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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 23 March 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 23 March 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 23 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to answer Question (a) 315627 and (b) 315628, on debt recovery agencies, tabled on 1 February 2010 by the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. | | (323439) | 2
N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent reports he has received on (a) anti-Semitic and (b) anti-Israel speeches made by speakers at British university campuses; and if he will make a statement. | | (323656) | 3
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what methodology his Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if he will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Member's constituency the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (323856) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 4
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued to the Central Office of Information on Government advertising and marketing in (a) the period immediately before a general election and (b) during a general election campaign. | | (324021) | 5
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, over what geographic area the estimated £482 million expenditure on the 2011 Census is to be incurred. | | (324022) | 6
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what methodology her Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if she will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Member's constituency the effects on that constituency of her Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (323857) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 7
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people with a BT postcode paying income tax as part of the Pay As You Earn system in 2009 had more than one income stream. | | (323591) | 8
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the dates of publication of any regular statistics or reports by his Department have been affected by planning for the forthcoming general election. | | (323661) | 9
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average rateable value of a property used for war games courses in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (324001) | 10
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average rateable value of a municipal lavatory in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (324029) | 11
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average rateable value of a lap dancing club in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (324031) | 12
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average rateable value of a zoo in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (324035) | 13
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with (a) pensioner groups and (b) other representatives of vulnerable people on proposals to end the cheque clearing system. | | (324041) | 14
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Payments Council on plans for alternative payment methods for cheque users should the cheque clearing system be ended. | | (324042) | 15
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to discuss providing more funding for the boiler scrappage scheme. | | (323176) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 16
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what methodology his Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if he will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Member's constituency the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (323858) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 17
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were purchased through (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) new Build HomeBuy, (c) Open Market HomeBuy, (d) the First Time Buyer's initiative, (e) Social HomeBuy and (f) Rent to HomeBuy schemes in each year from the inception of each scheme to 2006. | | (324026) | 18
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) households and (b) people in the (i) private and (ii) social rented sector classified as living in overcrowded conditions there were in each London borough in each year from 1997 to 2009. | | (324027) | 19
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homes and (b) affordable homes were built in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (324028) | 20
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology his Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if he will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Members' constituency the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (323859) | 21
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households with at least one disabled person were on the social housing waiting list in each of the last three years. | | (323813) | 22
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new (a) low cost home ownership and (b) social homes had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three and (iv) four or more bedrooms in each local authority area in each year since 1997. | | (323814) | 23
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2010, Official Report, column 671W, on tenancy deposit schemes, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contracts between his Department and tenancy deposit scheme providers, with the commercially sensitive information redacted. | | (323920) | 24
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010 to date (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department met each of the tenancy deposit scheme providers; who was present at each such meeting; and what items were disucussed. | | (323921) | 25
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's contracts with tenancy deposit scheme providers provide for it to intervene to prevent an increase in the level of fees charged by a provider. | | (323922) | 26
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of each issue of his Department's in-house staff magazine distributed in the last 12 months. | | (323983) | 27
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authority area had the lowest Band D outturn bill, including all precepts, in each year since 1997-98. | | (323984) | 28
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much had been paid in fines consequent on irregularities relating to the European Regional Development Fund programme since 1997 at the latest date for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the contingent liabilities in respect of such irregularities. | | (323985) | 29
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the speaking notes and accompanying materials used by the Audit Commission speaker at the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee Conference in 2008. | | (323986) | 30
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to provide funding to local authorities for the purpose of assisting them to meet the new Warm Homes standard; what methodology will be used to assess compliance with that standard; and what timetable he has set for that standard to be met. | | (323987) | 31
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities offer community kitties to local residents. | | (323988) | 32
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 1 March 2010, Official Report, column 953W, on departmental legislation, for what reasons each substantive piece of uncommenced legislation has not been commenced. | | (323989) | 33
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 1 March 2010, Official Report, column 956W, on departmental pay, what the average annual salary is of special advisers in his Department. | | (323990) | 34
