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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 February 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 February 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 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 Wednesday 10 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 10 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies of (a) individuals in each age group resident in and (b) businesses based in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex there were in each of the last five years. | | (317029) | 2
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post offices have closed in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland in each year since 1987. | | (316898) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will respond to matters concerning tuition fees raised by students of Warwick and Coventry universities at a meeting in January 2010. | | (316578) | 4
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from each UK university have attended a Make it Happen event held by their university in association with his Department; and how many such students have since enrolled on the self-employment and business start-up programme. | | (316924) | 5
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many construction companies in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have received Government assistance in the last three years. | | (316727) | 6
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to take steps to increase the level of liquidity in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (316728) | 7
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much rock salt for use on roads was exported from the UK between 1 November 2009 and 18 January 2010. | | (316893) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 8
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 405-6W, on death: homelessness, when she expects data for 2009 to be available. | | (316780) | 9
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of excess winter deaths of persons aged 65 or over attributable to fuel poverty in January 2010. | | (316862) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 10
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the MP's Parliamentary Business Unit of the Tax Credit Office expects to answer the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's faxed correspondence of 17 December 2009 on his constituent Mrs L A McKinnon. | | (316954) | 11
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, against how many businesses HM Revenue and Customs have initiated winding up or bankruptcy action in 2008-09; and how much debt such action recovered. | | (316843) | 12
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have used the HM Revenue and Customs Business Payment Support Scheme in the last 12 months. | | (316858) | 13
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people were late in registering their national insurance contributions with HM Revenue and Customs in the last two years. | | (316859) | 14
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 161W, on employee benefit trusts, what the evidential basis is for HM Revenue and Customs' experience that employee benefit trusts with only one beneficiary are very uncommon. | | (316953) | 15
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the revenue lost in a year through the non-payment of value added tax and excise duty on (a) wine, (b) spirits and (c) tobacco. | | (316988) | 16
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of wine in the UK market which is sold fraudulently without value added tax and excise duty having been paid. | | (316989) | 17
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated total cost is of delivering the alcohol fraud strategy. | | (316990) | 18
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials have been employed to deliver the HM Revenue and Customs' alcohol fraud strategy. | | (316991) | 19
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of links between alcohol fraud and serious organised crime. | | (316992) | 20
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the relationship between the levels of alcohol duties and levels of alcohol fraud. | | (316993) | 21
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the objectives are of the (a) pensions simplification, (b) tax credits, (c) taxpayer understanding, (d) web convergence, (e) integrated customer management, (f) data quality and (g) customer foundations change and improvement programme under HM Revenue and Customs' Departmental Transformation Programme. | | (316944) | 22
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forms of individual income are subject to withholding tax but are not part of the Pay As You Earn system; and how the amount to be withheld is calculated on those forms of income. | | (316948) | 23
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) P14 and (b) P35 returns required clerical action in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. | | (316949) | 24
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-assessment forms required clerical action in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009; and for what reasons a self-assessment case may require clerical action. | | (316950) | 25
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentage of income tax due which was collected in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | (317051) | 26
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct the Valuation Office Agency to take steps to reduce the financial effects on port businesses of its retrospective revaluation of hereditaments in ports. | | (316868) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 27
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of students in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) independent mainstream schools, (c) pupil referral units, (d) special schools, (e) grammar schools, (f) academies and city technology colleges and (g) other modern and maintained schools in (i) Wirral and (ii) England attained (A) five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C, (B) five GCSEs at grades A* to G and (C) at least one pass at Key Stage Four in each year since 1997. | | (316831) | 28
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students resident in (a) Knowsley, (b) Kensington and Chelsea and (c) Islington sat a GCSE in (i) physics, (ii) chemistry, (iii) English literature, (iv) history and (v) a modern language in 1997. | | (316846) | 29
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students resident in (a) Knowsley and (b) Kensington and Chelsea sat a GCSE in (i) physics, (ii) chemistry, (iii) English literature, (iv) history and (v) a modern language in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (316847) | 30
