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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 26 November 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 26 November 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 26 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 26 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 26 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many individual bankruptcy petitions in which council tax arrears were mentioned as a significant reason were received by the Official Receiver in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (302123) | 2
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people from Newcastle-upon-Tyne became full-time undergraduate students in each year from 2002-03 to 2007-08; and how many such people (a) were from each socio-economic group and (b) had parents from each socio-economic group. | | (302458) | 3
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies of individuals in each age group there were in (a) each region of England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (302534) | 4
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Secretary of State has met representatives of the City of London guilds in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (302559) | 5
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of the workforce who are non-UK nationals in each region. | | (302567) | 6
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of the workforce engaged in unskilled labour who are non-UK nationals. | | (302568) | 7
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of those not in employment, education or training who were unskilled in each of the last 18 months. | | (302570) | 8
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on support for traditional skill sets in remote island economies in the UK. | | (302571) | 9
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Secretary of State has presented an official gift which was manufactured overseas in the last 12 months. | | (302572) | 10
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which external public relations firms the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council has hired since its inception; at what cost; and for what purposes. | | (302232) | 11
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1756W, on the Union Modernisation Fund, if he will publish in full the rules on conflicts of interest. | | (302290) | 12
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1756W, on the Union Modernisation Fund, when he expects the final evaluation report of the Modernisation Fund to be published. | | (302291) | 13
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1756W, on the Union Modernisation Fund, if he will publish the declarations of past and present political activity made by each of the members of the Supervisory Board to date. | | (302293) | 14
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the South East England Development Agency has made to Edelman in each of the last three years; for what purpose; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302298) | 15
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the Learning and Skills Council has made to (a) Fishburn Hedges and (b) Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302299) | 16
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts has made to Consolidated PR in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302300) | 17
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the East of England Development Agency has made to Fishburn Hedges in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302302) | 18
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the Competition Commission has made to Euro RSCG Apex in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302303) | 19
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the (a) North East Development Agency and (b) North East Economic Forum has made to Sovereign Strategy in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302304) | 20
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the Science and Technology Council has made to Edelman in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302305) | 21
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments Royal Mail has made to (a) Grayling Political Stategy and (b) Positif Politics Ltd in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302306) | 22
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments the East Midlands Development Agency has made to Weber Shandwick in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302307) | 23
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much public funding the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) has received in each year since its establishment; how many in-house (a) public affairs and (b) public relations staff NESTA employs; and how much NESTA has spent on externally provided (i) public affairs and (ii) public relations services in the last three years. | | (302406) | 24
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the policies of his Department and its predecessors in (a) providing support to business and (b) improving levels of skills in (i) England, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees Valley and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency since 1997. | | (302081) | 25
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302169) | 26
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on the (a) Accessing International Markets, (b) Grant for Business and Investment, (c) Export Credit Insurance, (d) Maximising Foreign Direct Insurance, (e) Developing Your International Trade Potential, (f) Business Collaboration Networks, (g) Business Premises, (h) Business Growth Specialist Facilities and Environments, (i) Starting a Business, (j) Intensive Start-up Support, (k) Starting a High Growth Business, (l) Manufacturing Advisory Service, (m) Designing Demand, (n) Innovation Advice and Guidance, (o) Coaching for High Growth, (p) Small Loans for Business, (q) Understanding Finance for Business, (r) Finance for Business, (s) Collaborative Research and Development, (t) Networking for Innovation, (u) Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, (v) Innovation Vouchers, (w) Low Carbon Energy Demonstration, (x) Improving Your Resource Efficiency and (y) Grant for Research and Development scheme in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09; and how many businesses have received assistance from that scheme in each of those years. | | (302098) | 27
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of banks which have asked applicants under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme to use their homes as collateral for a loan; and if he will make a statement. | | (302099) | 28
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) Government Office region had received funding under the (i) Enterprise Finance Guarantee, (ii) Working Capital, (iii) Trade Credit Insurance Guarantee, (iv) Capital for Enterprise Fund and (v) Automotive Assistance Programme scheme on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (302137) | 29
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector which have closed in each quarter since March 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (302138) | 30
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Energy and Climate Change on the proposed Standard Assessment Procedure grid carbon dioxide methodology. | | (302139) | 31
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with the government of Hungary on improving procedures in that country for the awarding of private and public sector contracts to businesses from the UK and other EU member states. | | (302509) | 32
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many anti-personnel mines were exported from the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (302347) | 33
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department has allocated to post offices in (a) urban and (b) rural areas in each of the last 10 years. | | (302348) | 34
| Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons water treatment cleaners and inhibitors are not included in the Better Regulation Executive's definition of a heating system; and if he will include them within the definition. | | (302091) | 35
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent on (a) performance-related pay and (b) bonuses for Learning and Skills Council staff in each year since 1998-99. | | (302466) | 36
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings have been held of the higher education sub-group of the cross-government working group on anti-Semitism; and what issues were discussed at each meeting. | | (302497) | 37
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many suspected instances of extremism have been reported by university staff as taking place on campus in each of the last three years. | | (302498) | 38
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many instances of extremism have been recorded as taking place on (a) university premises and (b) further education college premises in each of the last three years. | | (302499) | 39
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions Ministers have had with the Higher Education Funding Council for England on its review of teaching funding consultation. | | (302500) | 40
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what average per-student teaching grant was received by each higher education institution in England for (a) UK and (b) non-UK EU undergraduate students in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (302501) | 41
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many enquiries have been made to the Student Loans Company (a) by telephone, (b) by email, (c) via its website and (d) by other methods in each of the last six years. | | (302502) | 42
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Train to Gain providers have had discussions with Ministers on the funding and contract arrangements for Train to Gain for 2009-10. | | (302503) | 43
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints have been received by (a) his Department and (b) the Learning and Skills Council from Train to Gain providers about the funding and contract arrangements for Train to Gain for 2009-10. | | (302504) | 44
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Student Loans Company (SLC) has spent on public relations (PR) in the last 12 months; and whether the SLC employs an external PR agency. | | (302505) | 45
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what internship schemes his Department (a) partially and (b) fully funds; how much his Department plans to spend on each such scheme in 2009-10; and how many places there are on each such scheme. | | (302506) | 46
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what percentage of people aged between 16 and 24 years old were not in education, employment or training in the third quarter of each of the last 10 years. | | (302573) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 47
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what percentage of children were living in workless households in each local education authority area in Tyne and Wear in each year from 1999 to 2009. | | (302456) | 48
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what percentage of children are living in poverty in each region and country of the UK; and what percentage of children in poverty lived in households where one or more members of the household were in work in each year from 2005 to 2009. | | (302569) | 49
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she has taken to encourage Departments experiencing temporary increases in workload to consider outsourcing relevant tasks to Land Registry offices. | | (301738) | 50
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of maintaining her Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within the Cabinet Office's responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302410) | 51
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of maintaining (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the No. 10 website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining that website in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302421) | 52
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the monetary value is of the Office for National Statistics' contract with Elmwood to develop branding for the 2011 census. | | (302131) | 53
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer by the Secretary of State for Transport of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1079W, on Cycling England: finance, what Central Office of Information framework agreement governs contracts with public relations consultancies. | | (302195) | 54
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advertiser-funded programming agreements the Central Office of Information has facilitated in the last 12 months; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each of the programmes. | | (302208) | 55
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department's Communications/Support Officer within the Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis team is affiliated to the Government Communication Network. | | (302209) | 56