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1139W, on the green belt, in respect of which broad locations each regional spatial strategy recommends a review of green belt designation. | | (323996) | 35
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1144W, on housing: regeneration, how much was spent on demolitions in each pathfinder area in each year since 2003-04. | | (323997) | 36
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1160W, on social rented housing: rents, whether an impact assessment has been prepared for his Department's policy on the convergence of social rents. | | (323998) | 37
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1162W, on Tesco: planning permission, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the rulings of the Planning Inspectorate relating to Tesco. | | (323999) | 38
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2010, Official Report, column 1239W, on local government, if he will issue guidance to local authority monitoring officers on visits by hon. Members to local authority-owned premises and facilities (a) outside and (b) inside election purdah periods. | | (324000) | 39
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will end the requirements made by the density targets in Planning Policy Statement 3. | | (324002) | 40
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what mechanisms he plans to make efficiency savings in local government in the next three years; what targets he has set local authorities on efficiency savings; and whether he plans to change the level of funding provided by his Department to local authorities. | | (324003) | 41
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 26 February 2010, Official Report, column 778W, on the Standards Board for England: procurement, how much was spent on contracts with each supplier of the (a) Standards Board for England and (b) Homes and Communities Agency in 2008-09. | | (324004) | 42
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 307W, on Arc Manche, what bids have been made for funding for the Arc Manche Network and Assembly under the Interreg IV round. | | (324005) | 43
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 307W, on Arc Manche, if he will place in the Library a copy of each document associated with the bid and award of the £1.1 million grant to support the Arc Manche Network and Regional Assembly. | | (324006) | 44
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, columns 1292-3W, on local government: per capita costs, what the average central Government grant per capita was to (a) district councils, (b) unitary councils, (c) county councils, (d) metropolitan councils, (e) London boroughs, (f) police authorities and (g) fire authorities in each year since 1997-98 in real terms in 2009 prices. | | (324007) | 45
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 16 December 2009, Official Report, columns 1291-2W, on local government: pensions, what the cash value was of the payment made to local authorities to compensate for the effects of the abolition of advanced corporation tax relief on the Local Government Pension Scheme in each year since 1998; and what measure of inflation has been used to index such funding. | | (324008) | 46
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stroud of 16 December 2009, Official Report, columns 1269-70W, on fire services: risk assessment, what the risks identified on the FiReControl risk register are; what level of risk is assigned to each; and what steps are being taken to mitigate each risk. | | (324009) | 47
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication, Warm homes, greener homes: a strategy for household energy management, whether a privacy impact assessment will be prepared in respect of plans to increase the number of public bodies with access to the Energy Performance Certificate Register. | | (324010) | 48
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 561W, on the Audit Commission: procurement, who attended the Audit Commission's function held at the Reform Club. | | (324011) | 49
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 561W, on the Audit Commission: procurement, what the purpose was of the extra driver tuition from the AA Driving School procured by the Audit Commission; and what the jobs were of those who received the training. | | (324012) | 50
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely effect of the March 2010 revaluation on the level of employer contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme from March 2011. | | (324013) | 51
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the monetary value of the potential frauds identified by the Audit Commission in its National Fraud Initiative since the inception of that initiative. | | (324014) | 52
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authority areas parallel place reviews are being undertaken. | | (324015) | 53
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's guidance to staff on records management and filing for private offices. | | (324017) | 54
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the programme expenditure of the Government Office for London was in each year since 1996-97. | | (324018) | 55
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the administration costs of the Government Offices for the Regions were in each year since 1996-97. | | (324019) | 56
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average level of parish council precepts on council tax was in 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of that level in 2010-11. | | (324020) | 57
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what cap he plans to put in place in respect of council tax increases in 2010-11. | | (324030) | 58
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department and its agencies sent representatives to each of the last three MIPIM international property conferences. | | (324032) | 59
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on average what the council tax band was of a (a) two, (b) three and (c) four bedroom house in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (324033) | 60
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of (a) private rented, (b) social rented and (c) owner-occupied households with access to a garden in each year since 1997. | | (324034) | 61
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average pay and pension cost, including employer National Insurance contributions, is for a press officer in his Department. | | (324037) | 62
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1129W, on bullying: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, what posts were held by those against whom the complaints were made. | | (324038) | 63
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether new requirements on licensed premises will be considered a material change of circumstances by the Valuation Office Agency for the purposes of business rate valuations and revaluations. | | (324039) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 64
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an estimate of the (a) total financial contribution made by foreign national visitors to national museums and galleries in each year since 1997 and (b) proportion of the turnover of those museums attributable to such contributions in each of those years; and if he will make a statement. | | (323664) | 65
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign nationals who have visited national museums and galleries in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (323665) | 66
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces from the Government Art Collection have been reported missing in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value of each such piece was. | | (323709) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 67