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students resident in (a) Knowsley, (b) Kensington and Chelsea and (c) Islington sat an A level in (i) mathematics, (ii) further mathematics, (iii) physics, (iv) English literature, (v) history, (vi) a modern language and (vii) chemistry in (A) 1997 and (B) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (316852) | 31
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils with gifted and talented status achieved (a) three As at A-level, (b) five GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A* to C excluding equivalents and (c) at least one GCSE pass at grade C or above, excluding equivalents in (i) 1997, (ii) 2003, (iii) 2006 and (iv) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (316855) | 32
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils with gifted and talented status were classed as persistent truants in (a) 1997, (b) 2003, (c) 2006 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (316856) | 33
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students resident in (a) Knowsley, (b) Sandwell, (c) Lambeth and (d) England achieved (i) five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics, excluding equivalents, (ii) at least one grade C at GCSE, excluding equivalents and (iii) three A grades at A-level (A) in 1997 and (B) in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (316867) | 34
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils with gifted and talented status did not sit any A-levels in (a) 1997, (b) 2003, (c) 2006 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (316870) | 35
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with which public relations companies (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible and (c) other bodies sponsored by his Department have had contracts in each year since 2004. | | (317067) | 36
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation events and (c) focus groups in each of the last three years. | | (317068) | 37
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has contracted consultants to carry out public participation activity on behalf of his Department since 2007. | | (317069) | 38
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible spent on advertising in 2009. | | (317070) | 39
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has made a recent estimate of the proportion of schools which hold an annual sports day. | | (316730) | 40
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide that the exceptions to the equality duty contemplated in clause 29 of and schedule 3, part 2 of the Equality Bill be extended to faith schools in the public sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (317017) | 41
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, to how many (a) emails and (b) letters from members of the public his Department has responded since May 2007. | | (317048) | 42
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on international travel since May 2007. | | (317049) | 43
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with members of the public in the last three years. | | (317050) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 44
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding streams are administered by the Government Offices for the Regions. | | (316774) | 45
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of reporting on their performance against (a) negotiated area targets and (b) national indicators. | | (316841) | 46
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of each (a) funding stream and (b) grant allocated by his Department which is ring-fenced to meet targets on tackling deprivation was provided with reference to multiple indicators to (i) Roehampton ward, (ii) each local authority area in London and (iii) each lower layer super output area in London in each year since 2000. | | (316734) | 47
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was provided to each local authority in London in respect of each of its (a) lower layer super output areas and (b) wards under the (i) Working Neighbourhoods Fund, (ii) Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, (iii) Deprived Area Fund, (iv) Local Enterprise Growth Initiative, (v) New Deal for Communities, (vi) Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders, (vii) New Communities Fund, (viii) European Regional Development Fund, (xiv) Inspiring Communites Grant, (x) Connecting Communities, (xi) Single Regeneration Budget and (xii) Land and Property Programme in each year since 2000. | | (316736) | 48
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 3 February 2010, Official Report, columns 359-60W, on home information packs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the final report by the Working Group on Condition Information in the Home Buying and Selling Process; on what date the report was submitted to his Department; and what steps he plans to take in response to that report. | | (316781) | 49
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what mechanisms the Homes and Communities Agency measures its progress in meeting its statutory duty to improve the quality of housing. | | (316940) | 50
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Homes and Communities Agency has taken in respect of its statutory duty to (a) improve the quality of housing and (b) contribute to the achievement of good design. | | (316941) | 51
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria the Homes and Communities Agency used to assess the design quality and viability of housing schemes for the purposes of awarding funding under Round 1 of the Kickstart programme; and what account was taken of the assessments made by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in its capacity as adviser on that programme. | | (316942) | 52
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Mortgage Rescue Scheme monitoring statistics published by his Department on 12 November 2009, how many of the 92 offers accepted under the scheme have been completed. | | (316943) | 53
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on park home site licensing; how many responses to that consultation his Department received; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each response to that consultation. | | (316945) | 54
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors his Department plans to take into account in awarding the (a) minimum and (b) maximum allocations to each of the eco-town projects, as referred to in the notes for editors of his Department's press notice of 8 February 2010. | | (316946) | 55