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments the Charity Commission has made to Mandate Communications/AS Biss in the last 12 months; at what cost; for what purposes; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302211) | 57
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments Futurebuilders has made to APCO public affairs in the last 12 months; for what purposes; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302212) | 58
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what expenditure was incurred by her Department on external public relations and marketing companies which are included in the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (302213) | 59
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of all expenditure on Government advertising was contained in the Central Office of Information's accounts for 2008-09. | | (302214) | 60
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in No. 10 Downing Street are members of the Government Communication Network. | | (302221) | 61
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are members of the Government Communication Network. | | (302222) | 62
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether each Department has implemented the Phillis Review recommendation that it should conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of its communications; and who holds the report of each such review which has taken place. | | (302223) | 63
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has (a) copyright and (b) trademark protection over the (i) Building Britain's Future and (ii) Real Help Now (A) phrases and (B) associated logos. | | (302224) | 64
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Government's Media Monitoring Unit was in 2008-09; and what annual subscription fee was paid to the unit by each subscribing public sector customer in that year. | | (302225) | 65
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether members of the Government's Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) are part of the Government Communication Network; and within which body the MMU is based. | | (302226) | 66
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments (a) her Department and (b) the Office of Public Sector Information has made to Detica in the last 36 months; and for what purposes. | | (302227) | 67
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what public relations companies were awarded contracts under the Central Office of Information framework agreement with contract reference 2008/S 105-141121; and what the monetary value was of contracts under the framework agreement. | | (302228) | 68
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Central Office of Information spent on public relations, marketing and advertising (a) including and (b) excluding Directgov, consultations and interactive services in 2008-09. | | (302229) | 69
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on communications, marketing, advertising and public relations in relaitons to the Real Help Now campaign to date. | | (302230) | 70
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government advertising campaigns have been co-ordinated through the Central Office of Information in the last 12 months. | | (302231) | 71
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Information Commissioner was consulted on the preparation of the privacy impact assessment for the 2011 Census. | | (302264) | 72
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in full-time equivalent (a) media and public relations, (b) marketing and (c) communications posts in the (i) Cabinet Office, (ii) Office for National Statistics, (iii) UK Statistics Authority and (iv) Central Office of Information have been assigned to work on the 2011 Census. | | (302265) | 73
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what final estimate was made of the (a) error and (b) non-response rate in respect of the 2001 Census. | | (302266) | 74
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK Statistics Authority plans to take steps to discourage campaigns which actively promote giving false or frivolous answers to the 2011 Census. | | (302267) | 75
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Explanatory Note to the draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2009, what data were taken into account in determining that the provisions of the Order would not have an impact on the private or voluntary sector. | | (302268) | 76
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what external (a) media and public relations, (b) marketing, (c) communications and (d) advertising firms and consultants have been contracted for the purposes of the 2011 Census; and what the monetary value is of such contracts. | | (302269) | 77
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) UK Statistics Authority and (c) Office of National Statistics has had with the Commission for Equality and Human Rights on the inclusion of questions on sexual orientation in the 2011 Census. | | (302270) | 78
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) guidance issued in the 2001 Census and (b) draft guidance to be issued in respect of the 2011 Census on the application of the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act in communications with residents who decline to answer Census questions. | | (302271) | 79
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions she has had at EU level on proposals to harmonise census exercises across the EU. | | (302272) | 80
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets have been set to measure performance in respect of the undertaking of the 2011 Census; and what value for money criteria have been applied in respect of that census. | | (302273) | 81
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the results of the Census pilot undertaken in 2007. | | (302274) | 82
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable has been set for the printing of the household forms for the 2011 Census. | | (302275) | 83
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff will be hired for the purposes of undertaking door-to-door communications for the 2011 Census. | | (302276) | 84
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether contracts let in respect of the 2011 Census include break clauses. | | (302277) | 85
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the merits of using existing public sector and commercial datasets to replace the (a) 2011 Census and (b) 2021 Census. | | (302278) | 86
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate was made of the number and proportion of illegal immigrants who completed the 2001 Census; and whether she has made an assessment of the likely effect of the proposed inclusion of new questions on citizenship and intention to remain in the UK on the number of illegal immigrants who complete the 2011 Census. | | (302279) | 87
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the response rate was (a) in absolute numbers, (b) as a percentage of postal surveys sent and (c) as a percentage of the resident population in each of the four areas in the 2009 Census rehearsal. | | (302280) | 88
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much and what proportion of the budget for the 2011 Census had (a) been spent, (b) been allocated for expenditure and (b) not been allocated on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (302281) | 89
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons each question which was included in the 2001 Census and which is not proposed to be included in the 2011 Census has not been included in that Census. | | (302282) | 90
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the difference between the likely cost of the 2011 Census and the cost of the 2001 Census. | | (302283) | 91
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations the (a) Cabinet Office, (b) Office for National Statistics and (c) UK Statistics Authority has received on the classification of Sikhs in the 2001 Census; and if she will make a statement. | | (302284) | 92
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed by the Government's Media Monitoring Unit. | | (302286) | 93
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) oven gloves, (b) aprons, (c) teddy bears and (d) wallets have been sold in the Downing Street gift shop in the last 12 months. | | (302287) | 94
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 351W, on central Government: public relations, what records (a) her Department and (b) the Central Office of Information hold of (i) payments made and (ii) contracts awarded by departments to firms on the list of accredited public relations companies. | | (302288) | 95
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2208W, on Ministers: visits abroad, for what reason the requirement for Ministers to inform the Foreign and Commonwealth Office before undertaking visits abroad was removed from the Ministerial Code when it was revised in 2007. | | (302289) | 96
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 16 July 2009, Official Report, column 624W, on the Advertising Advisory Committee, who the members of the Government Strategic Marketing Advisory Board are. | | (302292) | 97
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the communication plan and strategy for the 2011 Census. | | (302294) | 98
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of questions to be included in the 2011 Census which were not contained in the 2001 Census. | | (302295) | 99
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been paid by her Department to EADS for the development of technology to store and monitor internet communications data (a) in total and (b) in the last 12 months. | | (302296) | 100
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the minimum duration of stay is that will require an individual to register as an overnight guest and disclose name, sex and date of birth in the 2011 Census; whether overnight guests who are children will be required to register; whether guests at a house party will be required to register; and what personal liability householders will have should overnight guests refuse to disclose personal information. | | (302427) | 101
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pages long were the (a) individual and (b) household forms in each of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the (i) 1991 Census and (ii) 2001 Census; and what the estimated page length is for each of those in the 2011 Census based on the (A) Census rehearsal and (B) subsequent planning. | | (302428) | 102
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated error rate is for the 2011 Census exercise in relation to the questions on the number of bedrooms; and whether the information on the number of bedrooms will be cross-referenced with any other dataset separate from the 2011 Census. | | (302429) | 103
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place in the Library a copy of the business case for the 2011 Census. | | (302431) | 104
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether hotels and bed and breakfast establishments will be required to register their overnight guests and disclose information on name, sex and date of birth for the 2011 Census. | | (302454) | 105
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what access Government departments and their agencies will have to non-anonymised personal data collected in the 2011 Census. | | (302485) | 106
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what safeguards her Department has put in place to ensure that the US administration will not be able to access or monitor Census data stored or processed by Lockheed Martin. | | (302487) | 107
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the 2011 Census adopts the principles of data minimisation recommended by the Thomas and Walport Review of data sharing. | | (302488) | 108
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) 1991 Census and (b) 2001 Census in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms in 2009 prices. | | (302489) | 109
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 October 2009, Official Report, columns 55-56WS, on the draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2009, what data sources are being used to populate the central address register; and what use will be made of the central register in (a) England and (b) Wales following the 2011 Census. | | (302490) | 110
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the advertising, marketing and publicity budget is of the (a) Real Help Now and (b) Building Britain's Future campaign in 2009-10. | | (302491) | 111
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the Central Office of Information's expenditure increased by £163 million in 2008-09 compared with 2007-08. | | (302492) | 112
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Central Office of Information (COI) holds on contracts awarded by Government departments to companies which are members of the COI's Framework Agreement on public relations. | | (302493) | 113
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) marketing, (b) communications and (c) advertising budget is for the 2011 Census. | | (302566) | 114
