Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Wednesday 24 February 2010 (the 'Questions Book') Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 24 February 2010 This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 24 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 24 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 24 February see Part 2 of this paper. Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many designs for its website his Department and its predecessors have commissioned since 2005. | (318659) | 2 N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will monitor the efficacy of the Economic Participation Programme operated under the auspices of the East of England Development Agency; and if he will make a statement. | (318200) | 3 N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the rate of growth of knowledge intensive industries was in (a) rural areas, (b) urban areas and (c) nationally in each year since 1997. | (318426) | 4 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the UK has contributed to the budget of the Erasmus programme in each year since 1997. | (318665) | 5 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK students resident in the UK have participated in the Erasmus scheme since 1997. | (318666) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 6 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) 10th percentile and (d) 90th percentile level of (i) private and (ii) public sector salaries in each (A) region and (B) industrial category was in each year since 1997. | (318688) | 7 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of increasing the use of video conferencing by Government departments as a means of reducing the number of car journeys and flights taken by Ministers and officials. | (318612) | 8 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the Defence Police Federation has not been consulted on proposed changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme. | (318479) | 9 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many designs for its website her Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318658) | 10 N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were recorded as self-employed in (a) rural areas, (b) urban areas and (c) nationally in each year since 1997; and what proportion of the workforce this represented in each case in each year. | (318425) | 11 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the effect on individual social mobility of previous criminal convictions. | (318752) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 12 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the reclassification of employees of nationalised banks on the (a) number of public sector employees and (b) total public sector pay bill in the next 12 months. | (318633) | 13 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average number of contracted days' paid holiday was in the (a) public and (b) private sector on each industrial category in the most recent year for which information is available. | (318634) | 14 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the change in the public sector wage bill attributable to (a) pay awards and (b) grade drift in each year since 1997. | (318662) | 15 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs in each (a) region and (b) county have been lost in total in Northern Rock and Bradford and Bingley since the Government acquired its stake in each. | (318821) | 16 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs in each (a) region and (b) county were lost in those banks in which UK Financial Investments Ltd. has a stake were lost in the last 12 months. | (318822) | 17 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs have been relocated offshore by Lloyds Banking Group in the period since the Government acquired its stake in the bank; and what discussions have taken place between (a) his Department and (b) UK Financial Investments Ltd. with Lloyds Banking Groupon that matter. | (318823) | 18 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that information on national insurance contributions paid by employees submitted to HM Revenue and Customs by employers is sufficient to enable individual records to be updated. | (318207) | 19 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to match the 116 million items from employers unmatched in 2007 to individual national insurance contributions accounts; what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to inform employees paying national insurance of the need to ensure accuracy of their account; what assessment he has made of the effects on employees of the volume of unmatched items; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who have paid national insurance contributions which have not been credited to their account by 2008-09. | (318208) | 20 N | Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by the Ministerial Working Group on the Presbyterian Mutual Society. | (318467) | 21 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has agreed any instrument or facility whereby an investment bank has been authorised to trade in the securitisation of future public revenues not otherwise reported to Parliament. | (318195) | 22 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much betting tax was paid by (a) gambling operators and (b) the National Lottery in each of the last three years. | [R] (318685) | 23 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318641) | 24 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications have been made to the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme in 2010. | (318831) | 25 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many homeowners are participating in the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme. | (318832) | 26 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many land and property transactions stamp duty land tax was paid in each year since 1997. | (318747) | 27 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average amount paid in stamp duty land tax was in each year since 1997. | (318748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 28 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) median and (b) mean salary in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms was of a teacher in a maintained school in each region in each year since 1997. | (318692) | 29 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department (a) has taken recently and (b) plans to take to reduce levels of anti-Semitism in schools; what recent discussions Ministers and officials in his Department have had on this issue; what recent representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement. | (318693) | 30 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his assessment is of the effectiveness of careers services offered in schools; what recent steps he has taken to improve them; and how much has been spent on them in each year since 1997. | (318197) | 31 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to schools on options to be offered to (a) pupils by careers services offered in schools and (b) training of staff of such services. | (318198) | 32 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on (a) publication and distribution and (b) training in respect of the Letters and Sounds programme in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | (318261) | 33 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the Letters and Sound reading programme is owned by (a) his Department or (b) another organisation. | (318411) | 34 N | 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 were heard in court in (a) 2000, (b) 2004, (c) 2006 and (d) the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | (318272) | 35 N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and in what percentage of cases of parents charged with offences related to failing to ensure their child attended school have ended in a conviction since 1997. | (318273) | 36 N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were rated good with outstanding features at the most recent point for which inspection data is available. | (318481) | 37 N | 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 708W, on teachers: males; how many (a) nursery and primary and (b) secondary schools with no male teachers there were in each local authority area. | (318485) | 38 N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2009, Official Report, column 610W, on secondary education, how many such schools there were in each local authority area in each year. | (318486) | 39 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many designs for its website his Department and its predecessors have commissioned since 2005. | (318657) | 40 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 1088W, on free school meals: mathematics, if he will provide the information from the earliest year in the last 30 years for which data relating to ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals is available. | (318420) | 41 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, columns 1091-2W, on pupils: absenteeism, if he will provide the equivalent figures for secondary schools in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2007-08; and if he will provide the equivalent figures for all schools in 2006-07. | (318421) | 42 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in the construction of the (a) 3,500 outdoor play areas and (b) 300 staffed adventure playgrounds referred to in the 2007 Children's Plan. | (318417) | 43 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many two year-olds he expects to have participated in free early years pre-school entitlement by 2016. | (318418) | 44 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what expenditure his Department incurred on hospitality extended by Ministers in the financial year (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08 in current prices. | (318829) | 45 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many receptions he has hosted for representatives of print and broadcast media since October 2008; how much each reception cost; and how many people attended each. | (318830) | 46 N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training is provided to teachers on asbestos management and safety; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such provision. | (318514) | 47 | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for how many days schools in each region were closed owing to flooding in each of the last five years. | (318660) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 48 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent representations the Church Commissioners have received on the effects of the scheme which rebates value added tax payable on repairs for listed places of worship. | (318596) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 49 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding he has provided to assist low income homeowners in the last 12 months. | (318811) | 50 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which 33 sites were presented for consideration to the Homes and Community Agency as sites for new and affordable housing development by Newcastle upon Tyne City Council. | (318824) | 51 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwelling management orders there have been in each housing authority area in the North East region to date. | (318825) | 52 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided to each of the projects in Newcastle upon Tyne supported by the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) National Affordable Homes Programme in the last 12 months. | (318826) | 53 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 September 2008, Official Report, columns 2083-4W, on fire services: equipment, what the equivalent information is for 2008-09. | (318423) | 54 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 1067W, on immigration, what the average annual projected change is in the number of households in England between 2006 and 2031 on the basis of the principal population projection; and what the equivalent average annual increase is using a zero net migration projection. | (318419) | 55 N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) staffing, (b) administration and (c) publicity costs in respect of the New Deal for Communities programme. | (318276) | 56 N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) staffing, (b) administration and (c) publicity costs in respect of the New Communities Fund. | (318277) | 57 N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on the New Communities Fund; and how many people have participated in the Fund since its inception. | (318278) | 58 N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to assist first-time buyers with property purchases in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12. | (318507) | 59 N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what programme budgets of each sponsoring Government department are administered by Government Offices for the Regions. | (318508) | 60 N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of deprivation in England was as measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation for each individual indicator of deprivation in each (a) local authority and (b) lower layer super output area in each year since 2000. | (318262) | 61 N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund in each (a) local authority and (b) lower layer super output area in each year since 2000. | (318263) | 62 N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the Local Enterpise Growth Initiative in each (a) local authority and (b) lower layer super output area in each year since 2000. | (318265) | 63 N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been granted under the New Deal for Communities in each (a) local authority and (b) lower layer super output area in each year since 2000. | (318266) | 64 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level was of each indicator of deprivation in Roehampton ward as measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation in each year since 2000. | (318607) | 65 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was granted under the (a) Working Neighbourhoods Fund, (b) Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, (c) Deprived Area Fund, (d) Local Enterprise Growth Initiative, (e) New Deal for