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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 2 March 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 2 March 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 2 March 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 2 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 2 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what role he expects Adult Safeguarded Learning funds to play in achieving the aims of the Learning Revolution White Paper. | | (320106) | 2
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to assist local authorities in Portsmouth to achieve the aims of the Learning Revolution White Paper. | | (320107) | 3
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (b) the Governor of the Bank of England, (c) representatives of UK businesses, (d) any such bank or similar institution overseas and (e) the European Commission on the merits of establishing a state-owned investment bank; and if he will make a statement. | | (319912) | 4
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency since 1997. | | (320182) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 5
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the population density was of each region of England in (a) 1980, (b) 1990, (c) 2000 and (d) 2010; and what the expected population density in each region is in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030 and (iii) 2050. | | (319986) | 6
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were not in employment in each quarter since April 2008. | | (320175) | 7
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were not in education, employment or training in each quarter since April 2008. | | (320176) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 8
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many entrants into the Graduate Teacher Programme were (a) under 23, (b) between 23 and 25, (c) between 26 and 30, (d) between 31 and 35, (e) between 36 and 40, (f) between 41 and 45 and (g) over 45 years old in (i) 1997, (ii) 2003 and (iii) the last year for which figures are available. | | (319981) | 9
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the gross internal floor area (a) before and (b) after rebuilding was of each school that has been rebuilt under the Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (319982) | 10
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department and its predecessors have made any payments to (a) the National Bullying Helpline and (b) HR and Diversity Management Limited since 2004. | | (320134) | 11
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency since 1997. | | (320187) | 12
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2010, Official Report, column 650W, on Education Maintenance Allowance and the Answer from the Minister for Further Education, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 987W, on the Learning and Skills Council for England's correspondence, if he will review his Department's processes to ensure that all letters from the Learning and Skills Council in response to Parliamentary Questions are sent to the Editor of the Official Report for publication. | | (319985) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 13
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty properties have been brought back into housing stock by Coventry City Council in each year since 2005. | | (319464) | 14
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homes and (b) affordable homes have been built in Coventry since 1997. | | (319465) | 15
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built as a result of the Kickstart initiative in Coventry to date. | | (319466) | 16
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home repossessions there have been in Coventry in each year since 1997. | | (319467) | 17
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were recorded as sleeping rough in Coventry in 2008-09. | | (319468) | 18
N | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish further proposals on reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system; and if he will make a statement. | | (318918) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 19
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the legal and contractual issues between International Military Services Limited (IMS) and the Republic of Iran have been resolved; what the outcome was; and whether IMS will now be wound up. | | (320129) | 20
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much additional funding the UK committed to the A400M programme at the EU Defence Ministers' meeting at Palma de Mallorca on 24 to 25 February 2010. | | (319990) | 21
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) grammar, (b) comprehensive and (c) academy schools had operational Combined Cadet Forces in the last year for which figures are available. | | (319983) | 22
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's long-term strategy for its activities in Afghanistan is. | | (320163) | 23
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of harrassment have been reported by (a) military and (b) civilian personnel in (i) each of the armed forces and (ii) his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (319927) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 24
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how the £480 million fund to help fight climate change by tackling deforestation between 2010 and 2012 announced at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit will be allocated; and whether this funding is new money. | | (319993) | 25
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Warm Front applications referred to Eaga Ltd remained (a) outstanding, (b) unresolved and (c) incomplete for more than (i) 21 days, (ii) three months and (iii) six months in each of the last two years. | | (319928) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 26
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been seized under the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last five years. | | (319984) | 27
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dams, reservoirs and lakes in England have a system of releasing water to provide storage for excess rain; and if he will make a statement. | | (320166) | 28
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of the dam on the River Severn at Shrewsbury on the flow of the River Severn and its tributaries in Montgomeryshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (320167) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 29