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the applicability of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 to widows who remarry and are subsequently divorced (a) under Scottish law and (b) in the rest of the UK. | | (323589) | 68
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers at each rank at or above the rank of colonel there were in the British Army, including the Territorial Army and Reserve, in (a) 1990, (b) 1997, (c) 2005 and (d) the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (323708) | 69
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Talisman project is fully operational in Afghanistan. | | (323638) | 70
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company has been awarded the contract to supply 200 vehicles as part of the light protected patrol vehicle programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (323639) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 71
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what procedures his Department has put in place to evaluate the effectiveness of the Act on Carbon Dioxide advertising campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (323816) | 72
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects funding allocated to the boiler scrappage scheme to be exhausted; whether he plans to provide additional funding for the scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (323175) | 73
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2010, Official Report, column 939W, on domestic appliances: carbon emissions, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of domestic consumer electronics products which qualify for the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and (b) likely effect on the level of carbon dioxide emissions of the inclusion of those products in that scheme. | | (323991) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 74
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to businesses in the North West under the Rural Development Programme for England to date; and how many businesses in that region have participated in the programme. | | (323815) | 75
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect fish stocks in UK waters; and if he will make a statement. | | (323850) | 76
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department undertakes surveys of cliff and coastal erosion. | | (323994) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 77
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Togo following the recent elections in that country. | | (323852) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 78
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 years (i) have been treated for and (ii) have died as a result of skin cancer in each London primary care trust in each year since 2000. | | (323848) | 79
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults on NHS (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) ambulance personnel and (d) non-clinical staff have been reported in each London primary care trust in each year since 2000; and how many criminal sanctions resulted in each such case. | | (323977) | 80
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) distinction awards and (b) clinical excellence awards were made to hospital consultants in each of the last five years; and what the (i) monetary value per grade and (ii) total monetary value of each such award was in each of those years. | | (323811) | 81
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information each primary care trust is required to provide to his Department each (a) month and (b) year. | | (323812) | 82
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistics each NHS organisation reported to his Department in Estates Returns Information Collection on (a) the number of car parking spaces it provided for (i) staff, (ii) patients and (iii) visitors, (b) the average fee charged per hour for (A) patient, (B) visitor and (C) staff parking and (c) the number of parking spaces for disabled people provided in each year from 1997-98 to 2008-09. | | (323754) | 83
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle age discrimination in mental health services for older people. | | (323853) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 84
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which powers of entry have been subject to a liberty test since October 2007. | | (323806) | 85
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the United Kingdom has bilateral agreements on exchanging criminal records information for employment vetting purposes; and if he will make a statement. | | (323590) | 86
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Identity and Passport Service has had discussions with (i) the Local Government Association, (ii) London councils, (iii) passenger transport executives and (iv) local authorities on the use of identity cards to help administer the concessionary bus fare scheme. | | (323808) | 87
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether local authorities will have access to the National Identity Register for the purposes of the administration of free bus travel for those aged 60 years and over. | | (323809) | 88
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the capability of the UK to repair and recover from damage inflicted on critical infrastructure by an electromagnetic pulse attack. | | (323995) | 89
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what budgets proceeds of crime recovered as a result of Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions are allocated to (a) local Crime Reduction Partnership budgets, (b) other local budgets and (c) central government budgets. | | (324040) | 90
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the likely level of resilience of critical infrastructure to the effects of an electromagnetic pulse. | | (324043) | 91
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mechanisms are in place to counter the effects of an electromagnetic pulse affecting critical infrastruture. | | (324044) | 92
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of an (a) natural and (b) deliberately initiated electromagnetic pulse affecting critical infrastructure; and what systems are in place to mitigate the effects of such an event. | | (324045) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 93
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) staff and (b) hon. Members are on the waiting list for a place in the proposed House of Commons day nursery for one or more of those children. | | (323705) | 94
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when an application was made to (a) English Heritage and (b) Westminster City Council to make changes to 1 Parliament Street in connection with the creation of a day nursery; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the application. | | (323706) | 95
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the financial implications of creating a new post of Special Adviser to the Speaker were (a) discussed by the House of Commons Commission and (b) referred to the Finance and Services Committee. | | (323707) | 96
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the House of Commons Commission met to discuss the public petition against the closure of facilities at the Astor Suite, Bellamy's Bar and Bellamy's Club Room. | | (323854) | 97
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Gainsborough of 11 March 2010, Official Report, column 428, on Bellamy's bar, for what reasons 1 Parliament Street was preferred to the North Curtain corridor for the location of a day nursery. | | (323978) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 98
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of World Bank (a) funding and (b) technical advice for development projects in Burma. | | (323755) | 99
