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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 18 March 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 18 March 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 18 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 Thursday 18 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 18 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding he allocated to the National Measurement System in (a) 2009-10 and (b) each of the previous nine financial years. | | (322324) | 2
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what procurement process the Post Office followed in selecting Camelot as its partner and agent for the provision of bill payment services; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (322904) | 3
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on sub-post offices of the National Lottery Commission's proposal to permit Lottery terminals to provide (a) bill payments, (b) mobile telephone top-ups and (c) other commercial services. | | [R] (322906) | 4
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in bill payment income for sub-post offices as a result of the National Lottery Commission's proposal to permit Lottery terminals to provide commercial services. | | [R] (322907) | 5
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, who was invited to the LSC Recognition Event referred to in item 3.1 of the Learning and Skills Council National Council minutes of 9 December 2009; and what the cost was of the event. | | (323222) | 6
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for apprenticeships for those aged 19 years old and over was in the last five years. | | (323223) | 7
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate has been made of the funding required by mainstream further education colleges and training institutions to administer the provision of learning for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (322923) | 8
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate has been made of the funding required by local authorities to administer the provision of learning for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (322924) | 9
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate has been made of the number of people who will be categorised as having learning difficulties and/or disabilities in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 under the provision of the Adult Learner Responsive sub-total for the Development Learning category in his Department's document, Skills Investment Strategy 2010-11, published in November 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (322925) | 10
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate has been made of the proportion of the cost of meeting the requirements of people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities which will be met from the provision under the Adult Learner Responsive sub-total for the Developmental Learning category in his Department's document, Skills Investment Strategy 2010-11, published in November 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (322926) | 11
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of learners of each type classified as learners under the provision of the Adult Learner Responsive sub-total for the Development Learning category in his Department's document, Skills Investment Strategy 2010-11, published in November 2009 in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (322927) | 12
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate has been made of the number of learners with learning difficulties and or disabilities who will be categorised under the provision of the Adult Learner Responsive sub-total for the Foundation Learning (excluding Skills for Life) category in the Strategy Document, Skills Investment Strategy 2010-11, November 2009 in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (323202) | 13
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to whom a complaint from (a) a student aged 19 years or over and (b) an apprentice aged 19 years or over and attending a (i) further education college and (ii) sixth form college will be referred if the student is dissatisfied with that college's response to their complaint after 1 April 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (323298) | 14
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislation to implement the provisions of the new EU Telecoms Directives; and what consultation will take place prior to implementation. | | (323230) | 15
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Ofcom, (b) representatives of industry and (c) consumer groups on the implementation of the new number portability rights and obligations introduced by the EU Citizens' Rights Directive. | | (323231) | 16
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for implementation of the new number portability rights and obligations introduced by the EU Citizens' Rights Directive. | | (323232) | 17
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on assisting business to meet the new number portability rights and obligations introduced by the EU Citizens' Rights Directive. | | (323233) | 18
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will take steps to protect the high frequency spectrum for use in long-range communications from power line technology devices. | | (323208) | 19
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any businesses in ports have informed (a) his Department and (b) the Insolvency Service that they have gone into liquidation as a consequence of their payments of backdated business rates in the last six months. | | (323045) | 20
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which Government Office regions regional Enterprise Europe Networks have been established; and what funding (a) his Department, (b) Business Links and (c) regional development agencies have provided to such networks. | | (323051) | 21
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many sale and rent back transactions for residential property there were in the last 12 months. | | (323181) | 22
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the timetable is for regional advisory investment panels to replace regional industrial development boards. | | (323200) | 23
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 289W, on employment agencies: EU, what form the discussions with interested parties on the drafting of the guidance will take; when he expects those discussions to take place; and from which industry representatives he plans to seek contributions. | | (322801) | 24
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of post office branches in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in (i) England and (ii) Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (323246) | 25
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323074) | 26
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent by the (a) South East, (b) West Midlands and (c) North West Development Agency on accreditation for the MIPIM International Property Conference in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2010 to date. | | (323250) | 27
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representatives of the East Midlands Development Agency attended the MIPIM International Property Conference in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (323252) | 28
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representatives of the North West Development Agency attended the MIPIM International Property Conference in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (323253) | 29
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representatives of the South East Development Agency attended the MIPIM International Property Conference in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (323254) | 30
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent by the South East Development Agency on (a) travel and (b) accommodation for representatives attending the MIPIM International Property Conference in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009. | | (323255) | 31
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent by the East Midlands Development Agency on (a) travel and (b) accommodation for representatives attending the MIPIM International Property Conference in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009. | | (323256) | 32
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulation of estate agents; and if he will make a statement. | | (323260) | 33
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to provide a response to the Office of Fair Trading's recent recommendations on the regulation of home buying and selling. | | (323261) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 34
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths (a) in Southend, (b) in Essex and (c) nationally were attributed to diabetes in each of the last five years. | | (323115) | 35
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths of (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 10 to 16, (ii) 17 to 24, (iii) 25 to 30, (iv) 31 to 35, (v) 36 to 40 and (vi) over 40 years in each local authority area were attributed to rheumatoid arthritis in each year since 1997. | | (323127) | 36
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British nationals resident in each country outside the UK were registered to vote in UK elections on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (322822) | 37
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of (a) unemployment and (b) youth unemployment was in rural areas in (i) England and (ii) Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (323315) | 38
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from what budgets the costs of transport to and from the meeting of the Cabinet in Exeter on 5 February 2010 were met. | | (323137) | 39
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from what budgets the costs of the meeting of the Cabinet in Exeter on 5 February 2010 were met. | | (323138) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 40
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the alignment of the (a) criteria and (b) guidance used to determine hardship when considering the recovery of monies owed. | | (323203) | 41
