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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 23 February 2010

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


 

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 23 February 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 23 February 2010


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 23 February see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average starting salary is for students who have completed an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.
(318237)
2
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average annual earnings are for students undertaking an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.
(318238)
3
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average annual cost to the Government is of an apprenticeship undertaken through the National Apprenticeship Service.
(318239)
4
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of businesses have employed (a) fewer than five people, (b) between five and 10 people, (c) between 10 and 20 people, (d) between 20 and 40 people, (e) between 40 and 70 people, (f) 70 people or more in (i) rural areas, (ii) urban areas and (iii) nationally in each year since 1997.
(318297)
5
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of businesses were registered for VAT in (a) rural areas, (b) urban areas and (c) nationally on each year since 1997; and how many businesses were de-registered for VAT in each case in each such year.
(318298)
6
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2010, Official Report, columns 605-10W, on higher education: admissions, what proportion of pupils in receipt of free school meals in 2002-03 who progressed to higher education in 2006-07 attended a (a) school, (b) further education college and (c) sixth form college before entering higher education.
(318404)
7
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to support (a) Portsmouth and (b) other local authorities in the achievement of the aims of the Learning Revolution White Paper.
(318435)
8
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure a redistribution of Adult Safeguarded Learning funds as part of the transfer of responsibility for informal learning from the Learning and Skills Council to the Skills Funding Agency.
(318437)
9
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what role Adult Safeguarded Learning funds will play in achieving the aims of the Learning Revolution White Paper.
(318438)
10
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many part-time students are in their (a) first, (b) final and (c) other year of an undergraduate degree course.
(318179)
11
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on changes to exemptions from public performance rights in sound recordings and performers' rights, and pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 101W, on religious practice: buildings, whether recorded music used in divine service such as funerals, baptisms and weddings by (a) the Church of England and (b) places of religious worship certified by the Registrar General under the Places of Religious Worship Act 1855 will require a public performance licence under the proposed Option 1 changes; and what role he has played in the consideration of these changes.
(318314)
12
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on tax revenues of the abolition of the exemption of charities from public performance licence requirements.
(318350)
13
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding has been disbursed to businesses from the Capital for Enterprise Fund to date; and how much such funding has been disbursed to companies registered in Scotland.
(318370)
14
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for funding under the Capital for Enterprise Fund have been approved to date; and how many such applications have been made by companies registered in Scotland.
(318371)
15
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for funding from the Capital for Enterprise Fund have been received to date; and how many of such applications were from companies registered in Scotland.
(318436)
16
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to businesses of complaince with Government regulations introduced since 27 June 2007 in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency.
(318497)
17
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on the development of a new consumer space for direct.gov.uk; and when he expects it to be launched.
(318520)
18
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many vehicles have been purchased under the Vehicle Scrappage Scheme to date.
(318257)
19
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely effects of the Vehicle Scrappage Scheme on the volume of carbon dioxide emissions.
(318258)
20
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 1117W, on departmental written questions, whether his Department maintains a database to monitor the progress of replies to parliamentary questions.
(318383)
21
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point who have been paid at the rate of the national minimum wage since its introduction.
(318105)
22
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of women resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point who have taken 26 weeks maternity leave since 1997.
(318106)
23
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many modern apprenticeships have been started in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point since 1997.
(318107)
24
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of residents of (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point who qualify for paid leave entitlements.
(318108)
25
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the UK's gross domestic product was spent on research and development in science in 2008-09; and what assessment he has made of likely trends in such expenditure in the next three financial years.
(318146)
26
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government has spent on promotion of the UK's science base since 1997.
(318147)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
27
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what security measures her Department plans to put in place in respect of its internal cloud computing system.
(318240)
28
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of Government advertising expenditure which is not administered by the Central Office of Information.
(318119)
29
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding has been allocated to the Social Mobility Commission; by what mechanisms its staff will be appointed; how many staff will be employed by that Commission; and what the terms of reference are of that Commission.
(318120)
30
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advertising and marketing campaigns are being co-ordinated by the Central Office of Information in 2009-10; how many such campaigns that Office plans to co-ordinate in 2010-11; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of each such campaign.
(318121)
31
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a recent estimate has been made of the number of (a) public and (b) private sector employees in each constituency.
(318122)
32
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job vacancies were advertised on the Civil Service Online service in the last 12 months; and how many such vacancies were advertised on the (a) public and (b) internal part of that site.
(318123)
33
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what research has been undertaken into the levels of public confidence in Government statistics in the last 10 years.
(318124)
34
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable has been set for laying before Parliament and seeking approval for the Census Regulations relating to the 2011 Census.
(318125)
35
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many marketing and communications staff were employed in the Civil Service in each of the last 10 years.
(318126)
36
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the contracts let for services relating to the 2011 Census contain break clauses.
(318127)
37
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the jobs advertised on the (a) internal and (b) public versions of the Civil Service jobs website had salaries of £150,000 or over in the last six months.
(318128)
38
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department plans to spend on the (a) V, (b) Generations Together, (c) Volunteer Management, (d) Access to Volunteering, (e) Youth Volunteering, (f) Volunteer Brokerage, (g) Capacitybuilders, (h) Futurebuilders and (i) other youth programmes in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.
(318129)
39
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much her Department plans to spend on assistance for (a) youth and (b) other volunteering and community service in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.
(318130)
40
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether funding allocated to the Futurebuilders has been re-allocated to the Third Sector Recession Action Plan.
(318131)
41
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many companies participate in the Central Office of Information framework agreement for online advertising; what the monetary value is of the contracts under the framework agreement; and on what date that agreement was made in its final form.
(318132)
42
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for the laying and ratification of the Census regulations for the 2011 Census; and whether they will be subject to positive, negative or hybrid resolution.
(318244)
43
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Crown copyright permission has been granted to political parties for the reproduction of artwork or content from the (a) Building Britain's Future and (b) Real Help Now campaigns.
(318245)
44
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employment disputes involving staff of her Department have been taken to an employment tribunal in the last four years; and what the (a) grounds of dispute and (b) outcome was of each.
(318246)
45
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Downing Street staff received a bonus payment in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09.
(318247)
46
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her policy is in respect of the installation and use of (a) Internet Explorer, (b) Firefox and (c) Opera website browsers by Government departments.
(318248)
47
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria are used to determine the granting of a Downing Street pass; and how many such passes there are.
(318249)
48
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for how many months each of the unoccupied ministerial residences in Admiralty House has been empty; and how much has been paid in (a) utility bills and (b) council tax in respect of each such property in each such period.
(318250)
49
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Central Office of Information has to establish a framework agreement for public affairs firms as suppliers to Government departments and agencies.
