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department and its predecessors have taken to support small businesses in Hemsworth since 1997. | | (316613) | 10
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many modern apprenticeships have been started in Hemsworth since 1997. | | (316614) | 11
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of those resident in Hemsworth constituency have been paid at the national minimum wage rate since its introduction. | | (316621) | 12
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department and its predecessors have allocated to adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Hemsworth constituency since 1997. | | (316622) | 13
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to protect Shop Direct workers facing possible redundancy in Burnley. | | (316604) | 14
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if officials of his Department will meet representatives of Shop Direct to discuss measures to protect jobs at the Burnley site. | | (316605) | 15
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has received recent representations on the regulation of the sale of ultrasonic Mosquito devices; and if he will make a statement. | | (316229) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 16
N | Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths of children aged (a) one to four and (b) five to 14 years (i) in total and (ii) as a result of respiratory disease there were in England and Wales in each month since 2006. | | (316441) | 17
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses have started up in Hemsworth since 1997. | | (316619) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 18
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much assistance in (a) funds for recapitalisation and (b) exposure to potential financial liability his Department provided to banks in the (i) first and (ii) second half of (A) 2007, (B) 2008 and (C) 2009; and how much such assistance of each type it had provided to banks on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (315954) | 19
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is expected to be raised through landfill tax in 2010-11. | | (316624) | 20
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the criteria under which projects can apply for funding under the landfill tax credit scheme. | | (316625) | 21
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications from each constituency have been (a) received and (b) granted for funding under the landfill tax credit scheme in each year since 1996; and how much funding has been provided to successful applicants in each constituency in each of those years. | | (316626) | 22
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his polciy to extend arrangements for tax relief under the furnished holiday lettings rules from 6 April 2010 for those who let furnished holiday properties as their (a) sole source of income and (b) main business; and if he will make a statement. | | (316535) | 23
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many beds there were in NHS hospitals in Wakefield in each year since 1997. | | (316630) | 24
N | Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the work of HM Revenue and Customs High Net Worth Team; what changes are proposed to be made to the team; and if he will make a statement. | | (314922) | 25
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of tax credit claimants had been (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid more than (i) once, (ii) twice, (iii) three times and (iv) four times since their claim began in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (316536) | 26
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual cases of tax credit overpayment his Department has taken to court to seek recovery in each month since April 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (316537) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 27
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of ensuring that there are no wireless device radiations in (a) schools and (b) childcare centres. | | (316541) | 28
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to schools on the effects on children's health of mobile telephones. | | (316542) | 29
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of guidance on capability procedures for teachers issued by his Department. | | (316195) | 30
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost, (b) capital cost and (c) cost per square metre of each Building Schools for the Future project. | | (316583) | 31
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of schools that have received Building Schools for the Future funding have been (a) rebuilt, (b) remodelled and (c) refurbished. | | (316585) | 32
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's budget for publicity and advertising was in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (316570) | 33
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on consultancy in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (316571) | 34
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what meetings (a) the Director of Children and Learners and (b) the Children Services Improvement Adviser in the Government Office of Yorkshire and the Humber have had with (i) Doncaster Council, (ii) representatives of his Department and (iii) others on serious case reviews and child protection in Doncaster since 2004. | | (316196) | 35
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the report entitled Organisation and Management Review of Duty and Assessment and Urban CSSW Teams written by Bron Sanders for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in March 2007 was taken into account in the preparation of the full serious case review into the death of Child AO6 in Doncaster which was published in executive summary in July 2007. | | (316197) | 36
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to (a) receive and (b) publish the executive summary of the serious case review into the Karen Matthews case in Kirklees. | | (316198) | 37
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of meetings which (a) the Secretary of State, (b) Ministers in his Department and its predecessor and (c) departmental officials have attended at which safeguarding in Doncaster has been discussed in each year since 2005. | | (316199) | 38
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2010, Official Report, column 1107W, on social services: Haringey, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department made any comments to Ofsted on the final draft of the report received by his Department on 30 November 2008. | | (316202) | 39
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the unauthorised absence rate was for pupils in Leeds local authority area in each year since 1997. | | (316341) | 40
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on sports coaching in each of the last three years; and through which bodies such coaching was delivered. | | (316343) | 41
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he last inspected the accounts of the Academies Enterprise Trust. | | (316397) | 42
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list the salaries of (a) the Chief Executive and (b) other senior officials of the Academies Enterprise Trust in each of the last three financial years. | | (316442) | 43
