Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2009 - 10
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 2 December 2009

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 2 December 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 2 December 2009

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 2 December of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 2 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 2 December see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

1
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to protect the public from the risks posed by installation of electrical cables which do not meet approved standards.

(304007)

2
N Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made in discussions between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a final agreement being breached soon.

(303662)

3
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Siemens or its subsidiaries since February 2009.

(303765)

4
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Export Credits Guarantee Department has reported allegations of bribery and corruption to (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) other agencies in each of the last five years.

(303812)

5
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance the Government has provided to the manufacturing sector in (a) the UK and (b) the West Midlands in the last 12 months.

(302391)

6
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the size of contraction in the manufacturing sector since the start of the recession in (a) the UK and (b) the West Midlands.

(302392)

7
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding the Government has provided for research and development in the last 12 months.

(302393)

8
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what grant assistance the Government has provided to Sony Ericsson in the last 12 months.

(302394)

9
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students studying for a foundation degree in (a) university and (b) college are from a widening participation background; and if he will make a statement.

(303717)

10
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the targeted allocations provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for England for (a) foundation degrees, (b) old and historic buildings and (c) accelerated and intensive provision of postgraduate taught subjects in price band D, with specific reference to the contribution of each to (i) teaching and learning, (ii) widening participation in higher education and (iii) helping re-train people in the recession.

(303718)

11
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of foundation degrees are offered by further education colleges.

(303719)

12
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which further education colleges received targeted allocations for foundation degrees from the Higher Education Funding Council for England in 2008-09.

(303720)

13
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there has been any nugatory cost to (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies arising from tendered procurement in circumstances where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last five years.

(303711)

14
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many undergraduate degrees in dietetics that entitle the holder to practise as a fully qualified dietician were awarded in each of the last 10 years.

(303778)

15
Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the level of (a) employment, (b) private investment in research and development and (c) revenue of UK-based life sciences companies of changes to the reimbursement policy for medical devices in other European countries due to come into effect in January 2010.

(303779)

16
Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist UK-based life sciences companies affected by changes to the reimbursement policy for medical devices in other European countries due to come into effect in January 2010.

(303780)

17
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to require utility companies which operate within his Department's remit to put in place resilience measures sufficient to prevent cyber-attacks rendering their services temporarily ineffective.

(303801)

18
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department has allocated for the purpose of developing electric cars in the last 12 months.

(304039)

19
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on the development of electric cars.

(304048)

20
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses in Eastbourne have received funding under the Regional Loans Transition Fund scheme since the scheme was established.

(303746)

21
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households have a broadband internet connection in each local authority area.

(304041)

22
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average speed of broadband services available in rural areas.

(304042)

23
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of households have a broadband internet connection in (a) rural areas of England and (b) Herefordshire.

(304043)

24
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many prisoners received (a) a student loan and (b) a maintenance grant in each of the last 12 years; and how many of them (i) are in arrears on repayments and (ii) have made no repayment in the last 12 months.

(303757)

25
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people aged between (a) 16 to 18 and (b) 19 to 24 years old in each ethnic group were not in education, training or employment in each quarter of the last 10 years.

(303831)

26
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in each quarter of the last 10 years.

(303936)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

27
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the number of employees of each Government department who incurred hearing loss in the course of their duties in each year since 1999.

(304011)

28
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agency has spent on Christmas (i) cards, (ii) parties and (iii) decorations in the last 12 months.

(303842)

29
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many security passes her Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303953)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

30
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has met the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303881)

31
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) adults and (b) households that do not use any financial services.

(303847)

32
N Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) companies and (b) organisations have made representations to his Department on the exclusion of companies found guilty of corruption from public tenders following the implementation of the EU Public Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each written representation received.

(303353)

33
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value is of the equity stake held by the Government in each financial institution recapitalised from the public purse.

(303793)

34
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the amount of tax allowable losses of banks and financial services companies which will be carried forward from the 2008-09 financial year; and for how many years those losses will be allowable against tax.

(302550)

35
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he has repaid Northern Rock following an overcharge from the Treasury to Northern Rock; and how that overcharge came to be made.

