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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 6 April 2010
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 6 April 2010
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 6 April 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 6 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 6 April 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, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of officials at each pay band and (b) the administration costs of the UK Space Agency in 2010-11. | | (324901) | 2
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the remit of the UK Space Agency is; when he plans to appoint a Space Agency director; what resources he has allocated to the Space Agency in (a) 2009-10 and (b) each of the next three financial years; and from which existing budgets such resources will be drawn. | | (324902) | 3
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of launching the UK Space Agency was; and what the cost of developing the Agency's (a) website and (b) logo was. | | (324903) | 4
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department commissioned external organisations to assist with the launch of the UK Space Agency. | | (325459) | 5
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 288W, whether his Department has made an estimate of the comparative (a) financial cost and (b) level of carbon dioxide emissions from (i) video conferencing and telepresence and (ii) travel to meetings. | | (325666) | 6
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to ratify the air protocol to the 2001 Cape Town Convention. | | (325045) | 7
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Learning and Skills Council news release of 9 February 2010, entitled Learning and Skills Council Honours Commitment to Help Colleges with Financial Problems, which of the 41 colleges to receive funding from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) are in London; which colleges in (a) England and (b) London were identified by the LSC as facing financial difficulty as a direct result of aborted capital spending; what assessment has been made of the extent of the financial difficulty faced by such colleges in (i) England and (ii) London; and how much funding will be provided to each college. | | (325568) | 8
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has of the number of colleges in (a) England and (b) London which incurred costs in preparing capital bids to the Learning and Skills Council which were not proceeded with; and what estimate has been made of the total financial effect on those colleges in (i) England and (ii) London of the capital bids not proceeding. | | (325569) | 9
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will refer the transfer of Guardian Media Group to Trinity Mirror to the Competition Commission to investigate potential monopolies in media ownership in Cheshire and Surrey. | | (325147) | 10
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent consideration the Secretary of State has given to bringing into force the provisions of the Easter Act 1928 which fix the date of Easter; and if he will make a statement. | | (325707) | 11
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department plans to provide on (a) the steps an agency must undertake to establish the parameters for equal treatment from an end-user of agency workers under the Agency Worker Regulations 2010, (b) the extent to which measures undertaken by an agency to ascertain the information needed to provide equal treatment will be considered reasonable steps under section 14(3)(a) of the Regulations and (c) safeguards for agencies from unreasonable liability where an end-user of agency workers does not accurately provide the information required to determine equal treatment under the Regulations or attempts to indemnify against such liability. | | (325384) | 12
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to monitor the effects of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 on the agency worker industry once they have entered into force. | | (325385) | 13
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much research funding his Department has provided to the (a) Optic Research and Incubation Centre at St Asaph Business Park and (b) members of the Welsh Opto-Electronic Forum in each of the last 10 years; and how much such funding it plans to provide to each of those organisations in each of the next three years. | | (325392) | 14
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Hauser review of the current and future role of technology and innovation centres in the UK considered the establishment and development of the Optic centre at St Asaph Business Park. | | (325393) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 15
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what account her Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325535) | 16
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable has been set for the launch of the Social Investment Wholesale Bank announced in Budget 2010. | | (325809) | 17
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with which projects the Government is piloting social impact bonds; and for how long in each case. | | (325810) | 18
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small businesses have (a) closed and (b) opened in (i) Cardiff Central constituency and (ii) Cardiff in each of the last five years. | | (325320) | 19
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Central Office of Information has spent on contracts with advertising agencies with registered offices outside the UK in each of the last three years; with which agencies the contracts were with; in which centres the registered offices were located; and if she will make a statement. | | (325760) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 20
| Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on development of financial mechanisms to support early intervention policies across the Government in the long-term. | | (325694) | 21
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Financial Services Authority has made of the monetary value of losses incurred by with-profits bond investors who were entitled to claim the guaranteed value of their investments on a market value reduction-free date but failed to do so. | | (325656) | 22
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total monetary value of and (b) proportion of net investment income in the UK balance of payments has been in each year since 2006. | | (325711) | 23
N | Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the financial situation of multiple birth families; and if he will make a statement. | | (325185) | 24
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325525) | 25
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money is available to the Welsh Assembly Government under the Barnett formula for financial year 2010-11. | | (325312) | 26
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the consequential changes are to Government expenditure in Wales arising from the £11 billion savings announced by Government departments consequent on the Financial Statement and Budget Report. | | (325347) | 27
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable he has set for the launch of the Green Investment Bank announced in Budget 2010. | | [R] (325811) | 28
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether community-based social enterprises will be eligible for investment from the Green Investment Bank announced in Budget 2010. | | [R] (325812) | 29
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff (a) there were and (b) were made redundant from the Valuation Office Agency in each year since 1999; what efficiency savings the agency made in each of those years; and how much the agency spent on legal advice in each of those years. | | (325557) | 30
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Valuation Office Agency spent on administering the separate rating of port companies in each year since 1999; and how many of the agency's staff worked on such rating in each of those years. | | (325560) | 31
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of a moratorium on payments of retrospective rates on port businesses. | | (325712) | 32
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have registered for his Department's scheme to enable restrospective business rate charges to be paid over eight years; and how many such companies are (a) newly-rated port companies and (b) located outside ports. | | (325713) | 33
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of unemployment in (a) the UK, (b) each region of England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland of the planned rise in the rate of National Insurance contributions. | | (325758) | 34