(318251)
50
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance note on costing Opposition policies; and on what date that guidance was last updated.
(318252)
51
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2010, Official Report, column 401W, on 10 Downing Street: repairs and maintenance, what the nature is of the works that have been undertaken as part of Project George to date.
(318302)
52
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 310W, on Census: training, what the provisional number of specialist field staff is who will be trained to caution people under the Police and Criminal Evidence Code of Practice for Interview provisions.
(318303)
53
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 312W, on civil servants: leave, what the standard allocation of days leave was for a civil servant in the Cabinet Office, in terms of (a) annual leave, (b) bank holidays and (c) privilege days in 2008-09.
(318304)
54
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 317W, on Government departments: telephone services, if she will place in the Library a full copy of the survey data and report; and what the timetable is for the publication of the summary of results.
(318305)
55
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 825W, on Communications Electronic Security Group, for what reason the group has not published an annual report since 2006; and whether Ministers approved the decision not to publish an annual report.
(318306)
56
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 969W, on the Government departments: internet, if she will list the website address of each of the 479 websites that were committed to be closed but have not yet been closed.
(318307)
57
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 969W, on Government: internet, if she will place in the Library a copy of the full Website Review report summary, listing the (a) operational and to be continued, (b) closed and (c) operational but due for closure websites in the case of each public authority for which records are held.
(318308)
58
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2010, Official Report, column 1145W, on Government departments: hotels, if she will place in the Library a copy of the summary data on bookings made under the Expotel facility in respect of her Department in 2009.
(318309)
59
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 1002W, on official residences: repairs and maintenance, and with reference to the Cabinet Office's Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09, what the monetary value was of the fixed asset expenditure in relation to Crown Proposal 08/00696/1884; and which suppliers were commissioned to undertake the work.
(318311)
60
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 966W, on civil servants: location, what her Department's policy is on the outsourcing of work and jobs (a) overseas and (b) outside the European Economic Area.
(318323)
61
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 3 February 2010, Official Report, column 410W, on hotels, what the total number of bookings made through the Expotel contract was by the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) Central Office of Information and (c) Charity Commission in 2009; and what number and proportion of hotel bookings were not made through the Expotel facility in each such case.
(318326)
62
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 3 February 2010, Official Report, column 410W, on hotels, which sections of her Department made the 55 bookings for five star hotels; and which hotel was booked in each case.
(318327)
63
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 508W, on departmental official hospitality, on what date (a) Mr Derek Draper, (b) Mr Charlie Whelan and (c) Mr Damian McBride last entered the Downing Street/Cabinet Office complex as a visitor.
(318328)
64
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 796, on the 2011 Census, if she will place in the Library the evidential basis for the statement that the value of the Census is £700 million; and by what methodology such evidence was gathered.
(318329)
65
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 795, on the 2011 Census, what the most recent estimate is of the (a) absolute response rate in terms of number of respondents and (b) percentage response rate in each of the pilot local authority areas for the 2011 Census rehearsals; in which (i) wards and (ii) postcode areas rehearsals were held in each of the pilot areas; and what criteria were used to select the sub-areas.
(318330)
66
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transcript of oral evidence from the Public Administration Select Committee on Government Communications, 14 January 2010, HC 219-i, question 42 on the Pre-Budget Report, if she will place in the Library a copy of the evidential basis for determining the marketing and communication budget; what the financial value in absolute terms is of the proposed reduction; and over what time period such a reduction is proposed to take place.
(318331)
67
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2010, Official Report, column 1140W, on departmental correspondence, what her Department's policy is on the target for providing (a) an acknowledgement and (b) a substantive response to a request made under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(318340)
68
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department's review of the regulation of lobbying included an assessment of membership of the Association of Professional Political Consultants, the Public Relations Consultants Association and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
(318342)
69
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Central Office of Information's contract procurement notice 2009/S 210-302171 for Brand and Brand Identity Framework, whether the proposed £4 million of expenditure is in relation to (a) branding in total or (b) establishing a framework agreement and approved suppliers.
(318348)
70
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will publish the (a) declaration of interests and (b) recorded entries for gifts and hospitality made by each individual special adviser in Downing Street in the last 36 months.
(318349)
71
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria the Office of the Third Sector uses to evaluate the performance of (a) social enterprise networks and (b) regional development agencies against their objectives to develop social enterprise.
(318161)
72
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many investigations under the Charities Act 2006 the Charity Commission has conducted relating to breaches of articles on the grounds of (a) political activity and (b) providing a platform to Hizb ut-Tahrir and associated groups; and how many (i) mosques and (ii) other charitable organisations have had their charitable status revoked following investigations of each type.
(318531)
73
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the average income of a household resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in the (i) private and (ii) social rented sector in each of the last three years.
(318101)
74
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses have started up in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point since 1997.
(318102)
75
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cancer mortality rate was in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available.
(318103)
76
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Castle Point constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to her Department's policies since 1997.
(318104)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
77
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his officials have had with (a) local authorities and (b) representatives of the government of Iceland on local authority investments in Icelandic banks in 2010.
(318454)
78
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse had been of the Office for Government Commerce Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director service on the latest date for which figures are available; on which IT projects each consultant contracted under that service worked; and what payments have been made to each such consultant for work undertaken in connection with that service.
(318112)
79
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of central Government procurement is not co-ordinated through the Office of Government Commerce.
(318243)
80
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 1145W, on Government departments: hotels, if he will place in the Library a copy of the summary data on bookings made under the Expotel facility in respect of his Department in 2009.
(318310)
81
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 520W, on economic and monetary union, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the most recent meeting of the Standing Committee on Preparations for the euro.
(318312)
82
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2010, Official Report, column 1145W, on Government departments: procurement, what proportion of Government expenditure on goods and services was undertaken via collaborate procurement programmes in 2009; and if he will list each professional buying organisation and the amount of Government expenditure in each such case.
(318313)
83
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Putting the Frontline First: smarter government, CM 7753, over which financial years changes to the level of funding of (a) arms length bodies, (b) Government advertising and marketing and (c) management consultants will be made; and how much will be saved in each such year.
(318351)
84
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 393W, on the Valuation Office: local government, who is undertaking the work referred to; and when that work is expected to be completed.
(318077)
85
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from inheritance tax on estates in Castle Point constituency in the last five years.
(318099)
86
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Castle Point constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.
(318100)
87
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value was of tax credits overpayments written off in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09 as a result of (i) official and (ii) claimant error; and if he will make a statement.
(318388)
88
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of those in receipt of (a) working tax credit only, (b) child tax credit only and (c) working tax credit and child tax credit pay (i) standard rate and (ii) higher rate income tax.
