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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 March 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 March 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 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 Wednesday 10 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 10 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have completed apprenticeships in York in each year since 1996-97. | | (321693) | 2
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average weekly gross earnings of full-time (a) men, (b) women and (c) people in York were (i) in 1996-97 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available (A) in cash terms and (B) at constant prices. | | (321695) | 3
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York exported goods or services to (i) other EU countries and (ii) non-EU countries in the last 12 months. | | (321726) | 4
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses there were in City of York (a) unitary local authority area and (b) constituency in each year since 1997. | | (321727) | 5
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of people aged 24 years or under in (a) the City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England are in education, employment or training. | | (321728) | 6
| Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the extent to which income at the rate of the national minimum wage is sufficient to meet the average cost of living. | | (321620) | 7
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions officials of his Department have had with officials of the Department for Children, Schools and Families on required teaching qualifications for (a) schools and (b) further education colleges. | | (321674) | 8
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have attended on apprenticeship targets. | | (321675) | 9
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent meetings on university targets (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have attended. | | (321676) | 10
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many pieces of information (a) universities and (b) further education colleges are required to gather on individual students by the time of their enrolment. | | (321678) | 11
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has allocated funding to combating Islamic extremism in educational establishments in 2009-10. | | (321681) | 12
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of students (a) suspended and (b) expelled from university as the result of extremist religious activity in each year since 2001. | | (321682) | 13
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what written guidance his Department has issued to educational establishments on reducing levels of (a) religious and (b) political extremism in those establishments. | | (321684) | 14
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of measures planned by his Department to reduce extremism in educational establishments with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998. | | (321685) | 15
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what working groups his Department has which undertake work on combating religious extremism at universities. | | (321686) | 16
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many freedom of information requests his Department, its predecessors and its executive agencies replied to in each of the last five years. | | (321687) | 17
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people completed an apprenticeship in each industry or service sector in each quarter of the last five years. | | (321688) | 18
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were (a) started and (b) completed by residents of each (i) local authority area and (ii) constituency in each quarter of the last three years. | | (321696) | 19
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people resident in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area (i) applied for and (ii) were accepted for a place at university in each of the last three years. | | (321697) | 20
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has provided funding to Islamic organisations in each year since 2005. | | (321698) | 21
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people of each age in each local authority area had a debt with the Student Loans Company on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (321699) | 22
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what studies his Department has carried out on the specific absorption rate of mobile telephones. | | (321408) | 23
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the maximum specific absorption rate for mobile telephone radiation has been set at 2W/kg; and if he will consider the merits of reducing it to 1.6W/kg. | | (321409) | 24
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce regulations requiring mobile telephone manufacturers to display prominently and advertise the specific absorption rate of radiation energy for each model they manufacture. | | (321410) | 25
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the filing times for accounts at Companies House for limited companies has been changed from 10 months after the accounting year end to nine months; and if he will make a statement. | | (321411) | 26
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses employing fewer than 50 people were declared insolvent in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency in (i) each of the last 12 months and (ii) each of the last five years. | | (321443) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 27
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent civil servants have been employed in (a) City of York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1997. | | (321692) | 28
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2010, Official Report, columns 995-6W, on unemployment, how many economically inactive people of working age who were long-term sick or disabled wanted employment in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) each of the last eight quarters. | | (321641) | 29
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the threat to the Government's critical infrastructure of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity. | | (321761) | 30
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the threat of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity was not included in the Government's Cyber Security Strategy. | | (321764) | 31
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent by the Central Office of Information on advertising in the first three quarters of financial year 2009-10. | | (321715) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 32
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the effect on tax exemptions for charities of EU state aid rules. | | (321239) | 33
N | Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the implementation of recommendations made by Sir Michael Lyons in his review of public sector relocation. | | (321241) | 34
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the state earnings-related pension scheme (SERPS) by 2.5 per cent. in line with the basic state pension; and what recent guidance his Department has issued to those considering a SERPS pension. | | (321713) | 35
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to improve the tax incentives to charities engaged in tree planting and reforestation with traditional species of tree. | | (321543) | 36