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) her Department and (ii) its executive agency is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) her Department and (B) its executive agency have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302177) | 115
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role the National Hazards Team will play in recovery from the recent floods in Cumbria. | | (302142) | 116
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she expects the National Hazards Team to conclude its review of critical infrastructure at risk from future floods; whether (a) public and (b) private (i) reservoir and (ii) dam safety will be included in that audit; and if she will make a statement. | | (302143) | 117
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many charities were found to be raising money for a purpose outside their charitable objectives in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (302141) | 118
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the unemployment rate for (a) Catholics and (b) Protestants in Northern Ireland was in each of the last 20 years. | | (302337) | 119
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the most recent percentage unemployment rate is for each ward in Northern Ireland. | | (302338) | 120
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new businesses (a) there were and (b) started in (i) Vale of Clwyd constituency and (ii) each region in each of the last 20 years. | | (302341) | 121
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of long-term youth unemployment was in (a) Vale of Clwyd constituency and (b) each region in each of the last 20 years. | | (302342) | 122
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the economic inactivity rate was of each (a) parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the last 20 years and (b) electoral ward in Northern Ireland in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (302354) | 123
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of the number of 18 to 30 year olds in each ward in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of the population they represented in each case. | | (302356) | 124
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, columns 885-6W, on Government departments: official hospitality, if she will amend the register for hospitality received by board members of Government departments from 1 January to 31 December 2007 to include the hospitality provided by the Chairman of the Audit Commission to the (a) Director General of the Department for Communities and Local Government on 18 August 2007, (b) Director General of the Financial and Commercial Group at the Home Department on 11 May 2007 and (c) Permanent Secretary to the Department for Communities and Local Government on 8 October 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (301740) | 125
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she expects to publish the register of hospitality received by board members of Government departments during 2008. | | (301747) | 126
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister's Office has spent on advertising in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (302321) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 127
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median length of service of HM Revenue and Customs full-time employees is in each region and country of the UK. | | (302462) | 128
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to stimulate the house building industry. | | (301134) | 129
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to assist the house building industry in the next two years. | | (301137) | 130
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he was first informed that Ulster Bank was withholding payment of contractual bonus payments to staff in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland until such time as employees signed a new pension contract; what discussions UK Financial Investments Ltd has had with the Bank's pension trustees on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (302483) | 131
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes to ensure that all second home owners who should pay capital gains tax do so. | | (302467) | 132
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302424) | 133
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302168) | 134
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans there are to change the opening hours of HM Revenue and Customs Enquiry Centres in Somerset; and what assessment has been made of the likely effect of reduced opening hours at such centres on the elderly. | | (302256) | 135
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the uninsured losses incurred as a consequence of the recent floods in Cumbria. | | (302147) | 136
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by the recent flood in Cumbria who were unable to obtain insurance for (a) their buildings, (b) the contents of their buildings and (c) neither their buildings nor the contents of those buildings because of the risk of flooding to their properties; and if he will make a statement. | | (302148) | 137
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the merits of introducing an automatic callback request feature for callers to his Department's telephone helplines in order to minimise the cost to callers. | | (301904) | 138
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effect on (a) the UK economy and (b) the UK tourist industry of reducing value added tax for businesses in the tourist industry to 7 per cent. | | (302121) | 139
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the £9 billion disregard for employer national insurance contributions to registered pension schemes in Table A3.1 of the 2009 Budget Red Book is attributable to higher rate taxpayers. | | (302507) | 140
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentate of the £20.3 billion approved pension scheme tax relief for 2008-09 in Table A3.1 of the 2009 Budget in atributable to higher rate tax relief. | | (302508) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 141
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the Minister of State for Further Education plans to reply to the letters of 7 August 2009 from the Director General of the Alliance against intellectual property theft and the Chief Executive of the Trading Standards Institute on intellectual property. | | (302092) | 142
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils (a) were persistent absentees and (b) obtained five GCSEs at grade A* to C including English and mathematics at each maintained secondary school in (i) Newcastle upon Tyne, (ii) the County of Northumberland and (iii) North Tyneside and Gateshead in (A) 2007 and (B) 2008. | | (302457) | 143
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in (a) maintained nurseries, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) special schools and (e) pupil referral units in each education authority in the North East region in each January from 2005 to 2009. | | (302461) | 144
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of students (a) achieved (i) no GCSEs, (ii) five GCSEs at grade A* to C, (iii) English GCSE at grade A* to C, (iv) mathematics GCSE at grade A* to C and (b) were eligible for free school meals in each secondary school in the (A) Newcastle upon Tyne, (B) county of Northumberland and (C) boroughs of North Tyneside and Gateshead in each year from 2003 to 2009. | | (302536) | 145
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students are enrolled on a 14 to 19 diploma course in each subject in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire. | | (302125) | 146
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302411) | 147
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which his Department is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302171) | 148
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons he decided to include the requirement for an asbestos survey in the standard contract documentation for the Building Schools for the Future programme; and what data on the presence of asbestos in schools he took into account in making that decision. | | (302010) | 149
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of the statistical datasets collected by his Department it publishes. | | (302339) | 150
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many referral orders relating to children aged (a) 10 or 11, (b) 12 to 14 and (c) 15 to 17 years old have been (i) issued and (ii) breached in each year since 1997. | | (302444) | 151
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance he has issued to schools on involving parents of multiple-birth children in decisions on which classes their children should be in. | | (302515) | 152
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance he has issued to (a) early years providers, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools on meeting the needs of multiple-birth children. | | (302516) | 153
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the (a) costs and (b) likelihoods for parents of multiple-birth children in placing their children in the same early years setting. | | (302517) | 154
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of levels of access for multiple-birth children to attend the same early years (a) settings and (b) sessions; and if he will make a statement. | | (302518) | 155
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to make the rules on deferring and delaying school entry more comprehensible for (a) parents and (b) admission authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (302519) | 156
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the level of access which multiple-birth families have to swimming pools and playgrounds; and if he will issue guidance to providers on the matter. | | (302520) | 157
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff are engaged (a) full-time and (b) part-time on handling responses to his Department's consultation on Home education - registration and monitoring proposals. | | (301898) | 158
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department's predecessor spent on advertising in 2006-07; how much his Department has so spent in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (302319) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 159
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) the total reserve in its Parking Places Revenue Account and (b) the annual income from parking charges was of each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (302116) | 160
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the external finance in each local authority in England was generated from (a) fees and charges, (b) council tax and (c) central Government funding in (i) 1992, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 2007. | | (302117) | 161
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will rank each English London local authority in order of the percentage of total income generated from council tax in 2008-09. | | (302118) | 162
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty properties there were in each tenure sector in each local authority in Tyne and Wear in each April from 2004 to 2009. | | (302538) | 163
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential efficiency savings which could be achieved through closer integration of local authority and national park authority (a) planning, (b) personnel and payroll, (c) democratic services and (d) marketing functions. | | (302197) | 164
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been purchased with the aid of the HomeBuy Direct scheme in the last 12 months. | | (301135) | 165
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing development sites have been brought back into production as a result of the Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme. | | (301136) | 166
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the supply of affordable housing. | | (301138) | 167
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what applications he has received for funding under his Department's Kickstart programme for projects in Hendon; what funding has been made available; and if he will make a statement. | | (302096) | 168
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect of cancellation of property developments on revenue from rates in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (302309) | 169
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) commercial and (b) industrial hereditaments in receipt of empty property relief there were of hereditament rateable value of (i) below £2,201, (ii) betwen £2,201 and £5,000, (iii) between £5,001 and £10,000, (iv) between £10,001 and £15,000 and (v) over £15,000 in (A) 2006-07, (B) 2007-08 and (C) 2008-09; and what the monetary value was of the empty property relief granted to properties in each such category in each such year. | | (301888) | 170
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) commercial and (b) industrial hereditaments in receipt of empty property relief there were of hereditament rateable value of (i) below £2,201, (ii) betwen £2,201 and £5,000, (iii) between £5,001 and £10,000, (iv) between £10,001 and £15,000 and (v) over £15,000 before the (A) application of the £15,000 rateable value empty property rates exemption and (B) with the application of the £15,000 exemption; and what the monetary value was of empty property between relief granted to properties in each such category in each of those periods. | | (301889) | 171