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding he plans to allocate to the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thailand-Burma border in each of the next three years. | | (323756) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 100
N | Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that implementation of the provisions proposed in Clause 90 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill does not result in the (a) ending of next-day counts in constituencies in which such counts are a long established practice and (b) counting of votes cast in several constituencies in a central location at the forthcoming general election. | | (323662) | 101
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2010, Official Report, column 703W, on Youth Justice: finance, how much expenditure was re-charged from the Youth Justice Board by the National Offender Management Service Service Development Group in respect of administration costs in 2009-10. | | (323660) | 102
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Bolton West of 17 March 2010, Official Report, column 853W, on children in care: Child Trust Fund, from which provider child trust funds managed by the Official Solicitor or Accountant of Court on behalf of looked-after children have been re-allocated. | | (323710) | 103
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether employees of the National Offender Management Service are remunerated through his Department's Pay and Pensions Service. | | (323807) | 104
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects his Department to receive the report of the working group on the voting rights of members of the armed forces. | | (323657) | 105
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the request made on 1 February 2010 by the hon. Member for Torbay under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, on George Kelly, reference FOI/63308/10. | | (323026) | Questions to the Prime Minister 106
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Intelligence and Security Committee has received the report of Sir David Omand referred to in paragraph 177 of the annual report of that Committee for 2007-08; what the reasons are for the time taken to disclose that report to the Committee; and if he will make a statement. | | (323749) | Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 107
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 6W, on political parties: finance, from which (a) legal firms, (b) Queen's Counsel and (c) other sources the Electoral Commission sought advice in connection with its investigation into Mr Michael Brown and Fifth Avenue Partners; how much was paid for such advice in each case; and what the total cost was to the Electoral Commission of the investigation. | | (323601) | 108
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission's press release of 7 May 2009, on the Crown Prosecution Service decision on Labour Party donations, whether the Electoral Commission made an assessment of the merits of initiating its own investigation into the donations after the Crown Prosecution Service decision. | | (323704) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 109
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidence from the loading records (a) referred to in the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 24 February 2010, Official Report, column 132WH on Hastings Rail Service and (b) used to determine that running eight-car trains on the Maidstone East line, as proposed in the Kent route utilisation strategy, would be sustainable. | | (323663) | 110
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations he has received on recent changes to the motorcycle test procedures. | | (323659) | 111
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which sites within a 50 mile radius of Amersham have been identified as possible residential sites for workers on High Speed Two. | | (323711) | 112
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of construction jobs that were created by High Speed One; and how many and what proportion of those employed were (a) UK nationals, (b) nationals of other EU countries and (c) non-EU nationals. | | (323713) | 113
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will publish the hydrogeological risk assessment commissioned by his Department on the effect on the (a) ground water and (b) aquifir in the Chilterns of the construction of High Speed Two. | | (323750) | 114
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the protection of boreholes and springs in the Chilterns region against contaminants as a result of the construction of High Speed Two. | | (323751) | 115
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the likely cost of mitigation of any damage to aquifirs in the Chilterns resulting from the construction of High Speed Two. | | (323752) | 116
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the punctuality rating was of each rail route serving London in each year from 2005 to 2010; and which company operated each such route in each year. | | (323849) | 117
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Statement of 11 March 2010, Official Report, columns 446-50, on high speed rail, if he will place in the Library a copy of the remit that has been given to Lord Mawhinney to advise the Government on a high speed station at Heathrow Airport. | | (323810) | 118
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve airport security. | | (323979) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 119
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received from small companies on the recent changes to the Pensions Protection Fund levy. | | (323658) | 120
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 50 and (c) over 50 years old (i) claimed jobseeker's allowance and (ii) were helped into employment by Jobcentre Plus in each Jobcentre Plus district in each month from January 2008. | | (323819) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 121
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2010, Official Report, column 902W, on the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework: finance, whether planned expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the Skills Funding Agency on the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework (QCF) includes the estimated £40 million for IT costs in the LSC QCF Business Change Strategy referred to in footnote 2 of the paper prepared for the LSC National Council meeting on 10 September 2008, number LSC 52/2008; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (323992) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 122
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average additional capital value attributed by the Valuation Office Agency to the presence of a conservatory in a dwelling when conducting (a) council tax, (b) Right to Buy and (c) inheritance tax valuations and revaluations. | | [Transferred] (324036) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 123
| Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for a successor strategy to the teenage pregnancy strategy. | | [Transferred] (324023) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 124
N | Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle poppy farming in Afghanistan. | | [Transferred] (323851) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 125
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison accommodation in Wales. | | [Question Unstarred] (323397) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 126
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of households affected by (a) yellow line and (b) controlled parking zone restrictions in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (324016) |
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