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on repairs to schools in Hemsworth in each year since 1997. | | (316611) | 44
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many childcare places have been created in Hemsworth since 1997. | | (316612) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 45
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 482W, on local government finance, against which authorities capping action was taken; and how the capping principles were exceeded in each case. | | (316591) | 46
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the availability of alternative technologies and products to perform an equivalent function to Regional Fire and Rescue Control Centres. | | (316586) | 47
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the FiReControl project in the West Midlands to be operational. | | (316587) | 48
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the transition cost of the FiReControl project. | | (316627) | 49
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the financial consequences for individual fire and rescue services in transferring control capabilities to regional fire control centres. | | (316631) | 50
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total cost is of the FiReControl project (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands. | | (316632) | 51
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses were received to his Department's consultation on park home site licensing; and if he will place a copy of each response in the Library. | | (316443) | 52
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of independent living adaptations and equipment provided by local authorities which was (a) assisted and (b) funded solely by charitable funds in (i) the lastest period for which figures are available and (ii) each of the last five years. | | (315462) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 53
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made in the provision of additional funding for brass bands. | | (316638) | 54
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has budgeted for the Government Art Collection in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (316396) | 55
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 888W, on theatre: young people, how much was spent on the provision of the 121,742 tickets; how much funding for the project remains; and when he expects the remainder to be spent. | | (316533) | 56
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 540W, on swimming, how much funding has been allocated for provision of the free swimming lessons. | | (316534) | 57
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on coaching in each of the last three years; and through which bodies such coaching was delivered. | | (316342) | 58
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his most recent estimate is of the market value of the events recommended for listing in the David Davies Review of Listed Events. | | (316383) | 59
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has commissioned an economic impact assessment following the publication of the David Davies Review of Listed Events. | | (316384) | 60
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, columns 10-11W, on parliamentary questions, what the reason was for the time taken to reply in (a) 2008 and (b) 2010. | | (316385) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 61
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the 20 most expensive properties were which were rented by members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in the last 12 months. | | (316390) | 62
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on accommodation for members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in each of the last 12 months. | | (316391) | 63
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above in each of the last 12 months. | | (316392) | 64
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residences his Department owns for the purpose of housing members of the armed forces with a rank of Brigadier or equivalent and above; and what the value is of each such property. | | (316393) | 65
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on overnight accommodaton for his Department's civil servants in the last 12 months. | | (316440) | 66
N | Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the future of HMS Sultan; and if he will make a statement. | | (314701) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 67
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations his Department has received on harmonising the UK's feed-in tariff scheme with those of other EU member states. | | (315463) | 68
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department plans to prove to those in social housing to participate in the feed-in tariff scheme; and how many social housing tenants he estimates will participate in it. | | (315464) | 69
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in Westmorland and Lonsdale. | | (316521) | 70
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) individuals and (b) households in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland who spend (A) over 20 per cent., (B) between 15 and 20 per cent., (C) between 10 and 15 per cent., (D) between five and 10 per cent. and (E) up to five per cent. of income on energy costs; and what estimate he has made of the average (1) fuel cost, (2) property SAP rating and (3) income for each such group. | | (316525) | 71
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of defending Britain's nuclear sites from the effects of coastal erosion in the next 160 years. | | (316209) | 72
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total output was of the UK's wind turbines connected to the national grid as a percentage of their load factor in each week in January 2010. | | (316234) | 73
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the level of fuel poverty in Hemsworth. | | (316615) | 74
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in Hemsworth have received assistance under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme since the inception of the scheme. | | (316633) | 75
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's most recent assessment is of the accuracy of reports issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. | | (316589) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 76
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what programmes are taking place in Western Sahara under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement; whether these programmes are in accordance with the wishes of the Saharawis; and how the Saharawi have been consulted in relation to those programmes. | | (315750) | 77
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of turkeys sold in each of the last five years. | | (316522) | 78
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what costs have been incurred by the Rural Payments Agency for claims processed under schemes they administer in each year since 2008. | | (316523) | 79
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single payment scheme claims made in 2009 remain outstanding. | | (316524) | 80