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's impact assessment on the planned rise in the rate of National Insurance contributions announced in the Pre-Budget Report in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. | | (325780) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 35
| Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made on the pilots in two areas of the country on introducing pedagogy in working with children in care. | | (325693) | 36
N | Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to assist multiple birth families; and if he will make a statement. | | (325184) | 37
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325534) | 38
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start (a) centres and (b) health visitors there were in each London borough in each year since 2003. | | (325563) | 39
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he made of the number of childminders in (a) England and (b) each London borough in each quarter of each year from 2005 to 2009. | | (325564) | 40
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many nurseries there were in (a) England and (b) each London borough in each year from 1997 to 2009; and what proportion of those nurseries in each area was assessed by Ofsted as inadequate in each of those years. | | (325565) | 41
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children achieved the national standard in each of the 13 assessment scales of the Foundation Stage Profile assessments in (a) England and (b) each London borough in each year since the inception of those assessments. | | (325566) | 42
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children achieved (a) the national standard and (b) beyond expectation in each Key Stage 1 subject in (i) England and (ii) each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (325567) | 43
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much Ofsted received in registration fees from all childcare settings in 2008-09. | | (325316) | 44
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons Leicestershire County Council's bid for funding from Building Schools for the Future was not recommended by Partnership for Schools in the most recent funding round; and on what date his Department wrote to Leicestershire County Council to inform them of these reasons. | | (325813) | 45
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what account the Targeted Mental Health in Schools programme takes of needs related to emotional well-being of children with (a) a learning disability, (b) an autistic spectrum disorder, (c) a physical disability and (d) a sensory disability. | | (325736) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 46
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325533) | 47
| Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will call in for examination the decision of the Planning Inspectorate on the application for a development sited at Nashe Drive in Stoke-on-Trent South constituency; and if he will examine the consistency of the Inspectorate's decision in this case with the determinations in previous similar cases in the area. | | (325761) | 48
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which commissioners have been appointed to the Infrastructure Planning Commission to date; and what criteria he used in deciding on each appointment. | | (325401) | 49
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much will be provided in management and maintenance grants and major repairs allowance in the Housing Revenue Account determination settlement for 2010. | | (325556) | 50
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fast track reviews of rating assessment of port companies were (a) initiated and (b) completed in 2009; how many will continue into 2010-11; how business rates are being collected from companies which have not yet been assessed; and whether such companies are deemed to be listed for business rates. | | (325558) | 51
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what procedures were used to implement the separate rating of port companies in each year since 1999; and how many such companies were (a) visited and (b) notified of their rating by a representative of the Valuation Office Agency in each year since 1999. | | (325559) | 52
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimate is of the amount of historic debt remaining on local authority housing. | | (325561) | 53
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the Personal Care at Home Bill's compliance with the new burdens doctrine for local authorities. | | (325755) | 54
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on translators in each year since 1997. | | (325591) | 55
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on maintaining its Flickr channel in the last 12 months. | | (325592) | 56
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people his Department employs to maintain its social media and networking sites; and at what cost in the last 12 months. | | (325593) | 57
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on maintaining its Twitter feed in the last 12 months. | | (325594) | 58
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on maintaining its YouTube channel in the last 12 months. | | (325595) | 59
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of written questions for Answer on a named day his Department has answered on the due date in the current session of Parliament. | | (325596) | 60
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with pub landlords on the effects of the recession on their businesses. | | (325597) | 61
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has visited any pubs on official business in the last 12 months. | | (325599) | 62
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance his Department has provided to pubs during the recession. | | (325600) | 63
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have (a) applied for and (b) been accepted for unitary status in each year since 1997. | | (325601) | 64
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many incidents the London Fire Brigade have attended in the London Borough of Havering in each year since 1997. | | (325602) | 65
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent restoring seafront piers in each year since 1997. | | (325603) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 66
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325532) | 67
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consultation was undertaken by his Department on the transfer of the Scottish Borders television region to the Scotland pilot scheme; when the transfer will take place; what (a) technical and (b) regulatory process will be required to effect the transfer; and if he will make a statement. | | (325457) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 68
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government expects full mine clearance in the Falkland Islands to be completed; and what relevant contracts to effect such clearance have been entered into. | | (325548) | 69
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a public announcement when the last US cluster munitions have been removed from the UK. | | (325695) | 70
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent Armed Forces Families Continuous Attitude survey. | | (325550) | 71
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of the most recent report of the Chief of the General Staff's briefing team. | | (325551) | 72
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to retain the Royal Air Force as a separate service after the next Strategic Defence Review. | | (325552) | 73
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the staffing levels required at each waterside depot to maintain the safe supply of armaments to vessels. | | (325582) | 74
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he took account of the recommendations of the Haddon-Cave Nimrod review in respect of the proposals for the supply of armaments to waterside depots by direct delivery contained in the Business Improvement Programme consultation. | | (325583) | 75
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) transport cost in respect of and (b) carbon emissions arising from (i) the arrangements for supply of armaments under his Department's pilot scheme and (ii) the transition to direct delivery of such armaments. | | (325584) | 76
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often the cross-departmental Gurkha working group has met; and what Government departments are represented on the group. | | (325684) | 77
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) written and (b) other information is provided to Gurkha veterans seeking advice at his Department's resettlement office in Kathmandu, Nepal. | | (325685) | 78