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the Treasury Minute outlining the Government's response to the Second Report from the Committee of Public Accounts' HM Revenue and Customs: Improving the processing and collection of tax HC97. | | (323204) | 42
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a detailed analysis of the remissions and write-offs included in the HM Revenue and Customs Trust Statement in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (323205) | 43
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the tax gaps in (a) stamp duty land tax, (b) income tax, (c) corporation tax and (d) excise duties. | | (323206) | 44
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets have been set for Government departments to reduce the cost of their estates; and what estimate he has made of the likely level of savings in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (323207) | 45
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's evaluation of the pilot exercises on the use of commercial debt collection agencies to collect debts owed to HM Revenue and Customs. | | (323217) | 46
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's policy is on proposals for an EU-wide minimum tax on carbon. | | (322509) | 47
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2010, Official Report, column 806W, on the Valuation Office: local government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the request for a legislative gateway submitted by the Valuation Office Agency. | | (323083) | 48
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1629-30W, on the Valuation Office: overseas visits, what overseas visits representatives of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) have undertaken in the last 12 months; what the (a) purpose, (b) destination and (c) cost was of each such visit; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each (i) presentation made and (ii) handout distributed by VOA staff at each overseas conference attended in the last 12 months. | | (323090) | 49
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which company or companies have been awarded HM Revenue and Customs contracts, reference 2009/S 200-288191, for the provision of residential property data to the Valuation Office Agency. | | (323153) | 50
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of each substantive response to his Department's consultation on Regulating the sale and rent-back market. | | (323154) | 51
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will initiate an independent review of the Valuation Office Agency's handling of the new retrospective business rates regime on firms in ports. | | (323155) | 52
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 6 of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, what assessment has been made of the effect in ports on corporation tax revenues of the new regime of retrospective business rates; and what methodology is used to assess the effect of (a) lower and (b) higher business rates on corporation tax revenues. | | (323179) | 53
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 237W, on valuation, what proportion of the £14 million of expenditure on the Automated Valuation Model has been incurred since October 2005. | | (323183) | 54
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 522W, on the Valuation Office: contracts, what expenditure his Department incurred with (a) the Whitehall and Industry Group, (b) the Public and Commercial Services Union, (c) Prospect (ex IPMS), (d) Propaganda and (e) Making Change Happen in 2008-09; what goods and services were procured in each case; and what the purpose was of each such procurement. | | (323191) | 55
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 522W, on the Valuation Office: contracts, how much was spent with Experian in 2008-09; what datasets were purchased by the Valuation Office Agency; and for what purposes. | | (323192) | 56
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 522W, on the Valuation Office: contracts, how much was spent with Gfk NOP Ltd in 2008-09; what polling and opinion research was purchased by the Valuation Office Agency from GfK NOP Ltd; and for what purposes. | | (323193) | 57
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 522W, on the Valuation Office: contracts, how much was spent with (a) Video Arts, (b) Video Inn and (c) Mike Jarvis Video Services in 2008-09; what goods and services were purchased in each case; and for what purposes. | | (323194) | 58
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 522W, on the Valuation Office: contracts, how much was spent with Speakers for Business in 2008-09; which speakers were hired; and for what purposes. | | (323195) | 59
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 4 February 2010, Official Report, column 522W, on the Valuation Office: contracts, how much was spent with (a) Rightmove.co.uk, (b) Bodens, (c) Blue Starfish, (d) Bocadillos, (e) Brown's, (f) Chelsea Football Club. (g) Conflict Management Plus Ltd, (h) Euro RSCG Riley and (i) ZsI London 200 in 2008-09; what goods and services were purchased; and for what purposes. | | (323196) | 60
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public houses there were on the Rating List in each local authority area in England in (a) 1997 and (b) 2010. | | (323199) | 61
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 598W, on local government: cost effectiveness, what methodology was used to identify £550 million as the expected figure for savings from local government; and what arrangements will be made for local authorities unable to reach their targets for efficiency savings. | | (323201) | 62
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the level of private sector investment in industry in real terms in (a) 1994, (b) 1999, (c) 2004 and (d) 2009. | | (322804) | 63
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental body are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323073) | 64
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the contribution by the Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 319WH, on the EU-Israel trade agreement, what additional checks HM Revenue and Customs have undertaken on (a) known settlement producers and (b) imports of cosmetic products from Ahava. | | (322805) | 65
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) UK taxpayers and (b) hon. Members who varied the nomination of a main residence in order to obtain private residence relief from capital gains tax in each of the last 10 years. | | (323000) | 66
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the reply from the Minister for the Cabinet Office dated 9 March 2010, Official Report, column 299W, on Members: correspondence, when he expects to reply to the letters of 10 December 2008 and 15 July 2009 which were transferred to his Department on 22 December 2008 and 22 July 2009. | | (323331) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 67
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department issues to schools on the care requirements of children with diabetes; and if he will make a statement. | | (323121) | 68
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools follow the Building Bulletin 100 guidance on fire sprinklers issued by his Department; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure this guidance is followed. | | (322898) | 69
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in Coventry are fitted with fire sprinklers. | | (322899) | 70
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school fires which have occurred since 2004 were investigated by police as suspicious fires. | | (322900) | 71
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to (a) schools and (b) local authorities on their use of independent consultants and investigators. | | (323299) | 72
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated to each school in Buckinghamshire under the Building Schools for the Future scheme; and when he expects each grant to be paid to the local education authority. | | (322935) | 73
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2010, Official Report, column 454W, on the Building Schools for the Future programme, how much (a) his Department, (b) the local authority and (c) the school contributed to the cost of each project; and what the (i) capital, (ii) administration, (iii) consultancy, (iv) procurement, (v) ICT, (vi) design and (vii) operational cost was of each project. | | (322792) | 74
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department allocated to the Children's Workforce Development Council for (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07, (d) 2008-09 and (e) 2009-10. | | (322802) | 75
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the total cost to each local education partnership of all completed Building Schools for the Future projects. | | (322854) | 76
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many surplus places there were in school sixth forms in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (323295) | 77
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to table 3 on page 17 of his Department's 16-19 Statement of priorities and investment strategy 2010-11, what specific data the Young People's Learning Agency used to predict an increase in 10,000 enrolments in academy sixth forms in 2010-11. | | (323296) | 78
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, to whom a complaint from (a) a student and (b) an apprentice aged between 16 and 19 years and attending a (i) further education college and (ii) sixth form college will be referred if the student is dissatisfied with that college's response to their complaint after 1 April 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (323297) | 79
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what minimum qualifications will be required of school business managers; what the salary of a school business manager will be; and with what training school business managers will be provided. | | (323114) | 80