Communities, (f) Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders, (g) New Communities Fund, (h) European Regional Development Fund, (i) Inspiring Communities Grant, (j) Connecting Communities, (k) Single Regeneration Budget, (l) Land and Property Programme and (m) other regeneration programmes to Roehampton ward in each year since 2000. | (318608) | 66 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many designs for its website his Department and its predecessor has commissioned since 2005. | (318656) | 67 N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) new and (b) affordable homes were built in areas at risk from flooding in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009. | (318519) | 68 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Homes and Communities Agency spent on the Thames Gateway project in each of the last three years. | (318716) | 69 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built in the Thames Gateway area since 2008; and what target has been set for the number of completions by 2016. | (318717) | 70 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was allocated to the Local Authority New Build fund from the (a) Budget 2009 announcements and (b) Housing Pledge. | (318718) | 71 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the funding announced for the Local Authority New Build scheme (a) at the Budget 2009 and (b) in the Housing Pledge is to be financed through (i) grants and (ii) borrowing. | (318719) | 72 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what allocations have been made to each region by the Homes and Communities Agency under the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) Open Market HomeBuy, (d) First Time Buyer's Initiative, (e) Social Homebuy and (f) Rent to HomeBuy schemes for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2008-11. | (318720) | 73 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which public bodies received funding from the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each organisation in each of those years. | (318721) | 74 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was allocated to the Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme from the (a) programmes announced in Budget 2009 and (b) Housing Pledge. | (318722) | 75 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Homes and Communities Agency has spent on acquiring unsold stock for affordable housing in each of the last 12 months; and how many properties have been purchased. | (318723) | 76 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid to (a) the South East England Development Agency and (b) the East of England Development Agency by the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years. | (318724) | 77 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid to local authorities by the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years. | (318725) | 78 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much he expects to be spent on growth funding in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | (318726) | 79 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was received by the Homes and Communities Agency from the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years. | (318727) | 80 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) name, (b) location and (c) score was of each of the 136 housing projects giving funding under round one of the Kickstart Building for Life. | (318728) | 81 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on recent increases in the cost of joining tenancy deposit schemes. | (318729) | 82 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the profits made by companies operating tenancy deposit schemes; and if he will make a statement. | (318730) | 83 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties managed by registered social landlords and funded through the Temporary Social Housing programme in 2008-09 were owned by (a) private individuals, (b) unregistered social landlords and co-operatives, (c) local authorities and (d) other public bodies. | (318731) | 84 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on bringing temporary social housing up to the Homes and Communities Agency's design and quality standards since the introduction of those standards. | (318732) | 85 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in receipt of Temporary Social Housing programme funding were (a) improved and (b) unimproved in each of the last three years. | (318733) | 86 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in receipt of funding under the Temporary Social Housing programme in 2008-09 were (a) subject to compulsory purchase orders, (b) subject to Empty Dwelling Management Orders, (c) long-term privately owned, (d) awaiting redevelopment or sale and (e) over shops in town centres. | (318734) | 87 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many registered social landlords were in receipt of funding under the Temporary Social Housing programme in each of the last three years. | (318735) | 88 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on the Temporary Social Housing programme in each of the last five years. | (318736) | 89 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the average deposit required of a first time buyer. | (318737) | 90 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the 96 hospital sites purchased by English Partnerships from NHS Estates in 2005 have been developed; and how many homes have been built on each site. | (318738) | 91 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many of the 96 hospital sites purchased by English Partnerships from NHS Estates in 2005 planning permission has been granted. | (318739) | 92 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent under each budgetary heading on the seminar held at the City Inn, Westminster on An Introduction to Strategic Communications; which (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) guests attended; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the agenda and each handout from the meeting. | (318749) | 93 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the job title is of each head of functions at the Homes and Communities Agency. | (318750) | 94 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Department's news release of 3 February 2010 on tenants' protection, what plans his Department has for an online directory of landlords; what estimate he has made of the costs of establishing such a directory; whether such costs are to be entirely borne by his Department; when he expects the directory to begin operation; and if he will make a statement. | (318751) | 95 N | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of second homes in (a) urban and (b) rural areas in England. | (318484) | 96 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria have been established for the creation of carbon-efficient towns and cities. | (318509) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 97 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the likely effects of reclassification of Scottish Television as an independent producer on the provision of public service broadcasting by the existing Scottish independent sector. | (318614) | 98 