(318389)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
89
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of school attendance orders in supporting families with home-educated children.
(318521)
90
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will recommend an increase in the use of school attendance orders as a method of supporting families with home-educated children.
(318522)
91
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) comprehensive and (b) maintained schools (a) sat GCSEs, excluding equivalents in English, English literature, history, at least two sciences, a modern language and mathematics and (b) obained grade C or higher in each subject in 2009.
(318159)
92
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) comprehensive and (b) maintained schools sat English, English literature and mathematics GCSE examinations, excluding equivalents in 2009; and how many and what proportion of such pupils obained grade C or above in each subject.
(318160)
93
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children at (a) denominational primary schools, (b) denominational secondary schools, (c) maintained primary schools, (d) maintained secondary schools, (e) grammar schools and (f) academies was entitled to free school meals in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.
(318192)
94
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each parliamentary constituency achieved five or more GCSEs excluding equivalent qualifications at grades A* to C in 2009.
(318193)
95
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many cases associated with parents not ensuring their child attended school have been heard in court since 1997.
(318229)
96
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average duration is of a Teachers' International Professional Development Programme visit.
(318230)
97
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 (a) audit and (b) evaluation of the Teachers' International Professional Development Programme undertaken or commissioned by his Department to date.
(318231)
98
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness in promoting best practice in schools in England of the Teachers' International Professional Development Programme.
(318232)
99
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers and teaching assistants participated in Teachers' International Professional Development Programme visits to each county in each year since 2000.
(318233)
100
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers and teaching assistants from each local authority have participated in the Teachers' International Professional Development Programme in each year since 2000.
(318234)
101
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding in respect of the Teachers' International Professional Development Programme has been allocated to each local authority in each year since 2000.
(318235)
102
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated by (a) his Department and (b) other departments to the Teachers' International Professional Development Programme in each year since 2000.
(318236)
103
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many prosecutions for offences related to parents not ensuring their child attended school have resulted in conviction since 1997; and what the average fine imposed in respect of such convictions has been.
(318241)
104
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 707W, on teachers: males, if he will provide the figures for each local authority.
(318405)
105
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals were entered for A-levels in each subject in 2009.
(318406)
106
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals were entered for GCSEs in each subject in 2009.
(318410)
107
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many entrants to teacher training courses re-took (a) literacy and (b) numeracy tests (i) once and (ii) two or more times in the last year for which figures are available.
(318453)
108
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at (a) comprehensive and (b) all mainstream maintained schools achieved three A-levels at A grade in the last year for which figures are available.
(318470)
109
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals at the age of 15 progressed to a sixth form college in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(318471)
110
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what purposes the retained element of the devolved schools grant will be used; and if he will make a statement.
(318228)
111
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on (a) Entry to Employment, (b) community service places, (c) community service local authority pilots, (d) opportunities to participate in community service at school, (e) Youth Taskforce, (f) Youth Opportunity Fund, (g) Youth Capital Fund, (h) Positive Activities for Young People, (i) Empowering Young People pilots, (j) residentials (including Do it 4 Real), (k) Youth Sector Development Fund, (l) Youth Leadership Fund, (m) Youth Workforce Reform, (n) Myplace, (o) Youth Media Fund and (p) other activity programmes for young people in 2008-09; and how much his Department plans to spend on each such programme in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.
(318118)
112
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department allocated for the publication and distribution of the Think Fathers best practice guide referred to in the Green Paper, Support for All: the Families and Relationships in the last 12 months.
(318282)
113
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department allocated to deliver and maintain the online eligibility checker for parents as referred to in the Green Paper, Support for All: the Families and Relationships in the last 12 months.
(318283)
114
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been allocated to fund specialist specialist relationship counselling services for families with disabled children as referred to in the Green Paper, Support for All: the Families and Relationships in the last 12 months.
(318284)
115
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department allocated for establishing and maintaining www.beGrand.net in the last 12 months.
(318285)
116
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has allocated for the publication and distribution of free parenting support booklets as referred to in the Green Paper, Support for All: the Families and Relationships.
(318286)
117
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and which telephone helplines received funding from his Department in 2009.
(318378)
118
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many telephone calls were (a) received and (b) answered by each of the helplines funded by his Department in each month since their commencement.
(318379)
119
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding each of the helplines funded by his Department receives each month.
(318380)
120
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated to rolling-out free bookshop book packs as announced in Support for All: the Families and Relationships Green Paper to date.
(318386)
121
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 1093W, on pupils: bullying, what steps his Department has taken to tackle bullying in schools in the last 12 months.
(318384)
122
David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, columns 1087-8W, on departmental written questions, by what mechanism his Department monitors its responses to parliamentary questions; what its target time is for responses; and how its performance against that target is measured.
(318385)
123
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have received lessons in citizenship since that subject was made part of the National Curriculum.
(318087)
124
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on repairing schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997; and what proportion of that expenditure was spent on schools which failed to meet standards on acoustics.
(318088)
125
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent per pupil on schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since 1997.
(318089)
126
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point obtained five GCSEs at grade A* to C or equivalent in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009.
(318090)
127
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) free nursery and (b) pre-school places were available for children aged (i) three and (ii) four years old in (A) Essex and (B) Castle Point in each year since 1997.
(318091)
128
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many childcare places have been created in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point since 1997.
(318092)
129
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 11 year olds in schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point attained level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009.
(318093)
130
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 14 year olds in schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point obtained level 5 or above in Key Stage 3 in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009.
(318094)
131
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Castle Point constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.
(318095)
132
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated for children's centres in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last three years.
(318096)
133
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point attend Sure Start centres.
(318097)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
134
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.
(318372)
135
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in its consideration of the proposal made by Westminster City Council under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 on temporary accommodation targets; and if he will make a statement.
(318451)
136
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) funding and (b) guidance his Department has provided to local authorities that have made proposals that have been shortlisted for consideration under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(318452)
137
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of (a) local authority reporting to central Government and (b) local government inspection by external inspectors and auditors; and what recent research his Department has (i) conducted and (ii) commissioned on this matter.
(318504)
138
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 central Government of inspecting local government; and what recent research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on this matter.
(318505)
139
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.
(318211)
140
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the New Communities Fund in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.
(318212)
141
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the European Regional Development Fund in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.
(318213)
142
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the Inspiring Communities Grant in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.
(318214)
143
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the Single Regeneration Budget in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.
(318215)
144
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under Connecting Communities in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.
(318216)
145
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the Land and Property Programme in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output area in each year since 2000.
(318217)
146
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 505W, on Government Office for London: location, what the cost to his Department will be of (a) surrendering the lease on Riverwalk House before it expires in 2011 and (b) any empty property rates owed on Riverwalk House.