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to inform the Gurkha veteran population in Nepal of their rights of settlement in the United Kingdom. | | (325686) | 79
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding is available for his Department's resettlement office in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2010-11. | | (325687) | 80
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Ministry of Defence had spent under each budget heading on the (a) Rosemary Nelson, (b) Robert Hamill, (c) Billy Wright and (d) Saville Inquiry on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (325474) | 81
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to remove the fuel, oil and ammunition from RFA Darkdale after its sinking in James Bay, St Helena; and if he will make a statement. | | (325669) | 82
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that RFA Black Rover during its visit to St Helena in May (a) provides oil spill equipment to deal with oil leaks from the sunken RFA Darkdale and (b) assists with clean-up operations; and if he will make a statement. | | (325671) | 83
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has undertaken research on whether terrorist groups are seeking to obtain the capability to carry out electromagnetic pulse attacks on the UK. | | (325553) | 84
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on the threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack on the UK in the context of the National Security Strategy. | | (325554) | 85
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether full-time reserve service personnel are accommodated in married quarters at RAF Benson; and what the cost to the public purse has been of accommodating members of the regular Royal Air Force in premises away from RAF Benson in the last 12 months. | | (325732) | 86
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Scout vehicles will carry out in Afghanistan; and what the cost of each such vehicle will be on deployment in theatre. | | (325452) | 87
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what main weapons systems Scout vehicles will have on deployment in Afghanistan; which companies are the (a) manufacturers and (b) suppliers of the ammunition for the vehicle's main weapons systems; what the cost is per round of ammunition; and what estimate he has made of the lifespan of the barrel of the main weapon system per number of rounds fired. | | (325453) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 88
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 March 2010, Official Report, column 42WS, on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Springfields Site), what insurance arrangements will apply under the new arrangements for management of the plant. | | (325400) | 89
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the public purse was of holding the public meeting on his Department's group on documents on nuclear justification at the Marriott Hotel, Marble Arch on 19 January 2010; whether his Department made provision for the reimbursement of participants for travel costs; what assessment his Department made of the comparative cost of holding that meeting at his Department; whether he has made an assessment of the merits of recovering the cost of the meeting from the Nuclear Industry Association; whether he has plans for any further such meeting; and what record of that meeting (a) was circulated to participants and (b) he plans to post on his Department's website. | | (325667) | 90
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has made an estimate of the effect on the level of carbon dioxide emissions that would result from the installation of room thermostats in homes where they are not presently installed. | | (325465) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 91
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of waste oils has been exported to (a) Germany, (b) Italy and (c) other EU member states (i) in total and (ii) for re-refining in the last three years. | | (325730) | 92
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the waste oil regeneration industry on promotion of investment in regeneration of waste oils. | | (325770) | 93
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken a life cycle assessment of the environmental impact arising from the export of waste oils for re-refining. | | (325771) | 94
N | Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been charged with offences related to wildlife crime since July 2009. | | (325343) | 95
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325531) | 96
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what use will be made of scientific evidence in identifying marine conservation zones under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. | | (325467) | 97
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the seven principles of ecological coherence will be adhered to in the designation of marine conservation zones. | | (325468) | 98
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the minimum conservation objective for marine conservation zones will be that of favourable condition. | | (325469) | 99
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which energy-from-waste facilities of each type received planning permission in the last three years; and what the location was of each. | | (325314) | 100
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) production, printing and distribution costs and (b) circulation figures are of his Department's publication Farming Link. | | (325315) | 101
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on air quality in Shropshire. | | (325438) | 102
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on sea defences in (a) total, (b) East Anglia and (c) Essex in each of the last 10 years. | | (325454) | 103
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what compensation is payable to owners of land lost as a result of the Environment Agency's Managed Realignment programme. | | (325455) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 104
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's overseas activities of recent exchange rate movements. | | (325362) | 105
| Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to fulfil its commitments under the AIDS Strategy, Achieving Universal Access in (a) Lesotho, (b) Botswana and (c) Swaziland. | | (325692) | 106
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training his Department's staff receive on providing support and assistance to the families of British victims of murder abroad. | | (325399) | 107
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the High Commission in Pakistan has taken to obtain consular access to Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh; and if he will make a statement. | | (325547) | 108
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish a mechanism to monitor progress in the talks on Tibet between the government of China and the Dalai Lama. | | (325815) | 109
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to (a) the government of Iran and (b) the Palestinian Authority on the fate of the missing Israeli service personnel; and if he will make a statement. | | (325696) | 110
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325530) | 111
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to fulfil its commitments under the Achieving Universal Access, AIDS Strategy, in (a) Lesotho, (b) Botswana and (c) Swaziland. | | (325456) | 112
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request that the Colombian authorities provide an explanation for the variation in the figures provided by different Colombian state organisations on the number of bodies in the mass grave recently discovered in La Macarena; and if he will discuss that matter with (a) his counterparts and (b) human rights organisations. | | (325562) | 113
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British embassy in Bogota has informed him of any steps taken by the Colombian authorities to ensure that physical evidence located at the mass grave recently discovered in La Macarena is protected pending an investigation by the government of Colombia or the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement. | | (325574) | 114
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request information from the Colombian authorities on the number of bodies recently found in a mass grave in La Macarena which are subject to an individual investigation; and if he will discuss that matter with his EU counterparts. | | (325575) | 115
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will (a) help facilitate and (b) participate in a human rights fact-finding mission to the recently discovered mass grave in La Macarena. | | (325576) | 116