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the £30,000 remittance basis charge in the 2008-09 tax year; how many people claimed to be non-domiciled in the UK in 2008-09 tax returns; and how many such people were resident in the UK. | | (320748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 37
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been provided by his Department (a) for education maintenance allowances, (b) under the Entry to Employment programme and (c) under the Behaviour Improvement programme since the introduction of each such scheme; and how many people in Birmingham have received assistance under each of those schemes. | | (321573) | 38
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools for pupils with special educational needs have (a) opened and (b) closed in England since 1997. | | (321445) | 39
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average staff to pupil ratio is in secondary schools in (a) North East Hertfordshire and (b) England. | | (321673) | 40
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects on the critical infrastructure of his Department of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity. | | (321756) | 41
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of one-to-one tuition for pupils with (a) high and (b) low attainment at Key Stage 1. | | (321714) | 42
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure that all schoolchildren have access to swimming lessons within school hours. | | (321716) | 43
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to increase the quality and quantity of drama provision in the primary school curriculum. | | (321717) | 44
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the (a) administrative burden on teachers and (b) number of national performance standards for schools in the last 12 months. | | (321718) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 45
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish further proposals for reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system; and if he will make a statement. | | (321709) | 46
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his further proposals on reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system will include recommendations in respect of the (a) revenue and (b) capital elements. | | (321710) | 47
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he expects his further proposals for reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system to increase the total housing debt of local authorities. | | (321711) | 48
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his further proposals on reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system will enable local authorities to (a) borrow against existing housing stock and (b) develop a long-term sustainable business plan. | | (321712) | 49
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council and housing association homes in Birmingham did not meet the decent homes standard in each year since 1997; and how much funding his Department provided to upgrade council and housing association homes in Birmingham in each of those years. | | (321566) | 50
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in Birmingham have received assistance through (a) the Mortgage Rescue Scheme, (b) the Homeowners Mortgage Scheme and (c) Support for Mortgage Interest. | | (321567) | 51
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what projects and programmes Preventing Violent Extremism funds will be spent in Northamptonshire in 2009-10. | | (321647) | 52
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1154W, on non-domestic rates: ports, who took the decision that port businesses should be separately rated; and when the decision was taken. | | (321732) | 53
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1152W, on non-domestic rates: ports, what assessment has been made of the effect of the ending of prescription of rating (a) on the work of the Valuation Office Agency, (b) businesses within the prescribed ports and (c) the system of rating businesses separately. | | (321733) | 54
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1152-3W, on non-domestic rates: ports, when the cumulo rating system was ended; by what means it was ended; and what notice was given to port owners of its ending. | | (321734) | 55
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Building for Life assessments were carried out in each of the last three years; and how many resulted in an assessment of (a) very good, (b) good, (c) average and (d) poor. | | (321548) | 56
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is charged by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment for Building for Life assessor accreditation. | | (321549) | 57
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local planning authority staff have been trained by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment to become accredited Building for Life assessors. | | (321550) | 58
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has received for training local planning authority assessors in the Building for Life programme. | | (321551) | 59
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local planning authorities in England have at least one accredited assessor for Building for Life; whether it is his Department's policy to require all local authorities to have at least one accredited assessor; and if he will make a statement. | | (321552) | 60
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many development plans submitted as part of the Kickstart Round 1 process were deemed (a) very good, (b) good, (c) average and (d) poor when first assessed against the Building for Life standard. | | (321553) | 61
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many assessments were added to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's Assessment Register in each of the last three years. | | (321555) | 62
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Building for Life assessments carried out for Kickstart developments have been reassessed following a request from (a) the Homes and Communities Agency and (b) the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. | | (321556) | 63
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what annual fees are charged by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment for continued accreditation for Building for Life assessors. | | (321557) | 64
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many architectural assessments of each Kickstart development were made; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such assessment. | | (321558) | 65
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what scores were given to each Kickstart development during its first assessment; for what reason each was subsequently re-scored; and what score was later applied to each development. | | (321559) | 66
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments were made by the Homes and Communities Agency to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last three years. | | (321560) | 67
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what liabilities the Homes and Communities Agency has in relation to rent subsidy for tenants signed up to the Rent to HomeBuy scheme for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12. | | (321561) | 68
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Rent to HomeBuy tenants are expected to purchase a share in their home in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and what estimate has been made of the costs of the scheme in each of those years. | | (321563) | 69