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the average cost to a certificate holder of a domestic energy performance certificate; and if he will make a statement. | | (316947) | 56
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the funding announced in his Department's press notice of 8 February 2010 on eco-towns will come from each programme budget of (a) his Department and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency; and what proportion of the funding will come from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. | | (316951) | 57
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many schemes scoring less than nine points under the Building for Life criteria were proposed for (a) private development and (b) social or affordable housing under the Kickstart programme. | | (316952) | 58
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of all new (a) dwellings, (b) affordable homes and (c) homes for social rent in England were flats with (i) one bedroom, (ii) two bedrooms, (iii) three or more bedrooms in each year since 1997. | | (317011) | 59
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of all new (a) dwellings, (b) affordable homes and (c) homes for social rent in England were (i) flats and (ii) houses in each year since 1997. | | (317012) | 60
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the term Homebuy is monitored as part of (a) his Department's media monitoring and (b) media monitoring undertaken by a private consultancy on behalf of his Department. | | (316933) | 61
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been received by local authorities in respect of business rates on hereditaments in ports since the entry into effect of the results of the Valuation Office Agency's review of rateable values. | | (316930) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 62
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to inform the public of the Government's plans for analogue wavelengths as part of its plans for digital radio; and if he will make a statement. | | (317071) | 63
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received from commercial radio stations on the effects on their businesses of the roll-out of digital audio broadcasting; and if he will make a statement. | | (317072) | 64
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what charging regime is in place for users of Barking Park car park; and how much revenue has been received from such charges in each of the last five years. | | (316735) | 65
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on Ministerial hospitality in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed in current prices. | | (317073) | 66
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of travel by his Department's staff between England and Scotland in each of the last five years. | | (317074) | 67
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to how many (a) emails and (b) letters from members of the public his Department has responded since May 2007. | | (317075) | 68
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on international travel since 2007. | | (317076) | 69
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have had with members of the public in the last three years. | | (317077) | 70
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the expenditure on administration of each of the National Lottey distributors in the latest period for which figures are available; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce such costs. | | (316729) | 71
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has allocated for its free swimming schemes in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12. | | (316731) | 72
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in each school year participating regularly in competitive (a) intra-school and (b) inter-school sport. | | (316732) | 73
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been provided to each National Lottery distributor in each year since 2006-07 (a) in real terms and (b) in cash terms. | | (316771) | 74
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the compliance with European Commission state aid rules of his Department's policy on the participation in marketing initiatives promoted by (a) Visit England and (b) Visit Britain by operators of holiday homes who do not participate in the National Quality Assurance Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (316863) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 75
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 52W, on armed forces: recruitment, how many members of the armed forces there are from each other Commonwealth country. | | (316925) | 76
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2009, Official Report, column 153W, on European Defence Agency, with which Capability Development Plan programmes the UK is involved, what the monetary value of each such programme is; and what the nature is of the UK's involvement. | | (316926) | 77
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of armed forces veterans in prison in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (316845) | 78
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the effect was on the operation of the Afghan air bridge of recent severe weather conditions in the UK. | | (316921) | 79
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the winner of the contract to supply the further elements of the new electronic systems for the Warrior armoured vehicle upgrade programme. | | (316922) | 80
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Future Rapid Effects System contract. | | (316923) | 81
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many triple amputees are in the armed forces. | | (316994) | 82
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many amputees in the armed forces have been sent to the US for medical treatment in the last three years. | | (316995) | 83
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on sending armed forces amputees to the US for medical treatment in each of the last three years. | | (316996) | 84
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court is able to accommodate at any one time. | | (316997) | 85
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel undergoing a course of rehabilitation at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court are accommodated outside Headley Court. | | (316998) | 86
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are awaiting appointments at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court. | | (316999) | 87
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of each occupation are employed as personal staff for the Director General Land Warfare. | | (316934) | 88
