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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 5 March 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 5 March 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 5 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 Friday 5 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 5 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of Royal Mail sorting centres. | | (320740) | 2
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many sub-postmasters have had back-payments collected from them by Post Office Ltd in relation to ATMs installed in their branches; and from how many Post Office Ltd continues seek to collect such back-payments. | | (321089) | 3
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Post Office Ltd on the collection of back-payments from sub-postmasters for ATMs in their branches; and if he will make a statement. | | (321090) | 4
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value of and (b) amount of interest incurred in respect of student loans in each year since 2004-05. | | (321116) | 5
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what reports his Department has received of instances of malpractice by chartered accountants in company financial audits since January 2008. | | (321045) | 6
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many post office branches there were in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) Greater London in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (321060) | 7
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321128) | 8
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were paid at the rate of the national minimum wage in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (321077) | 9
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in (a) the North West, (b) the City of Manchester and (c) Manchester Central constituency have received financial assistance from his Department and its predecessor since December 2007. | | (321038) | 10
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to announce the appointment of a new Chief Executive for Royal Mail Group; and if he will make a statement. | | (320978) | 11
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1105W, on banks, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of establishing a state-owned investment bank; and if he will make a statement. | | (321079) | 12
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that opportunities for market entry are maximised under the proposed combined auction by OFCOM of spectrum for wireless broadband usage. | | (321050) | 13
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on new entrants to the market of the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Orange. | | (321051) | 14
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons he is providing direction to OFCOM to implement wireless radio spectrum modernisation. | | (321052) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 15
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have moved from being (a) unemployed and (b) economically inactive to employed in each quarter in each (i) region and (ii) country of the UK since 2007; and what proportion of the labour force this represented in each (A) quarter and (B) such area. | | (321064) | 16
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by her Department to assist special advisers. | | (321129) | 17
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will estimate the cost to her Department of delaying the publication of the 2011 Census questionnaire by (a) three and (b) six months. | | (321063) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 18
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the merits of making submission of value added tax returns online voluntary instead of compulsory from April 2010. | | (321093) | 19
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints from UK businesses HM Revenue and Customs has received regarding its plans to make submission of value added tax returns online compulsory from April 2010. | | (321094) | 20
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of (a) male and (b) female workers were in the same job as 12 months earlier in each (i) region and (ii) country of the UK in each year since 2006. | | (321117) | 21
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of (a) UK investment overseas and (b) foreign direct investment in the UK has been in each year since 2006; what proportion of investment in the UK was represented by foreign direct investment in each year; and what the level of investment in the UK was in each such year. | | (321121) | 22
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information (a) Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) Halifax Bank of Scotland provided to his Department on 6 to 7 October 2008 on the extent of their holdings of sub-prime assets. | | (321044) | 23
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingent liabilities of over £100,000 each Government department has; and on what date Parliament was informed of the contingent liability in each case. | | (321124) | 24
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much lottery duty has been paid by the National Lottery in each of the last three years. | | (321055) | 25
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321125) | 26
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 305530, tabled by the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge on 4 December 2009, on alcohol and entertainment. | | (321186) | 27
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tests HM Revenue and Customs applies when determining domicile; and what investigations are normally undertaken in the cause of applying such tests. | | (320738) | 28
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK citizens acquired a new domicile of choice and retained long-term UK residence in each year since 2000. | | (320739) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 29
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department plans to take under the new burdens commitment to fund local authorities to implement recommendations made following investigations of the circumstances surrounding the death of Baby P. | | (320741) | 30
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in the London Borough of Bexley in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (321057) | 31
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321130) | 32
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England have received education maintenance allowance in each year since its inception. | | (321112) | 33
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils achieved at least five GCSE grades at A* to C in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (321113) | 34
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average pay was of a teacher in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (321114) | 35