(318325)
147
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the provisions of the Equality Bill on the operation of (a) the Tenants Services Authority, (b) the Homes and Communities Agency and (c) registered social landlords.
(318162)
148
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 254W, on non-profit making associations, what outcomes he anticipates from social enterprises and other third sector organisations allocated funding from his Department; and by what mechanisms his Department will measure the performance of social enterprises against targets in the next three years.
(318400)
149
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 255W, on supporting people programme, what representations he has received from (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords on non-renewal of supporting people contracts.
(318401)
150
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authority-owned, (b) registered social landlord-managed and (c) privately-owned homes were empty for more than six months in each of the last 10 years; how many and what proportion of privately-owned homes in each local authority area were empty in each of the last 10 years; how many privately-owned homes were returned to habitation in each of the last 10 years; how many Empty Homes Management orders have been (i) applied for and (ii) completed since such orders were introduced; what discussions he has had with the Empty Homes Agency on its proposals for a homesteading scheme; what assessment he has made of the likely effectiveness of the introduction of such a scheme in reducing the number of empty homes; what estimate he has made of the cost of such a scheme in its first 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(318527)
151
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts the (a) Homes and Communities and (b) Tenant Services Agency has let to (i) social enterprises and (ii) registered social landlords since each agency was established.
(318528)
152
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many registered social landlords operate local labour (a) schemes and (b) clauses in contracts let.
(318529)
153
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) the Homes and Communities Agency, (b) the Tenant Services Authority and (c) registered social landlords on local supply chain procurement in the last 12 months.
(318530)
154
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the use of Community Land Trusts.
(318535)
155
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to promote Community Land Trusts in urban areas; and if he will make a statement.
(318536)
156
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities (a) have transferred and (b) have plans to transfer assets under the (i) Asset Transfer Fund and (ii) Advancing Assets programme to date.
(318537)
157
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 381W, on local government: Cornwall, what proportion of the £15.64 million of savings is estimated to relate to (a) unitary restructuring and (b) other factors.
(318076)
158
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new (a) affordable homes and (b) homes for social rent have been built in Castle Point since 2008; and how many homes of each type are planned to be built in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011.
(318083)
159
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes from local authority housing stock in Castle Point were disposed of in each year since 1997.
(318084)
160
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing starts for housing of each type of tenure there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in the latest period for which figures are available.
(318085)
161
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point which (i) have been improved under the Decent Homes programme in each year of that programme and (ii) do not meet the Decent Homes standard.
(318086)
162
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeowners in Castle Point constituency are in receipt of assistance from the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme.
(318098)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
163
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.
(318376)
164
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the reason was for the time taken for his Department to determine the application of Birmingham City Council for a certificate of immunity from listing in respect of its proposal to redevelop Birmingham Central Library; and for what reason his Department has declined to release documents relating to that decision in response to an application under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(318137)
165
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether responsibility for providing free emergency health cover and hospital accommodation and treatment for (a) participants and (b) spectators at major international sporting events resides with the host country; if he will clarify the position in relation to (i) participants and visitors to the UK attending the London 2012 Olympic Games and (ii) UK residents who attend, as participants and as visitors, the Isle of Man TT Races; and if he will make a statement.
(318457)
166
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 861W, on departmental computers, for what reason websites featuring tobacco content are banned; if he will give examples of the types of tobacco sites which are banned; and whether the internet ban includes the Forest (Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco) website.
(318315)
167
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the National Heritage Memorial Fund received from the public purse in each of the last three years.
(318017)
168
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Castle Point constituency, the effects on that constituency of changes to his Department's policies since 1997.
(318082)
169
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was allocated to the Bletchley Park Museum in each of the last 10 years.
(318075)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
170
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions applications for employment in (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) the Armed Forces have not passed beyond vetting procedures due to (i) suspected al-Qaida sympathies and (ii) other suspected extremist views in each year since 1997.
(318337)
171
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the budget outturn of the Defence Technology and Innovation Centre for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
(318293)
172
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of the Defence Technology and Innovation Centre; and if he will make a statement.
(318294)
173
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long on average each patient stayed at DMRC Headley Court in each month since January 2003.
[R] (318475)
174
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) make available to the Iraq Inquiry and (b) place in the Library a copy of all legal advice given by his Department to military personnel prior to the beginning of the Iraq war; and if he will make a statement.
(318459)
175
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost of the interim storage of laid-up submarines project.
(318369)
176
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans' badges have been issued to former members of the armed forces since the badges were introduced.
(318256)
177
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on joint European projects in each of the last 10 years.
(318073)
178
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of the use of mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles by the armed forces.
(318074)
179
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid in bonuses to staff employed at the Met Office in each of the last five years.
(318171)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
180
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the security of the UK's gas supply in the event of proposed industrial action at Milford Haven.
(318463)
181
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what dates he discussed Unite's proposed industrial action at Milford Haven with officials from Unite.
(318464)
182
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on the likely effect on the security of gas supply of industrial action by Unite at Milford Haven.
(318465)
183
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on the likely effect of industrial action by Unite at Milford Haven on imports of crude oil and refined products.
(318466)
184
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the inspection requirement for the purposes of accreditation by BRE under the microgeneration certification scheme is based on paperwork.
(318133)
185
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a microgeneration scheme installer of complying with the standards required by the microgeneration certification scheme.
(318134)
186
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total output of UKs off-shore wind turbines, expressed as a proportion of their load factor, was in each week in January 2010.
(318167)
187
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many tonnes of equivalent carbon dioxide were offset by each member of the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund, according to outturn figures, in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 in respect of (i) domestic, (ii) short haul and (iii) long haul flights.
(318345)
188
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent on the Warm Front programme in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since its inception; and what recent steps his Department has taken to (i) encourage take-up of energy efficiency measures and (ii) reduce the level of fuel poverty in Castle Point constituency.
(318079)
189
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications from residents of (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point for (i) heating, (ii) insulation and (iii) heating and insulation measures under the Warm Front scheme were approved in each of the last three years.
(318080)
190
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have received assistance under the Home Energy Efficiency scheme since the inception of that scheme.
(318081)
191
N
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of biomass needed to fuel proposed new wood-burning power stations; and what proportion of it he expects will be from UK sources.
(317107)
192
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of pebble-bed technology in the design of new nuclear reactors.
(318260)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
193
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what minimum standards and size of caging his Department has set for parrots under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
(317532)
194
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates the joint working group on energy from waste policy has met.
(318392)
195
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration the joint working group on energy from waste policy has given to end of waste fuels.