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) commercial and (b) industrial hereditaments in receipt of empty property relief of a hereditament rateable value of (i) below £2,201, (ii) betwen £2,201 and £5,000, (iii) between £5,001 and £10,000, (iv) between £10,001 and £15,000 and (v) over £15,000 in 2010-11; and what the monetary value of empty property relief granted to properties is in each category in that year. | | (301890) | 172
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was (a) billed to non-domestic rate payers and (b) collected in business rates by each local authority in the (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 tax year. | | (301891) | 173
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302412) | 174
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the Audit Commission has made to Connect Public Affairs in the last 12 months; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302205) | 175
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments English Partnerships has made to Fleishman-Hillard in the last 12 months; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302206) | 176
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what process will apply to his Department reaching agreement with the Sustainable Communities Act 2007's selector body once bids have been submitted to his Department by the selector. | | (302207) | 177
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the Tenant Services Authority has made to APCO since its establishment; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302215) | 178
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments Ordnance Survey has made to Mandate Communications/AS Biss in the last 12 months; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302216) | 179
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation has made to Connect Public Affairs in the last 12 months; for what purpose; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302217) | 180
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the Fire Service College has made to Four Communications in the last 12 months; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the contracts under which such payments have been made. | | (302219) | 181
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the second round of bids under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. | | (302220) | 182
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for (a) considering and (b) approving the first round of bids under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. | | (302285) | 183
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be able to claim for expenditure under the 0.2 per cent. qualifying expenditure arrangements under the Bellwin scheme in respect of expenditure necessitated by the recent floods in Cumbria. | | (302318) | 184
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether fire and rescue authorities are eligible for funding under the Bellwin scheme following the recent floods in Cumbria. | | (302320) | 185
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to (a) extend the funding of the overcrowding pathfinders after 2011 and (b) create more pathfinders, including ones in rural areas. | | (302184) | 186
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to extend the remit of the overcrowding pathfinders to include overcrowding in the private rented sector. | | (302185) | 187
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to update the 1935 statutory overcrowding definition in line with the bedroom standard. | | (302186) | 188
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the greenbelt is not adversely affected by housing development. | | (302082) | 189
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many acres of brownfield there are in cities on which building development may not take place. | | (302083) | 190
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what grants have been made to projects in (a) Thanet, (b) Dover and (c) Canterbury under the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme in each year since its inception. | | (302134) | 191
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what central Government funding is available for regeneration projects and community building initiatives in (a) Thanet and (b) Dover District Council area in 2009-10. | | (302135) | 192
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding from (a) revenue support, (b) capital grant and (c) supported borrowing was provided by central Government to (i) Kent County Council, (ii) Thanet District Council and (iii) Dover District Council in (A) 2007-08 and (B) 2008-09. | | (302136) | 193
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302163) | 194
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the shortfall in local authority funding following recovery operations after the floods of summer 2007; and whether he plans to make up the shortfall from central Government funds. | | (302145) | 195
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications of the application of Bellwin formula for the recovery operations following the recent floods in Cumbria. | | (302146) | 196
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the re-establishment of the Al-Muhajiroun organisation in the UK on community relations. | | (302510) | 197
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many neighbourhood wardens were funded by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (302343) | 198
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by each Pathfinder Partnership operating in the (a) North of England and (b) Midlands since the inception of that scheme. | | (302344) | 199
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish the Housing, Planning and Delivery Grant settlement for local authorities for 2009-10. | | (302085) | 200
| Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to encourage the retrofitting of the existing housing stock with energy efficiency technologies through the building regulations. | | (302090) | 201
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department provided to the South West Regional Assembly in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; how much funding he expects to provide to the South West Councils/South West Strategic Leaders Board in 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of the reduction in his Department's expenditure in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) in subsequent years following the abolition of the South West Regional Assembly. | | (301893) | 202
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average employer contribution to the local government pension scheme was in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (302245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 203
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Board of Trustees of the British Museum about the future management of its Parthenon marble exhibits. | | (302468) | 204
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with his Greek counterpart on exchange of museum artefacts since the building of the new Acropolis museum. | | (302469) | 205
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302413) | 206
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which parliamentary constituencies received funding through the Sea Change programme in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and what the monetary value was of each grant. | | (302006) | 207
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which external parties he has met to discuss the proposed sale of the Tote. | | (302007) | 208
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on conferences in 2008-09. | | (302009) | 209
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions have taken place with the International Olympic Committee on a potential no-fly zone over (a) the Olympic Village and (b) the surrounding areas during the period of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (302257) | 210
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) its executive agency is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) its executive agency have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302170) | 211
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to restrict the sale of school playing fields by local authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (302345) | 212
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the statistical datasets collected by his Department it publishes. | | (302346) | 213
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse has been of each restructuring of Arts Council England in each year since 1994; and if he will make a statement. | | (301896) | 214
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what he expects the (a) final severance and (b) pension arrangements to be for the outgoing executive director of Arts Council England in the West Midlands. | | (301897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 215
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F35 Joint Strike Fighters he plans to purchase; and what his most recent estimate is of the cost of each such fighter. | | (302459) | 216
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many coalition helicopters which can be called on by UK forces are available in Helmand province; and if he will make a statement. | | (302093) | 217
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he made of the flying hours of (a) UK and (b) coalition partners' helicopters and aircrew in Afghanistan in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (302094) | 218
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the land forces equipment budget was allocated to aviation in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (302095) | 219
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British armed forces personnel have received serious groin injuries in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq since 2007. | | (301908) | 220
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to provide armed forces personnel with body armour which includes groin protection. | | (301909) | 221
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision his Department makes for compensation for British soldiers who incur severe groin injuries whilst serving in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. | | (301910) | 222
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Quick Impact Projects his Department has (a) supported and (b) participated in in the Babaji area of Helmand Province since 2001. | | (301911) | 223
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many decisions for war pension awards causally linked to service for any condition other than leukaemia and polcythaemia rubra vera have made a finding that a nuclear test veteran was exposed to radiation whilst participating in UK nuclear tests. | | (302179) | 224
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legal costs have been incurred by his Department in the case of the nuclear test veterans (a) since the start of the litigation, (b) since 6 February 2009, (c) in relation to the appeal alone and (d) for barristers' fees. | | (302180) | 225
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302414) | 226
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302162) | 227
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans were charged with a criminal offence in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. | | (302330) | 228
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether veteran status is ascertained when an individual is arrested and charged in a police station. | | (302332) | 229
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours Royal Air Force pilots spent undergoing training in each of the last 12 months. | | (302001) | 230
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours Royal Air Force pilots spent transporting dignitaries in each of the last 12 months. | | (302002) | 231
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Devonport dockyards have been issued with the relevant safety certificates to receive the Trident submarines for refuelling. | | (302003) | 232
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of Devonport dockyard's capability to meet the refuelling requirements of the Trident submarines. | | (302004) | 233
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many landlords of (a) substitute service family accommodation and (b) substitute service single accommodation properties are currently members of the armed forces in each region. | | (302005) | 234
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) television programmes and (b) films have been filmed on locations owned by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (302335) | 235
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms of reference are of the current review of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if he will make a statement. | | (302317) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 236
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has made to Ofgem on the fifth Distribution Price Control Review; and if he will make a statement. | | (302555) | 237