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been made available to clear debris and polluted material from farmland following the 2009 floods in Cumbria; and if he will make a statement. | | (316539) | 81
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assess the environmental impact of genetically modified crops in England; which research projects have been commissioned or completed since the conclusion of the Government-funded farm scale evaluations that are designed to repeat or build on the research on the environmental impacts of those trials; and what scientific conclusions were reached. | | (316123) | 82
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the implications for his Department's policies on genetically modified foods of the July 2009 editorial in Scientific American which asserts that it is impossible to verify that genetically modified crops perform as advertised because agritech companies have given themselves veto power over the work of independent researchers. | | (316124) | 83
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of previously forested land which has been permanently cleared in each of the last 10 years; and how much previously unforested land was planted for forestry in each such year. | | (316008) | 84
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in each local authority in the East of England in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of steps taken in response to such incidents. | | (316549) | 85
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for offences of fly-tipping in each local authority area in the last 12 months. | | (316553) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 86
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the political situation in Burma. | | (316579) | 87
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek to secure EU targeted sanctions against the government of Burma until the human rights situation in Burma improves. | | (316581) | 88
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of arms trading with Burma, with particular reference to arms from (a) India, (b) Russia and (c) China; and what assessment he has made of the effects of such trade on the situation in Burma. | | (316582) | 89
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take in response to Burma's announcement that plans are underway to hold elections in a systematic way in 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (316584) | 90
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (316206) | 91
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether overseas territories are eligible to apply for funding from EU research programmes. | | (316607) | 92
| Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account is taken of the views of Sri Lankans resident in the UK in formulating UK foreign policy on Sri Lanka. | | (316580) | 93
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 239W, on departmental manpower, what the annual salary is of each (a) ambassador and (b) high commissioner serving overseas. | | (316233) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 94
| Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of implementation of the National Prescribing Centre guidelines on processes for local decision-making about medicines. | | (316546) | 95
| Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to primary care trusts on the prescribing of licensed oncology treatments where the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has not yet made an appraisal decision. | | (316547) | 96
| Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of providing to patients with rare cancers second line treatments licensed for their conditions. | | (316548) | 97
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request from NHS London a copy of the report, The South West London Strategic Plan; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that report. | | (316386) | 98
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has amended its guidance to strategic health authorities on consulting with the public on major re-configuration or closures of local hospital services since January 2009. | | (316387) | 99
N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to strategic health authorities on consulting the public on major re-configurations or closures of local hospital services; whether any specific guidance has been issued in respect of NHS London; and if he will make a statement. | | (316388) | 100
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely number of excess deaths resulting from the current cold weather; and whether he has estimated the number of excess deaths attributable to non-delivery of heating fuels because of climatic conditions. | | (315751) | 101
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals were on a black alert bed status in (a) December 2009 and (b) January 2010; and what proportion of the beds involved were occupied by older patients requiring chronic care in each month. | | (316126) | 102
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily bed occupancy level was in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high secure units by (i) the NHS and (ii) independent sector providers in each of the last five years. | | (316588) | 103
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Australian nationals treated by the NHS and (b) UK nationals treated in Australia under reciprocal healthcare obligations in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such treatment. | | (315805) | 104
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to address trends in the incidence of cases of rickets, with particular reference to cases in children. | | (316538) | 105
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on healthcare in Hemsworth constituency in each year since 1997. | | (316623) | 106
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of women resident in Hemsworth constituency with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks of referral in each year since 1997. | | (316628) | 107
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients resident in Hemsworth saw an NHS consultant within two weeks of referral in each year since 1997. | | (316629) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 108
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was distributed from the Victims Fund in 2008-09; and which groups received money from the fund for the provision of services to victims of (a) homicide and (b) hate crime in 2008-09. | | (316394) | 109
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether special advocates have been employed in cases involving (a) control orders, (b) the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, (c) asset freezing, (d) the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission, (e) the Security Vetting Appeals Panel, (f) the Employment Tribunal, (g) the Employment Appeal Tribunal and (h) race discrimination claims under the Race Relations Act 1976 since their introduction. | | (316606) | 110
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether special advocates have been employed in cases involving (a) criminal prosecutions where closed material is relied upon, (b) the Information Tribunal, (c) judicial review of Government decisions not to provide exculpatory material relating to Guantánamo detainees, (d) private law compensation claims from former Guantánamo detainees, (e) other judicial reviews where closed material is used, (f) decisions on the release and recall of prisoners involving the use of closed material under various statutory provisions in Northern Ireland and (g) the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal Northern Ireland since their introduction. | | (316618) | 111