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the social homes provided through the temporary social housing programme in each of the last three years were available for (a) up to five years, (b) from six to 10 years, (c) from 11 to 15 years and (d) from 16 years or more. | | (321564) | 70
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Homes and Communities Agency grant for Rent to HomeBuy properties is paid (a) at the start or (b) on an ongoing basis during an intermediate rent tenancy. | | (321565) | 71
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1127-28W, on affordable housing: finance, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the funding allocated to Rent to HomeBuy for 2010-11 which will be used for (a) existing tenants' rent subsidies and (b) new completions. | | (321581) | 72
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1127-28W, on affordable housing: finance, whether the allocations to the Rent to HomeBuy scheme assume that 100 per cent. of tenants will purchase a share in their home. | | (321582) | 73
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1330-1332W, on social rented housing: finance, what the average duration of availability was for social homes provided through the Temporary Social Housing programme in each of the last three years. | | (321589) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 74
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of cinemas equipped to show films with subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired. | | (321649) | 75
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many enquiries from households in Gordon constituency have been received by the Digital UK Help Scheme; and how many of those households were eligible to receive the digital conversion service free of charge. | | (321650) | 76
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland which have (i) one television set and (ii) two or more television sets; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of such households which have (A) one televsion set and (B) two or more television sets tuned to receive digital services. | | (321651) | 77
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland which have (i) one digital radio and (ii) two or more digital radios. | | (321653) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers were employed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last three years; and how many were employed at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (321587) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department provided in grant-in-aid to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last three years. | | (321611) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 80
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library an unclassified copy of the 7th Armoured Brigade Post Operation Tour Report of Op Telic 1. | | (321705) | 81
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on explosive ordinance disposal (a) training and (b) equipment from (i) his Department's core budget and (ii) the contingency reserve in each year since 2005. | | (321706) | 82
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide the annual figures for defence expenditure that supports his Department's statement that such expenditure has increased by 10 per cent. in real terms since 1997. | | (321707) | 83
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the delivery of the order for the Light Protected Patrol Vehicle to be completed. | | (321708) | 84
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2010, Official Report, column 1489W, on the Afghan Campaign Medal, whether he has agreed to the proposed change to the criteria for Aero-Medical personnel Afghan campaign medals; and whether the service chiefs have approved the proposed change. | | (321623) | 85
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he received on the research and assessment facility at the Defence Academy prior to the decision to close it; and if he will make a statement. | | (321484) | 86
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Defence Academy's budget for 2009-10 is allocated to (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership contracts; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of each such contract against its objectives; and if he will make a statement. | | (321499) | 87
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned closure of the research and assessment facility at the Defence Academy; and if he will make a statement. | | (321500) | 88
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects on the critical infrastructure of his Department of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity. | | (321755) | 89
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the first ships to be procured under the Future Surface Combatant programme to enter service. | | (321700) | 90
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on travel for its civilian staff between (a) London and Edinburgh, (b) London and Glasgow and (c) London and the rest of Scotland in each of the last five years. | | (321701) | 91
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) renting accommodation and (b) hotel costs for its civilian staff attending meetings in Scotland in the last 12 months. | | (321702) | 92
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received reports of UK armed forces' Bowman radio equipment being recovered from Taliban combatants in Afghanistan. | | (321729) | 93
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what armed forces' equipment was reported as (a) missing and (b) stolen from operational theatre in the last 12 months. | | (321730) | 94
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of the loss of confidential data held by his Department have been reported (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in each of the last 12 months. | | (321731) | 95
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 413W, on Territorial Army, what phase 1 training is scheduled to be run at the Regional Training Centre in Ballykinler, County Down in 2010-11. | | (321307) | 96
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 413W, on the Territorial Army, when the phase 1 training will be restarted. | | (321308) | 97
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 413W, on the Territorial Army, what the outcome was of the investigation into the reasons for the course being cancelled. | | (321309) | 98
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 413W, on the Territorial Army, what steps he plans to take to ensure that local decisions may not in future be taken contrary to a directive issued by the Government. | | (321310) | 99
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Met Office staff are paid more than £100,000 per year. | | (321643) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 100
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of households in Birmingham were in fuel poverty in each year since 1997. | | (321574) | 101
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects on the critical infrastructure of his Department of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity. | | (321757) | 102
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the levies on fossil fuels necessary to fund the Renewable Heat Incentive in each of the next five years. | | (321461) | 103
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the effect on domestic fuel bills of the Renewable Heat Incentive in each of the next five years. | | (321462) | 104
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK food prices of his Department's biomass strategy. | | (321463) | 105