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on personal staff for the Director General Land Warfare in the last 12 months. | | (316935) | 89
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) major generals and (b) brigadiers there are posted in the South of England. | | (316936) | 90
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers subject to manning control are (a) awaiting discharge and (b) have been discharged since 2007. | | (316937) | 91
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have been subject to discharge after failing a compulsory drugs test in each of the last two years; and what the class of drug was in each such case. | | (316938) | 92
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a policy on stockpiling of salt and grit by the armed forces for adverse winter weather. | | (316892) | 93
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the forecasts provided by the Met Office in the last 12 months. | | (316872) | 94
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to the Royal Regiment of Scotland in each year since 2007. | | (317056) | 95
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Commonwealth citizens have been recruited to the Royal Regiment of Scotland in each year since 2007. | | (317057) | 96
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was received by his Department from sales of property in Scotland in 2009. | | (317058) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 97
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential for renewable energy generation (a) at and (b) in the vicinity of the site of Dungeness nuclear power station. | | (317016) | 98
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his latest estimate is of the number of households in fuel poverty in each constituency in Scotland. | | (316770) | 99
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has for the future generating capacity of UK wind farms. | | (316861) | 100
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the UK's participation in the Copenhagen climate change summit. | | (316866) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 101
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will put in place supporting measures for fishermen not permitted to fish in ancestral grounds following the entry into force of the provisions of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 establishing Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Conservation Zones. | | (316931) | 102
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the provisions of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 establishing Special Areas of Conservation and Marine Conservation Zones to enter into force. | | (316932) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 103
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received requesting him to propose to the United Nations Security Council the establishment of a commission of inquiry into allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the Burmese regime; and what steps he has taken in consequence. | | (317000) | 104
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2009, Official Report, columns 300-1W, on Belarus: capital punishment, what information he has received on the plight of Vasily Yuzepchuk and Andrei Zhuk; and what representations he has made on their behalf to the government of Belarus. | | (316928) | 105
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2009, Official Report, columns 165W, on Somalia: human trafficking, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with the Somalian government on human trafficking in that country and within the region. | | (316929) | 106
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the US administration on the closure of Guantánamo Bay. | | (316864) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 107
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training his Department provides to (a) prison officers and (b) healthcare professionals on the management of diabetes in prisons. | | (316874) | 108
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of healthcare services for people with diabetes in prison. | | (316875) | 109
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes among prisoners. | | (316876) | 110
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults in prison are being treated for each type of diabetes. | | (316877) | 111
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of a system of reverse e-auctions, weighted toward lowest price, for the procurement of NHS medical products in ensuring high standards of (a) safety and (b) quality of products procured. | | (316959) | 112
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the closed circuit television equipment at Bridlington Hospital to be fully operational. | | (316446) | 113
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mental health services will be available at Bridlington Hospital from November 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (316449) | 114
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to his Department's taskforce on the health aspects of violence against women and girls in 2009-10. | | (316956) | 115
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has commissioned research into the potential effects on health of low levels of sunlight in the UK relative to such levels in other countries. | | (317001) | 116
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work the Co-operation and Competition Panel is carrying out in relation to proposals for the re-organisation of community services in Derby; and if he will make a statement. | | (317002) | 117
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the number of centres for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. | | (316865) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 118
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of immigrants with work permits who have worked in Merseyside since 1997. | | (316830) | 119
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department on the Together we can end violence against women and girls consultation (a) in total, (b) on production and distribution of the consultation document, (c) on opinion polling, (d) on mobile roadshows and (e) on production and distribution of the final strategy document. | | (316957) | 120
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to extend to small businesses in Essex the fund to provide grants to help small retailers combat crime affecting their businesses; and if he will make a statement. | | (316920) | 121
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints UK Border Agency managers have received from staff intending to become whistleblowers in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (317030) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 122