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318655) | 99 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who (a) applied for and (b) received funding through his Department's Sea Change programme in each year since its inception. | (318594) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 100 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 209W, on the Ministry of Defence Guarding Service Agency, if he will ensure that the Ministry of Defence Police remains part of the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency. | (318618) | 101 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 465W, on military bases: security, in which military bases the incursions were recorded. | (318619) | 102 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) arrests, (b) reports, (d) de-arrests and (d) charges have been made under the RAF Fylingdales Military Land Byelaws since 1990. | (318620) | 103 | Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of the House of Lords responded in writing to the inquiry into national recognition of the armed forces undertaken by the hon. Member for Grantham and Stamford. | (318667) | 104 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the level of (a) actual and (b) projected expenditure on the (i) nuclear deterrent programme, including the Atomic Weapons Establishment and the future submarine programme, (b) Atomic Weapons Establishment and (c) future submarine programme in the period covered by the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. | (318783) | 105 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318654) | 106 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's budget has been spent on Afghanistan in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | (318696) | 107 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the whole-life cost of the submarine dismantling project. | (318412) | 108 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the submarine dismantling project in (a) Rosyth Dockyard and (b) Devonport Dockyard. | (318413) | 109 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of using the site at Sellafield for the (a) submarine dismantling and (b) radioactive waste storage elements of the submarine dismantling project. | (318414) | 110 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sites his Department is considering to use for the (a) submarine dismantling and (b) radioactive waste storage elements of the submarine dismantling project. | (318415) | 111 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the technical barriers to the (a) submarine dismantling and (b) radioactive waste storage elements of the submarine dismantling project. | (318416) | 112 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the replacement of MR2s in the protection of the UK's nuclear submarine fleet. | (318833) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 113 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Congleton of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 628W, on climate change: Copenhagen, what his most recent assessment is of the likelihood of effective global action to limit climate change; and if he will make a statement. | (318584) | 114 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the 1.2 million green jobs the Government plans to create by 2020 which are likely to be in Scotland. | (318615) | 115 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which Departments (a) are and (b) are not on target to stay within their allocated carbon budget for 2009-10; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for which such budgets are likely to be exceeded. | (318616) | 116 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in each constituency in Devon and Cornwall. | (318664) | 117 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since its inception. | (318653) | 118 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much gas was taken from (a) medium, (b) long and (c) short range storage on each day in February 2010 for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the volume of gas exported to continental Europe on each of those days. | (318581) | 119 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to prohibit exports of gas in circumstances in which gas is also being removed from storage in the UK. | (318582) | 120 N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether tenants with communal heating systems are eligible for participation in the Warm Front programme. | (318275) | 121 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether there are plans to redefine carbon neutrality targets in respect of Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (318510) | 122 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's definition is of carbon neutrality. | (318511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 123 N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated for the creation of school allotments for the purpose of growing food. | (318512) | 124 N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to assist teachers in setting up food-growing schemes in schools. | (318513) | 125 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been employed in the agricultural sector in each year since 1997. | (318483) | 126 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318652) | 127 | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the collection of data for the 2008 UK Biodiversity Action Plan progress report was completed; and when he expects the report to be published. | (318591) | 128 | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to evaluate progress against the 2010 targets for priority species and habitats under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. | (318593) | 129 N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of an (a) industry-wide standard and (b) voluntary agreement for the collection, sorting, re-use and recycling of second hand clothing. | (318517) | 130 N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of textile waste going to landfill. | (318518) | 131 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means his Department will ensure any outcomes arising from the Axis 1 subsidies meet the required goals; and how those outcomes will be reported. | (318781) | 132 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means his Department's health and welfare strategy indicators will be reported on (a) where the species of animal concerned is not covered by a sector council established under the England Implementation Group (EIG) and (b) following the disbandment of the EIG. | (318782) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 133 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on anti-Semitic hate crimes in Malmö; what recent discussions he has had with the government of Sweden on anti-Semitism in Sweden; and if he will make a statement. | (318687) | 134 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the proposed creation of a UN expert panel to investigate allegations of abuse of internally displaced persons by the Sri Lankan army. | (318583) | 135 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for West Bromwich East of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 565W, on Croatia: EC enlargement, what assessment he