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the use of imported biomass from areas at risk of (a) degradation of natural or semi-natural ecosystems or habitats, (b) indirect land use change and (c) net biodiversity loss. | | (321487) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 106
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will make the Single Payment Scheme payment to Mrs Mary Wilkinson of Little Hadham, Hertfordshire for 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (321616) | 107
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity on the critical infrastructure of his Department. | | (321759) | 108
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Forestry Commission to assist in the acquisition and replanting of agricultural land with native species of trees. | | (321538) | 109
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Forestry Commission to reduce the number of trees planted per acre for new growth. | | (321539) | 110
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Government's proposals for maximum (a) particulate and (b) nitrogen oxide emissions from biomass boilers on progress towards meeting air quality standards targets in those areas where such targets have not already been met. | | (321486) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 111
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the (a) treatment of opposition parties in Burundi and (b) activities of the youth wings affiliated to political parties in Burundi, with particular reference to the (i) National Council for the Defence of Democracy Forces for the Defence of Democracy and (ii) Front for Democracy in Burundi. | | (321652) | 112
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in North Africa on the effects of the Western Sahara dispute on the effectiveness of the Maghreb Arab Union. | | (321617) | 113
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Algerian counterpart on (a) the decision to close land borders with Morocco since 1994 and (b) the effects of such closure on regional co-operation on (i) security and (ii) counter-terrorism initiatives; and if he will make a statement. | | (321618) | 114
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on (a) Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps in Algeria and (b) proposals to undertake a census in such camps. | | (321619) | 115
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) European, (b) NATO and (c) US counterparts on further measures to (i) tackle the funding of terrorist organisations and (ii) apprehend members of terrorist organisations. | | (321460) | 116
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Colombia on (a) the arrest, (b) the imprisonment and (c) due process in the trial of Professor Miguel Angel Beltran Villegas. | | (321612) | 117
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Colombia on academic freedom in that country. | | (321613) | 118
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request the government of Colombia to produce the evidence it holds to substantiate the claim that Miguel Angel Beltran Villegas is (a) a member of the FARC and (b) the person known as Jaime Cienfuegos. | | (321614) | 119
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people held in North Korean labour camps. | | (321644) | 120
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports his Department has received on the treatment of religious minorities in Afghanistan. | | (321657) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 121
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) dentists and (b) GPs were practising in Birmingham in each year since 1997. | | (321534) | 122
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent in Birmingham in each year since 1997. | | (321535) | 123
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency departments in Birmingham in each year since 1997. | | (321536) | 124
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for a diagnostic test in Birmingham in each year since 1997. | | (321537) | 125
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people aged 65 years or over in Birmingham received assistance to live at home in each year since 1997; and how much funding was provided for such purposes in each of those years. | | (321569) | 126
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been received in Birmingham (a) to enable breaks for carers and (b) from the New Deal for Carers programme in each year since 1997. | | (321570) | 127
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of urgent GP referrals for suspected cancer in Birmingham were seen by a specialist within two weeks of referral in each year since 1997; what percentage of urgent GP referrals of cancer cases in Birmingham were treated within two months of referral in each of those years; what the average waiting time to be seen by a specialist in cases of non-urgent GP referral for suspected cancer in Birmingham was in each such year; what the average time from referral to treatment in cases of non-urgent GP referral for cancer in Birmingham was in each such year; and how many cancer consultants there were in Birmingham in each such year. | | (321571) | 128
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England were seen by a general practitioner in each year since 1997. | | (321580) | 129
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS funding has been allocated to (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (321583) | 130
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on waiting lists for hospital treatment in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (321584) | 131
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited for over six months for NHS treatment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (321585) | 132
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals have been built in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (321586) | 133
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects on the critical infrastructure of his Department of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity. | | (321754) | 134
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of whether his Department's guidance to Extended Choice Network providers not to treat patients with unstable psychiatric disorders discriminates against patients with mental illness. | | (321762) | 135
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths resulted from each type of patient safety incident in each year between 1997 and 2005. | | (321763) | 136
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons no response has yet been sent to (a) the letter from the Department of Health and Social Security of the Isle of Man Government of 7 September 2009 on the negotiation of separate bilateral health agreements between the Isle of Man and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and (b) the requests for a response sent on 15 October and 4 November 2009 and subsequently; when he plans to make a substantive response to the letter; if he will place in the Library a copy of his eventual reponse; and if he will make a statement. | | (321495) | 137
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons primary care trusts in the East of England have been instructed to suspend procurement; and when they will be allowed to restart procurement. | | (321545) | 138
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of each piece of written advice he has received from the Co-operation and Competition Panel on the preferred provider policy for the NHS. | | (321546) | 139