(302551)

36
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on fees and payments in the valuation exercise for (a) Bradford and Bingley shares and (b) Northern Rock shares when they were acquired by the Government.

(302552)

37
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which will be raised by the changes to tax reliefs announced in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 57WS, on anti-avoidance.

(302575)

38
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department (a) has spent and (b) has committed to spend on external advice on the Asset Protection Scheme in respect of (i) Royal Bank of Scotland and (ii) Lloyds Banking Group; and if he will list the sources of that advice.

(303558)

39
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total monetary value was of (a) guarantees, (b) net capital injections and (c) asset purchases by his Department in respect of banks in each year since 2007, and as as percentage of gross domestic product in 2009 to date.

(303559)

40
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax credit assistance the Government has provided to Sony Ericsson in the last 12 months.

(302395)

41
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who paid overdraft charges between July 2007 and the date of the Supreme Court's ruling on the powers of the Office of Fair Trading to determine the fairness of such changes.

(303886)

42
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303956)

43
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many persons in receipt of winter fuel allowance pay income tax at the (a) standard and (b) higher rate.

(303741)

44
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of enabling recipients of the childcare element of working tax credit to continue to receive it for 12 weeks following redundancy; and if he will make a statement.

(303737)

45
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unemployed people claimed the childcare element of working tax credit in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(303738)

46
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

(304002)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

47
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303965)

48
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what third-party approvals are required when electrical cables and wires are installed in newly-built school premises.

(304006)

49
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many smart meters are in use in his Department's main building; and (a) when and (b) at what cost such meters were installed.

(303924)

50
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) their agencies spent on (i) cleaning, (ii) electricity and (iii) heating in each of the last 12 years.

(303930)

51
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in each of the last three financial years.

(303769)

52
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months.

(303844)

53
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303952)

54
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost to the public purse was of free school meals in (a) all schools and (b) school sixth forms in the last year for which figures are available.

(303723)

55
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools inspected since September 2009 were rated as inadequate; and if he will make a statement.

(303724)

56
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) children's and (b) Sure Start centres have closed in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(303725)

57
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have received no funding under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.

(303726)

58
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools inspected in 2009 to date have had their procedures for safeguarding rated as inadequate; and if he will make a statement.

(303727)

59
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) 16 and (b) 17 year-olds are (i) employed and (ii) non-employed apprentices on (A) Level 2 and (B) Level 3 frameworks.

(303728)

60
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained nurseries have closed in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(303729)

61
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average per student funding was in comprehensive secondary schools of (a) less than 100, (b) 100 to 199, (c) 200 to 299, (d) 300 to 399, (e) 400 to 499, (f) 500 to 599, (g) 600 to 700 and (h) over 700 students in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(303730)

62
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of rural secondary schools (a) are offering new diploma courses, (b) will offer new diploma courses starting in September 2010 and (c) have joined consortia to offer new diploma courses in each of the next four years; and if he will make a statement.

(303731)

63
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of secondary school pupils are participating in the young, gifted and talented programme in each local authority area.

(303732)

64
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 November 2008, Official Report, columns 61-2WS, on secondary school improvement, what schools are classified as coasting in each local authority; and if he will make a statement.

(303733)

65
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils with statements of special educational need in each local authority area have been educated in schools outside their local authority area of residence in each year since 1997.

(303586)

66
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which maintained special schools he has visited since his appointment; and on what date each visit took place.

(303587)

67
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Children and Learners Strategic Advisers posts there are in his Department; when each such post was created; and what (a) salary and (b) job description associated with each is.

(303652)

68
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to his press release of 16 November 2009, Put children and young people at the heart of the care system, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the number of young people achieving good GCSEs has doubled in the last two years.

(303657)

69
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent representations he has received on the new framework for inspections issued and implemented by Ofsted; and if he will make a statement.

(304017)

70
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point has asbestos been found in the last three years.

(303790)

71
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on public relations in respect of Sure Start children's centres in each year since 2004; how much is planned to be spent in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

(304044)

72
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will bring forward proposals for the reform of the Dedicated School Grant to increase the amount disbursed to schools.

(304045)

73
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will increase his Department's expenditure on schools in Herefordshire.