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 211W, on the British Indian Ocean Territory: environment protection, what proposals were made by each of the bodies represented at the meeting on (a) 14 January and (b) 21 July 2009; what response the Government made to each of those proposals; and what his policy is on relations between the UK and Mauritius. | | (320128) | 30
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which the outputs of (a) BBC Persian TV and (b) other international broadcasters are jammed by the Iranian government; what assessment he has made of the compatibility of such actions with international agreements; what steps he has taken to bring such jamming to an end; and if he will make a statement. | | (320170) | 31
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2010, Official Report, column 835W, on Government hospitality: wines, what proportion of the backlog of data has been cleared since the date of that Answer. | | (320075) | 32
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 his Department has received for information about the Government wine cellar in the last three years. | | (320093) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 33
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that West Dorset General Hospitals Trust (a) improves its financial performance and (b) balances its budget. | | (320072) | 34
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department to complete the disposal of its interest in the former health centre at Saxon Square, Christchurch. | | (320073) | 35
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with the West Dorset General Hospitals Trust on his recent visit to Dorchester Hospital on the funding of redundancies. | | (320074) | 36
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the National Health Service of treating patients with diabetes in the last 12 months. | | (319790) | 37
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate the district valuer has made of the monetary value of the Putney Hospital site in each of the last 10 years. | | (320138) | 38
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2010, Official Report, column 56W, on health services: Isle of Man, how many individuals have their details on the dataset; and how much he estimates it would cost to redact personal information from the dataset. | | (319987) | 39
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) the Government paid the Isle of Man government and (b) the Isle of Man government paid the Government for the cost of emergency admission to hospital and treatment under the reciprocal health agreement in each of the last 10 years for which information is available. | | (319988) | 40
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions will govern the exemption from charging of certain categories of UK residents admitted to hospital to receive emergency hospital treatment in the Isle of Man following the ending of the reciprocal health agreement between the UK and the Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement. | | (319989) | 41
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contacts the NHS has had with the National Bullying Helpline; and whether the NHS has made any payments to (a) the National Bullying Helpline and (b) HR and Diversity Management Limited since 2004. | | (320132) | 42
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency since 1997. | | (320181) | 43
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on its consultation on the provisions of the Health Act 2009 relating to tobacco; when he expects to (a) publish a report on the consultation and (b) lay before Parliament the consequent statutory instruments; and if he will make a statement. | | (320169) | 44
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to increase awareness of its advice on the use of mobile telephones by children and young people under the age of 16; and if he will make a statement. | | (320171) | 45
N | Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Care Quality Commission charged organisations for (a) initial and (b) repeat inspections in England in the last 12 months. | | (319908) | 46
N | Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Care Quality Commission charged organisations in Dorset for repeat inspections in the last 12 months. | | (319909) | 47
N | Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Care Quality Commission charged hospices in Dorset for inspections in the last 12 months. | | (319910) | 48
N | Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average charge levied by the Care Quality Commission was for inspections of a (a) hospice and (b) district hospital in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (319911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 49
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for removal from the sex offender register of a person convicted of consensual homosexual activity have been (a) received and (b) approved in each year since 2004. | | (319991) | 50
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners from (a) Ireland and (b) each other European Economic Area country serving mandatory life sentences have been deported or removed in each of the last five years. | | (320071) | 51
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of khat. | | (320108) | 52
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on provision of transport to refuges for victims of domestic violence or honour-related violence; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that local authorities comply with that guidance. | | (320109) | 53
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 159W, on drugs: misuse, when the result of the commissioned research on the impact of khat will be available; and (a) how and (b) when the focus groups will be set up. | | (320110) | 54
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Islwyn of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 849W, on domestic violence, what timetable has been set for (a) funding for national helplines, multi-agency risk assessment conferences, independent domestic violence advisers and other domestic violence related services (b) the development of an online directory of violence against women and girls services; and when those services will be operational. | | (320117) | 55
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested for, (b) prosecuted for, (c) convicted for and (d) acquitted of offences of sexual assault in each of the last 10 years. | | (320118) | 56