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to his Department's press release of 9 March 2010, on school business managers, what the revised budget of Becta is, broken down by subheading. | | (323225) | 81
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 695W, on vetting: local education authorities, what the timetable is for the review of requirements for Criminal Records Bureau disclosures. | | (323035) | 82
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323066) | 83
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start children's centres have been established (a) in each district council area in Hampshire and (b) in the Isle of Wight in each year since the inception of the programme. | | (322914) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 84
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2009, Official Report, column 605W, on non-domestic rates, what projection has been made of the (a) change in rateable value on the ratings list resulting from rateable value appeals and (b) the amount of fees payable by those appealing against their rateable value in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (323091) | 85
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his plans are for the implementation of (a) the draft Exeter and Devon (Structural Changes) Order 2010 and (b) the draft Norwich and Norfolk (Structural Changes) Order 2010. | | (323092) | 86
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on (a) children and families services and (b) other adult care in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in 2009 figures according to revenue account budget estimates data held by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (323227) | 87
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech of the Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion of 28 February 2006, on Driving improvement: beyond CPA, what steps his Department has taken to implement double devolution since February 2006. | | (323228) | 88
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what Ordnance Survey's policy is on recording illegal encampments and Traveller camps without planning permission on Ordnance Survey maps. | | (323229) | 89
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements apply to homes in eco-towns to be constructed at (a) Level 5 and (b) Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. | | (323300) | 90
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any reduction in expenditure arising from a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service would qualify as an efficiency saving that can be reported on the efficiency return of a local authority's council tax bill. | | (323301) | 91
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has allocated to local authorities in performance reward grants in each year to date; and how much such funding has been allocated for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13. | | (323302) | 92
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Government departments are participating in the Total Place initiative. | | (323303) | 93
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been (a) submitted to and (b) upheld by in whole or in part the Local Government Ombudsman in each year since 1996. | | (323304) | 94
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the community infrastructure levy will apply to developments with permitted development rights. | | (323305) | 95
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department applocated per capita to each local authority in England in (a) 2009 real terms prices and (b) cash terms in each year since 1997. | | (323306) | 96
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the community infrastructure levy will apply to agricultural building and developments which do not have permitted development rights. | | (323307) | 97
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has allocated to the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme in each year to date; and whether he expects the scheme to continue after 2010-11. | | (323308) | 98
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received from trade unions on proposals for a council tax freeze in the last 12 months. | | (323309) | 99
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on public conveniences in (a) cash and (b) real terms in 2009 figures, according to Revenue Account Budget Estimates data held by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (323310) | 100
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on waste collection in (a) cash and (b) real terms in 2009 figures, according to Revenue Account Budget Estimates data held by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (323311) | 101
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on street cleaning in (a) cash and (b) 2009 real terms figures, in each year since 1997 according to revenue account budget estimates data held by his Department. | | (323312) | 102
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on culture and heritage in (a) cash and (b) 2009 real terms figures in each year since 1997 according to revenue account budget estimates data held by his Department. | | (323313) | 103
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have had their core strategy found unsound by the Planning Inspectorate; and for what reasons in each case. | | (323029) | 104
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 915W, on multiple occupation, what steps his Department is taking in respect of local authorities which have not reported the Register of Licensed Houses in Multiple Occupation data to his Department; and for what reason such data was not intended to be part of the National Indicator set. | | (323030) | 105
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his latest estimate is of the take-up rate of small business rate relief in each local authority area. | | (323033) | 106
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals have been lodged with (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) valuation tribunals against new business rate assessments for firms in ports; how many have been fast-tracked; how many have been concluded; and of those concluded how many have been upheld (i) in whole and (ii) in part. | | (323036) | 107
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many allotment disposals have been approved by the Government Office responsible for allotment disposals in each local authority area since 1997. | | (323037) | 108
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 896W, on council tax: empty property, whether the additional revenue raised under the recalculation of the council tax base for the 2011-12 settlement will be retained by local authorities. | | (323039) | 109
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which company has been awarded the National Register of Social Housing database contract reference 2009/S 245-350819 by the Tenant Services Authority. | | (323046) | 110
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many £60,000 homes have been built following the Design for Manufacture competition to date; in which locations have such homes been built; and what the average sale price has been. | | (323047) | 111
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the construction costs of new housing of the Design for Manufacture competition. | | (323048) | 112
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes in rateable values in the 2005-10 Rating Cycle have been provided to port operators as a result of the new regime of retrospective business rates on firms operating in ports. | | (323082) | 113
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2013W, on Standards Board for England: public relations, which external public relations (a) firms and (b) consultants were hired by the Standards Board for England in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11; and how much the Standards Board for England has spent on exhibitions at political party conferences to date. | | (323084) | 114
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which Government Office regions have regional European Strategy Boards been established. | | (323086) | 115
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the (a) council tax rates and (b) finances of local authorities if they do not reduce carbon dioxide levels significantly below their baseline of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. | | (323087) | 116
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued to local authorities on the collection of backdated business rates from firms in ports. | | (323088) | 117
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Taylor of Holbeach of 23 February 2010, Official Report, House of Lords, column 290WA, on planning, what the timetable for the review of effectiveness of planning policy guidance on the protection of the best and most versatile farmland is. | | (323089) | 118
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 485W, on Government Offices for the Regions: finance, what the aggregate programme expenditure was of Government Offices for the Regions in each year since 1997-98. | | (323099) | 119
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have banned domestic cats or dogs from new housing as part of a Special Protection Area strategy. | | (323100) | 120
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) running cost and (b) aggregate programme expenditure was of the Government Office for each region in 2009-10. | | (323101) | 121
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of his Department's programme budgets were administered by Government Offices for the Regions in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (323102) | 122
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects updated figures for the take-up rate of the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme next to be published. | | (323103) | 123
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum number of years of over-paid council tax is that should be refunded to local taxpayers when a council tax banding error has been identified by the Valuation Office Agency; and what guidance has been issued to local authorities on this matter. | | (323104) | 124