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the carpets in the Chamber and the division lobbies were last replaced; by what means carpets removed were disposed of; and whether the House of Commons Commission has made a recent estimate of the cost of replacing those carpets. | | (316939) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 123
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2009, Official Report, columns 229-30W, on remittances, what information he sought from offices of his Department in African countries on remittance flows in the last quarter of 2009-10. | | (316927) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 124
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 618W, on drugs: Sussex, how many people were found guilty of offences of drug (a) possession and (b) dealing in (i) Sussex and (ii) Lewes constituency in 2008. | | (317036) | 125
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the results of the Security Industry Authority's consultation on training requirements for enforcement agents will be published. | | (316575) | 126
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses to the Security Industry Authority's consultation on training requirements for enforcement agents have been from individuals and organisations outside the bailiff industry. | | (316576) | 127
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department took to inform the public of the Security Industry Authority's consultation on training requirements for enforcement agents. | | (316577) | 128
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has implemented programmes for the purposes of de-radicalising prisoners who are serving sentences for terrorism offences. | | (317014) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 129
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of prisoners released from prisons in Northern Ireland who re-offended within two years. | | (316842) | 130
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether prisoners in Northern Ireland have regular access to the internet. | | (316844) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 131
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will ensure that notification of job vacancies arising from the London 2012 Olympics is made through Jobcentre Plus before such vacancies are advertised elsewhere. | | (316829) | Questions to the Prime Minister 132
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 29 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Colin Bardsley. | | (316878) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 133
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total carbon dioxide emissions from buses in the last 10 years; and what projection he has made of such emissions from buses in the next (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 50 years. | | (317024) | 134
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total carbon dioxide emissions from trains in the last 10 years; and what projection he has made of such emissions from trains in the next (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 50 years. | | (317025) | 135
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total carbon dioxide emissions from (a) domestic and (b) international aviation in the UK in the last 10 years; and what projection he has made of the emissions from (i) domestic and (ii) international aviation in the UK in the next (A) 10, (B) 20 and (C) 50 years. | | (317026) | 136
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total carbon dioxide emissions from shipping in the UK in the last 10 years; and what projection he has made of such emissions from shipping in the UK in the next (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 50 years. | | (317027) | 137
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total carbon dioxide emissions from road transport in the last 10 years; and what projection he has made of such emissions from road transport in the next (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 50 years. | | (317028) | 138
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many domestic flights within Great Britain, excluding lifeline flights, were of 360 miles or less in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what projection he has made made of the number of such flights in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015. | | (317031) | 139
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many domestic flights within Northern Ireland, excluding lifeline flights, were of 360 miles or less in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what estimate he has made of the number of such flights in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015. | | (317032) | 140
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average distance travelled by flights departing from UK airports (a) was in 2009 and (b) is projected to be in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015. | | (317033) | 141
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many flights departed from UK airports in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figure in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015. | | (317034) | 142
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many flights, excluding lifeline flights departed from UK airports in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figure in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015. | | (317035) | 143
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will ensure that notification of job vacancies arising from the Crossrail scheme is made through Jobcentre Plus before such vacancies are advertised elsewhere. | | (316833) | 144
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, columns 342-3W, on departmental correspondence, for what reasons he did not include within his Department's disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 of the full set of emails from 19 September 2007 to 12 November 2007 between his Department and BAA regarding the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow, an email received on 19 September 2007 at 10:17 (sender/receiver redacted) with the subject line: fwd:Re: PSDH:R3 2020. | | (316733) | 145
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many fatalities there were on the M1 in (a) sections with side run-off protection and (b) sections without side run-off protection in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (316447) | 146
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what proportion of the length of the M1 has side run-off protection; and what estimates he has made of the cost of installing such protection for the entire length of the M1. | | (316448) | 147