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teaching assistants have been employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (321115) | 36
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how long each local authority's Director of Children's Services has been in post. | | (321084) | 37
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average tenure was of the Director of Children's Services in each local authority in the last 10 years. | | (321085) | 38
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has provided to schools in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire for broadband services in each of the last five years; how much funding he plans to provide in future years; and if he will make a statement. | | (321047) | 39
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the relative fitness levels of pupils who walk or cycle to school compared to those who are driven. | | (320940) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 40
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties there are in each council tax band in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne; and how many in each such band are (a) empty and (b) in each exemption class. | | (321042) | 41
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty property management orders have been (a) applied for and (b) issued by (i) Newcastle upon Tyne Council, (ii) Gateshead Council, (iii) South Tyneside Council and (iv) North Tyneside Council to date. | | (321118) | 42
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last three years. | | (321031) | 43
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of houses auctioned following default on mortgage payments have been bought by individuals or companies associated with the defaulter in the last 12 months. | | (321046) | 44
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321131) | 45
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to allow with immediate effect local authorities to spend all their right-to-buy receipts ring-fenced on housing revenue account housing. | | (320809) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 46
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether Arts Council England has agreed a business plan for the Waygood Art Galley project, High Bridge, Newcastle. | | (321040) | 47
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding Arts Council England has allocated to the Waygood Gallery project, High Bridge, Newcastle to date. | | (321041) | 48
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public houses there were in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (321058) | 49
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries there were in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. | | (321059) | 50
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321132) | 51
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an investigation into the reasons for the closure of tourist and visitor centres in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (320975) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 52
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has provided for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association in each of the last five years. | | (321091) | 53
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding has been allocated to UK rehabilitation centres for wounded servicemen and women in each of the last five years; and how much such funding is planned for the next three years. | | (321092) | 54
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department plans a retention period of one month for reports of unidentified flying objects. | | (320982) | 55
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321133) | 56
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Pashto and (b) Dari interpreters are employed by his Department. | | (321153) | 57
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of interpreters working for his Department in Afghanistan (a) have been recruited from the local population and (b) are British nationals; and if he will make a statement. | | (321154) | 58
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding is available for service personnel language training in (a) Pashto and (b) Dari in 2009-10. | | (321155) | 59
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been discharged from each of the armed forces for alcohol abuse since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (320771) | 60
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compulsory drug tests for each substance were failed in each of the armed services since 2001. | | [R] (320772) | 61
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of personnel of each of the armed forces were administratively discharged in each year since 2001. | | [R] (320773) | 62
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were discharged from each of the armed forces on grounds of mental illness under each international classification of diseases code in each year since 2001. | | [R] (320774) | 63
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on awarding medals to members of the armed forces who served in Aden during the period June 1960 to July 1964. | | (321049) | 64
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK military assets are based in Bahrain. | | (320969) | 65
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many naval assets of each type are tasked under Operation Calash. | | (320970) | 66
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels are deployed in the Middle East; and what are their tasks. | | (320971) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 67
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many houses have been insulated in Bolton under Government schemes in each of the last five years. | | (321189) | 68
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much uranium has been imported from each country for civilian uses in each year since 1997. | | (320983) | 69
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Office for Civil Nuclear Security will provide (i) personnel and (ii) resources to the Euratom/Joint Research Centre Research Laboratory in Karlsruhe. | | (321123) | 70
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321134) | 71
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has undertaken research into the comparative effectiveness of wind turbines and fossil fuel generation in producing electricity; and if he will make a statement. | | (320976) | 72
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has undertaken research into the cost of (a) installing and (b) maintaining (i) off-shore and (ii) on-shore wind turbines in relation to (A) their capacity factor and (B) the price of electricity produced in each of these ways; and if he will make a statement. | | (320977) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 73