has made of the effect of the election of Ivo Josipovic as President of Croatia on that country's progress in its EU accession negotiations, with particular reference to efforts towards reform in the areas of judiciary and fundamental rights. | (318609) | 136 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the savings in travel costs likely to be made consequent on the use by officials of his Department of economy class tickets for flights of up to five hours. | (318613) | 137 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the (a) dates and (b) location of each terrorist attack in India in the last three years took place; how many casualties were sustained in each such attack; and if he will make a statement. | (318681) | 138 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the government of India in combating terrorism in the subcontinent; and if he will make a statement. | (318682) | 139 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has (a) received recent representations on (i) child labour and (ii) access to the justice system for (A) minority groups and (B) those in poverty in Pakistan and (b) had recent discussions with the government of Pakistan on child labour in that country; and if he will make a statement. | (318617) | 140 N | Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Dubai on the alleged murder of a Palestinian national by a group alleged to include British passport holders; and if he will make a statement. | (318478) | 141 N | Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Israel on the use of British passports in association with the death in Dubai of a Palestinian national; and if he will make a statement. | (318480) | 142 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, columns 836W, on the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Bill, what discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts, (b) the High Representative and (c) the European Commission on the proposed extraterritorial legislation; and whether a common position has been agreed. | (318804) | 143 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether sales of refined petroleum products sold to Iran by companies registered in the UK or with headquarters in the UK will be affected by the US-Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Bill; and what guidance his Department has issued to UK companies on the matter. | (318806) | 144 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 836W, on the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Bill, what concerns he has about the use of extraterritorial legislation in respect of Iran's nuclear programme. | (318807) | 145 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318651) | 146 N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights record of the government of Nigeria. | (318204) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 147 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) median and (b) mean salary of a GP in each region was in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms in each year since 1997. | (318690) | 148 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) median and (b) mean salary of an NHS nurse was in each region in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms in each year since 1997. | (318691) | 149 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts the NHS has with the United Health Group and its subsidiaries. | (318827) | 150 | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people there are with bleeding disorders infected with (a) hepatitis C and (b) HIV as a result of being treated with contaminated blood products. | (318623) | 151 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318650) | 152 N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has evaluated the effectiveness of the Turning Point charity's handling of the Connected Care programme on behalf of his Department; and if he will make a statement. | (318199) | 153 | Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on NHS healthcare in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 1997. | (318597) | 154 | Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 1997. | (318598) | 155 N | Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the consultants' reports on (a) the outline business cases for the Porton Down and Terlings Park options and (b) the preferred option analysis for the Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response Developments at Terlings Park or at Porton Down. | (318206) | 156 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change has been in the average level of NHS expenditure on an individual cancer patient in the last five years. | (318697) | 157 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to provide the spectacles required by (a) children and (b) those on low incomes who have Irlen syndrome at no cost to the recipient. | (318663) | 158 | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sexual health clinics in each primary care trust have obtained accreditation under his Department's You're Welcome scheme. | (318585) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 159 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) median and (b) mean salary of a police constable in each constabulary was in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms in each year since 1997. | (318689) | 160 | Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of police forces on the incidence of attacks on bookmakers. | (318679) | 161 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has responsibility for monitoring and enforcing the present 20 hour limit on work by overseas students; who will have the responsibility of monitoring and enforcing the 10 hours limit on work by overseas students proposed to be introduced on 3 March; and whether additional enforcement or monitoring duties will fall on the higher education institution accepting such students following implementation of the proposed changes. | (318810) | 162 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of the establishment of an asylum seeker reception centre in Newcastle upon Tyne; and what discussions he has had with the Strategic Migration Partnership and Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council on such a proposal. | (318820) | 163 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of illegal drugs trafficked through the UK. | (317216) | 164 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Europe, (b) the US and (c) Afghanistan on measures to tackle the trafficking of illegal drugs. | (317217) | 165 N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure his Department has incurred on its Communications Capabilities Directorate since it was established. | (318267) | 166 N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed (a) within the Communications Capabilities Directorate and (b) on projects associated with the Communications Capabilities Directorate. | (318268) | 167 N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts the Communications Capabilities Directorate has put out to tender in the last 12 months; and how many it plans to put out to tender in the next 12 months. | (318269) | 168 N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which non-governmental