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what drugs for the treatment of cancer the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has (a) recommended and (b) not recommended for NHS use since 1 November 2008; how long the appraisal of each took; and whether the pharmaceutical company supplying each such drug offered to make it available on a risk-sharing basis. | | (321547) | 140
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cancer patients in England have received radiotherapy treatment in the last 12 months. | | (321572) | 141
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, column 1399W, on home care services: finance, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) administration and (b) management consultants in 2009-10. | | (321610) | 142
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to the level of funding provided for audiology training courses by strategic health authorities in England in the last 12 months. | | (321654) | 143
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the number of trained paediatric audiologists in the next three years. | | (321655) | 144
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent strategic health authorities in England reducing the number of audiology training courses. | | (321656) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 145
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers there were in Birmingham in each year since 1997 and (b) police community support officers there were in Birmingham in each year since 2002. | | (321568) | 146
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided in Birmingham for (a) policing and (b) victim support services in each year since 1997. | | (321578) | 147
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas students were deported from the UK for extremist links in each year since 1997. | | (321683) | 148
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of drug-related offences there were in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (321590) | 149
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of (a) violent crime and (b) serious violent crime there were in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (321592) | 150
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicle-related thefts have been reported in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (321594) | 151
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to design security systems and ensure safe environments for small retailers and traders. | | (321544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 152
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has plans to provide assistance for programmes for the political and social empowerment of women in Burundi, with particular reference to the participation of women as candidates in elections. | | (321648) | 153
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria on proposals to expand its remit; and if he will make a statement. | | (320993) | 154
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on proposals to extend the responsibilities of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria to include (a) maternal health, (b) sexual and reproductive health and rights and (c) health overall; and if he will make a statement. | | (320994) | 155
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's plans are for future funding of programmes for provision of female condoms; and if he will take steps to encourage others to provide funding for such programmes. | | (320995) | 156
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has made an assessment of the autism needs of the Haitian population; and whether his Department or its international partners have plans to rebuild the autism clinic in Haiti. | | (321640) | 157
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department contributed to WaterAid in each of the last five years. | | (321645) | 158
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on assisting developing countries dealing with the effects of climate change in each of the last five years. | | (321646) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 159
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are plans to recover legal aid money paid to Dr Andrew Wakefield in connection with concluded MMR vaccine litigation. | | (321622) | 160
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was provided in Birmingham for (a) the Probation Service, (b) youth offending teams and (c) the National Offender Management Service in each year since 1997. | | (321579) | 161
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offender institutions have foreign national co-ordinator posts; and how many such posts are vacant. | | (321735) | 162
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in young offender institutions do not have English as a first language. | | (321736) | 163
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in young offender institutions do not speak English. | | (321737) | 164
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance and training is available to young offender institution staff in working with children who do not speak English as a first language. | | (321738) | 165
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of bullying or harassment of children who do not speak English as a first language were recorded in young offender institutions in each year since 2006. | | (321739) | 166
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision is made for young people in prison who do not speak English. | | (321740) | 167
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offender institutions have diversity manager posts; and how many such posts are vacant. | | (321741) | 168
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaf children are in custody in England and Wales. | | (321742) | 169
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision is made for children with a disability in young offender institutions. | | (321743) | 170
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults that resulted in (a) serious injury and (b) hospitalisation took place in English and Welsh prisons in each year since 2006. | | (321744) | 171
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service Order 1300 formal investigations have taken place in each prison in each year since 2006. | | (321745) | 172
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of providing food in each of the young offender institutions holding juveniles was in the last 12 months. | | (321746) | 173
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which young offender institutions observe guidelines on providing five pieces of fruit or vegetables a day. | | (321747) | 174
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Prison Service is taking to implement Department of Health guidance on healthy eating. | | (321748) | 175
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offender institutions have a race equality and diversity communication strategy; and when each was last revised. | | (321749) | 176
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many young offender institutions there is a routine assessment of the language skills of children when they are admitted. | | (321750) | 177
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances an interpreter is required to be provided for a foreign national child in custody. | | (321751) | 178
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many young offender institutions interpreters are provided for (a) induction, (b) education, (c) healthcare, (d) sentence planning and (e) disciplinary matters. | | (321752) | 179
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offender institutions have diversity representative posts; and how many such posts are vacant. | | (321753) | 180