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the fifth Distribution Price Control Review, what assessment he has made of the effect a settlement below that requested by the distribution network operators would have on the level of economic growth. | | (302556) | 238
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the Government Actuary's Department's recent report on the stewardship of electricity sector pension schemes; and what consideration he has given to bringing forward measures to enable Ofgem to regulate in this area. | | (302557) | 239
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the fifth Distribution Price Control Review, what assessment he has made of the effect a settlement below that requested by the distribution network operators would have on the connection of new onshore renewables to the National Grid and the achievement of climate change targets. | | (302558) | 240
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the fifth Distribution Price Control Review, what assessment he has made of the effect a settlement below that requested by the distribution network operators would have on (a) maintaining secure energy supplies and (b) the standard of customer service, particularly in rural areas. | | (302563) | 241
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the fifth Distribution Price Control Review, what estimate he has made of the effect a settlement below that requested by the distribution network operators would have on the number of highly skilled jobs. | | (302564) | 242
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the risks of fluvial flooding to the three sites in Cumbria named in the National Nuclear Policy Statement as suitable for prospective new nuclear power plants. | | (302237) | 243
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent evaluation has been made of the adequacy of the emergency evacuation plan for the Sellafield nuclear site; and what use the components in that plan make of the road bridges in West Cumbria which have been (a) destroyed and (b) damaged. | | (302238) | 244
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302415) | 245
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what payments the UK Atomic Energy Authority has made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302297) | 246
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what payments the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency has made to Bell Pottinger in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302308) | 247
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which his Department is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302174) | 248
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will ensure that carers and parents of all children with disabilities are able to access funding from the Warm Front Scheme. | | (302122) | 249
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what hospitality officials in his Department and its predecessors with responsibility for the two miners' compensation schemes have received from Capita Group plc since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (302087) | 250
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what hospitality Ministers in his Department and its predecessors with responsibility for the two miners' compensation schemes have received from Capita Group plc since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (302088) | 251
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether Capita Group plc receives a financial benefit from reducing (a) the total money paid out and (b) the amount of money paid to individual claimants under each of the two miners' compensation schemes. | | (302089) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 252
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase its funding for horticultural research in the next three years. | | (302476) | 253
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to research on food sustainability in each year since 2001; and how much such funding it has allocated in 2009 to date. | | (302477) | 254
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for horticultural research and development in the last 12 months. | | (302480) | 255
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department provided for agricultural and horticultural research in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date. | | (302481) | 256
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) conducted on the introduction of new crops and agronomic techniques intended to ensure the security of food supply. | | (302482) | 257
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302416) | 258
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302175) | 259
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's definition is of a sustainable urban drainage system; if he will adopt the definition used in Scottish law; how many such systems there are in England and Wales; who is responsible for (a) creating and (b) maintaining them; how they physically connect with surface water systems; and if he will make a statement. | | (302316) | 260
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 3 August 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, transferred from the Treasury, PO Ref: 1/74240/2009, on surface water charges. | | (301743) | 261
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on advertising in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (302494) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 262
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the conformity of Middle East peace proposals with the principles of the Oslo Accords. | | (302198) | 263
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whom the Prime Minister plans to invite to the forthcoming conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held in London. | | (301907) | 264
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which international parties are considered to be stakeholders for the consultation on the proposed creation of a Marine Protected Area for the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory; what criteria were used to decide who the stakeholders were; and what weight will be given to stakeholder responses to the consultation. | | (302471) | 265
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) historic and (b) other entitlements affect his Department's ability to enforce the proposed new Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area. | | (302472) | 266
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) entitlements and (b) historic entitlements apply under international law to the management of fishing stocks within the 200 mile limits of the British Indian Ocean Territory. | | (302473) | 267
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account was taken of the UN International Law of the Sea in respect of his Department's proposal to establish a Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area. | | (302474) | 268
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what geographic limits have been set for the enforceable implementation of the proposed Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area. | | (302475) | 269
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 8 July 2009, Official Report, column 862W, on the Taking Chess to the Townships project, what recent representations he has received from Mr Ted Nottingham on the initiative; and if he will meet representatives of the organisers of the project to discuss the project's future. | | (302565) | 270
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302417) | 271
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Iran on the treatment of members of the Baha'i faith in that country. | | (302127) | 272
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302167) | 273
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates his Department has had discussions on Libya with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and its predecessors since 2002. | | (302178) | 274
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on his Department's work with the European Commission on the negotiation of a free trade agreement with Colombia. | | (301894) | 275
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of trade unionists murdered in Colombia in the last 12 months. | | (301895) | 276
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for a state visit from the Holy See in 2010. | | (301741) | 277
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when those who worked on code-breaking at Bletchley Park will receive their service medals. | | (301814) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 278
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential drug rehabilitation places there are in England; and what proportion of such places was in use on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (301745) | 279
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the average annual cost of an opiate substitute prescription for a problem drug user. | | (301900) | 280
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the average number of months during which a problem drug user takes a prescribed opiate substitute. | | (301901) | 281
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant episodes with a primary diagnosis for alcohol-related disease there were in each strategic health authority area (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a proportion of the population of the relevant area in each year since 2004-05. | | (302537) | 282
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the financial position of South London Healthcare NHS Trust. | | (302100) | 283
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of availability of (a) dialysis and (b) cancer services for residents of the London Borough of Bexley. | | (302103) | 284
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust to achieve the target funding identified for it under the new NHS funding formula. | | (302470) | 285
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302418) | 286
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what protection from swine influenza is available for babies under the age of six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (301899) | 287
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish the Report on the Summary of Responses to the Consultation on the Additional Uses of Patient Data; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the report. | | (302187) | 288
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net expenditure per 100,000 unified weighted population was for each primary care trust on treatment for (a) cancer and tumours and (b) mental health in each year since 2003-04. | | (302479) | 289
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302164) | 290
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of mothers in the 16 to 19 years old age group were in education, employment or training at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (302323) | 291
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) median and (b) mean waiting time for patients to see mental health specialists as (i) an out-patient first attendance and (ii) an in-patient admission was in each year since 1997. | | (302358) | 292
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides for mentally ill female offenders. | | (302328) | 293
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses at each grade are employed in female prisons. | | (302329) | 294
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosecutions under the Care Standards Act 2000 have not resulted in a conviction since 2004. | | (302523) | 295
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department expects the Purchasing and Supply Agency to pay in contract payments to DHL over the contract period. | | (302524) | 296
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the outcomes of his Department's consultation on ordinary residence guidance before 1 January 2010. | | (302525) | 297
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's press release of 31 July 2009, on the rules on organ transplants to NHS patients and non-UK EU residents, what his most recent assessment is of progress in the banning of private clinical practices in the UK from using solid organs from live donors (a) within and (b) outside the NHS. | | (302526) | 298
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on (a) management and (b) other consultants by (i) Suffolk Primary Care Trust and (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority in each of the last five years. | | (302435) | 299
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average distance travelled for an out-of-hours GP appointment was in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (e) Norfolk in each of the last 10 years. | | (302436) | 300
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an out-of-hours GP appointment was in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each of the last 10 years. | | (302437) | 301
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who applied for free prescriptions in the last 12 months specified cancer on their claim for an exemption certificate; and if he will make a statement. | | (302322) | 302