organisations have received funding under the Prevent strand of the Contest counter-terrorism strategy to date. | (318270) | 169 N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the trends in levels of illegal drugs sold by Somali nationals in (a) Southend and (b) England and Wales. | (318205) | 170 N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) the average budget for all police forces in England and (b) the budget of Dorset Police was in each of the last five years. | (318201) | 171 N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) Dorset and (b) Bournemouth in each of the last five years. | (318202) | 172 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences against the person have been recorded in the Sevenoaks district in each year since 1997. | (318196) | 173 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Certificates of Sponsorship have been granted to employers under (a) Tier 2 general and (b) Tier 2 ICT to date; and how many such certificates for the second year of Tier 2 of the points-based system remain under consideration. | (318427) | 174 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of (a) entering the UK in breach of a deportation order or without leave, (b) remaining in the UK after leave to enter or remain had expired, (c) assaulting an immigration officer and (d) trafficking people for exploitation in each year since 1998; and how many offenders in each category received the maximum available prison sentence or fine in each year. | (318699) | 175 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants were deported from the UK on the grounds that their presence was not conducive to the public good in each of the past 10 years. | (318700) | 176 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were removed from the UK in each of the past 10 years. | (318701) | 177 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers hiring illegal immigrants have had the maximum available fine per worker imposed on them in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. | (318702) | 178 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration officers have been stationed at postal hubs or depots in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. | (318703) | 179 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration patrol vessels (a) operate in UK waters and (b) have operated in UK waters in each of the last 10 years. | (318704) | 180 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been issued with the maximum sentence of a 10 year travel ban to the UK for attempting to use false documents in order to obtain a visa in each of the last 10 years. | (318705) | 181 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people worked for the Identity and Passport Service (a) in 2006 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available; and how many are projected to work for it in 2015. | (318706) | 182 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric enrolment centres are in operation; where they are located; how many applications they are expected to process in the next 12 months; and how many people they could each process and provide with identity cards each year if working at maximum capacity. | (318707) | 183 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) Government departments, (b) non-governmental public bodies and (c) other organisations (i) have and (ii) are planned to have access to information held on the national identity database. | (318708) | 184 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to increase the number of frontline police officers in England and Wales in the next five years. | (318709) | 185 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work (a) his Department, (b) the Identity and Passport Service and (c) each of his Department's other agencies has carried out with or for Project STORK in each of the last five years. | (318710) | 186 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to oppose a merger of the National Identity Register into a European ID database. | (318712) | 187 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has commissioned (a) research and (b) other work on the possibility of introducing compulsory identity cards in future. | (318713) | 188 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he classifies the implementation of biometric passports as part of the identity card scheme. | (318714) | 189 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy not to introduce compulsory identity cards. | (318715) | 190 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318649) | 191 N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his contribution on Second Reading of the Crime and Security Bill, 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 35, if he will provide detailed information on each of the 36 cases of DNA data being held on the National DNA database for those previously arrested but not convicted of an offence in which DNA evidence was vital in securing a conviction in cases of (a) rape, (b) murder and (c) manslaughter. | (318422) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 192 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 26W, what progress the House of Commons Commission has made on placing on the Parliamentary (a) intranet and (b) internet site a sound recording of the debate held on the Motion on Her Majesty's Government on 28 March 1979; and if he will make a statement. | (318694) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 193 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of taking steps to assist developing countries to follow the procurement and contracting procedures set by the World Bank in respect of access to aid. | (318610) | 194 | Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the outcomes were of his recent discussions with the government of Bangladesh, with particular reference to the £60 million of Government funding for mitigation of the impact of global warming in Bangladesh. | (318611) | 195 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318648) | 196 | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to attend UNICEF's High Level Meeting on Water and Sanitation in April 2010; and if he will make a statement. | (318580) | 197 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which non-governmental organisations his Department is funding to conduct aid work in (a) Sudan and (b) Iraq; and how much each such organisation has been allocated for work in each country for 2009-10. | (318797) | 198 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department's buildings in each year since 2005. | (318834) | 199 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible spent on advertising in 2009. | (318835) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 200 N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the retrospective provision of financial support to British citizens who have been subject to terrorist acts overseas. | (318203) | 201 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been required for jury service (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | (318602) | 202 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been summoned for jury service (a) nationally and (b) in each London Borough in each