(318393)
196
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the three month period for consideration of comments made on the draft End of Waste protocol under Article 8(2) of the Technical Standards Directive (98/34/EC) will conclude; and if he will make a statement.
(318394)
197
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 July 2009, on surface water draining charges, what system of surface water charging for voluntary groups is in operation in each water company area.
(318332)
198
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers local authorities have to manage the number of foxes in urban areas.
(318488)
199
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance his Department provides to local authorities to tackle problems caused by urban foxes.
(318489)
200
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints regarding urban foxes his Department received in each year of the last five years.
(318490)
201
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to prevent instances of rabies among urban foxes.
(318491)
202
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid in bonuses to staff at the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last five years.
(318170)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
203
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 53WS, on Foreign and Commonwealth Office finances, which assets he plans to sell in order to raise the £25 million.
(318473)
204
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consultation took place with each of the Civil Service unions on proposals to replace management officers in overseas missions with locally-engaged staff; on what dates such consultation took place; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on the outcome of such consultation.
(318449)
205
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effects on levels of service of the withdrawal of management officers in the UK missions and their replacement with locally-engaged staff in (a) Iran, (b) Iraq, (c) Nigeria, (d) Russia and (e) China; and if he will make a statement.
(318450)
206
Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UN peacekeeping missions (a) do and (b) do not have a mandate to monitor human rights.
(318503)
207
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Falun Gong movement in the UK.
(318462)
208
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk of other countries in the Middle East taking military action against Iran.
(318140)
209
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on further sanctions against Iran.
(318142)
210
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British citizens imprisoned in overseas jurisdictions; and what support and assistance his Department provides to such people.
(318152)
211
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British citizens who have been subject to (a) torture and (b) other cruel and degrading punishments consequent upon conviction of criminal offences in overseas jurisdictions.
(318153)
212
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British citizens who are under sentence of death in other jurisdictions; and what steps he is taking to assist such individuals.
(318154)
213
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the threat posed by Iran to other countries in the Middle East.
(318155)
214
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the threat posed to the UK by Iran and (b) Iran's capacity to obtain nuclear weapons.
(318156)
215
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the membership is of the Diplomatic Service Appeal Board.
(317797)
216
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received in respect of Mr David Proctor, a UK citizen who has been refused permission to leave the State of Qatar.
(318364)
217
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government has made to the government of the State of Qatar in respect of Mr David Proctor; what consular assistance has been provided to Mr Proctor by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(318365)
218
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations have been made by Her Majesty's Government into the circumstances surrounding the detention of Mr David Proctor by the authorities in the State of Qatar; and if he will make a statement.
(318366)
219
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Ambassador of the State of Qatar about the detention of Mr David Proctor in Qatar.
(318367)
220
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for discussions of the case of Mr David Proctor with the Ambassador of the State of Qatar; and if he will make a statement.
(318368)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
221
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.
(318377)
222
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support will be given to people diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia if the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommends against the use of the drugs dasatinib and nilotinib.
(318382)
223
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines apply to the operation of the NHS as a preferred provider; and whether those guidelines make provision for mutual providers.
[R] (318506)
224
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent evidence he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects on human health of Tetra masts.
(318163)
225
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the health effects of Tetra masts on members of the public.
(318164)
226
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the first qualified paediatric audiologists are expected to graduate under the Modernising Scientific Careers programme.
(318253)
227
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible under the Modernising Scientific Careers programme for (a) funding and (b) delivering audiology training courses.
(318254)
228
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places for the Bachelor of Science degree in audiology have been funded by each strategic health authority in each year since 2007.
(318299)
229
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places for the Bachelor of Science degree in audiology will be funded by each strategic health authority in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
(318300)
230
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Flybe has been consulted on the implications for carriers of the discontinuance of the reciprocal health agreement between the UK and the Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement.
(318456)
231
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances social enterprises can tender for provision of NHS services; and if he will make a statement.
(318501)
232
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what processes his Department has put in place to ensure that the supply of antituberculosis drugs in the UK is not interrupted.
(318138)
233
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are plans to license (a) pyrazinamide and (b) streptomycin for use in the UK.
(318139)
234
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of the Health Protection Agency's (HPA) recommendation to his Department to close the HPA site at Porton Down.
(318172)
235
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's latest statistics on the percentage of courses of dental treatment for the same patient re-attending within (a) three months and (b) three to nine months in each primary care trust.
(318173)
236
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on each stage of the independent sector treatment centres programme to date; and what percentage of contract activities such centres have undertaken at each such stage.
(318181)
237
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many arm's length bodies for which his Department is responsible there have been at the start of each financial year since 1997-98; how many staff each such body employed in each year; and what the annual budget was of each such body in each year.
(318182)
238
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for NHS capital expenditure beyond 2010-11.
(318183)
239
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which budgets he expects his Department's contribution to the funding of free personal care at home to be made; and by how much in each such case.
(318184)
240
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his plans are in respect of (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure for (i) his Department and (ii) the NHS budget in 2010-11.
(318185)
241
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general acute hopsitals, (b) multi-service hospitals, (c) short-term non-acute hospitals, (d) long-stay hospitals, (e) specialist hospitals and (f) community hospitals there were in England according to the most recent Estates Return Information Collection data in each financial year from 1997-98 to 2008-09.
(318186)
242
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the introduction of a national care service.
(318187)
243
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to introduce free prescriptions for all those with long-term medical conditions; and what his most recent estimate is of the cost to his Department.
(318188)
244
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has received recent reports that GPs in some areas are delaying referrals to hospital for treatment in order to meet waiting time targets.
(318189)
245
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the proportion of obese children, (b) the proportion of overweight children, (c) the percentage of people who smoke, (d) the percentage of people who drink, (e) the percentage of people who take drugs, (f) the teenage pregnancy rate and (g) the rate of sexually transmitted infections in respect of (i) Spearhead and (ii) non-Spearhead primary care trusts in each year since the inception of the Spearhead primary care trust programme.
(318190)
246
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of any unintended consequences of plans to provide free personal care at home for those in greatest need; and what steps his Department is taking to mitigate any such unintended consequences.
(318191)
247
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to which body complaints about chairs of NHS hospital trusts should be directed.
(318219)
248
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the points-based immigration system on the NHS's ability to recruit specialist consultants from outside the European Economic Area.
(318220)
249
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish his Department's review of the discontinuance of reciprocal health arrangements with the Crown Dependencies.
(318221)
250
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the copyright on the Platt Review on the establishment of a social care journal is owned by his Department.
(318222)
251
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of plans to provide specialist cancer nurses for all 1.6 million people in England who have or who have had cancer; and from which budget it will be funded.