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on succession tenancy rights for adult sons and daughters of a social tenant. | | (323105) | 125
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 479W, on departmental computers, what software is included in the average price for a (a) desktop and (b) laptop computer; and what the typical make, model and specification is for (i) desktop and (ii) laptop computers purchased for such prices. | | (323106) | 126
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 479W, on departmental computers, whether the average price for (a) desktop and (b) laptop computers includes (i) catalogue management, (ii) new order authorisation, (iii) disc imaging and software installation, (iv) delivery and removal of old kit, (v) installation, (vi) field engineering support and (vii) removal and disposal. | | (323107) | 127
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 474W, on Consolidated Communications, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the briefing notes on legislative issues and policy announcements produced by Consolidated Communications for the Audit Commission. | | (323108) | 128
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 475W, on council tax, how much gross council tax revenue in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms in 2008-09 prices was raised by each local billing authority in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (323109) | 129
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local education authorities will be liable for the carbon dioxide emissions of maintained schools under the Carbon Reduction Commitment process. | | (323143) | 130
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Colchester of 9 September 2009, Official Report, columns 2003-4W, on allotments, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter from his Department to the Government Office responsible for determining applications for consent for disposal of statutory allotments in England. | | (323144) | 131
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne of 24 February 2010, Official Report, column 611W, on Government Offices for the Regions: finance, what the aggregate monetary value was of programme budgets in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (323145) | 132
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 714W, on fire services: emergency calls, what the original timetable was for the launch of the SMS emergency number; what the original budget was; what the expected go-live date is; and what operational costs have been incurred to date. | | (323146) | 133
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 720W, on travelling people: caravan sites, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Inspector's Handbook. | | (323147) | 134
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have had requests to capitalise Icelandic banking losses refused; and what the grounds for refusal were in each case. | | (323156) | 135
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of the European Court of Justice ruling in Cases C-310/08 and C-480/08, London Borough of Harrow v Nimco Hassan Ibrahim and Maria Teixeira v London Borough of Lambeth, on the requirements of local authorities to provide council housing to migrant workers. | | (323157) | 136
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the responsible regional authority to draw up each new regional strategy. | | (323158) | 137
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend section 11 of the Local Government Act 1976 to permit local authorities to sell electricity other than that produced in association with heat. | | (323160) | 138
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the secondary legislation required to bring into force the new Councillor Code of Conduct will not be considered in accordance with the originally planned timetable. | | (323161) | 139
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Standards Board for England has issued to local authorities on the employment of external investigators to conduct investigations into alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct for councillors. | | (323162) | 140
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) purpose and (b) function of (i) Joint Improvement and (b) Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships is; and in which regions Joint Improvement Partnerships have been established. | | (323163) | 141
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Social Homebuy transactions have been completed to date. | | (323184) | 142
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were (a) built and (b) purchased by landlords for social rent in each year since 1997. | | (323185) | 143
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication of February 2010, Number of hereditaments benefiting from Small Business Rate Relief and the number of empty hereditaments, what his latest estimate is of the number and proportion of eligible small firms who do not claim small business rate relief. | | (323186) | 144
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 985W, on council tax: billing, what the cost was of each of the two telephone surveys. | | (323187) | 145
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 360W, on aerials: planning permission, what his Department's timetable is for amending planning policy guidance on telecommunications. | | (323188) | 146
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 366W, on the European Regional Development Fund, if he will place in the Library a copy of each audit report on an English European Regional Development Fund programme which has been produced in the last 24 months. | | (323189) | 147
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 365W, on Empty Dwelling Management Orders, if he will place in the Library a copy of each presentation and handout delivered at the seminar of 23 April 2009. | | (323190) | 148
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 371W, on housing: databases, if he will place in the Library a copy of the cross-reference table produced by Ordnance Survey; and which bodies produce unique address identifiers that are included in the cross-reference look-up table. | | (323197) | 149
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 371W, on housing: databases, how many (a) dwellings, (b) composite hereditaments and (c) hereditaments in England have been allocated a unique address reference number by the Valuation Office Agency. | | (323314) | 150
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323044) | 151
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by the Homes and Communities Agency on (a) travel and (b) accommodation for employees attending the MIPIM international property conference in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009. | | (323247) | 152
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by (a) his Department and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency on accreditation for the MIPIM international property conference in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009; and how much has been spent in 2010 to date. | | (323248) | 153
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff of the Homes and Communities Agency will attend the MIPIM international property conference in March 2010. | | (323249) | 154
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) travel and (b) accommodation for (i) Ministers and (ii) officials attending the MIPIM International Property Conference in (A) 2007, (B) 2008 and (C) 2009. | | (323251) | 155
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many employees of the Homes and Communities Agency attended the MIPIM International Property Conference in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. | | (323257) | 156
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much he expects his Department to spend on (a) travel and (b) accommodation for (i) Ministers and (ii) officials attending the MIPIM International Property Conference in March 2010. | | (323258) | 157
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department expect to attend the MIPIM International Property Conference in March 2010. | | (323259) | 158
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made by the Home and Communities Agency in its Single Conversation process in North Kent; and if he will make a statement. | | (323058) | 159
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what schemes in Kent Thameside have received funding from his Department and its executive agencies in each of the last five years; and how much funding was allocated to each of those schemes. | | (323059) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 160
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has allocated to the tourism industry in (a) the UK and (b) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (322936) | 161
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323067) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 162
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department's Animal Welfare Advisory Committee last met. | | (323210) | 163
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budgetary provision his Department has made in 2010-11 for the conducting, directly or otherwise, of scientific procedures on animals; and how much was spent on this in 2009-10. | | (323211) | 164
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals of each species were used in scientific procedures (a) commissioned directly by his Department and (b) otherwise undertaken pursuant to decisions taken by his Department in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (323213) | 165
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure the welfare of animals used in scientific procedures as a result of a decision by his Department. | | (323215) | 166
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 25W, on cluster munitions, whether agreement has yet been reached with US Visiting Forces on removal of cluster munitions stored at US bases in the UK. | | (323333) | 167
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what US cluster munitions are stored at US bases in the UK. | | (323334) | 168