N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with its international counterparts on the weight of bags in transit through UK airports. | | (316113) | 148
N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what response he has made to the Health and Safety Executive's recommendation of a 23kg maximum weight for an item of checked baggage. | | (316114) | 149
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what maritime risks the capability review team took into account in deciding that the Hope Cove lifeboat should be permanently decommissioned. | | (316766) | 150
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, who was consulted on (a) the drafting of clause 42 of the Hope Cove lifeboat consultation document and (b) the future of the Hope Cove lifeboat; and how many visits to the Hope Cove consultation website have been recorded since its creation. | | (316767) | 151
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of running the Hope Cove lifeboat since 1992. | | (316768) | 152
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the Hope Cove lifeboat crew was consulted on its new equipment before that equipment was issued. | | (316769) | 153
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the Marine and Coastguard Agency would continue to task the Hope Cove lifeboat in circumstances in which it were privately run; and if he will take steps to ensure that the Hope Cove lifeboat is back in service by 1 March 2010. | | (316773) | 154
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Highways Agency spent on each of its ongoing major maintenance projects in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much it plans to spend on each such project in each of the next three years. | | (316848) | 155
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Highways Agency spent on each of its ongoing routine maintenance projects in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much it plans to spend on each such project in each of the next three years. | | (316849) | 156
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to each (a) scheme and (b) area for local network management schemes for 2009-10. | | (316850) | 157
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much of his Department's £700 million fiscal stimulus funding had been spent on roads projects on the latest date for which figures are available; and how much of that funding he plans to spend on funding each roads project. | | (316851) | 158
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to each (a) scheme and (b) region under the second round of the regional funding allocation. | | (316853) | 159
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding the Highways Agency has allocated for (a) routine and (b) major maintenance in each region in each of the next three years. | | (316854) | 160
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much he plans to spend under each budget heading from the budget for the National Roads Programme in each year between 2008 and 2014. | | (316857) | 161
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much of the £6 billion allocated has been spent on completion of schemes funded under the first tranche of the National Roads Programme. | | (316869) | 162
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much of his Department's Regional Funding Advice 2 budget has been allocated to (a) Highways Agency schemes of regional significance valued at over £5 million and (b) each local transport major scheme in each region in each of the next three years. | | (316871) | 163
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department had spent on work on the (a) A3 Hindhead improvement scheme, (b) A1 Peterborough to Blyth grade separated junction project and (c) A421 Bedford to M1 junction 13 project on the latest date for which figures are available; how much it plans to spend on each such project in each of the next three years; and whether such projects are funded through the National Roads Programme. | | (316873) | 164
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department had spent on the (a) A1 Leeming to Barton improvement, (b) M25 junction 16 to 23 widening project and (c) M25 junction 27 to 30 widening project on the latest date for which figures are available; how much it plans to spend on each such project in each of the next three years; and whether such projects are funded through the National Roads Programme. | | (316880) | 165
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department had spent on the (a) M1 junction 39 to 42 project, (b) M3 junction 2 to 4a project, (c) M6 junction 10a to 13 project, (d) M60 junction 8 to 12 project and (e) M62 junction 18 to 20 project on the latest date for which figures are available; how much it plans to spend on each such project in each of the next three years; and whether such projects are funded through the National Roads Programme. | | (316881) | 166
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department had spent on the (a) A1 Dishforth to Leeming improvement, (b) A1 Bramham to Wetherby project, (c) M40 junction 15 (Longbridge roundabout) project, (d) M1 junction 25 to 28 widening project and (e) M6 junction 8 to 10a north of Birmingham project on the latest date for which figures are available; how much it plans to spend on each such project in each of the next three years; and whether such projects are funded through the National Roads Programme. | | (316882) | 167
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the reliability figures for the East Coast Line were in each of the last four months. | | (316883) | 168
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department was involved in discussions on new uniforms for staff on trains operated by the East Coast rail company. | | (316884) | 169
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much is planned to be spent on new livery for trains operated by the East Coast rail company. | | (316885) | 170
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many local councils received extra supplies of (a) salt and (b) grit from the Salt Cell's reallocation of supplies in the last two months; and how much was supplied to each of them. | | (316886) | 171
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has provided guidance to local authorities on which buildings or public services should be prioritised for maintenance of access to them by salting or gritting during adverse winter weather conditions. | | (316887) | 172
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has provided guidance to local authorities on the priority to be given to gritting pavements during severe weather conditions. | | (316888) | 173