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of offences related to (a) violent crime and (b) serious violent crime in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (321591) | 181
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of offences related to drugs in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (321593) | 182
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of domestic burglary offences committed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (321621) | 183
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity on the critical infrastructure of his Department. | | (321760) | 184
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will examine the matters raised by the Minister for Health and Social Security of the Isle of Man Government in Tynwald Court on 15 December 2009 in respect of the response of the Department of Health to written requests for information made by the Isle of Man Government on 7 September 2009, repeated on 15 October and 4 November 2009; what his duties are in respect of mediation between the administrations of the Crown Dependencies and Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | | (321493) | 185
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reasons his Department has not replied to the letter from the Isle of Man Government sent in 2009 requesting advice on the Isle of Man's wish to negotiate a bilateral health agreement with the Scottish Executive; and if he will make a statement. | | (321494) | Questions to the Leader of the House 186
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Resolution of the House of 4 March 2010, Official Report, column 1099, what steps she is taking to establish a Backbench Business Committee in time for the beginning of the next Parliament and to implement the associated recommendations of the First Report of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, Session 2008-09. | | (321444) | Questions to the Prime Minister 187
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he informed the hon. Member for Reading West of his visit to Reading on 1 March 2010. | | (321540) | 188
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he informed Reading Borough Council of his visit to Reading on 1 March 2010. | | (321541) | 189
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he informed Thames Valley Police of his visit to Reading on 1 March 2010. | | (321542) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 190
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity on the critical infrastructure of his Department. | | (321758) | 191
N | Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many short forming trains were run by each train operating company in each week of the last six months. | | (321485) | 192
N | Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions financial penalties have been issued to train operating companies for failure to provide enough seats for rail passengers in each of the last four quarters. | | (321497) | 193
N | Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions First Capital Connect has been issued with a financial penalty for not providing enough seats for rail passengers in each of the last six months. | | (321498) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 194
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people living in the City of York have moved into work in each of the last three years. | | (321689) | 195
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in City of York local authority area receive (a) basic state pension and (b) pension credit; and what the average weekly amount of pension credit received is. | | (321690) | 196
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of basic state pension payable to (a) single pensioners and (b) couples (i) was in 1996-97 and (ii) will be in 2010-11; and what the 2010-11 rates would have been if they had been uprated since 1996-97 in line with prices. | | (321691) | 197
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2009, Official Report, columns 853-6W, on pensioners: social security benefits, what the average monetary value of benefits in kind provided to (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples in York in respect of (i) NHS services, (ii) social services, (iii) travel concessions, (iv) television licences, (v) insulation and home repairs and improvement grants and (vi) other services has been for periods later than those given in that Answer for which information is available. | | (321694) | 198
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding in total has been received under New Deal programmes for (a) young people, (b) 25+, (c) 50+, (d) lone parents, (e) partners and (f) disabled people in Birmingham; and how many people in Birmingham have received assistance from each such scheme. | | (321575) | 199
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the standard of living of (a) families in Birmingham, (b) the poorest 20 per cent. of families in Birmingham, (c) pensioners in Birmingham and (d) the poorest 20 per cent. of pensioners in Birmingham (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures is available. | | (321576) | 200
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of (a) the whole population, (b) children and (c) pensioners in Birmingham was living in poverty in each year since 1997. | | (321577) | 201
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided for jobseekers at Jobcentre Plus offices on the availability of computers for carrying out job searches. | | (321642) | 202
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector were active members of an occupational pension scheme in each of the last 10 years. | | (321489) | 203
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of those over the age of (a) 60, (b) 65 and (c) 70 years were in receipt of means-tested benefits in each year since 1997. | | (321490) | 204
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of those employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector were contributing to a pension plan in each of the last 10 years. | | (321491) | 205
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) public and (b) private sector employees had no pension provision in each of the last 10 years. | | (321492) | 206
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her most recent estimate is of the number of people who have not made sufficient savings for their retirement; and what such estimates her Department has made in the last three years. | | (321496) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 207
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on employing design consultants for websites operated by her Department in each of the last three years. | | [Question Unstarred] (321235) | 208
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the effects on social enterprises of the recent recession. | | [Question Unstarred] (321240) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 209
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment had with (a) local authorities, (b) Government departments and (c) non-departmental public bodies in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (321554) | 210
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding, other than in grant-in-aid, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment received from public bodies in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (321562) | 211
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (a) has employed in each of the last three years and (b) employed on the latest date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (321588) |
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