of the last 10 years. | (318603) | 203 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people summoned for jury service were disqualified for each reason (a) nationally and (b) in each London Borough in each of the last 10 years. | (318604) | 204 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been summoned for jury service (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three and (d) four times (i) nationally and (ii) in each London Borough in each of the last 10 years. | (318605) | 205 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of those summoned have declined to carry out their jury service for each reason (a) nationally and (b) in each London Borough in each of the last 10 years. | (318606) | 206 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many designs for its website his Department and its predecessor have commissioned since 2005. | (318647) | 207 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many property transactions took place where the sale price was (a) more than £60,000, (b) more than £125,000, (c) more than £175,000 and (d) more than £250,000 in each year since 1997. | (318740) | Questions to the Leader of the House 208 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Leader of the House, how many designs for its website her Office has commissioned since 2005. | (318646) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 209 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318645) | 210 N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning to publish an inventory of decommissioned terrorist weapons, explosives and materials. | (318274) | Questions to the Prime Minister 211 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Statement of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 55-6WS, on detainees, when he expects to publish guidance to intelligence officers and service personnel on standards during the detention and interviewing of detainees overseas; and for what reason its publication has been delayed. | (318802) | 212 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Statement of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 55-6WS, on detainees, whether the Intelligence Services Commissioner has conducted his first annual review of compliance with the guidance to intelligence officers and service personnel on standards during the detention and interviewing of detainees overseas; and if he will make a statement. | (318803) | 213 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the statement of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 55-6WS, on detainees, how many cases of potential criminal wrongdoing have been referred to the Attorney General since March 2009; and if he will make a statement. | (318805) | 214 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, how many designs for its website his Office has commissioned since 2005. | (318644) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 215 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318643) | 216 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the potential effects on the energy industry in Scotland of proposals on carbon capture and storage. | (318695) | Questions to the Solicitor General 217 | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what the total cost to the Serious Fraud Office was of the recently-settled case against BAE Systems. | (318575) | 218 | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what estimate she has made of the total cost to the Serious Fraud Office of its investigations into BAE Systems to date. | (318576) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 219 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2010, Official Report, column 326W, on electoral register: expenditure, how much was spent on each type of initiative on electoral registration referred to in the Answer in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | (318592) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 220 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much the Government has spent on concessionary bus travel for pensioners (a) in England and (b) in the City of York in each year since such schemes were introduced. | (318579) | 221 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the status is of the judicial review in relation to Stagecoach and concessionary bus fares. | (318577) | 222 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have undertaken on the effectiveness of (i) halogen and (ii) bi-xenon headlights. | (318636) | 223 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318642) | 224 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the annual cost to the public purse is of the provision by the Government Car and Despatch Agency of official cars with drivers to senior civil servants. | (318635) | 225 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent adverse weather on the delivery of car tax renewal notices to motorists; how many have been delayed; and what the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency's policy is on this matter. | (318746) | 226 | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has spent on repairs to flood-damaged roads and related infrastructure in each of the last five years. | (318661) | 227 | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on external legal advice in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. | (318798) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 228 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he had with Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Transport on ports policy between the date of publication of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee's Fifteenth Report of Session 2008-09, on Ports in Wales HC 601 and the date upon which the Government responded to that report. | (318279) | 229 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people have been employed in the manufacturing sector in Wales in each year since 1997. | (318482) | 230 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318640) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 231 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many designs for its website the Government Equalities Office has commissioned since its inception. | (318639) | 232 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether provision will be included in the Equality Bill to permit any publicly-funded faith schools to require teaching staff to promote the ethos of the relevant religious faith; and if she will make a statement. | (318476) | 233 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether provision will be included in the Equality Bill to empower governors of any publicly-funded faith school to decline employment to staff or applicants for teaching posts who are not prepared to teach pupils in accordance with the ethos on values of the relevant religious faith. | (318477) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 234 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) voluntary and (b) involuntary redundancy rates in the public sector were in each (i) region and (ii) industrial category in each year since 1997. | (318686) | 235 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of each (a) sex and (b) age have been