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take immediate steps to cease all co-operation with the Colombian Army until (a) the Colombian authorities have provided him with a satisfactory explanation for the alleged presence of approximately 2,000 unidentified bodies in a mass grave in La Macarena and (b) a thorough investigation has been carried out; and if he will discuss that matter with his EU counterparts. | | (325577) | 117
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the status of the legal investigation into the presence of a mass grave in La Macarena; and whether he has received reports of a forensic search of those graves being conducted on behalf of any international organisation. | | (325578) | 118
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the merits of offering the government of Colombia assistance for a forensic investigation of the mass grave recently found in La Macarena. | | (325579) | 119
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will (a) obtain and (b) place in the Library a copy of the report of the Colombian Procurator General's office on the 2,000 bodies allegedly found in the recently discovered mass grave in La Macarena; and if he will discuss the matter with (i) his EU counterparts and (ii) human rights organisations. | | (325580) | 120
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports on the activities of units of the Colombian Army which operate in and around the southern Colombian municipality of La Macarena in the province of Meta; and whether he has received representations on alleged human rights abuses by those military units. | | (325581) | 121
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the recent violence in Jos. | | (325462) | 122
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the UK-Angolan bilateral relationship. | | (325463) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 123
| Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the original 2007 pilots of the family nurse partnerships; and which of those pilots is planned to be developed for wider implementation. | | (325674) | 124
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what models his Department uses to assess prevalence of breast cancer by ethnic minority grouping. | | (325546) | 125
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325528) | 126
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are used to (a) apportion the costs of providing care to people with chronic medical conditions causing disability between the NHS and social services and (b) estimate expenditure on such costs in respect of those who assist such people with (i) mobility, (ii) attendance and (iii) other care. | | (325555) | 127
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons dentists at the Maywood Surgery and Flansham Park Surgery in Bognor Regis were not invited to bid for the contract to provide dental services in the Bognor Regis area. | | (325655) | 128
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that haemophilia patients will not be required to switch blood products as a consequence of the outcome of his Department's recent tendering exercise in respect of blood products. | | (325451) | 129
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to regulate the sale of e-cigarettes; what progress has been made in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency consultation exercise on e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement. | | (325654) | 130
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statements of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 40WS, on pandemic flu and 22 March 2010, Official Report, columns 11-12WS, on departmental expenditure limits and administration cost limits (2009-10), for what reasons there was a transfer (a) of £200 million from his Department's capital budget to its revenue budget to meet existing commitments on pandemic flu and (b) of £100 million from his Department's revenue budget to its capital budget to meet existing commitments on pandemic flu. | | (325398) | 131
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish guidance on the vaccination of women and girls who do not meet the criteria for inclusion in the national programme; and what estimate he has made of the number of women and girls to whom that guidance will apply. | | (325388) | 132
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's press release of 18 August 2009 on proton therapy services, what progress his Department is making in identifying possible providers of proton therapy treatment for NHS patients in England; what estimate he has made of the maximum annual number of patients who could be treated at a proton therapy treatment centre; and if he will make a statement. | | (325722) | 133
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1400-01W, on medical treatments abroad, in which countries the patients for whom proton therapy treatment was commissioned in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 were treated. | | (325723) | 134
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1400-01W, on medical treatments abroad, which individuals sit on the proton reference panel. | | (325724) | 135
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1400-01W, on medical treatments abroad, what the average cost of an individual course of proton therapy treatment commissioned from abroad was in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and what the total cost of such treatment was in each such year. | | (325725) | 136
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Pfizer on its decision to transfer the production of Minoxidil to another plant; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the supply of Minoxidil to NHS patients is maintained during the transfer. | | (325726) | 137
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the most recent hospital standardised mortality ratio for each NHS hospital trust, ranked from highest to lowest. | | (325727) | 138
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to monitor hospital standardised mortality ratios in each NHS hospital trust. | | (325728) | 139
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism the Care Quality Commission uses to monitor mortality rates in NHS hospital trusts. | | (325729) | 140
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on commissioning reports on the Summary Care Record of University College London; how many such reports his Department has commissioned to date; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent report. | | (325751) | 141
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the effectiveness of tuberculosis screening programmes of incoming visitors at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick airports. | | (325752) | 142
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified medical staff are employed at each UK airport for the purpose of screening incoming visitors for tuberculosis. | | (325753) | 143
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the provision of (a) x-ray equipment for tuberculosis screening at UK airports and (b) salaries of staff conducting such screening in each year since 2004. | | (325754) | 144
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the Personal Care at Home Bill's compliance with the new burdens doctrine for local authorities. | | (325756) | 145
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which (a) primary care trust area and (b) parliamentary constituency each NHS acute trust is located. | | (325757) | 146
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have contracted (a) MRSA and (b) other hospital-acquired infections in NHS hospitals in Shropshire in the last five years. | | (325402) | 147
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for cancer treatments in Shropshire County Primary Care Trust. | | (325403) | 148
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists operating in Shropshire there have been per 1,000 residents in each year since 1997. | | (325404) | 149
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives have been employed by Shropshire NHS Trust in each year since 1997. | | (325405) | 150
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual cost of security staff in NHS hospitals in Shropshire has been in each year since 1997. | | (325408) | 151
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of security cameras at Shropshire NHS hospitals were found to be faulty in each year since 1997. | | (325409) | 152
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in Shropshire have been diagnosed with swine influenza in each of the last 12 months. | | (325410) | 153
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in Shropshire have bought a prescription prepay certificate in each year since 1997. | | (325411) | 154