(318223)
252
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of specialist cancer nurses required to provide support at home for all 1.6 million people in England who have or who have had cancer; how many such nurses would require training; and what estimate he has made of the number of hours per week each person requiring such support would need.
(318224)
253
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total cost of backlog maintenance in respect of (a) high, (b) significant, (c) moderate and (d) low risk in (i) England and (ii) each NHS organisation according to data from Estates Return Information Collection returns in each financial year from 1997-98 to 2008-09.
(318225)
254
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 220W, on arthritis: drugs, what discussions on RoActemra his Department has had with the Prime Minister since the Prime Minister's press conference of 25 January 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(318324)
255
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on care homes finance, whether the efficiency savings are the same as those local authorities are required to find to contribute towards the cost of providing free personal care at home for people in the greatest need.
(318339)
256
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2010, Official Report, columns 385-6W, on home care services, for what reason the Personal Social Services EX1 return cost of care per hour was not used in respect of the Personal Care at Home Bill.
(318402)
257
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2009, column 294W, on social services, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice.
(318403)
258
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology was used to calculate the 6.54 figure for the average number of hours of personal care per week on page 16 of the Impact Assessment for the Personal Care at Home Bill.
(318474)
259
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of medication prescribed could be used to treat asthma-related conditions in each of the last five years.
(316987)
260
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training procedures have been put in place for nursing staff at Derriford Hospital following the transfer of the upper gastro-intestinal cancer unit from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
(318168)
261
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on patient care of the transfer of the upper gastro-intestinal cancer unit from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to Derriford Hospital.
(318169)
262
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the post-operative nurse to patient ratio is for high risk operations at (a) The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and (b) Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
(318210)
263
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has reviewed the effectiveness of the swine flu pandemic campaign in changing influenza patients' behaviour in visiting their GP to seek treatment.
(318487)
264
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received in relation to his proposed autism strategy.
(318141)
265
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support people with Down's syndrome who have dementia.
(318145)
266
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce (a) an audit of stroke care for children and (b) a national registration system for childhood stroke; and if he will make a statement.
(318359)
267
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent financial support his Department has provided for research into the causes, outcomes and treatment of childhood stroke.
(318360)
268
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department expects to implement in full the Royal College of Physicians' clinical guidance on childhood stroke; and if he will make a statement.
(318361)
269
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise public and professional awareness of childhood stroke.
(318362)
270
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase support for carers of those affected by childhood stroke.
(318363)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
271
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.
(318373)
272
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been to the number of entry clearance applications granted since the transfer of the processing of such applications from the British Consulate in Tel Aviv to the British Embassy in Istanbul; whether the decision to transfer responsibility for deciding such applications from Israel to Turkey was made as part of a wider Home Office policy; whether an equality impact assessment was carried out prior to this decision; and if he will make a statement.
(318455)
273
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of entry clearance applications for settlement in the United Kingdom submitted to the British Consulate in Tel Aviv were granted prior to the transfer of the processing of such applications to the British Embassy in Istanbul; what percentage of applicants were of (a) a Jewish and (b) a non-Jewish background; and if he will make a statement.
(318460)
274
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of applications for entry clearance to the United Kingdom submitted to the British Consulate in Tel Aviv between June 2008 and May 2009 and processed by the British Embassy in Istanbul was granted; how many such applications there were; what percentage of applicants were of (a) a Jewish and (b) a non-Jewish background; and if he will make a statement.
(318461)
275
N
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been sought as a direct result of evidence gained using CCTV cameras in West Lancashire constituency in each of the last six years.
(317796)
276
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from organisations representing police officers on reports of ill health among police officers assigned to duties near Tetra masts.
(318165)
277
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the number of radicalised Muslims resident in the UK.
(318226)
278
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to businesses of the removal from eligibility for the visa waiver scheme of those who have previously been arrested.
(318227)
279
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intelligence-led stops have been generated by the Automatic Number Plate Recognition CCTV network in each year since 2006; whether approval under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 was obtained in each case; and whether such approvals have been disclosed in subsequent court proceedings.
(318333)
280
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of radicalised Muslims resident in the UK in each year since 1997.
(318334)
281
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures the UK Border Agency follows in respect of immigration applications from individuals suspected of holding extremist views.
(318335)
282
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures the UK Border Agency follows in respect of immigration applications from individuals who have been investigated in the US for suspected links to terrorism.
(318336)
283
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions applications for employment in (a) the Home Office, (b) the Metropolitan Police, (c) MI5 and (d) MI6 have not passed vetting procedures due to (i) suspected al-Qaida sympathies and (ii) other suspected extremist views in each year since 1997.
(318338)
284
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in respect of attempts to assist people to enter the UK illegally in each of the last five years.
(317259)
285
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of vulnerable people being forced to marry against their will as a result of a financial agreement between family members and a foreign national.
(317260)
286
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of vulnerable people who have been forced to marry against their will as a result of a financial agreement between their family members and a foreign national seeking UK citizenship.
(317261)
287
N
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police officers have been called out to educational establishments in (a) each police force area and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1998.
(317589)
288
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals' files were recorded as temporarily lost by the UK Border Agency as of 1 January 2010.
(318280)
289
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained in immigration removal centres having been granted leave to remain in UK for a given period, broken down by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) length of detention (i) prior to and (ii) following case determination.
(318500)
290
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost had been of the Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director service deployed in his Department on the latest date for which figures are available; on which IT projects each consultant contracted under that service worked; and what payments have been made to each such consultant for work undertaken in connection with the programme.
(318110)
291
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on preventing (a) re-offending and (b) anti-social behaviour in 2008-09; and how much it plans to spend for each such purpose in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.
(318113)
292
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Identity and Passport Service has made an estimate of the (a) gross annual revenue likely to be generated from fees for the replacement of (i) lost and (ii) stolen identity cards and (b) annual average number of cards per 1,000 identity card holders likely to be (A) lost and (B) stolen.
(318114)
293
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department and its agencies have made of the accuracy of the data stored on the Automatic Number Plate Recognition databases for which they are responsible; and whether he has made a recent estimate of the proportion of entries on such databases which contain incorrect information.
(318115)
294
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what authorities may be provided with personal information held on the National Identity Register without the consent of the subject of that information.
(318116)
295
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 90W, on independent safeguarding authority, what proportion of the population has been subject to a Criminal Records Bureau check.
(318318)
296
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 90W, on the Independent Safeguarding Authority, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people likely to be subject to Independent Safeguarding Authority registration in the first 12 months of its operation.
(318319)
297
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 91W, on the National Identity Register, how many years after the death of an individual, that person's personal data will be removed from the Register.
(318320)
298
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 817W, on the National Identity Register, what the estimated total monetary value is of contracts in each of the framework agreements.