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of the financial settlement reached between the Manchester Mental Health NHS and Social Care Tust and its former chief executive. | | (301737) | 303
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of young (a) males under 24 years old and (b) other people participating in chlamydia screening. | | (302404) | 304
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the cervical cancer screening participation rate among women in the 25 to 35 years age group. | | (302405) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 305
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department's International Group regional co-ordination unit of the EC errors team will reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's correspondence of 5 November 2009 with regard to Mr Kamal Ramdani. | | (301746) | 306
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what functions SERCO is required to undertake in the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate as part of its contract; what the length of the contract is; and what performance targets apply to it. | | (302527) | 307
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the UK Border Agency does not accept premium bonds as relevant for assessment of the cash maintenance requirement for the points-based immigration system; and what other Government funds are treated in the same way. | | (302528) | 308
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shifts have been worked by UK Border Agency staff on duties in Calais and Pas-de-Calais in 2009; and how much has been paid in shift allowances for carrying out such duties. | | (302530) | 309
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost of security guard escorts for forced removals and deportations from the UK (a) was in each year from 2006-07 to 2008-09 and (b) is in 2009-10; and what proportion of those costs are attributable to outsourced or agency staff in each of those years. | | (302531) | 310
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the staff of the Risk and Overseas Liaison Network of the UK Border Agency are UK citizens. | | (302532) | 311
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) offences involving violence against the person, (b) violent sexual offences and (c) offences of robbery with violence there were in each basic command unit of the Northumbria police force area in each year from 2002-03 to 2008-09. | | (302535) | 312
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which 50 parliamentary constituencies the UK Border Agency received the highest number of enquiries regarding asylum cases that are (a) legacy cases, (b) non-legacy cases and (c) out-of-country visa applications ranked from highest to lowest in each of the last four years. | | (302097) | 313
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people in the London Borough of Bexley who are awaiting a decision on an application for leave to remain in the UK. | | (302101) | 314
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the London Borough of Bexley who made an application for leave to remain in the UK in the last 12 months. | | (302102) | 315
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Independent Police Complaints Commission report on the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests to be published. | | (301815) | 316
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many student visas were (a) applied for by and (b) granted to applicants from (i) India, (ii) Pakistan, (iii) Bangladesh, (iv) Sri Lanka, (v) Nepal, (vi) Malaysia and (vii) Nigeria in each of the last eight quarters. | | (301812) | 317
| Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stop and search actions have been carried out in the London Borough of (a) Brent and (b) Harrow under the powers in Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000; and how many records of such searches have been (i) checked to ensure that powers were exercised correctly, (ii) found to have been carried out outside the geographical area specified in their authorisation and (iii) found to have been conducted not in conformity with the authorisation criteria specified other than those relating to geographical area. | | (302130) | 318
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European arrest warrants have been issued for arresting and bringing to the UK a suspect from each other EU country in each of the last five years. | | (301813) | 319
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302419) | 320
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to police forces on the long-term retention of images on public order databases following the Court of Appeal ruling in the case of Wood v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2008] EWHC 1105. | | (302086) | 321
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to create a legal definition of the term domestic extremism for use by the police. | | (302128) | 322
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to police forces on the definition and use of the term domestic extremism. | | (302129) | 323
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each area have been approved by the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme since it was introduced. | | (302192) | 324
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many checks undertaken by the Criminal Records Bureau a dispute was (a) raised and (b) upheld in each year since 2002, broken down by reason for the dispute. | | (302193) | 325
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Warwickshire Police Authority on Government assistance for funding the police inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the firefighter fatalities at Atherstone on Stour, Warwickshire on 2 November 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (302496) | 326
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that decision-makers and judges dealing with immigration cases are informed of the Istanbul protocol on the rights of torture victims and take its recommendations into account in their work; and if he will make a statement. | | (302478) | 327
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department has obtained from the Metropolitan Police on the name of the principal suspect in the case of the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher. | | (302204) | 328
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agency have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302165) | 329
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leafleting households to provide information on the Policing Pledge in each of the targeted areas in the last 12 months. | | (302261) | 330
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a biometric information enrolment appointment following a postal application to the biometric enrolment centres at (a) Croydon, (b) Sheffield, (c) Liverpool, (d) Birmingham, (e) Glasgow and (f) Belfast was in 2008. | | (301902) | 331
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of applications for further leave to remain have been refused since the introduction of Tier 4 provisions to the Immigration Rules; and how long such decisions have taken on average. | | (301903) | 332
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have applied more than once for a student visa at each post in each month since the introduction of Tier 4 provisions to the Immigration Rules. | | (301905) | 333
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for an administrative review of overseas visa posts have been received from applicants refused a Tier 4 visa since the introduction of Tier 4 provisions to the Immigration Rules; and how long it has taken to complete such a review at each post in each month since the inception of Tier 4. | | (301906) | 334
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the statistical datasets collected by his Department it publishes. | | (302349) | 335
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences in respect of retailers selling video games or DVDs to underage customers (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each police force area were recorded in 2007 and 2008; how many related (i) police cautions and (ii) fines were issued in each of those years; and what the average such fine was in each such year. | | (302258) | 336
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences by (a) confectioners and tobacconists and (b) other retailers related to selling tobacco products to those aged under 16 years were recorded in 2008; how many police cautions for such offences were issued in each year; how many fines were imposed in each year; and what the average fine imposed in each year was. | | (302259) | 337
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received (a) four, (b) five, (c) six, (d) seven, (e) eight, (f) nine and (g) 10 or more police cautions in each year since 1997. | | (302438) | 338
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received (a) four, (b) five, (c) six, (d) seven, (e) eight, (f) nine and (g) 10 or more police cautions in the period between 1997 and 2009. | | (302439) | 339
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders have been (a) issued and (b) breached in each year since 1997. | | (302440) | 340
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many action plan orders relating to those aged (a) 10 or 11, (b) 12 to 14 and (c) 15 to 17 years old have been (i) given and (ii) breached in each year since 1997. | | (302443) | 341
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish statistics relating to football-related arrests and banning orders for 2008-09. | | (302445) | 342
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person involved a (a) knife, (b) hitting implement, (c) glass or bottle, (d) stabbing implement, (e) firearm, (f) stone or stones, (g) syringe and (h) other implement in each police force area in 2008-09. | | (302446) | 343
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were (a) shot at, (b) injured by shootings and (c) killed by shootings in each police force area in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (302447) | 344
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) convictions, (b) cautions and (c) issues of fixed penalty notices there were relating to uninsured drivers in each police force area in 2008-09; and what the average penalty upon conviction was. | | (302448) | 345
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions, (c) convictions, (d) cautions and (e) fines there were for breaches of the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008. | | (302449) | 346
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers carried firearms as a regular part of their duties in (a) England and (b) each police force area in 2007-08. | | (302451) | 347
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) gun crimes and (b) arrests relating to gun crime there were in (i) England and (ii) each police force area in 2008. | | (302452) | 348
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police funding for 2008-09 has been allocated to traffic policing in each police force area in England and Wales; how many dedicated traffic police officers there were (a) in 2008 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available; and what percentage of the overall number of police officers these figures represent in each case. | | (302453) | 349
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the financial effect on language schools teaching English as a foreign language of proposed reforms to Tier 4 of the points-based system. | | (302084) | 350
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 30 September 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, Ref: M22429/9. | | (301744) | 351
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of missing (a) children and (b) adults of each (i) age group, (ii) nationality and (iii) region of residence have been recorded by the Missing Persons Bureau of the National Policing Improvement Agency since April 2008. | | (301254) | 352
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding he has allocated to the training of competent authority decision-makers for the identification of potential victims of human trafficking in each of the next three years. | | (301255) | 353
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of competent authority decision-makers responsible for the identification of potential victims of human trafficking are employed by the UK Border Agency. | | (301256) | 354
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place for the review of a reasonable grounds decision taken by a competent authority decision-maker in relation to a potential victim of human trafficking. | | (301257) | 355
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many competent authority decision-makers have been trained since the implementation of the National Referral Mechanism for the identification of victims of human trafficking; and how many competent authority decision-makers he expects to be trained in the next three years. | | (301258) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 356
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons Commission plans to carry on the annunciator system a feed of proceedings from the chambers of the devolved assemblies. | | (302124) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 357
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302409) | 358