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what official visits (a) he and (b) his predecessors have made to Shropshire in the last five years. | | (325412) | 155
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in Shropshire have been prescribed anti-psychotic drugs in each year since 1997. | | (325413) | 156
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2010, Official Report, column 806W, on nurses: schools, to how many school clusters in England a school nurse is allocated. | | (325733) | 157
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are infected with the xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus. | | (325313) | 158
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in Nottinghamshire (a) in total and (b) in secure wards; and what the equivalent figures were in 2005. | | (325450) | 159
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Club Together magazine is funded by the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (325731) | 160
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is being made available to NHS Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres to meet the extension of provision to veterans of earlier conflicts. | | (325814) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 161
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the incidence of abuse of parents by children under the age of 18 years. | | (325449) | 162
| 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. | | (325660) | 163
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Gurkha veterans have claimed resettlement rights since August 2009; and how many of them are receiving (a) pension credit, (b) housing benefit and (c) council tax benefit. | | (325777) | 164
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which substances commonly considered to be legal highs are under review by his Department. | | (325702) | 165
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when officials in his Department were first made aware of the risks arising from the use of mephedrone as a drug. | | (325703) | 166
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider bringing forward proposals to include (a) methylone and (b) butylone within the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. | | (325704) | 167
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information police forces have on the extent of organised crime within prisons. | | (325662) | 168
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police investigations are under way into organised crime within Prison Service establishments in England and Wales. | | (325665) | 169
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) car thefts, (b) burglaries and (c) violent crimes have been reported in North Shropshire in each year since 1997. | | (325414) | 170
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times he has visited Shropshire in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (325415) | 171
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of burglaries in Shropshire. | | (325416) | 172
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving a weapon there have been in North Shropshire in each year since 1997; and what type of weapon was involved in each case. | | (325417) | 173
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) knives and (b) firearms have been recovered by police in North Shropshire in each year since 1997. | | (325418) | 174
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated street value is of drugs seized by police in North Shropshire in each year since 1997. | | (325419) | 175
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of domestic violence in North Shropshire. | | (325420) | 176
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) stopped and (b) searched under the provisions of section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in North Shropshire in each month of the last five years. | | (325421) | 177
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests there have been for offences in connection with animal welfare in North Shropshire since 1997. | | (325422) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 178
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will place in the Library a copy of the fully costed options appraisal for a childcare facility at 1 Parliament Street as agreed by the Commission at its meeting on 23 November 2009. | | (325750) | 179
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 24 March 2010, Official Report, column 295W, on Charlie Whelan, what type of pass Mr Whelan holds; when it was issued; and who the sponsor is of the pass. | | (325342) | 180
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons Commission recognises the Unite trade union. | | (325348) | 181
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the Speaker's special adviser has claimed for travel expenses since he was appointed. | | (325460) | 182
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many days the Speaker's special adviser has worked since 30 November 2009. | | (325461) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 183
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the additional £100 million to cut maternal deaths which the Government committed to at the Women Deliver conference in October 2007 has been provided to the United Nations Population Fund. | | (325549) | 184
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports he has received of allegations that funds raised in the UK for non-governmental organisations operating in Gaza have been used to support the political activities of Hamas. | | (325658) | 185
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports he has received on alleged restrictions imposed by Hamas on the activities of humanitarian non-governmental organisations operating in Gaza. | | (325659) | 186
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate reproductive health and access to reproductive rights in Kenya, with particular reference to family planning and safe abortion services; and if he will make a statement. | | (325345) | 187
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many British firefighters took part in the recent relief efforts in Haiti. | | (325598) | 188
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will assist the St Helena government in removing the fuel, oil and ammunition from RFA Darkdale after its sinking in James Bay, St Helena; and if he will make a statement. | | (325668) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 189
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each year since 2006. | | (325344) | 190
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of offences relating to involvement in organised crime were in prison when charged with those offences in each of the last three years. | | (325661) | 191
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Prison Service has made of the incidence of organised crime carried out by serving prisoners over the last three years. | | (325663) | 192
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were charged with a serious crime carried out while they were in prison in 2008-09. | | (325664) | 193
| Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are taken to ensure that appointments of magistrates avoid discrimination on grounds of age. | | (325386) | 194
| Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons upper age limits for magistrates are in place. | | (325672) | 195
| Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of (a) appointing magistrates over the age of 65 and (b) employing magistrates over the age of 70 years. | | (325673) | Questions to the Leader of the House 196
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Leader of the House, what the total monetary value of employer contributions towards the pensions of staff of hon. Members was in the most recent financial year. | | (325721) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 197
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 532W, on Irish language, what steps his Department takes to assist Irish language users in using Irish when dealing with his Department. | | (325691) | 198
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many equalities impact assessments his Department has undertaken in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such assessments. | | (325406) | 199
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on books for its libraries in each of the last five years; and which books were purchased. | | (325407) | 200
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assistance he has given to the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the Presbyterian Mutual Society. | | (325423) | 201
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support his Department is giving to those with money deposited with the Presbyterian Mutual Society. | | (325424) | 202