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date all US cluster munitions will have been removed from the UK. | | (323335) | 169
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what international agreements govern weaponry held by US Visiting Forces at bases in the UK. | | (323336) | 170
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of UK cluster munitions in service on 30 May 2008 have been destroyed. | | (323337) | 171
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on funding standard operational requirements for kit and equipment for the armed forces. | | (323002) | 172
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to his Department was of creating, publishing and distributing the booket, Transforming Military Accommodation; how many such booklets have been printed; to which (a) individuals and (b) organisations they were circulated; and for what reasons the booklet was published. | | (322855) | 173
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained orthopaedic surgeon (a) regulars and (b) reservists are (i) employed and (ii) required in each armed service. | | [R] (323226) | 174
N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many search and rescue call-outs there were from HMS Gannet between 1 March 2009 and 28 February 2010. | | (322857) | 175
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323070) | 176
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of strenghthening military systems against electromagnetic attacks; and what estimate he has made of the cost of undertaking such work. | | (323136) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 177
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households had used the boiler scrappage scheme to replace their boiler on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (322922) | 178
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of the boiler scrappage scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (322937) | 179
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 8 February 2010, Official Report, column 734W, on trees, what is the estimated number of trees planted as a woodland creation carbon abatement measure that would offset one tonne of carbon dioxide. | | (323034) | 180
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323069) | 181
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the national policy statements on energy to come into effect. | | (322365) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 182
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Government's Marine Protected Area Strategy; and what priority will be accorded to ecological coherence in the strategy. | | (323244) | 183
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of each response to his Department's consultation on household waste incentive scheme (a) application and designation guidance, (b) technical issues guidance, (c) finance guidance, (d) coverage and disadvantaged groups guidance and (e) unauthorised deposit or disposal guidance. | | (323053) | 184
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the respondents were to his Department's consultation on (a) incentives for recycling by households of May 2007, (b) draft guidance on household waste incentive schemes of June 2008 and (c) statutory good recycling service guidance of September 2008. | | (323054) | 185
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Central Science Laboratory research reports commissioned by his Department on rodent issues with reference MoU with CSL - WM05002. | | (323055) | 186
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1578W, on carbon emissions: waste disposal, what the reference number is of the research project; which body undertook the research; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the research report on estimating carbon dioxide emissions from domestic burning. | | (323085) | 187
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on his Department's research project commissioned from the Central Science Laboratory with reference WM0317. | | (323148) | 188
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the erection of wind turbines on common land. | | (323149) | 189
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the most recent survey on rodents derived from data from the English House Condition Survey to be published. | | (323150) | 190
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group in the last 24 months. | | (323151) | 191
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to remove the regulatory provisions which restrict councils collecting recyclable and residual waste from nearby household and business premises at the same time. | | (323152) | 192
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been commissioned by (a) his Department, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the Waste and Resources Action Programme on public attitudes to (i) waste collection and (ii) waste disposal in the last three years; and what the (A) title and (B) completion date of each such research project was. | | (323180) | 193
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many regulations have been (a) introduced and (b) revoked by his Department in each year since its establishment. | | (323111) | 194
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm holdings there were in each agricultural sector in each county in each year since 1997. | | (323112) | 195
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the meeting of the EU Fisheries Council, December 2009, when he expects to convene a meeting to consider the Common Fisheries Policy on Area 7 nephrops total allowable catch quota. | | (322849) | 196
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage new entrants into agricultural careers. | | (322850) | 197
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the implementation in the UK of measures for the electronic tagging of sheep. | | (322851) | 198
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on the UK's (a) food security and (b) environment of (i) decoupling and (ii) reduction in livestock numbers. | | (322852) | 199
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy to support (a) the provision of direct payments to farmers under Pillar One of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and (b) a CAP budget of at least equivalent monetary value following reforms of the CAP with effect from 2013. | | (322853) | 200
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle bovine tuberculosis in Devon. | | (323209) | 201
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the environment of emissions of (a) black carbon, (b) particulates, (e) methane and (d) oxides of nitrogen arising from combustion of B30K biomass in domestic boilers. | | (322858) | 202
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which urban foxes cause (a) hygiene and (b) litter problems. | | (323135) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 203
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken during the last six months and (b) plans to take during the next six months to tackle the shipment of weapons and funds from Iran to (i) Afghanistan, (ii) Iraq, (iii) Lebanon and (iv) Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (323129) | 204
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps at the United Nations he (a) has taken since November 2009 and (b) plans to take in the next six months to seek to prevent (i) weapons and (ii) funds from the government of Iran being sent to terrorist groups in (A) Afghanistan, (B) Iraq, (C) Gaza and (d) Lebanon; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (323130) | 205
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps at the United Nations he (a) has taken since November 2009 and (b) plans to take in the next six months in response allegations of (i) arming and (ii) funding by Iran of Hamas; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (323131) | 206
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the development of Iran's nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (323132) | 207
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to endorse the practical measures suggested by the Tibetan envoys at the China-Tibet talks in January 2010 and to encourage the Chinese authorities to respond positively to them. | | (323093) | 208
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he raised the issue of Tibet (a) privately and (b) publicly during his recent visit to China; and if he will make a statement. | | (323094) | 209
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the decision by the Chinese authorities to resettle Tibet's 2.25 million nomads into urban areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (323216) | 210
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323063) | 211
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account the Government plans to take of Israel's observance of OECD rules on (a) corruption, (b) intellectual property rights and (c) extraterritorial economic activity in determining its policy on Israel's application for OECD membership. | | (322902) | 212
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in renegotiation of the contract with the Marine Resources Assessment Group for management of fisheries in the Chagos Islands. | | (322859) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 213
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in each trust are subject to a private finance initiative contract; what the length is of each such contract; and what the annual unitary charge is that each such hospital is charged under its contract. | | (323027) | 214
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which outside consultancies undertook work commissioned by his Department in each year from 1997 to 2004; and what the (a) purpose of and (b) amount paid in relation to each commission was. | | (323028) | 215
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) resource and (b) capital funding has been allocated to each primary care trust to build new GP-led health centres. | | (323042) | 216
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid to each wave 1 independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) under its contract; and how much would have been paid to each ISTC for its work if it had been paid at the national tariff. | | (323043) | 217