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much road (a) salt and (b) grit was imported in each of the last 12 years. | | (316889) | 174
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on road (a) salt and (b) grit in each of the last 12 years. | | (316890) | 175
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health in 2010 on the salt and grit supplies held by hospitals. | | (316891) | 176
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on the (i) M25 junction 30 improvements in Essex, (ii) M1 junctions 39 to 42 project and (iii) M4 junctions 3 to 12 project; and what the total projected cost of each is. | | (316894) | 177
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on the (i) M1 junctions 21 to 30 improvements project, (ii) M25 junctions 27 to 30 widening project, (iii) M25 junction 1b to 3 project, (iv) M1 junction 25 to 28 project and (v) A5117/A550 Deeside Park junction project; and what the total projected cost of each is. | | (316895) | 178
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on the (i) A2/A282 Dartford improvement project, (ii) A2 Bean to Cobham: Phase 2 project, (iii) A66 Carkin Moor to Scotch Corner Improvements project, (iv) A66 Greta Bridge to Stephen Bank improvement project and (v) A66 Long Newton junction project; and what the total projected cost of each is. | | (316896) | 179
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much of the £6 billion allocated for the National Roads Programme was used to complete work on the (a) M6 Carlisle to Guardsmill project, (b) M1 junctions 6a to 10 widening project, (c) A14 Haughley New St to Stowmarket project, (d) M62 junction 6 improvements and (e) M25 junctions 1b to 3 widening project. | | (316897) | 180
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 2098-99W, what total control budget has been allocated for Highways Agency major schemes in (a) development and (b) options stages in 2009-10. | | (316899) | 181
| 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, which of the non-major projects listed is a (a) routine maintenance project, (b) major maintenance project, (c) local management scheme and (d) fiscal stimulus project. | | (316900) | 182
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage greater use of public transport in large rural areas. | | (316860) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 183
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, when she intends to reply to the letter to her of 26 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms A Sidwell. | | (316879) | 184
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much the Government Equalities Office spent on producing and distributing the Tackling violence against women and girls: a guide to good practice communication document. | | (316958) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 185
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) employment and support allowance who were problem drug users in each of the last five years. | | (316775) | 186
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many awards of disability living allowance were made to people whose main disabling condition was cancer in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average waiting time was for such an award to be made in that period. | | (316776) | 187
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received awards of disability living allowance on the basis of drug or alcohol dependency in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (316777) | 188
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants of (a) employment and support allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) severe disablement allowance who have a primary diagnosis of obesity which limits their ability to work in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (316778) | 189
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies to undertake its review of ethnic parity in Jobcentre Plus; when she expects that review to be published; and how much funding her Department has allocated to that review. | | (316779) | 190
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Glasgow East constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009. | | (317053) | 191
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Glasgow East constituency have received cold weather payments since 1 November 2009. | | (317054) | 192
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the cases under consideration by the Child Support Agency involve absent parents in (a) Scotland and (b) Glasgow East constituency. | | (317055) | 193
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Association of British Insurers on the employers' liability insurance tracing scheme. | | (316772) | 194
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to announce her decision on the feasibility of a compulsory database for recording details for employers' liability insurance policies. | | (316832) | 195
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for assistance from the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme were received in each of the last 12 quarters. | | (316827) | 196
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received assistance under the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme in each of the last 24 months. | | (316828) | 197
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Perth and North Perthshire constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009. | | (317059) | 198
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Perth and North Perthshire constituency have received cold weather payments since 1 November 2009. | | (317060) | 199
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases under consideration by the Child Support Agency involve absent parents in (a) Scotland and (b) Perth and North Perthshire constituency. | | (317061) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 200
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will (a) commission and (b) evaluate research into the relationship between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis. | | [Transferred] (317013) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 201
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government paid to (a) the Isle of Man and (b) Northern Ireland in respect of UK Continental Shelf receipts in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | [Transferred] (317052) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 202
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much funding has been allocated to Baroness Stern's review of the treatment of survivors of rape by the police and other agencies in England and Wales. | | [Transferred] (316955) |
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