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested for, (b) prosecuted for, (c) convicted for and (d) acquitted of offences of rape in each of the last 10 years. | | (320119) | 57
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Islwyn of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 849W, on domestic violence, whether his Department uses methods other than the British Crime Survey to gather information about domestic violence. | | (320139) | 58
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of women (a) in each age group, (b) in each area and (c) of each ethnicity raped in each of the last 10 years. | | (320177) | 59
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration he has given to (a) his policy and (b) the UK Border Agency's practice on the detention of children following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on 19 January 2010 regarding detention. | | (320127) | 60
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cautions were given for (a) violent offences, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage and (h) drugs offences in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such cases were first offences. | | (319701) | 61
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contact his Department has had with the National Bullying Helpline since 2004; and whether his Department has made any payments to (a) the National Bullying Helpline and (b) HR and Diversity Management Limited in that period. | | (320133) | 62
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency since 1997. | | (320180) | 63
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department plans to spend on television advertisements in 2009-10. | | (318974) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 64
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 38W, on Members: allowances, how much has been spent under each budgetary heading referred to in the Answer. | | (319926) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 65
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress has been made on issues covered by point B.10 of the renewed Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the government of Rwanda, with particular reference to the registration of opposition parties in advance of presidential elections in August 2010. | | (320173) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 66
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners from (a) the UK, (b) Ireland and (c) other European Economic Area countries serving mandatory life sentences have been released in each of the last five years. | | (320068) | 67
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners from (a) Ireland and (b) other European Economic Area countries with mandatory life sentences are subject to probation supervision with a residential address in the UK. | | (320069) | 68
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences of (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) other homicide, (d) attempted murder and (e) attempted rape had been committed by offenders on End of Custody Licence. | | (320070) | 69
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) fine and (b) length of sentence for an offence of dangerous driving was in each of the last 10 years. | | (320161) | 70
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) fine and (b) custodial sentence was for convictions for motor offences which resulted in (i) injury and (ii) death in the last 10 years. | | (320162) | 71
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of dangerous driving in each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of those convicted were repeat offenders in each year. | | (320164) | 72
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each age group have been convicted of causing death or bodily harm through driving in each of the smallest geographical areas for which figures are available in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of those convicted were repeat offenders. | | (320168) | 73
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the management structure will be of the All-Wales Probation Trust. | | (319839) | 74
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether people (a) whose date of birth was unavailable, (b) sent to prison before 1979 and (c) who had been reservists counted for the purposes of his Department's determination of the number of veterans in jails in England and Wales. | | (319840) | 75
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are planned to assist new private prisons to reduce levels of prison overcrowding. | | (320094) | 76
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many illicit mobile phones were found in each prison in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those phones were found (a) on staff, (b) on prisoners and (c) in communal areas. | | (320095) | 77
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research into the means by which illicit mobile phones are brought into prisons. | | (320096) | 78
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the incidence of serious organsied crime in prison which involves the trafficking of drugs. | | (320097) | 79
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how data found on illicit mobile phones in prisons is being analysed by the prison service. | | (320098) | 80
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the level of serious organised crime activity in prisons. | | (320099) | 81
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pornographic or violent images of (a) children and (b) adults have been found on illicit mobile phones seized from prisoners in the last three years. | | (320100) | 82
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought following the discovery of pornographic or violent images on mobile phones seized from prisoners. | | (320101) | 83
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent assessment of the level of transfer between illicit mobile phones in prisons of violent or pornographic images. | | (320102) | 84
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contact the Prison Service has had with the National Bullying Helpline since 2004; and whether the Prison Service has made any payments to (a) the National Bullying Helpline and (b) HR and Diversity Management Limited in that period. | | (320135) | 85
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency since 1997. | | (320184) | 86