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321135) | 74
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information was provided by Nottinghamshire County Council to his Department on its mineral plans and aggregates levy sustainability fund (ALSF) spending criteria in reaching devolved ALSF funding agreements with his Department. | | (321032) | 75
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of minerals extracted from quarries in Nottinghamshire was from the parish of Misson in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much aggregates levy sustainability fund money has been spent in projects in Misson in the last 10 years. | | (321033) | 76
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency have provided to (i) Tewkesbury Council and (ii) Gloucestershire County Council for flood prevention schemes since the flooding of July 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (321053) | 77
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency have provided to (i) Tewkesbury Council and (ii) Gloucestershire County Council for repairs relating to flooding of July 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (321054) | 78
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of equine infectious anaemia were reported in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (320968) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 79
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321136) | 80
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 214W, on departmental public expenditure, whether he expects there to be a shortfall between the estimated savings to be made by his Department and its agencies in 2010-11 and the estimated loss to his Department's budget for that year arising from exchange rate movements. | | (320808) | 81
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on negotiations on the content of the proposed UN Arms Trade Treaty; when he expects negotiations to be completed and a text to be laid before the House; what discussions his Department has had with Shorts Bombardier on the effects of such a treaty on (a) that company and (b) the defence industry; and what steps will be taken to consult representations of the defence industry if a draft Treaty is agreed by the UN. | | (320941) | 82
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a specific assessment of the extent of damage caused by Israeli armed forces to projects in Gaza which have been (a) constructed and (b) financed with UK assistance since the Oslo Peace Accords. | | (320972) | 83
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 3 February 2010 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent. | | (320742) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 84
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on marketing and advertising to encourage the responsible consumption of alcohol in each of the last five years. | | (321157) | 85
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in weekly and regional newspapers in each of the last three years. | | (321078) | 86
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people registered with general practitioners in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since 1997. | | (321061) | 87
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321137) | 88
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by his Department to increase levels of compliance with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' guidelines on preventing group B streptococcal infection in newborn babies. | | (321081) | 89
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department provides on preventing group B streptococcal infection in newborn babies. | | (321082) | 90
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of people in prison who have (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C. | | (321148) | 91
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on policy on (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C. | | (321149) | 92
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what epidemiology and surveillance studies commissioned by his Department are being undertaken into (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C. | | (321150) | 93
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on surveillance and epidemiology of (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | (321151) | 94
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the likely effects of plans for future numbers of university places on the numbers of midwives in training; and if he will make a statement. | | (321086) | 95
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that the findings from his assessment of the swine influenza pandemic campaign will inform planning for the NHS response to seasonal influenza. | | (321088) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 96
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-seeking families from (a) Afghanistan, (b) the Democratic Republic of Congo and (c) Somalia have been detained at (i) Dungavel House, (ii) Tinsley House and (iii) Yarl's Wood in each of the last six years. | | (321095) | 97
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity is at (a) Dungavel House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) Yarl's Wood for detainees; and whether that capacity has ever been reached in each case. | | (321096) | 98
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff employed at (a) Dungavel House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) Yarl's Wood have not had a Criminal Records Bureau check completed. | | (321097) | 99
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times staff have been employed at (a) Dungavel House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) Yarl's Wood before completion of their Criminal Records Bureau check in each of the last six years. | | (321098) | 100
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of self-harm by (a) women, (b) men, (c) children under 18 years old and (d) children under 10 years old requiring medical treatment there were at each immigration removal centre in the UK in each of the last six years. | | (321099) | 101
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of self-harm by (a) women, (b) men, (c) children under 18 years old and (d) children under 10 years old were recorded at each immigration removal centre in the UK in each of the last six years. | | (321100) | 102
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hunger strikes were recorded at each immigration removal centre in the UK in each of the last six years; and how many of them involved (a) male parents detained with their children, (b) female parents detained with their children, (c) children aged under 18 years old and (d) children aged under 10 years old. | | (321101) | 103
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent nurses provided health services at (a) Dungavel House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) Yarl's Wood in each of the last six years. | | (321102) | 104