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings he has had with (a) HM Treasury, (b) the Northern Ireland Executive and (c) the Presbyterian Church in Ireland on the Presbyterian Mutual Society in the last 12 months. | | (325425) | 203
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on mental health services for prisoners in each (a) prison and (b) health authority area in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many prisoners received such treatment in each such year. | | (325426) | 204
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many official meetings he has had in (a) London, (b) Belfast, (c) Londonderry, (d) Newry, (e) Armagh and (f) the United States of America in the last 12 months. | | (325427) | 205
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on events to mark (a) St. Patrick's Day and (b) the Twelfth of July in each of the last five years. | | (325428) | 206
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many nights he has stayed in hotels on official business in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the Republic of Ireland, (c) Great Britain and (d) the United States of America in the last 12 months. | | (325429) | 207
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many letters and e-mails relating to the Presbyterian Mutual Society his Department has received in the last 12 months. | | (325430) | 208
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings he has had relating to the Presbyterian Mutual Society in the last 12 months. | | (325431) | 209
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has had with savers from the Presbyterian Mutual Society in the last 12 months; and how many such savers he has met. | | (325432) | 210
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) nationals of other EU member states and (b) non-EU foreign nationals his Department employs. | | (325433) | 211
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what publications funded by his Department use the Ulster Scots language; and what the cost to the public purse was of providing such documents in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (325434) | 212
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, from how many documents released by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the last five years information has been witheld under the exemptions relating to (a) Parliamentary privilege, (b) disclosure of personal data, (c) disclosure of commercial data, (d) duty of confidence and the public interest, (e) operation of a Ministerial private office, (f) advice from the Law Officers, (g) Ministerial correspondence, (h) formulation or development of Government policy, (i) information supplied by or relating to security bodies, (j) international relations and (k) relations between bodies within the UK. | | (325435) | 213
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what direction his Department gives to its contractors on the framing of questions in surveys it commissions. | | (325436) | 214
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in respect of how many surveys commissioned by his Department in 2010 the (a) results and (b) supporting data have been published in full. | | (325437) | 215
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has met the General Secretary of the Presbyterian Mutual Society in the last 12 months. | | (325446) | 216
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what opinion surveys were commissioned by his Department in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 to date; and what company was commissioned to undertake each. | | (325447) | 217
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department's agencies spent on staff travel (a) within the UK and (b) abroad in each year since 1997. | | (325448) | 218
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on (a) Christmas and (b) other religious celebrations in each of the last five years. | | (325471) | 219
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which ICT projects initiated by his Department were cancelled before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred on each of those projects; who the contractors were of each of those projects; what the date of (a) commencement and (b) cancellation was of each of those projects; and if he will make a statement. | | (325472) | 220
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to which (a) magazines and (b) journals his Department has subscribed in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of those subscriptions. | | (325473) | 221
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which legal firms have worked (a) for and (b) with the Historical Enquiries Team; and how many hours of work each such legal firm had undertaken on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (325475) | 222
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is of the Historical Enquiries Team in the next two years. | | (325476) | 223
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of the final cost to the public purse of the Historical Enquiries Team. | | (325477) | 224
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse had been of the Historical Enquiries Team on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (325478) | 225
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the Historical Enquiries Team to have completed its work. | | (325479) | 226
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Historical Enquiries Team had spent on legal fees on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (325480) | 227
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people the Historical Enquiries Team has employed in each type of post in each month since its inception. | | (325481) | 228
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Historical Enquiries Team has closed. | | (325483) | 229
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what mechanisms the Historical Enquiries Team uses to measure its effectiveness. | | (325484) | 230
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in respect of how many cases which the Historical Enquiries Team has declared closed, families of those whose deaths were under investigation have subsequently requested more information. | | (325485) | 231
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of cases within its remit the Historical Enquiries Team has examined since its inception. | | (325486) | 232
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Historical Enquiries Team has spent on security (a) for legal companies, (b) for witnesses and (c) in total since its inception. | | (325487) | 233
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Historical Enquiries Team has spent on (a) accommodation and (b) advertising since its inception. | | (325488) | 234
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Historical Enquiries Team has completed to the satisfaction of the families of those whose deaths were under investigation. | | (325489) | 235
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each of the last five years; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each such survey. | | (325491) | 236
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on press monitoring in each of the last five years. | | (325492) | 237
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of staff in his Department were dismissed in each of the last five years; and how many were dismissed as a result of under-performance in each year. | | (325493) | 238
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to ensure the security and safety of community halls in Northern Ireland. | | (325494) | 239
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which companies were contracted by his Department for the provision of temporary staff in each of the last five years; how many temporary staff were employed by his Department in each such year; and what the monetary value was of contracts with each such company in each such year. | | (325495) | 240
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what property has been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what estimate has been made of the cost of the replacement of that property. | | (325496) | 241
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department were awarded a bonus in 2009; and what the (a) highest, (b) lowest, (c) mean, (d) median and (e) mode bonus awarded was. | | (325497) | 242
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of his Department's Board members who were civil servants working in his Department were awarded a bonus in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and what the highest bonus paid was in each year. | | (325498) | 243