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements have been made to re-categorise (a) HMP Morton Hall and (b) HMP Foston Hall from semi-open to closed prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (320165) | 87
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department undertook on the effect on women in prison of the removal of the semi-open category of prison. | | (320185) | Questions to the Leader of the House 88
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will take steps to ensure that all written questions due for answer on a named day before dissolution of Parliament receive a substantive answer. | | (320112) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 89
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to (a) upgrade, (b) improve safety and (c) relieve congestion on the A12 between its junction with the M25 and Witham; and if he will make a statement. | | (319082) | 90
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress has been made on reducing levels of overcrowding on the passenger rail service between Chelmsford and London Liverpool Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (319083) | 91
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assistance the Government is giving to (a) Essex County Council and (b) other local authorities to repair potholes and damage to road surfaces following the severe weather in the last two winters; and if he will make a statement. | | (319364) | 92
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to introduce a facility for payment of tolls by credit or debit card at the Dartford-Thurrock river crossing. | | (319789) | 93
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many of his Department's staff (a) are seconded to BAA and (b) were so seconded in each of the last five years; what the roles were of such personnel; and if he will make a statement. | | (320136) | 94
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many staff from BAA (a) are seconded to his Department and (b) were so seconded in each of the last five years; what the roles were of such personnel; and if he will make a statement. | | (320137) | 95
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people (a) over and (b) under retirement age in each police force area have had their driving licence withdrawn in each of the last five years. | | (320130) | 96
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will make it a legal requirement for commercial passenger airlines to provide free lavatory facilities for passengers on all international flights using UK airports. | | (319702) | 97
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many vehicles were impounded for unpaid vehicle excise duty in each of the last three years. | | (319703) | 98
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many vehicles built before 1 January 1973 there were registered in the UK in (a) 1997, (b) 2003 and (c) 2009. | | (319704) | 99
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many other nations shared the UK position at the meeting of EU Transport Ministers on 12 February 2010 in A Coruña, Spain that the European Commission action plan on urban mobility should not lead to further legislation; and if he will make it his policy that UK cities and regions will retain the freedom to implement locally relevant solutions. | | (319705) | 100
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what contacts the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has had with the National Bullying Helpline since 2004; and whether the agency has made any payments to (a) the National Bullying Helpline and (b) HR and Diversity Management Limited in that period. | | (320131) | 101
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on that constituency since 1997. | | (320186) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 102
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was between a referral from Jobcentre Plus and the first appointment with a Pathways to Work provider for claimants of incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (319975) | 103
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a work capability assessment to be conducted for claimants for employment and support allowance in the latest period for which information is available. | | (319976) | 104
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance have been sanctioned in the latest period for which information is available; and what the monetary value was of those sanctions. | | (319977) | 105
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of employment and support allowance had attended their first interview with a Jobcentre Plus personal adviser before attending their first appointment with a medical professional working for ATOS in the latest period for which information is available. | | (319978) | 106
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her latest assessment is of the administrative efficiency of the referral process for incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance claimants to Pathways to Work providers; whether it is the practice of Jobcentre Plus that its staff may not send client referral information electronically to providers; and what discussions she has had on introduction of IT arrangements to assist Jobcentre Plus with the administration of referrals to Pathways to Work providers. | | (319979) | 107
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance in each quarter since April 2008. | | (320141) | 108
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed pension credit in each quarter since April 2008. | | (320174) | 109
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of her Department's policies on that constituency since 1997. | | (320183) | 110
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to her Department is of the agreements it has entered into with mobile telephone operators to provide free calls to the Department's 0800 numbers from a mobile telephone. | | (319980) | 111
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what mechanisms she plans to ensure that prime contractors in respect of work choice programmes include third sector and small and medium-sized enterprises as sub-contractors in their bids for contracts. | | (320076) | 112
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bids have been made for work choice programmes; and in how many of those bids sub-contractors have been streamlined. | | (320077) | 113