contracted (i) in and (ii) out of the state second pension scheme in each year since 2004. | (318812) | 236 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations she has received on the uprating of the additional state pension; and if she will make a statement. | (318621) | 237 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the merits of uprating earnings-related state pensions at the same rate as the basic state pension from April 2010. | (318622) | 238 | Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects to rename council tax benefit as council tax rebate. | (318808) | 239 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made a claim for jobseeker's allowance (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 24 months. | (318599) | 240 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made a rapid reclaim for their jobseeker's allowance (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 24 months. | (318600) | 241 | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have made (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four rapid reclaims for jobseeker's allowance (i) nationally and (ii) in each London borough in the last 24 months. | (318601) | 242 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many designs for its website her Department has commissioned since 2005. | (318638) | 243 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobs in (a) the arts and (b) the media have been created under the Future Jobs Fund since its inception. | (318595) | 244 | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants of local housing allowance make an additional payment to cover the difference between benefit received and rent paid; and what estimate she has made of the average weekly payment made by such claimants in the latest period for which figures are available. | (318637) | 245 | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of those in receipt of housing benefit in the private rented sector, excluding those in receipt of local housing allowance, have their benefit paid to (a) their landlord and (b) themselves. | (318813) | 246 | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of those in receipt of local housing allowance have their benefit paid to (a) their landlord and (b) themselves. | (318815) | 247 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Moray constituency are in receipt of (a) attendance allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) jobseeker's allowance; and what the average weekly payment is in each case. | (318828) | 248 N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the follow-up work to the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Asbestos Management in Schools survey; how many visits by the HSE to local education authorities have been made following the survey; and when she estimates the HSE follow-up work will be completed. | (318515) | 249 N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all contracted cleaners for her Department's buildings in London are paid at the level of the London living wage or a higher level. | (318516) | 250 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of overpayments made by the Child Support Agency was in each of the last three years. | (318741) | 251 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Child Support Agency's policy is on payment by credit card from individuals in arrears on their maintenance payments. | (318742) | 252 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) value and (b) percentage of payments to the Child Support Agency were made by credit card in each of the last three years. | (318743) | 253 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals paid off arrears to the Child Support Agency by credit card in each of the last three years. | (318744) | 254 | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice is given by the Child Support Agency to people liable for maintenance payments on the use of credit cards to clear their arrears. | (318745) | 255 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Angus constituency are in receipt of (a) attendance allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) jobseeker's allowance; and what the average weekly amount received is in each case. | (318799) | 256 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Angus constituency have received a winter fuel payment since 1 November 2009. | (318800) | 257 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of absent parents in (a) Scotland and (b) Angus constituency the Child Support Agency is managing. | (318801) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 258 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the working age population in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency, (b) Newcastle upon Tyne, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) the North East region (i) had no qualifications, (ii) were qualified to level 2 and (iii) were qualified to level 4 in (A) 2001 and (B) each year since 2004. | [Transferred] (318809) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 259 N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the number of people who worked from home in (a) rural areas, (b) urban areas and (c) nationally in each year since 1997; and what proportion of the workforce this represented in each case in each year. | [Transferred] (318424) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 260 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to assist low income homeowners resident in properties without cavity walls to make their houses more energy efficient. | [Transferred] (318814) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 261 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department has collated on the risks posed by air-released Chinese lanterns for (a) grazing livestock and (b) ripening crops; and if he will make a statement. | [Transferred] (318578) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 262 N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what expenditure has been incurred on the Mastering the Internet programme at GCHQ to date. | [Transferred] (318271) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 263 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on the suspension of Sri Lanka's GSP+ trade preference scheme status; and if he will make a statement. | [Transferred] (318680) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 264 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people attempting to enter the UK were convicted of offences related to the importation and possession of (a) firearms and (b) drugs in each year since 1998; and how many of these offenders received the maximum prison sentence or highest fine applicable in each year. | [Transferred] (318698) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 265 N | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Future Jobs Fund in Scotland. | [Question Unstarred] (317407) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 266 N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been granted under the Deprived Area Fund in each (a) local authority and (b) lower layer super output area in each year since 2000. | [Transferred] (318264) |
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