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days staff of his Department spent on trade union activity in the latest year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such activity in that year. | | (325499) | 244
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on (a) legal fees and (b) compensation in relation to legal cases concerning remuneration of its employees in each of the last five years. | | (325500) | 245
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Hamill Inquiry has spent on IT since its inception. | | (325501) | 246
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Hamill Inquiry has spent on IT consultants since its inception. | | (325502) | 247
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is of the press office for the Hamill Inquiry in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (325503) | 248
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people the Hamill Inquiry has employed in each role in each month since its inception. | | (325505) | 249
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Saville Inquiry has spent on virtual reality technology since its inception. | | (325506) | 250
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Saville Inquiry has spent on IT since its inception. | | (325507) | 251
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Saville Inquiry has spent on IT consultants since its inception. | | (325508) | 252
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is of the press office for the Saville Inquiry in the (a) current and (b) next financial year. | | (325509) | 253
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Saville Inquiry has spent on accommodation since its inception. | | (325510) | 254
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in each role the Saville Inquiry has employed in each month since its inception. | | (325511) | 255
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Wright Inquiry has spent on IT since its inception. | | (325512) | 256
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Wright Inquiry has spent on IT consultants since its inception. | | (325513) | 257
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is of the press office for the Wright Inquiry in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (325514) | 258
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people the Wright Inquiry has employed in each post in each month since its inception. | | (325515) | 259
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Nelson Inquiry has spent on IT since its inception. | | (325516) | 260
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Nelson Inquiry has spent on IT consultants since its inception. | | (325517) | 261
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is of the press office for the Nelson Inquiry in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (325518) | 262
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people the Nelson Inquiry has employed in each post in each month since its inception. | | (325519) | 263
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Historical Enquiries Team has spent on IT since its inception. | | (325520) | 264
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Historical Enquiries Team has spent on IT consultants since its inception. | | (325521) | 265
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget is of the press office for the Historical Enquiries Team in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (325522) | 266
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of his Department's ICT projects were over budget at the latest date for which information is available; and by how much each was over budget at that time. | | (325536) | 267
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what advertising campaigns were (a) launched and (b) maintained by his Department in 2008-09; and how much each such campaign cost in that year. | | (325537) | 268
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of his Department's marketing budget was spent on (a) media advertising, (b) promotion and (c) education packs and initiatives for schools in 2008-09. | | (325538) | 269
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been convicted of offences relating to (a) fuel smuggling and (b) fuel laundering in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (325539) | 270
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on security and policing at the 12 July celebrations in each of the last five years. | | (325540) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 271
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will take steps to reduce the minimum age for Olympic volunteers from 18 to 16 years. | | (325657) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 272
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325527) | 273
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) receptions and (b) other functions have been held at (i) Melville Crescent and (ii) Dover House since 1 October 2008; what the date was of each; who attended each; and what the cost of the catering was for each. | | (325394) | 274
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many receptions and functions he has hosted at locations other than Melville Crescent and Dover House since 1 October 2008; on what date each was held; what the location was of each function; who attended each; and what the cost of hire was of the facilities and the catering for each. | | (325395) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 275
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325526) | 276
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions Ministers of his Department and its predecessors have visited the London Borough of Bexley on official business since 1997. | | (325774) | 277
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will publish the reports of all passenger demand modelling (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by his Department on the proposed HS2 routes. | | (325389) | 278
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will publish the results of the investigations which have been made into the effect of modal switch in the context of passenger demand modelling for HS2; what methodology was used in the investigation; and if he will make a statement. | | (325390) | 279
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of the provision of more than one additional train maintenance depot for Thameslink stations. | | [R] (325778) | 280
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the introduction of the new Thameslink trains of the time taken to construct the additional train maintenance depots. | | [R] (325779) | 281
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether (a) a local authority and (b) other organisations have powers to block the development of additional train maintenance depots for the new Thameslink rolling stock. | | [R] (325781) | 282
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will consider requiring the Humber Bridge Board to reduce the level of toll on the Humber Bridge during periods when lane closure is in force. | | (325705) | 283
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the works required to make Flamborough Head coastguard station compliant with safety regulations. | | (325706) | 284
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects all lanes of the Humber Bridge to be open to traffic. | | (325708) | 285
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many tests of heavy goods vehicles the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency conducted outside core business hours between April 2009 and February 2010. | | (325709) | 286
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on levels of demand for conducting annual tests of heavy goods vehicles outside standard working hours. | | (325710) | 287
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) road building and (b) road maintenance in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (325396) | 288
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of people using bicycles in Shropshire. | | (325439) | 289
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many fatal road accidents there have been in North Shropshire constituency in each month of each year since 1997. | | (325440) | 290
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with rail operators on rail services between London and stations in Shropshire. | | (325441) | 291
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average daily number of people using (a) buses and (b) trains in Shropshire in each of the last five years. | | (325442) | 292
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to widen the A5 between Wolfshead and Queen's Head; and if he will make a statement. | | (325443) | 293
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many representations he has received in response to the draft guidance to regions on his Department's Delivering a Sustainable Transport System programme. | | (325444) | 294