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the referrals of victims of trafficking to the UK Trafficking Centre made between 1 April and 31 December 2009 were of individuals who entered the UK (a) legally and (b) illegally. | | (316230) | 112
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for offences relating to the trafficking of people for the purposes of domestic servitude. | | (316231) | 113
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on programmes to tackle anti-social behaviour in Hemsworth in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2008-09. | | (316634) | 114
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the regulation of the use of Mosquito devices; and if he will make a statement. | | (315848) | 115
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of local authorities which use ultrasonic Mosquito devices; what recent representations he has received on that matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (316227) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 116
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on steps taken by staff of the House in taking forward work arising from the recommendations and conclusions of the House of Commons Reform Committee in its First Report of Session 2008-09, Rebuilding the House, HC 1117. | | (316600) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 117
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department's four-person field assessment team deployed to Haiti has (a) returned and (b) produced its report. | | (316550) | 118
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people the UK Fire and Rescue Service personnel saved in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake; and what assessment the UK Fire and Rescue Service has made of the effectiveness of search and rescue efforts in Haiti. | | (316551) | 119
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) personnel and (b) other resources his Department has in Haiti as part of the earthquake relief effort. | | (316552) | 120
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the provision of humanitarian relief for Tamil internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (316204) | 121
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much in aid the UK has contributed in respect of Tamil internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (316205) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 122
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 458W, on remand in custody, how many young people of each ethnicity aged (a) 10, (b) 11, (c) 12, (d) 13, (e) 14, (f) 15, (g) 16 and (h) 17 years have been (i) remanded in custody and (ii) sentenced to custody in each of the last five years. | | (316395) | 123
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the draft House of Lords Bill. | | (316335) | 124
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of holding a referendum. | | (316336) | 125
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in the criminal justice system have been required to undergo alcohol treatment as part of a sentence in each of the last five years. | | (316403) | 126
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community orders were handed down in each of the last five years; and how many such orders were handed down with (a) a mental health treatment order and (b) an unpaid work order. | | (316532) | 127
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has set a timetable for the publication of his Department's response to the consultation on pleural plaques. | | (316608) | 128
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons entitled to vote in each parliamentary constituency are registered as resident abroad. | | (316404) | Questions to the Leader of the House 129
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Leader of the House, when she plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for Totnes, dated 27 January 2010, on Haiti. | | (316232) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 130
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of any advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management. | | (316528) | Questions to the Prime Minister 131
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Prime Minister, what progress has been made on his proposal that the approval of the House of Commons should be sought for a request for a dissolution of Parliament since 3 July 2007. | | (316337) | 132
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to seek the approval of the House before exercising his power to request a dissolution of Parliament. | | (316382) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 133
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many flights departed from (a) Barra, (b) Benbecula, (c) Campbeltown, (d) Inverness, (e) Islay, (f) Kirkwall, (g) Stornoway, (h) Sumburgh, (i) Tiree and (j) Wick airports in each of the last three years, broken down by aircraft type. | | (316389) | 134
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 25W, on aviation: fuels, if he will give (a) date and (b) location and altitude in respect of each of the 18 fuel jettisoning incidents. | | (316527) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will prescribe times between which train operating companies may charge peak fares for rail tickets. | | (316641) | 136
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that accurate information on the (a) location and (b) height in metric and imperial measurements of low bridges is accessible to producers of satellite navigation systems. | | (316207) | 137
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of bridge strikes in other EU countries where metric height and width restriction signs are required and (b) the number of such strikes involving UK lorry drivers in the last 12 months. | | (316208) | 138
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with First Capital Connect to discuss the break clause in the franchise agreement in the last three months. | | (316592) | 139
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what performance targets First Capital Connect is required to meet before the break clause in the franchise agreement is considered on 1 April 2010. | | (316593) | 140
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which clauses in the franchise agreement in respect of First Capital Connect enable the Government to terminate the agreement due to (a) cancellations of rail services, (b) punctuality and (c) performance. | | (316594) | 141
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will consider bringing forward proposals for a remedial plan for the First Capital Connect franchise. | | (316599) | 142
N | Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the oral Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, columns 47-8WH, for what reasons completion of key output 2 of the Thameslink programme has been delayed until December 2016. | | (316381) | 143
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to make an announcement on Leicester City Council's bid for Kickstart funding for services in 2010-11. | | (316603) | 144