(304046)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

74
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303966)

75
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date he expects the regional fire control centre in (a) the South West, (b) the South East, (c) the East of England, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) Yorkshire and the Humber, (g) the North West and (h) the North East to become operational.

(303806)

76
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff have been recruited to the regional fire control centre in (a) the South West, (b) the South East, (c) the East of England, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) Yorkshire and the Humber, (g) the North West and (h) the North East.

(303909)

77
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the London local government finance settlement for the London Borough of Bexley (a) was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09 and (b) is for (A) 2009-10 and (B) 2010-11.

(303721)

78
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate has been made of the likely amount to be billed to businesses in each region in national non-domestic rates in (a) total and (b) respect of properties experiencing a rates reduction as a result of the planned transitional relief scheme in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.

(303653)

79
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was billed to businesses in each region for national non-domestic rates in 2008-09; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures in 2009-10.

(303654)

80
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303951)

81
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to implement Part 6 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

(303758)

82
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken for the award of disabled facilities grants in each local authority in Somerset; and if he will make a statement.

(303735)

83
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of (a) demand and (b) funding available for disabled facilities grants in Somerset; and if he will make a statement.

(303736)

84
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has allocated for disabled facilities grants (DFG) in each local authority (a) per head of population, (b) per person of retirement age and (c) per person in receipt of disability living allowance and/or attendance allowance in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

(303743)

85
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his latest estimate is of disabled facilities grant allocations in each local authority in England as a percentage of assessed grant need in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(303744)

86
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to date of the FiReControl project in the (a) South West, (b) South East, (c) East of England, (d) West Midlands, (e) East Midlands, (f) Yorkshire and the Humber, (g) North West and (h) North East regions.

(303722)

87
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications to (a) build on and (b) develop common land (i) in England and Wales and (ii) in Rochdale constituency have been made since entry into force of the relevant provisions of the Commons Act 2006.

(303659)

88
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of land in Rochdale constituency is common land.

(303660)

89
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what alternative land was offered to common land owners in cases where permission to develop or build on common land was granted in (a) Rochdale constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last three years.

(303663)

90
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he proposes to implement his proposals for (a) the licensing of letting agents and (b) the national register of landlords.

(302875)

91
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend the affordability criteria issued by the Homes and Communities Agency in its consideration of applications for social housing grant to provide that borrowing by local authorities is treated in the same way as that by registered social landlords.

(302876)

92
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will consider the merits of introducing a floor mechanism in his proposed reform of council housing finance to provide that no local authority will lose from the change.

(302877)

93
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the merits of monitoring planning applications for marina developments.

(303928)

94
N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to include heating system water treatment cleaners and inhibitors in the UK implementation of energy performance standards for technical building systems under the EU Energy Performance of Building Directive.

(302113)

95
N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend the Building Regulations to (a) encourage a reduction in energy consumption through the application of heating system water treatment cleaners and inhibitors and (b) make the application of heating system water treatment cleaners and inhibitors a mandatory element of the Regulations.

(302114)

96
N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward requirements for the retrofitting of the existing UK housing stock with heating system water treatment cleaners and inhibitors.

(302115)

97
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the benefits to residents of sheltered accommodation of the provision of services by wardens who work a 34-hour week; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects on such residents of changes in the working patterns of such wardens.

(303811)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

98
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303962)

99
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the incidence of anti-Semitism in (a) football and (b) other sports; what recent representations he has received on that matter; what recent meetings he has had with the Football Association on that matter; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (303921)

100
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Siemens or its subsidiaries since February 2009.

(303763)

101
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of problem gamblers requiring specialist treatment; and what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of voluntary contributions from the gambling industry for the treatment of problem gambling.

(303708)

102
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency has spent on Christmas (i) cards, (ii) parties and (iii) decorations in the last 12 months.

(303843)

103
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303950)

104
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Tamworth of 16 October 2009.

(303774)

105
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will consult representatives of the hospitality and tourism industry on the effect that the application of a reduced rate of value added tax would have on that sector.

(303745)

106
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the estimated monetary value is of the capital assets of sports and leisure facilities in each (a) district and (b) unitary council area in the Eastern region.