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what payments his Department has made to (a) Brunswick Group, (b) Weber Shandwick, (c) LLM Communications, (d) Financial Dynamics, (e) Cubitt Consulting and (f) Bell Pottinger Public Affairs in the last 12 months; for what purpose; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each contract under which such payments have been made. | | (302210) | 359
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which his Department is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302173) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 360
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent reports he has received on the exemption of Muslim prisoners from participation in sex offender treatment programmes. | | (302181) | 361
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he expects the report on the riot at HM Prison Ashwell to be published. | | (302182) | 362
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications there have been for (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid from residents of Newcastle upon Tyne in the last five years. | | (302460) | 363
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) each region and country of the UK were on (i) residence orders and (ii) guardianship orders (A) in each of the last five years and (B) at the latest date for which information is available. | | (302529) | 364
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) trials and (b) convictions there have been for drug offences in Newcastle between 2000 and 2009. | | (302533) | 365
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what programmes his Department has for people who have committed an offence of riding mobility scooters in a dangerous way. | | (302133) | 366
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether convicted murderers serving life sentences are considered to be at a high risk of absconding from open prisons. | | (302120) | 367
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to determine whether a prisoner is eligible to be held at open prison; and whether a conviction for premeditated murder is an automatic bar to being so held. | | (302248) | 368
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of murder are held in open prisons. | | (302249) | 369
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving life sentences are held in open prisons. | | (302250) | 370
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prisoners convicted of murder are being held at HMP Hollesley Bay. | | (302251) | 371
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prisoners serving life sentences are being held at HMP Hollesley Bay. | | (302252) | 372
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what categories of prisoner are held at HMP Hollesley Bay. | | (302253) | 373
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay in each of the last five years; and how long each absconder had served in the prison before absconding. | | (302254) | 374
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account is taken of the views of the family of the victim in deciding to transfer a person convicted of murder to an open prison. | | (302255) | 375
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302420) | 376
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees of his Department and its agencies were convicted of a criminal offence of each type in each year since 1997. | | (302188) | 377
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) longest, (b) average and (c) shortest waiting period for entry on to a domestic violence perpetrator programme was in England and Wales in each year since such programmes were introduced. | | (302189) | 378
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of electronically monitored offenders on (a) community sentences, (b) bail and (c) release from prison licence (i) deliberately tampered with their tag and (ii) breached their curfew in each year since electronic monitoring was introduced. | | (302190) | 379
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid lawyers working in (a) family, (b) housing, (c) employment and (d) immigration law were available in each procurement area in each year since 2000. | | (302191) | 380
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced to a custodial term of three months served (a) three months, (b) six weeks or less and (c) one week or less in each year since 1997. | | (302312) | 381
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced to a custodial term of six months served (a) six months, (b) three months or less and (c) six weeks or less of their sentence in each year since 1997. | | (302313) | 382
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) started and (b) completed a domestic violence perpetrator programme in each probation area in each year since such programmes were introduced. | | (302314) | 383
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young people in young offender institutions aged (a) between 10 and 12, (b) between 13 and 15, (c) 16 or 17 and (d) between 18 and 20 years old were held over 20 miles away from their previous homes in each year since 1997. | | (302315) | 384
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of prisoners were held in accommodation classified as overcrowded in each year since 1997. | | (302495) | 385
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agency have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302166) | 386
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the risk of self-harm and suicide among prisoners detained on the female prison estate. | | (302324) | 387
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of self-harm among prisoners have been reported in each of the last four quarters of the last year. | | (302325) | 388
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff are working in female prisons. | | (302326) | 389
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether training is provided to prison service staff on working with mentally ill female offenders. | | (302327) | 390
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure his Department incurred on the C-NOMIS IT project. | | (302334) | 391
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visitors to prisons were found to be in possession of illegal drugs in 2007-08; how many such visitors were referred to the police; and what steps were taken in respect of those not referred to the police. | | (302260) | 392
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will asses whether additional (a) time and (b) cost would be incurred by police forces in (i) England and (ii) Wales in the event of the introduction of a graduated driver licensing system. | | (302513) | Questions to the Leader of the House 393
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make arrangements for a full weekly programme of Westminster Hall debates to be held in future in the first full week of a new parliamentary Session. | | (301892) | 394
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Leader of the House, when she plans to reply to the letter of 21 September 2009 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. | | (301742) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 395
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) authorities in the Republic of Ireland on the implications for matters within his Department's responsibility of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in the Republic of Ireland. | | (302484) | 396
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302408) | 397
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many young people in each ward in Northern Ireland have been helped into work under the New Deal programme (a) in total and (b) in each year since the introduction of the New Deal. | | (302355) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 398
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many Olympic contracts have been awarded to (a) UK registered and (b) other firms to date. | | (301961) | 399
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the total value is of Olympic contracts awarded to (a) UK registered and (b) other firms to date. | | (302008) | 400
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many tenders have been submitted for Olympic contracts from firms based in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) England and (e) other countries. | | (302560) | 401
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many Olympic (a) contracts and (b) construction contracts have been awarded to firms based in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) England and (e) other countries. | | (302561) | 402
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the monetary value is of Olympic (a) construction contracts and (b) other contracts that have been awarded to firms based in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) England and (e) other countries. | | (302562) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 403
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302422) | Questions to the Solicitor General 404
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will request the Director of Public Prosecutions to review the policy of the Crown Prosecution Service on prosecutions for offences of theft from shops. | | (302132) | 405
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian): To ask the Solicitor General, what recent representations the Director of Public Prosecutions has received on his interim policy for prosecutors on assisted suicide. | | (301677) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 406
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what projects his Department plans to fund from the Transport Innovation Fund in Tyne and Wear as a result of the work of the Tyne and Wear People in Motion Partnership. | | (302539) | 407
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the earnings disregard is for each means-tested benefit administered by his Department; and when each such disregard was first set. | | (302540) | 408
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302423) | 409
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) his Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302172) | 410
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of bridges and (b) the length of highway damaged in the recent floods in Cumbria; what estimate he has made of the costs of repairing such damage; and if he will make a statement. | | (302144) | 411
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on the passenger data taken into account in determining the frequency of direct rail services to and from Manchester Airport. | | (302043) | 412
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what information his Department holds on the complaints received by each railway operator about its services in each of the last 10 years. | | (302196) | 413
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average age is of the rolling stock used on mainline railway services in England. | | (302199) | 414
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions trains or rolling stock used on the Norwich to London railway line failed routine safety inspections in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 to date. | | (302200) | 415
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many instances have been identified of employees (a) operating vehicles and (b) managing infrastructure on the Norwich to London railway line without the appropriate safety certificate or authorisation during (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009 to date. | | (302201) | 416
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much was spent rebranding trains or rolling stock used on the Norwich to London railway line in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) to date in 2009-10. | | (302202) | 417
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average age of rolling stock used on the Norwich to London railway line was during (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) to date in 2009. | | (302203) | 418
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions bus transport was provided instead of rail for all or part of the journey due to (a) routine and (b) non-routine maintenance on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street railway line in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009 to date. | | (302432) | 419
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions trains between Norwich and London Liverpool Street were more than (a) 15 minutes, (b) 30 minutes and (c) one hour late in arriving at their final destination in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2009 to date. | | (302433) | 420
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many breaches of health and safety regulations have been reported on the Norwich to London railway line in each of the last 10 years. | | (302434) | 421
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which a system of graduated driver licences fulfils the four tests set out in his Department's October 2008 consultation, Learning to Drive. | | (302514) | 422