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is (a) taking and (b) plans to take during the next six months to recruit midwives to the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (323095) | 218
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places were available for midwifery in each year since 1997. | | (323096) | 219
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives left the National Health Service in each year since 1997. | | (323097) | 220
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average salary of an NHS midwife is; and what it was in each year since 1997. | | (323098) | 221
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of children in each age group who were diagnosed with diabetes in (a) Southend, (b) each borough in Essex, (c) each borough in Kent, (d) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (e) England in each of the last five years. | | (323117) | 222
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group were diagnosed with diabetes in (i) Southend, (ii) each borough in Essex, (iii) each borough in Kent, (iv) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (v) England in each of the last five years. | | (323118) | 223
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people with diabetes who were hospitalised as a result of (a) eating and (b) drinking products labelled sugar-free which included sucrose or other sugar products in the last 12 months; whether he has had recent discussions with food manufacturers on the accuracy of information on the sugar content of foods; and if he will make a statement. | | (323119) | 224
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to the provision of cognitive behavioural therapy in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (323120) | 225
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on treatments for (a) children and (b) adults with disabling conditions developed as a result of (i) human embryo, (ii) embryonic stem cell and (iii) non-embryonic stem cell research since 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (323122) | 226
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on progress in developing cures for diseases of (a) adult stem cell, (b) embryonic stem cell and (iii) human embryo research since July 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (323123) | 227
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to provide nurses in primary care settings with training to (i) identify, (ii) diagnose and (iii) assess the care requirements of patients with rheumatoid arthritis; what recent representations he has received on those matters; and if he will make a statement. | | (323124) | 228
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished episodes of care there were for patients with rheumatoid arthritis of each (a) sex and (b) age group resident in Southend in each year since 1997. | | (323125) | 229
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to collect information on the number of newly diagnosed cases of rheumatoid arthritis; what recent representations he has received on the number of people with rheumatoid arthritis; and if he will make a statement. | | (323126) | 230
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist specialist services for (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis and encephalopathy and (b) chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will make a statement. | | (323128) | 231
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have enrolled on the midwifery return to practice course in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (323133) | 232
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of midwives retiring from the NHS in the next 10 years; what recent discussions he has had with (a) maternity service managers, (b) professional representative bodies and (c) others on that matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (323134) | 233
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the internal background note for each parliamentary question tabled by the hon. member for Southend West and answered by his Department since January 2009. | | (323139) | 234
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the food industry on the effects of the provision of information on the (i) salt, (ii) sugar and (iii) fat content of foods on the ability of people to manage their (A) diabetes, (B) heart disease, (C) stroke, (D) obesity and (E) other chronic medical conditions; what recent representations he has received on those matters; and if he will make a statement. | | (323140) | 235
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent midwives were working in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in each of the last five years; and how many were working in each NHS organisation in (i) Southend and (ii) Essex in each of the last five years. | | (323245) | 236
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on (a) designating in-house bodies as preferred providers for the management of community services and (b) permitting care trusts to manage community services directly; and if he will make a statement. | | (323237) | 237
| Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated by (a) North Staffordshire, (b) South Staffordshire and (c) Stoke-on-Trent primary care trusts for carer's respite in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (323057) | 238
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs with a special interest in rheumatology there are in (a) each primary care trust area and (b) England. | | (323219) | 239
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) living with and (b) diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (323220) | 240
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his polcy to ensure that GPs receive (a) pre-registration training and (b) continuing professional development training in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis; and if he will take steps to encourage the Royal College of General Practitioners to offer additional support to GPs on the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. | | (323221) | 241
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Public Accounts Committee by the Chief Executive of the NHS on 23 November 2009, what progress his Department is making in establishing whether there is a correlation between the amount spent per head of population on rheumatoid arthritis services and the quality of the provision of such services. | | (323317) | 242
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by each primary care trust on rheumatoid arthritis services per head of population in each of the last two years. | | (323318) | 243
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people for whom analogue hearing aids (a) are the preferred and (b) most appropriate type of aid. | | (322903) | 244
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) analogue and (b) digital hearing aids the NHS has issued in (i) Ribble Valley, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) England in each of the last five years. | | (322905) | 245
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 912W, on health services: armed forces, what NHS expenditure on (a) prosthetic and (b) orthotic care was in each year from 2000-01 to 2009-10; and how much is budgeted for such care by each strategic health authority area in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. | | (323241) | 246
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, column 912W, on health services: armed forces, how many people received (a) prosthetic and (b) orthotic care from the NHS in each year from 2000-01 to 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will receive such treatment in each strategic health authority area in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. | | (323242) | 247
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2010, Official Report, column 351W, on mental health services: advocacy, whether he plans to make public the information being collected by the Care Quality Commission on the availability of independent mental health advocates in hospitals which detain patients under the Mental Health Act 1983; and if he will issue guidance to the Care Quality Commission requiring the inclusion of information on the availability and accessibility of independent mental health advocates in annual statements for establishments registered to take detained patients under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. | | (323224) | 248
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had been waiting for treatment at Northampton General Hospital for (a) over two years, (b) between one and two years, (c) between six months and one year and (d) up to six months in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (322994) | 249
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who represents his Department at World Health Organisation discussions on the marketing of food to children; and what recent discussions he has had on that matter with (a) food, advertising and marketing industry representatives and (b) others. | | (323113) | 250
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on his Department's policy on marketing restrictions as part of discussions within the World Health Organisation on food marketing to children. | | (323218) | 251
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2010, Official Report, column 191W, on medical treatments abroad, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of E112 authorisations relating to maternity care between 2007 and 2008. | | (322791) | 252
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 242W, on cancer drugs, how many primary care trusts have made available each of the drugs listed as recommended for NHS use by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence under the patient access scheme. | | (323056) | 253
| Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information the Care Quality Commission holds on the payment of compensation from public funds by health authorities and agencies to private companies and individuals; and if he will place a copy of that information in the Library. | | (323141) | 254