(303759)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

107
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303963)

108
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen have suffered hearing loss in the course of their duties in each year since 1999.

(304010)

109
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of allegations of rape involving members of (a) UK forces and (b) private security firms registered in the UK in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since 2001; and what steps he has taken in response to those reports.

(304055)

110
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of soldiers of the Afghan national army who are fully trained; and what proportion of these are serving in Helmand province.

(303910)

111
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many districts of Afghanistan are under the complete control of Afghan forces.

(303911)

112
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on potential EU military contributions to the campaign in Afghanistan.

(303885)

113
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel (a) received serious injuries and (b) had limbs amputated in each of the last five years.

(303815)

114
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303949)

115
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) minor injuries, (b) serious injuries and (c) fatalities among Afghan civilians have been recorded by his Department in Afghanistan in each year since 2001.

(303808)

116
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) minor injuries, (b) serious injuries and (c) fatalities among service personnel have been recorded by his Department in Afghanistan in each year since 2001.

(303809)

117
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces with nut allergies (a) are serving on operations and (b) have served on operations in the last five years.

(303861)

118
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of recruits to (a) the Afghan national army and (b) the Afghan police force who are illiterate.

(303931)

119
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will require his Department to put in place sufficient resilience policy and practical measures to prevent cyber-attacks on the bases it operates.

(303797)

120
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason (a) the classification guidelines CG-UK-2 for the exchange of material between the UK and the US were produced in 2006 and (b) the new classification guidelines CG-US-UK-NUC-1 were produced in 2008.

(303887)

121
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there have been any changes to the range of nuclear weapons-related information and material which can be exchanged between the US and the UK since 2003.

(303888)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

122
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303964)

123
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Siemens or its subsidiaries since February 2009.

(303764)

124
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has had discussions with the governments of Iceland and Germany on the laying of a cable between those countries for the transfer of geothermal power.

(303880)

125
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people (a) in fuel poverty and (b) in fuel poverty and in a vulnerable group there were in each region in each year since 2003.

(303560)

126
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in each of the last three financial years.

(303771)

127
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303948)

128
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will take steps to require energy utility companies to put in place resilience measures sufficient to prevent cyber-attacks rendering their services temporarily ineffective.

(303798)

129
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Act on CO₂ Campaign has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated through its activities.

(304019)

130
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department had spent on the Act on CO₂ Campaign on the latest date for which figures are available.

(304032)

131
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit.

(304033)

132
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many visitors have visited the Act on CO₂ website.

(304034)

133
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) letters and (b) complaints his Department has received on the Act on CO₂ Campaign.

(304035)

134
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have viewed the television advertisements for the Act on CO₂ Campaign.

(304036)

135
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on television advertising for the Act on CO₂ Campaign to date.

(304037)

136
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Act on CO₂ Campaign has spent on promotion on (a) Facebook and (b) other social networking websites since its establishment.

(304038)

137
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive on the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; and if he will make a statement.

(304047)

138
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on the (a) availability and (b) use of (i) oil sands and (ii) oil shale.

(304051)

139
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Act on CO₂ advice line for advice on saving money has cost since its inception.

(304052)

140
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people have called the Act on CO₂ advice line to seek advice on saving money since its inception.

(304053)

141
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding his Department has allocated for the purposes of developing biofuels since its establishment.

(304057)

142
N Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will arrange for (a) an exhibition and (b) public discussions to be held in Colchester constituency on proposals for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell, Essex.

(303655)

143
N Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria were used for choosing locations for the exhibition and public discussion on proposals for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell, Essex; and if he will make a statement.

(303656)

144
N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an estimate of the energy efficiency savings that would accrue from the application of heating system water treatment cleaners and inhibitors in homes.

(302111)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

145
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there has been any nugatory cost to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies arising from tendered procurement in circumstances where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last five years.

(303712)

146
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in each of the last three financial years.

(303770)

147
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (i) cards, (ii) parties and (iii) decorations in the last 12 months.

(303845)

148
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303947)

149
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the implementation of the recommendation of the recent report commissioned by the Forestry Commission for an additional four per cent. of the United Kingdom's land to be planted with new woodland.