(318321)
299
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the recommendations made in the Home Affairs Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08, on Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and 'Honour-based' Violence, HC 263, were accepted by the Government; of those accepted by the Government, what proportion have been implemented; by what date he expects those accepted but not yet implemented to be implemented; and if he will make a statement.
(318538)
300
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to evaluate the effectiveness of his Department's Prevent programme; and if he will make a statement.
(318539)
301
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed by Avon and Somerset Constabulary of each (a) grade and (b) sex at the start of each year since 1997; and whether the appointment was (i) full- and (ii) part-time in each such case.
(318496)
302
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood dated 9 November and 15 December 2009 regarding Melicia Ann Brown (Home Office reference: B1080260).
(318439)
303
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions, (b) convictions and (c) orders there have been under section 14 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
(318498)
304
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of injuries which would result from the national roll-out of the prototype shatter-proof pint glasses developed by his Department's Design and Technology Alliance; and if he will make it his policy to provide financial support to independent pub landlords to acquire stocks of such glasses.
(318151)
Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
305
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1211W, and pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 434W, on Members: email, whether Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption is now compatible with Parliament's current version of VPN (remote access) software; what methods of email encryption are compatible with the PICT IT system; whether (a) S/MIME and (b) Steganos can be used on hon. Members' computers; and whether hon. Members and their staff can choose to install PGP encryption software on their computers without PICT exercising its right to remove it.
(318316)
306
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1211-2W, and pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 434W, on Members: email, if the House of Commons Commission will direct to be placed on the House of Commons website (a) a list of the forms of email encryption members of the public can use to communicate securely with their Members of Parliament and (b) a directory of encryption certificates and PGP keys used by hon. Members.
(318317)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
307
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much bilateral aid his Department provided to Somalia in the latest year for which information is available; and in what form that aid was provided.
(317523)
308
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) aid and (b) other assistance provided by his Department to the people of Haiti since the earthquake in that country.
(318158)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
309
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.
(318374)
310
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints made to the Information Commissioner's Office had not been investigated within eight months of the complaint having been made in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and what steps are being taken to reduce this number.
(318381)
311
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders in each youth offending team area have been remanded in custody in each of the last six months.
(317533)
312
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms change in spending on (a) the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales and (b) local youth offending teams was between 2000 and 2007.
(318440)
313
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of the Youth Justice Board's expenditure was spent on purchasing custodial places in 2008-09.
(318441)
314
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Youth Justice Board spent on prevention programmes in 2008-09.
(318442)
315
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of a Young Offender Place purchased by the Youth Justice Board in 2008-09.
(318443)
316
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of a secure training centre place purchased by the Youth Justice Board in 2008-09.
(318444)
317
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 10 to 14 year-olds, (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and (c) 18 to 21 year-olds were sentenced to a period of custody in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
(318445)
318
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 10 to 14 year-olds, (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and (c) 18 to 21 year-olds did not comply with a community order in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
(318446)
319
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 10 to 14 year-olds, (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and (c) 18 to 21 year-olds were charged with a criminal offence in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
(318447)
320
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 10 to 14 year-olds, (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and (c) 18 to 21 year-olds were convicted of a criminal offence in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
(318448)
321
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of a place in a secure children's home purchased by the Youth Justice Board in 2008-09.
(318492)
322
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to criminal justice services of dealing with young offenders in 2008-09.
(318493)
323
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in the number of 10 to 14 year-olds (a) convicted of and (b) receiving a custodial sentence for burglary was between 1996 and 2009.
(318494)
324
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost has been of the Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director service deployed in his Department; on which IT projects each consultant contracted under that service worked; and what payments have been made to each such consultant for work undertaken in connection with the programme.
(318111)
325
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Sir Hayden Phillips on the online publication of the background papers to his consideration of the funding of political parties.
(318346)
326
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the minutes of the final meeting of Sir Hayden Phillips' review of the funding of political parties.
(318347)
327
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent guidance his Department has issued on the publication of images of convicted paedophiles; and if he will make a statement.
(318525)
328
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted paedophiles there were in bail hostels in each of the last five years; and what his most recent estimate is of the number of convicted paedophiles in bail hostels.
(318526)
329
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 84W, on drugs: crime, how many people were convicted of offences of drug (a) possession and (b) dealing in Avon and Somerset police force area in 2008.
(318390)
330
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many industrial tribunal cases are outstanding in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point.
(318109)
331
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislation to change the law which prevents prisoners from voting in general elections.
(318409)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
332
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much her Office has spent on entertainment in each of the last five years.
(318472)
Questions to the Prime Minister
333
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2010, Official Report, column 1070W, on official residences, on what date the squatters who occupied the property at the beginning of December 2009 left the Ministerial residence of South Eaton Place; whether the police or courts were used to secure occupation; and what steps have been taken to secure the property in future.
(318301)
334
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 1 September 2009, Official Report, column 1815W, on Civil Service: bullying, how many complaints of bullying in the workplace have been made by Downing Street employees in each year since 2007.
(318322)
Questions to the Solicitor General
335
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has provided assistance to overseas investigations into the affairs of BAE Systems as they relate to the al-Yamamah defence contract with the government of Saudi Arabia.
(318078)
336
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many judicial reviews there were involving Government departments according to records held by the (a) Treasury Solicitor and (b) Administrative Court Office in each of the last three years; and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each such year.
(318344)
Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
337
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission undertakes impact assessments of its regulatory policies on small constituency associations.
(318117)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport
338
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997.
(318375)
339
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects the refurbishment of the Hatfield tunnel on the A1(M) to be completed, with all carriageways open and the temporary speed restriction removed.
(317522)
340
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the annual percentage change in the cost of a Senior Railcard has been in each year since 2000.
(318407)
341
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the cost of a Senior Railcard was in each year since 2000.
(318408)
342
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the annual percentage change to the cost of travelling by rail in each year since 2000.
(318468)
343
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 420W, on official cars, how many such cars were available for (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants in 1997-98; and what the annual cost was of providing the service in that year.
(318194)
344
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reasons the Government Car and Despatch Agency has no contact details on its website.
(318343)
345
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to maintain the quality of pilot licensing within a single European qualification.
(318524)
346
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of Metronet against its objectives since its transfer to Transport for London; and what recent discussions his Department has had over its long-term future.
(318148)
347
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Mayor of London on the future role of Tube Lines in the maintenance, renewal and upgrading of the London Underground network.
(318149)
348
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the performance of Tube Lines against its objectives.
(318150)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
349
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which companies in Wales have made successful applications to the Future Jobs Fund; how many jobs have been created in respect of each application; when the jobs enabled by each application were advertised; and how many such vacancies have been filled.