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323071) | 255
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of NHS organisations which have outsourced their finance departments to (a) SBS in India, (b) other companies in India and (c) other foreign countries. | | (322803) | 256
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has provided to primary care trusts and other NHS purchasing departments on the recommended time period for payment to suppliers. | | (322824) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 257
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budgetary provision his Department has made in 2010-11 for the conducting, directly or otherwise, of scientific procedures on animals pursuant to his Department's objectives; and how much was spent on this in 2009-10. | | (323212) | 258
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals of each species were used in scientific procedures (a) commissioned directly by his Department and (b) otherwise undertaken pursuant to decisions taken by his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (323214) | 259
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the data collected on individuals through the Channel Project for identifying those vulnerable to violent extremism is shared with the security services. | | (322928) | 260
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place for individuals identified by the Channel Project to seek to have their details removed from police force records. | | (322929) | 261
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to establish a specialist war crimes unit in the Metropolitan Police. | | (323060) | 262
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 10 to 12, (ii) 13 to 15 and (c) 16 to 17 year olds were (i) cautioned and (ii) prosecuted for alcohol-related offences in each police force area in 2008. | | (323235) | 263
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 14 December 2009 from the hon. Member for Aylesbury on behalf of Mr R. V. of Aylesbury, acknowledged by his Department on 21 December 2009. | | (322933) | 264
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions children detained at immigration removal centres have been held separately from their parents for a period of more than (a) 12 and (b) 24 hours in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (322797) | 265
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what independent checks there are on the welfare of children detained at immigration removal centres. | | (322798) | 266
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance is available for individuals detained at UK Border Agency immigration removal centres who are suspected to be at risk of suicide. | | (322799) | 267
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are made in respect of the (a) personal possessions, (b) vehicles and (c) bank accounts of detainees following (i) detention at an immigration removal centre and (ii) deportation. | | (322800) | 268
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British nationality through naturalisation were made in each of the last three years. | | (322988) | 269
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which British nationality application forms may be requested over the telephone. | | (322989) | 270
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications by children for British nationality were made in each of the last three years. | | (322990) | 271
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people requested nationality application forms by telephone in each of the last three years. | | (322991) | 272
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reinstate the telephone line for people to request British nationality application forms. | | (322992) | 273
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision was taken not to supply hard copies of British nationality application forms AN and MN1 and related guidance notes to people requesting them on the telephone; and what the reasons were for the decision. | | (322993) | 274
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 379W, on powers of entry: public consultation, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish Lord West's report; and when he expects it to be published. | | (323038) | 275
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323064) | 276
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with local authorities to tackle gang activity. | | (322997) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 277
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people have been identified as working illegally on the Parliamentary estate in each of the last five years. | | (323041) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 278
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government is giving to Bangladesh to tackle salinity in (a) land and (b) groundwater; and if he will make a statement. | | (323239) | 279
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323068) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 280
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) applications for permission to appeal, (b) notices of appeal and (c) final hearings of an appeal in relation to appeals against leasehold valuation tribunal decisions have been dealt with by the Lands Tribunal in each year since 2005-06; what proportion of final hearings of such appeals were successful; what fees were paid to the Lands Tribunal for each type of appeal and hearing in each year; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. | | (323240) | 281
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are serving a sentence of less than (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) four years for (i) homicide, (ii) rape, (iii) attempted rape and (iv) a sexual offence involving children. | | (323061) | 282
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make available for public inspection in the National Archives all papers relating to the disappearance and death in 1956 of Commander Buster Lionel Crabb RN, OBE, GM; and if he will make a statement. | | (322999) | 283
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in England and Wales are serving sentences following conviction for offences related to (a) fraud, (b) other financial sector crime and (c) other white collar crime. | | (323238) | 284
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323075) | 285
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the level of training and education provided to young offenders under pre-release schemes. | | (322996) | 286
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations have been sent copies of his Department's Better Trials Unit's consultation note, Arrest warrants - universal jurisdiction. | | (322816) | 287
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the consultation on Arrest warrants - universal jurisdiction is not listed on his Department's website. | | (322817) | 288
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to include countries whose citizens are at risk of arrest for war crimes in his Department's consultation on Arrest warrants - universal jurisdiction. | | (322818) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 289
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 639W, on clergy: misconduct, if he will publish the reply made by his officials to the solicitor Joe Rice. | | (322825) | 290
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 497W, on clergy: misconduct, if he will initiate discussions with (a) the Irish government, (b) the Roman Catholic Bishop's Conference of Ireland and Primate of Ireland and (c) the Papal Nuncio on the implications of the report of the Irish Commission of Inquiry into sex abuse and related misconduct by members of the clergy and religious orders transferred to dioceses or religious houses in Northern Ireland or elsewhere in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (322826) | 291
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, column 1234W, on the Irish Government Commission: child abuse, whether he has (a) taken any steps and (b) made any decisions following consideration of (i) the letter from the Northern Ireland Minister of Health and (ii) the email from the solicitor from Northern Ireland. | | (322827) | 292
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 208W, on clergy: misconduct, whether the Northern Ireland Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has responded to his invitation to assist him in progressing the issue of clergy misconduct and sexual abuse pursuant to the commission of inquiry conducted in the Irish Republic; and if he will make a statement. | | (322828) | 293
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 208W, on clergy: misconduct, whether he has received any representations from the Irish government on the issue of clergy misconduct and sexual abuse pursuant to the commission of inquiry conducted in the Irish Republic since the date of that Answer; and if he will make a statement. | | (322829) | 294
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323065) | 295
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was paid in bonuses to staff of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in each for the last five years. | | (322995) | Questions to the Prime Minister 296
N | Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Prime Minister, who has been invited to attend the meeting on the creative industries with his special adviser on 19 March 2010. | | (322856) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 297
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323076) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 298
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will place in the Library a copy of the report of its investigation into Bearwood Corporate Services. | | (322794) | 299
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will place in the Library a list of the officials and staff of the Conservative Party who did not accept the invitation for interview with representatives of the Electoral Commission as part of its investigations into Bearwood Corporate Services. | | (322795) | 300