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of progress in his Department's Delivering a Sustainable Transport System programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (325445) | 295
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Shropshire Council and (b) Advantage West Midlands on his Department's review, Delivering a sustainable transport system. | | (325490) | 296
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the condition of the A5 between Shrewsbury and the Shropshire/Wales border; and if he will make a statement. | | (325541) | 297
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people have been injured on the A5 between Shrewsbury and the Shropshire/Wales border in each of the last 12 years. | | (325542) | 298
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people have been killed on the A5 between Shrewsbury and the Shropshire/Wales border in each of the last 12 years. | | (325543) | 299
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many times the A5 between Shrewsbury and the Shropshire/Wales border has been closed for road works in each of the last five years. | | (325544) | 300
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many times the A5 between Shrewsbury and the Shropshire/Wales border has been closed following a road traffic accident in each of the last five years. | | (325545) | 301
| Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the possible effects on the sports of hang gliding and paragliding of proposals in the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation consultation on the draft Standardised European Rules of the Air; and if he will meet the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association to discuss the proposals. | | (325387) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 302
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325524) | 303
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Optic Research and Incubation Centre at St Asaph Business Park in the last seven years. | | (325391) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 304
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what account the Government Equalities Office's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325529) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 305
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account her Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare. | | (325523) | 306
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people were in receipt of the (a) care and (b) mobility component of the disability living allowance in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (ii) the London Borough of Bexley in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (325773) | 307
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on the voluntary sector of the decision to reduce the number of prime contractors under the Work Choice Programme. | | (325464) | 308
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enquiries made to the Child Support Agency (CSA) were responded to (a) over the telephone and (b) in writing in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the policy is of the CSA on responding to requests that details of a telephone conversation be confirmed in writing. | | (325397) | 309
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people are in receipt of the (a) (i) care and (ii) mobility component of disability living allowance and (b) attendance allowance in the (A) South West and (B) UK. | | (325466) | 310
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the population in St. Ives constituency are in receipt of each level of (a) attendance allowance and (b) the (i) care and (ii) mobility component of disability living allowance. | | (325470) | 311
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many National Insurance numbers her Department has issued to Gurkha veterans settling in the United Kingdom since August 2009. | | (325688) | 312
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average it has taken to issue a National Insurance number to a Gurkha veteran settling in the United Kingdom since August 2009. | | (325689) | 313
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Compensation Recovery Unit takes to check the validity of the National Insurance number of claimants. | | (325714) | 314
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Compensation Recovery Unit takes (a) to verify the identity of claimants and (b) to eliminate claims made under fictitious names. | | (325715) | 315
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) has had with the National Fraud Strategic Authority on steps to reduce the number of fraudulent claims made to the CRU. | | (325716) | 316
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Compensation Recovery Unit in dealing with fraudulent claims; and if she will make a statement. | | (325717) | 317
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Compensation Recovery Unit has notified insurance providers of fraudulent claims in each of the last five years. | | (325718) | 318
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) claims the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) has dealt with and (b) fraudulent claims the CRU has identified in each of the last five years. | | (325719) | 319
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Compensation Recovery Unit found the National Insurance number in a claim submitted by an insurance company to be (a) false or incorrect and (b) not to match the name given in the last five years. | | (325720) | 320
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) representations she has received from and (b) discussions she has had with (i) the Royal British Legion, (ii) other third sector organisations and (iii) other interested parties on the renaming of council tax benefit as council tax rebate. | | (325458) | 321
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Budget 2010, HC 451, if she will estimate the saving to the Exchequer in each of the next five years of increasing the age of entitlement to winter fuel payments to 65 years. | | (325346) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 322
| Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on small businesses of the planned rise in the rate of National Insurance contributions. | | [Transferred] (325759) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 323
| Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on each of the adults facing chronic exclusion pilots, which began in 2007; and which of them have been continued and included in other Government programmes. | | [Transferred] (325675) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 324
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effects on the health and safety of residents of St Helena caused by oil leaks from RFA Darkdale after its sinking in James Bay; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (325670) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 325
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that children with a dual diagnosis of a mental health problem and (a) a learning disability and (b) an autistic spectrum disorder are recorded (i) in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services commissioning process, (ii) in children and young people's plans and (iii) in children's health needs assessments. | | [Transferred] (325734) | 326
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is an established national referral pathway to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for children with (a) mental health problems and (b) autistic spectrum disorders and co-occurring mental health problems. | | [Transferred] (325735) | 327
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statutory duties there are on participants in the commissioning process for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to take account of the needs of children with an autistic spectrum disorder. | | [Transferred] (325737) | 328
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services have a remit to address the needs of children with (a) a learning disability, (b) an autistic spectrum disorder, (c) an eating disorder and (d) a physical or sensory disability. | | [Transferred] (325772) | 329
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to issue guidance on the commissioning of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for vulnerable groups other than looked-after children. | | [Transferred] (325775) | 330
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department requires a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service to meet. | | [Transferred] (325776) |
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