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the Alternatives to Detention pilot in Glasgow in 2007 to 2010; and how much funding has allocated to the pilot for the next three financial years. | | (321103) | 105
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent general practitioners provided health services at (a) Dungavel House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) Yarl's Wood in each of the last six years. | | (321104) | 106
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families are included in the Alternatives to Detention pilot being run in Glasgow; and whether there are plans to increase the number. | | (321105) | 107
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology is used to decide which families will take part in the Alternatives to Detention pilot in Glasgow. | | (321106) | 108
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) families, (b) individuals, (c) children aged under 18, (d) children aged under 16 and (e) children aged under 10 have taken part in the Alternatives to Detention pilot in Glasgow. | | (321107) | 109
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) families, (b) children aged under 18, (c) children aged under 16 and (d) children aged under 10 have been transferred from Dungavel House to Yarl's Wood in each of the last six years. | | (321108) | 110
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of detention at (a) Dungavel House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) Yarl's Wood was for (i) a family, (ii) an individual, (iii) children aged under 18, (iv) children aged under 16 and (v) children aged under 10 in each year since 2004. | | (321109) | 111
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) families, (b) children aged under 18, (c) children aged under 16 and (d) children aged under 10 have been detained at (i) Dungavel House, (ii) Tinsley House and (iii) Yarl's Wood in 2010. | | (321110) | 112
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) families, (b) children aged under 18, (c) children aged under 16 and (d) children aged under 10 were detained at (i) Dungavel House, (ii) Tinsley House and (iii) Yarl's Wood in each year since 2004. | | (321111) | 113
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staff to detainee ratio was at each UK immigration removal centre in each of the last six years. | | (321184) | 114
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what ministerial visits have been made to (a) Dungavel House, (b) Tinsley House and (c) Yarl's Wood in each of the last 10 years; and what such ministerial visits are planned for 2010. | | (321185) | 115
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence his Department has on the proportion of anti-social behaviour that is alcohol-related. | | (321147) | 116
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what projects his Department is operating to encourage the responsible consumption of alcohol; and how much is being spent on each. | | (321156) | 117
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) youths, (b) adult males and (c) adult females in custody following sentencing who experienced (i) drug dependency health problems, (ii) alcohol dependency health problems and (iii) serious mental health problems in the last 12 months. | | (321122) | 118
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London have been prosecuted for offences related to the employment of people who did not have permission to work in the UK since 1997. | | (321056) | 119
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each local authority area have been granted discretionary leave to remain in the UK in each year since 1997. | | (321087) | 120
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321138) | 121
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adult and (b) child asylum seekers have been removed from the UK by the Third Country Unit under the provisions of the Dublin Regulation EC No. 343/2003 to date. | | (320864) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 122
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2010, Official Report, column 837W, on Members: expenses, what the estimated cost is of each change of use of offices referred to in the Answer; and from which budget this expenditure will come. | | (320974) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 123
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has provided to the Afghan government to develop copper mining in Afghanistan in the last five years. | | (320980) | 124
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321140) | 125
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts from other G20 countries on the purchasing of the debt of developing countries by investment funds and subsequent use of that debt; and if he will make a statement. | | (321048) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 126
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321139) | 127
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Garter Banner uniforms, decorations and other related artifacts of Kaiser Wilhelm II which relate to his honorary rank as United Kingdom Field Marshal and Honorary Colonel-in-Chief of United Kingdom regiments prior to 1914 are in the custody of the Royal Household; and if he will make a statement. | | (321126) | 128
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the uniforms, decorations and other related artifacts of HM King George V which relate to his honorary rank as a German Field Marshall or as Honorary Colonel of German regiments prior to 1914 are still in the custody of the Royal Household; and if he will make a statement. | | (321127) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 129
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent progress has been made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in its investigation into the death of Gary Whattley in Belfast on 4 November 2005. | | (321062) | 130
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321141) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 131
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321142) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 132
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the proposed improvements to the junction of the A1058 and A19 are concluded in a way that makes appropriate provision for further future improvement works on the A19 to be carried out, with particular reference to traffic flow arrangements during any period of construction. | | (320807) | 133
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department had spent on concessionary bus travel for pensioners in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Stroud constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (321039) | 134