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the conclusion in October 2008 of his Department's consultation, Learning to Drive, what consideration he has given to the potential effect on the number of deaths of young drivers of the introduction of a system of graduated driver licences. | | (302521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 423
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) work experience places and (b) internships his Department has offered to young people in the last 12 months. | | (302263) | 424
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302407) | 425
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will provide a breakdown by category of the annually managed expenditure of his Department's budget for 2009. | | (302522) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 426
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the cost was of maintaining the Government Equalities Office website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within her responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302425) | 427
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent steps the Government Equalities Office has taken in respect of the human rights of gay and lesbian people. | | (302340) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 428
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have been subject to benefit sanctions in each quarter of the last five years; and what proportion of benefit claimants that figure represented in each such quarter. | | (302119) | 429
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vacancies for (a) all jobs, (b) jobs of less than 16 hours a week and (c) jobs of 16 to 30 hours a week there were in each region and country of the UK in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (302455) | 430
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how long a single person claiming jobseeker's allowance could work at the national minimum wage adult rate before that person's earnings attracted a 100 per cent. withdrawal of jobseeker's allowance in each year of the national minimum wage's existence. | | (302541) | 431
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department gives people whose benefit claims are rejected or withdrawn on grounds of excess capital on what future rundown of capital will be regarded as reasonable. | | (302542) | 432
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional processing work attributable to the recession which has fallen to her Department is being undertaken with the assistance of staff from other Government departments; and if she will make a statement. | | (301739) | 433
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects the childhood deprivation data which appeared in her Department's annual Opportunity for All reports to be published on her Department's website. | | (302011) | 434
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of maintaining her Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within her responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. | | (302426) | 435
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to ensure that employers are required to give reasons for requiring a person to retire. | | (302463) | 436
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) her Department and (ii) one of its executive agencies is responsible have valid driving licences and (b) their own vehicles in the course of their official duties for (A) her Department and (B) one of its executive agencies have valid driving licences and insurance; what guidance is issued to those staff in respect of road safety while carrying out official duties; what steps are taken to monitor compliance with that guidance; what requirements there are on such staff to report to their line managers accidents in which they are involved while driving in the course of their official duties; and whether such reports are investigated. | | (302176) | 437
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget is for the Work of your benefits pilots in (a) Manchester and (b) Norfolk. | | (302401) | 438
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for the Work for you benefits pilots in (a) Manchester and (b) Norfolk; and what evaluation process will take place during and after the pilots. | | (302402) | 439
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects the Work for your benefits scheme to be rolled out nationally; and if she will make a statement. | | (302403) | 440
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which employers have agreed to participate in Work for your benefits pilots to date. | | (302430) | 441
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of incapacity benefit in each month since January 2004. | | (302350) | 442
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those classified as economically inactive were (a) students and (b) on long-tern sickness leave in each of the last 10 years. | | (302353) | 443
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) value in current prices and (b) cost of the Christmas bonus was in each year since its introduction. | | (302183) | 444
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 583W, on work experiences: young people, how many places were available on each option in the New Deal for Young People in each of the last 24 months. | | (302239) | 445
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 583W, on work experiences: young people, how Jobcentre Plus secures placements on each of the (a) work, (b) voluntary sector and (c) environmental taskforce options for participants in the New Deal for Young People. | | (302240) | 446
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of social fund crisis loans were alignment payments in each quarter since 2007. | | (302241) | 447
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claims were not processed (a) within the Jobcentre Plus target time and (b) within the national average time in each (i) Jobcentre Plus district and (ii) region in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (302242) | 448
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average it took to process a claim for jobseeker's allowance in each (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district in each month since February 2009; how many unprocessed jobseeker's allowance claims there were in (i) total and (ii) each region in each month since February 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (302243) | 449
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of social fund crisis loan expenditure was spent on alignment payments in each quarter since 2007. | | (302244) | 450
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of days were lost through sickness absence of Jobcentre Plus staff in each (a) region and (b) country of the UK in each of the last three years; what the rate of (i) early retirement and (ii) resignation on grounds of stress and ill health was amongst Jobcentre Plus staff in each (A) region and (B) country of the UK in each of the last three years; and what the rate of staff turnover was in Jobcentre Plus in each (1) region and (2) country of the UK in (y) 2007-08 and (z) 2008-09. | | (302246) | 451
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 583W, on work experience: young people, what steps Jobcentre Plus is taking to monitor the efficacy of each option available under the New Deal for Young People in helping the participant into work. | | (302247) | 452
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 12 June 2009, Official Report, column 1034W, on Jobcentre Plus: interviews, what data her Department collects on (a) performance at each Jobcentre Plus office and (b) the average length of a jobseeker's interview with a personal adviser (i) for initial assessment, (ii) to make a jobseeker's agreement, (iii) to sign on and (iv) for other purposes. | | (302262) | 453
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 31 March 2009, Official Report, column 1160W, on social security benefits, when she expects to have the relevant information for (a) each quarter in 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 to date. | | (302357) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 454
| Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of applications for child benefit were completed within (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 12 weeks in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (302233) | 455
| Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of applications for child benefit from parents of adopted children were processed within the target maximum number of weeks in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (302234) | 456
| Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidelines he has issued in respect of the maximum number of weeks required to process applications for child benefit from (a) all applicants and (b) parents of adopted children. | | [Transferred] (302235) | 457
| Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for child benefit were received from parents of adopted children in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (302236) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 458
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many electronic tag restrictions on children aged (a) 10 or 11, (b) 12 to 14 and (c) 15 to 17 years old have been (i) issued and (ii) breached in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (302441) | 459
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many reparation orders relating to those aged (a) 10 or 11, (b) 12 to 14 and (c) 15 to 17 years old have been (i) given and (ii) breached in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (302442) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 460
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect of levels of empty property rates on the number of buildings that have been demolished in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (302310) | 461
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of empty property rates on the number of business closures in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (302311) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 462
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on the electric heating and heat pump industry of the use of the Standard Assessment Procedure grid carbon dioxide methodology for the purposes of calculating the energy performance of buildings; and if he will meet representatives of the electric heating and heat pump industry to discuss that matter. | | [Transferred] (302140) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 463
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions of 10 to 17 year olds there were for being drunk and disorderly in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police force area in 2008. | | [Transferred] (302450) | 464
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) time and (b) money was spent by police forces in (i) England and (ii) Wales in dealing with accidents involving drivers who qualified less than a year prior to the accident in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (302511) | 465
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) time and (b) money was spent by police forces in (i) England and (ii) Wales in dealing with accidents involving drivers under 20 years old in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (302512) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 466
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether veterans are identified as such on reception into custody; and what assistance his Department provides for such veterans. | | [Transferred] (302331) | 467
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assistance veterans handed down a custodial sentence are given by the Prison Service while serving their sentence. | | [Transferred] (302333) | 468
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of drivers who were convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in each of the last 10 years had previously been banned from driving. | | [Transferred] (302351) | 469
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who were convicted of dangerous driving in each of the last 10 years were not insured to drive the vehicle in which the offence was committed. | | [Transferred] (302352) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 470
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Catholics and (b) Protestants were employed in the (i) private and (ii) public sectors in Northern Ireland in each of the past 30 years; how many Catholics and Protestants were employed in the (A) Fire Service, (B) Police Service and (C) Civil Service in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of the working age population of each community each of these figures represented. | | [Transferred] (302336) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 471
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many incidents causing injury involving mobility scooters have been reported to the police in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (302126) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 472
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments Remploy has made to (a) Portland PR and (b) Greenhause Public Communication in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the contract under which such payments have been made. | | [Transferred] (302301) |
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