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will place in the Library a copy of the report by forensic accountants commissioned as part of the Electoral Commission's investigations into Bearwood Corporate Services. | | (322796) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 301
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions the Secretary of State has had with the Office of Rail Regulation on the number of maintenance staff required to be employed by Network Rail in order to maintain present safety standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (323236) | 302
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he plans to make a formal response to the report commissioned from the Transport Research Laboratory on the potential for cycle helmets to prevent injury. | | (322823) | 303
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what timetable he has set for announcing his plans for the provision of extra carriages for Northern Rail, as referred to in the 2007 Rail White Paper. | | (322364) | 304
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will direct High Speed Two Ltd to respond to requests for information from members of the public as if it were a public authority specified under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (322930) | 305
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the likely effects of his preferred route for High Speed Two on the Government's plans for housing and employment in Aylesbury; and if he will make a statement. | | (322931) | 306
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the number of business premises in (a) the parish of Coldharbour, (b) the parish of Aylesbury, (c) the parish of Stoke Mandeville, (d) the parish of Ellesborough, (e) the parish of Wendover, (f) the parish of Great Missenden and (g) the County of Buckinghamshire which lie within (i) 100, (ii) 200, (iii) 300, (iv) 400 and (v) 500 metres of his Department's preferred route for High Speed Two; and if he will make a statement. | | (322932) | 307
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the number of dwellings in (a) the parish of Coldharbour, (b) the parish of Aylesbury, (c) the parish of Stoke Mandeville, (d) the parish of Ellesborough, (e) the parish of Wendover, (f) the parish of Great Missenden and (g) the County of Buckinghamshire which lie within (i) 100, (ii) 200, (iii) 300, (iv) 400 and (v) 500 metres of his Department's preferred route for High Speed Two; and if he will make a statement. | | (322934) | 308
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2010, Official Report, column 845W, on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), and with reference to the draft Better Regulation Executive report, whether the DVLA's draft enforcement strategy is the same as the enforcement policy currently being drafted. | | (323062) | 309
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has provided guidance to local authorities on procedures for towing away wrongly-parked vehicles. | | (323052) | 310
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to Network Rail on the requirement for environmental impact assessments to be undertaken in respect of its telecommunications masts under the terms of the EU Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment, 2001/42/EC. | | (323159) | 311
N | Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discretion local authorities have to override the findings of independent parking adjudicators. | | (322901) | 312
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323072) | 313
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to his contribution of 15 October 2009, Official Report, columns 547-8, on the Todmorden rail link, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for a fast direct train link from Burnley to Manchester via the Todmorden curve; and if he will make a statement. | | (323001) | 314
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per head of population on road improvements in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Essex in each of the last 10 years. | | (323332) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 315
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by his Department are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323079) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 316
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent assessment she has made of the barriers to women's participation in politics. | | (322782) | 317
N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent representations she has received on the recommendations in the Fifteenth Report from the Committee of Public Accounts, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, HC 124. | | (322785) | 318
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 41W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission: databases, what requirements there will be on local authorities to provide information for the Equality Measuring Framework database. | | (323031) | 319
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 41W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission: databases, if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the procurement notice for the Equality Measuring Framework database and (b) the full specification for the database. | | (323032) | 320
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, for what reasons the Equality and Human Rights Commission pays travel and expenses rates to staff based on the rates paid by each of the Commission's predecessor bodies. | | (323049) | 321
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether funding will be provided to local authorities in 2010-11 to meet the costs of new burdens in the Equality Bill. | | (323050) | 322
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will place in the Library a copy of the handbook for staff of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (323182) | 323
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by the Government Equalities Office are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323077) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 324
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in York with at least one person aged 75 years or over received the winter fuel allowance in 2009-10. | | (322998) | 325
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects her Department to recommence the payment of re-instated exportable sickness benefits and back-dated payments due to UK citizens now resident in other EU member states and in Switzerland. | | (322897) | 326
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) been mandated to participate and (b) participated in the New Deal for Young People in each year since 2005. | | (322860) | 327
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus branches there were in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in (i) England and (ii) Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (323316) | 328
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that the meat and dairy products procured by her Department and its non-departmental bodies are free range or produced to standards equivalent to those of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme. | | (323078) | 329
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure that the revised safety reports made by (a) the local planning authority and (b) the emergency planning authority in respect of the Oikos site on Canvey Island under the provisions of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1999 are published as soon as each is completed. | | (322819) | 330
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) improvement notices have been issued and (b) changes of use have been recorded in respect of the Oikos site on Canvey Island controlled under the provisions of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1999 in the last five years. | | (322820) | 331
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will direct the Health and Safety Executive to examine proposals to store petroleum and similar substances at the Oikos terminal on Canvey Island; and if she will make a statement. | | (322821) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 332
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the causes of type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (323116) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 333
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the first higher education courses in healthcare science will begin; and what guidance his Department has provided to universities on the content of such courses. | | [Transferred] (323110) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 334
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females in each court service area aged between (i) 10 and 12, (ii) 13 and 16 and (iii) 17 and 18 years old were (A) proceeded against, (B) found guilty and (C) sentenced to immediate custody for alcohol-related offences in 2008. | | [Transferred] (323234) | 335
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 630W, on asylum: housing, how many asylum seekers are housed in dwellings that were formerly vacant social housing. | | [Transferred] (323198) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 336
N | Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received from city councils on the effect on regional economies of a high-speed rail network. | | [Question Unstarred] (322752) | 337
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 528W, on parking offences: closed circuit television, whether a privacy impact assessment was produced in relation to the use of local authority CCTV for parking enforcement; and on what basis CCTV may be used for civil parking enforcement. | | [Transferred] (323040) | 338
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of re-instating the Todmorden Curve. | | [Question Unstarred] (322756) | 339
N | John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of fatal and serious injuries to workers on the highway network; and if he will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (322760) |
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