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what powers the Secretary of State has to (a) suspend and (b) revoke the civil parking enforcement powers exercised by a local authority; and what criteria he uses to determine whether it is appropriate to exercise such powers. | | (320958) | 135
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he takes to assess the performance of local authorities in respect of civil parking enforcement. | | (320959) | 136
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321143) | 137
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of mutual recognition of concessionary bus travel passes between England and Wales. | | (320936) | 138
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to provide additional diesel trains for rail services in the North of England. | | (321083) | 139
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) effect on time taken for passengers to pass through security of the use of different types of scanners used to detect liquids. | | (321187) | 140
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what work his Department is undertaking to test systems for screening liquids in airports. | | (321188) | 141
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the continuing availability of discretionary travel arrangements in rural areas for (a) elderly and (b) disabled persons; and if he will make a statement. | | (320979) | 142
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how he will ensure the Civil Aviation Authority fulfils its commitment to maintain the UK Instruments Meteorological Conditions Pilots Licence rating. | | (321152) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 143
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers. | | (321145) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 144
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the economic activity rate was for (a) men and (b) women with (i) no long-term health problems, (ii) long-term health problems, (iii) long-term musculo-skeletal problems, (iv) chest problems, (v) heart problems, (vi) mental illnesses and (vii) learning difficulties in each (A) region and (B) country of the UK in (1) 2006 and (2) 2009. | | (321043) | 145
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit recipients there were in (i) the City of Newcastle, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) North Tyneside and (iv) Gateshead in each quarter between February 2007 and February 2010. | | (321119) | 146
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the monetary value of (a) claimed and (b) unclaimed council tax benefit by each client group in 2008-09. | | (321120) | 147
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) food banks and (b) food co-operatives providing free or affordable food for poor people. | | (320981) | 148
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by her Department to assist special advisers. | | (321146) | 149
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 86WS, on Right to Control (Trailblazer sites) how many bids her Department received to become Trailblazer sites; and what the name was of each bidder. | | (320934) | 150
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the £38 million for Jobcentre Plus referred to in the 2008 National Carers Strategy intended to help carers to move into work has been spent by Jobcentre Plus to date; on what projects and programmes it has been spent; and whether the whole amount is ring-fenced for employment support for carers. | | (320935) | 151
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) schemes and (b) programmes her Department offers to its staff to enable them to undertake volunteering work; and if she will make a statement. | | (320937) | 152
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand for employment support from carers; and how many carers have been helped into work as a result of the £38 million funding for employment support for carers referred to in the 2008 National Carers Strategy for Carers. | | (320938) | 153
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how (a) her Department and (b) the Work Choice prime contractor will ensure that participants with learning difficulties are not adversely affected by the transition to new employment officers. | | (320769) | 154
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the relative levels of (a) personal service and (b) altruistic benefit offered by (i) third sector and small to medium-sized providers and (ii) large employment organisations under the Work Choice programme. | | (320770) | 155
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects to answer questions (a) 316961 and (b) 316962, tabled on 8 February 2010 by the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire. | | (320939) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 156
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what average length of time young persons who have been unemployed for six months or more in each district of Manchester have been unemployed. | | [Transferred] (321080) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 157
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices for disorder have been issued for the offence of consuming alcohol in a designated public place in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in fines for such notices in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (321034) | 158
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices for disorder have been issued for the offence of being drunk in a highway in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in fines for such notices in each of the three years. | | [Transferred] (321035) | 159
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued for the offence of purchasing alcohol on behalf of a person under 18 in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in fines for such notices in each of those years. | | [Transferred] (321036) | 160
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued for the offence of buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18 in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in fines for such notices in each of those years. | | [Transferred] (321037) | 161
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) prosecuted, (b) convicted and (c) received the maximum available fine for the offence of not obeying an instruction to stop drinking in a designated public place in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (321158) | 162
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued for the offence of being drunk and disorderly in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in fines in each of those years. | | [Transferred] (321159) | 163
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued for the offence of selling alcohol to a person under 18 years old in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in fines in each of those years. | | [Transferred] (321160) |
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