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department holds for benchmarking purposes information on the operation of the Prime Contractor model in (a) Australia and (b) the Netherlands. | | (320103) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 114
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have claimed jobseeker's allowance in each quarter since April 2008. | | [Transferred] (320172) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 115
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many lifeboat stations in England had (a) a decrease, (b) no change, (c) a one to 20 per cent. increase, (d) a 21 to 50 per cent. increase, (e) a 51 to 100 per cent. increase, (f) a 101 to 150 per cent. increase, (g) a 151 to 200 per cent. increase, (h) a 201 to 300 per cent. increase and (i) an increase of over 300 per cent. in their rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List. | | [Transferred] (320142) | 116
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 individual lifeboat stations hereditaments in England have the biggest percentage change in rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List; and what the (a) postcode and (b) percentage change in rateable value is for each of these hereditaments. | | [Transferred] (320143) | 117
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many stately homes and historic houses participating in the national scheme in England had (a) a decrease, (b) no change, (c) a one to 20 per cent. increase, (d) a 21 to 50 per cent. increase, (e) a 51 to 100 per cent. increase, (f) a 101 to 150 per cent. increase, (g) a 151 to 200 per cent. increase, (h) a 201 to 300 per cent. increase and (i) an increase of over 300 per cent. in their rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List. | | [Transferred] (320144) | 118
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 individual hereditaments of stately homes and historic houses participating in the national scheme in England have the biggest percentage change in rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List; and what the (a) postcode and (b) percentage change in rateable value is for each of these hereditaments. | | [Transferred] (320145) | 119
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many holiday centres in England had (a) a decrease, (b) no change, (c) a one to 20 per cent. increase, (d) a 21 to 50 per cent. increase, (e) a 51 to 100 per cent. increase, (f) a 101 to 150 per cent. increase, (g) a 151 to 200 per cent. increase, (h) a 201 to 300 per cent. increase and (i) an increase of over 300 per cent. in their rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List. | | [Transferred] (320146) | 120
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 individual holiday centre hereditaments in England have the biggest percentage change in rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List; and what the (a) postcode and (b) percentage change in rateable value is for each of these hereditaments. | | [Transferred] (320147) | 121
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many coastguard stations in England had (a) a decrease, (b) no change, (c) a one to 20 per cent. increase, (d) a 21 to 50 per cent. increase, (e) a 51 to 100 per cent. increase, (f) a 101 to 150 per cent. increase, (g) a 151 to 200 per cent. increase, (h) a 201 to 300 per cent. increase and (i) an increase of over 300 per cent. in their rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List. | | [Transferred] (320148) | 122
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 individual coastguard station hereditaments in England have the biggest percentage change in rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List; and what the (a) postcode and (b) percentage change in rateable value is for each of these hereditaments. | | [Transferred] (320149) | 123
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vineyards or wineries in England had (a) a decrease, (b) no change, (c) a one to 20 per cent. increase, (d) a 21 to 50 per cent. increase, (e) a 51 to 100 per cent. increase, (f) a 101 to 150 per cent. increase, (g) a 151 to 200 per cent. increase, (h) a 201 to 300 per cent. increase and (i) an increase of over 300 per cent. in their rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List. | | [Transferred] (320150) | 124
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 individual hereditaments of vineyards or wineries in England have the biggest percentage change in rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List; and what the (a) postcode and (b) percentage change in rateable value is for each of these hereditaments. | | [Transferred] (320151) | 125
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) hotels rated 4-star and above and chain operated hotels rated 3-star in the national scheme and (b) hotels rated 3-star and below in England had (i) a decrease, (ii) no change, (iii) a one to 20 per cent. increase, (iv) a 21 to 50 per cent. increase, (v) a 51 to 100 per cent. increase, (vi) a 101 to 150 per cent. increase, (vii) a 151 to 200 per cent. increase, (viii) a 201 to 300 per cent. increase and (ix) an increase of over 300 per cent. in their rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List. | | [Transferred] (320152) | 126
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 individual hereditaments of (a) hotels rated 4-star and above and chain-operated hotels rated 3-star in the national scheme and (b) rated 3-star and below in England have the biggest percentage change in rateable value between the 2005 Rating List and the 2010 Rating List; and what the (i) postcode and (ii) percentage change in rateable value is for each of these hereditaments. | | [Transferred] (320153) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 127
| Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, to which projects the funding formerly allocated to the School Transport Pathfinder pilots has been assigned. | | [R] [Transferred] (320140) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 128
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the banning of mephedrone in the UK. | | [Transferred] (320113) | 129
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce proposals to ban the sale of mephedrone in the UK. | | [Transferred] (320114) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 130
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £100 million committed to forestry in Poznan in December 2008 has been (a) allocated and (b) spent. | | [Transferred] (319992) |
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