(318135)
350
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he plans to reply to the First Minister's letter to him on a referendum on National Assembly for Wales powers; and if he will publish his response.
(318291)
351
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date he received a letter from the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government on a referendum on further powers for the National Assembly for Wales; and if he will publish the letter.
(318292)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
352
Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will investigate the situation whereby a non-resident parent in receipt of certain benefits including pensions paid on medical grounds can receive an income of almost £25,000 per annum and the resident parent receives the minimum weekly maintenance payment of £5 per week, irrespective of the number of children involved.
(318499)
353
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forms of financial support her Department offers to low income lease holders facing major works service charges; what criteria are used to assess eligibility for such support; and what the total monetary value was of such support granted to each local authority in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10 to date.
(318218)
354
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons 36 per cent. of employment support allowance cases conducted between October 2008 and February 2009 were closed before their assessment was completed.
(318174)
355
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects a system for the central holding of information relating to personal capability assessment and claims for incapacity benefit to be introduced.
(318175)
356
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons all three point scoring descriptors have been removed from the work capability assessment; and if she will make a statement.
(318176)
357
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) medical training and (b) diagnostic experience her Department requires of ATOS Medical Ltd employees contracted to carry out work capability assessments.
(318177)
358
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether employees of ATOS Medical Ltd contracted to carry out work capability assessments are required to have diagnostic experience relating to (a) illnesses with complex and varied symptoms and (b) mental health.
(318178)
359
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 213W, on social security benefits: medical examinations, what guidance her Department issues to ATOS Medical assessors on work capability assessments.
(318180)
360
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department takes steps to check whether the landlords of housing benefit recipients in Scotland are properly registered with local authorities.
(318071)
361
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been provided by the Future Jobs Fund in each local authority area; what estimate she has made of the range of administrative charges made by local authorities by the management of the fund; and if she will make a statement.
(318166)
362
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the qualifying criteria are for industrial injuries disablement benefit for those with osteoarthritis of the knee.
(318242)
363
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means the proportion of disablement is determined for former miners making a claim for industrial injuries disablement benefit in respect of osteoarthritis of the knee.
(318259)
364
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applicants for employment and support allowance have been classified as disabled.
(318287)
365
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applicants for employment and support allowance who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease have been classified as disabled.
(318288)
366
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applicants for employment and support allowance who were previously in receipt of incapacity benefit have been classified as disabled.
(318289)
367
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applicants for employment and support allowance who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and who were previously in receipt of incapacity benefit have been classified as disabled.
(318290)
368
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of applicants for disability living allowance diagnosed with fibromyalgia have had their application approved.
(318395)
369
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of applicants for employment and support allowance diagnosed with fibromyalgia have been classified as disabled.
(318396)
370
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of applicants for employment and support allowance diagnosed with fibromyalgia who had previously been in receipt of incapacity benefit have been classified as disabled.
(318397)
371
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued to examining medical practitioners carrying out assessments for eligibility for disability living allowance and employment and support allowance on fibromyalgia.
(318398)
372
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department has issued to staff of the Disability and Carers Service with regard to fibromyalgia.
(318399)
373
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs have been created under the Future Jobs Fund by (a) local authorities and (b) third sector organisations to date.
(318532)
374
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities are participating in the Future Jobs Fund; and which have plans to do so.
(318533)
375
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned duration of the Future Jobs Fund scheme is; and if she will make a statement.
(318534)
376
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the penalty regime for employers in the Pensions Act 2008 with the recommendations of the Hampton Review of Regulation.
(318495)
377
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the cost to businesses of external advice to comply with the provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 was not included in her Department's estimate of the cost to the private sector.
(318523)
378
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances an asset owned by a carer in receipt of the carer's allowance may be disregarded for the purposes of an application for income support.
(318143)
379
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Islwyn constituency who are ineligible for income support (a) are entitled to and (b) receive carer's allowance.
(318144)
380
N
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) public and (b) private sector employees were contracted out into defined benefit pension schemes that offered benefits better than the minimum requirements for Guaranteed Minimum Pensions in 1996-97.
(317191)
381
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Southport of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 1035W, on New Deal schemes: young people, if she will provide figures for the number of repeat participants by the number of times each repeated for each New Deal programme in each year since its inception.
(318391)
382
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) early and (b) normal entrants to the New Deal for Young People left in order to take up employment in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(318469)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
383
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has allocated funding for research to examine whether there is a causal relationship between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis.
[Transferred] (318255)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
384
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, on what dates the Forum on Social Leadership has met since July 2007.
[Transferred] (318352)
385
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, how many individuals have received an Award for Social Technology to date.
[Transferred] (318353)
386
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, what steps she has taken to reform the honours system to recognise more widely citizens' contributions to civic society since July 2007.
[Transferred] (318355)
387
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, how much funding the Government has provided to local foundations for endowment funds since July 2007.
[Transferred] (318356)
388
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, what steps have been taken to mark the contribution of volunteers on 24 July each year.
[Transferred] (318357)
389
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, how much has been spent on the advertising campaign relating to the Good Neighbour MBE to date.
[Transferred] (318358)
390
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will (a) make available to the Iraq Inquiry and (b) place in the Library a copy of all advice from the Attorney General to the Ministry of Defence prior to the beginning of the Iraq war that defines the individual criminal liability of military personnel under UK law; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (318458)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
391
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of take-up of the Health in Pregnancy Grant is among parents in each income decile group.
[Transferred] (318387)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
392
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost to his Department of funding (a) Post-graduate Certificate in Education and (b) undergraduate Bachelor of Education courses (i) was in each of the last three years and (ii) will be in 2010-11.
[Transferred] (318136)
393
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, what progress has been made on the launch of the National Youth Community Service for Britain since July 2007.
[Transferred] (318354)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
394
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to expedite the implementation of new planning regulations to allow the resurfacing of driveways with permeable paving materials without the requirement for planning permission.
[Transferred] (318502)
395
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assumptions affecting the next three years regarding write-off provisions for local authority losses in Icelandic banks his Department has made.
[Transferred] (318281)
396
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provision his Department has made for losses incurred by local authorities through investment in Icelandic banks.
[Transferred] (318295)
397
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the extent of losses incurred by local authorities through investment in Icelandic banks.
[Transferred] (318296)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
398
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to recognise those who worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War in the last 10 years.
[Transferred] (318072)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
399
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) politicians and (ii) officials in Haiti on the role the UK can play in the reconstruction of that country.
[Transferred] (318157)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
400
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 734W, on public sector: disclosure of information, if he will list each of the 57 primary requests that have been accepted by the Unlocked Service; and what the status is of each.
[Transferred] (318341)

 
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