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in Hemsworth who were in receipt of concessionary bus travel fares in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (316610) | 145
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans there are to compensate Southeastern trains commuters adversely affected by the number of late trains running in January. | | (316200) | 146
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on re-advertising the Southeastern trains franchise. | | (316201) | 147
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the number of ultrasonic Mosquito devices used at railway stations; what recent representations he has received on that matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (316228) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 148
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency have continued to claim (a) the mobility component and (b) the care component of the disability living allowance after their 65th birthday in each of the last five years. | | (315684) | 149
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her latest estimate is of the monetary value of benefit fraud committed by people living outside the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (316398) | 150
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her latest estimate is of the monetary value of benefits paid fraudulently to prisoners in each of the last five years. | | (316399) | 151
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department were responsible for each instance of fraud or attempted fraud attributable to such staff (a) against the benefits system and (b) in other areas in each of the last five years. | | (316400) | 152
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the losses from (a) the benefits system and (b) other areas attributable to fraud committed by staff of her Department, in each of the last five years. | | (316401) | 153
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her latest estimate is of the monetary value of fraud connected with each social security benefit in the latest period for which information is available. | | (316402) | 154
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has commissioned recent research into the material deprivation of pensioner households. | | (316530) | 155
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department provides funding to assist teenage parents not in education, employment or training to gain access to (a) education, (b) employment and (c) training. | | (316531) | 156
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households there were in which (a) both parents and (b) one parent in a married or cohabiting couple claimed jobseeker's allowance in each year since 2005. | | (316636) | 157
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents claimed jobseeker's allowance in each year since 1996. | | (316637) | 158
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what remit her Department has assigned to Maximus Employment and Training UK in Eastleigh; and what payments have been made from the Exchequer to this organisation. | | (316526) | 159
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on (a) council tax benefit and (b) housing benefit in 2008-09; how much her Department has spent on each benefit in 2009-10 to date; and how much she expects to be spent on each benefit in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (316340) | 160
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women resident in Hemsworth constituency have participated in the New Deal for (a) Lone Parents and (b) Partners since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (316620) | 161
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women resident in Hemsworth have received the Sure Start maternity grant since its introduction. | | (316635) | 162
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equality training is (a) compulsory and (b) made voluntarily available for Jobcentre Plus employees; and if she will make a statement. | | (316595) | 163
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what cultural awareness training is (a) compulsory and (b) made voluntarily available for Jobcentre Plus employees; and if she will make a statement. | | (316596) | 164
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints of racism have been made by Jobcentre Plus staff against other Jobcentre Plus staff in each of the last five years, broken down by the smallest geographical area for which information is available; and if she will make a statement. | | (316597) | 165
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints of racism have been made by customers against other Jobcentre Plus staff in each of the last five years, broken down by the smallest geographical area for which information is available; and if she will make a statement. | | (316598) | 166
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentre Plus staff have had their contracts terminated for each reason of termination in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (316601) | 167
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made to Jobcentre Plus managers by whistleblowers in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (316616) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 168
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of households in Leeds North West constituency are classified as living in fuel poverty. | | [Transferred] (316590) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 169
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects funded by (a) his Department and (b) the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in the last 10 years on which he relies on to fulfil his responsibility to ensure that genetically modified food is safe to eat have been designed specifically to show whether there are risks of adverse health effects for people from the consumption of genetically modified food. | | [Transferred] (316125) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 170
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the compatibility with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 of the use of ultrasonic Mosquito devices in public places; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (316226) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 171
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the release and resettlement of Tamil internally displaced persons by the Sri Lankan government; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (316203) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 172
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made of the cost of a referendum on electoral reform; and what assessment has been made of the level of public support for such a referendum. | | [Transferred] (316545) | Questions to the Solicitor General 173
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Solicitor General, whether special advocates have been employed in cases involving (a) naturalisation judicial reviews, (b) Parole Board hearings, (c) pre-charge detention hearings, (d) production order hearings, (e) planning inquiries, (f) family proceedings and (g) the Mental Health Review Tribunal since their introduction. | | [Transferred] (316617) |
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