(303437)

150
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) permanent and (d) temporary staff have been employed at the Rural Payments Agency in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(304015)

151
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department (a) has been required and (b) is likely to be required to pay in financial penalties for non-compliance with European Commission requirements in respect of the Single Payment scheme in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(304016)

152
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many representations he has received in respect of procedures used by the Rural Payments Agency in mapping individual farms for the purposes of the Single Payment scheme in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(304018)

153
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) consultation he has undertaken and (b) representations he has received on the proposed transfer of drains and sewers to water and sewerage undertakers in England and Wales.

(304020)

154
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure sufficient agriculture engineers are trained to service the UK agricultural and food industry markets.

(303802)

155
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste treatment sites treat toxic waste; at what distance from the nearest residential building each such site is located; and if he will make a statement.

(303829)

156
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition his Department uses of (a) toxic and (b) hazardous waste; and if he will make a statement.

(303830)

157
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has issued any recent guidance on the development of marinas on canals.

(303927)

158
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with British Waterways on the development of marinas on canals.

(303929)

159
N Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to ensure water companies are responsible for water supply pipes to homes.

(302112)

160
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

(303997)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

161
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303968)

162
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of (a) rockets and (b) mortar bombs launched into Israeli territory from (i) Lebanon and (ii) Gaza since 1 January 2009; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (303915)

163
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he received on anti-Semitic behaviour by pupils of North Naples Middle School, Florida in November 2009; whether he has had discussions with to the US administration on that matter; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (303916)

164
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to monitor and seek to reduce levels of anti-Semitism overseas; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (303917)

165
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) each Minister and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) Arab states and (ii) the government of Israel on discrimination against Jewish communities in Arab states; what the outcomes were of such discussions; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (303918)

166
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the level of trade between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 2008; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (303919)

167
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the level of agricultural exports from the Palestinian Authority to Israel in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (303920)

168
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of (a) death sentences imposed by the incumbent Iraqi regime and (b) people sentenced to death who were associated with the previous regime.

(304023)

169
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the (a) conditions under which Daniel Fitzsimmons has been detained since the incident in respect of which he is to stand trial in Iraq and (b) judicial process by which that trial will be conducted; and what representations he has received from relatives of those who died in that incident.

(304040)

170
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of his Department's analysis of responses to the public consultation on possible legislation in respect of the overseas operations of private military and security companies.

(304049)

171
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on its policy on the resumption of dialogue between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama.

(304050)

172
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of bribery allegations relating to the private security company Blackwater in respect of the deaths of civilians in Iraq.

(304056)

173
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on potential EU diplomatic contributions to the campaign in Afghanistan.

(303884)

174
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial penalties the Government has paid to European Union institutions in the first six months of 2009.

(304005)

175
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much press officers in his Department claimed in reimbursable expenses in each of the last three financial years.

(303768)

176
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303946)

177
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the safety of Christians living in the City of Jerusalem.

(303760)

178
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the rights of Christians in the Palestinian territories with regard to (a) travel, (b) housing, (c) residency and (d) equal taxation.

(303772)

179
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it a condition of Serbia's accession to the European Union that that country shall not be able to exercise a veto over subsequent accession by Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.

(302390)

180
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further steps his Department plans to take to seek to ensure that the government of Equatorial Guinea improves its human rights record, with particular reference to prison conditions.

(303705)

181
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Venezuelan counterpart on the nuclear weapons capability of that country.

(303709)

182
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Russian government on (a) the rule of law, (b) property rights, (c) human rights and (d) political stability in the Russian Federation; and if he will make a statement.

(303661)

183
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

(303999)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

184
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amendments have been made to and (b) representations he has received on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(303895)

185
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued in the last 12 months and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequent on the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(303896)

186
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many open issues are logged against the Lorenzo software system.

(303848)

187
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) patients and (b) military personnel have been treated for noise-induced hearing loss at Selly Oak Hospital in the last five years.

(304009)

188
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral Answer of 13 October 2009, Official Report, column 135W, on Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, and pursuant to the oral Answer of 24 November 2009, Official Report, columns 386-87, on parking charges (offsetting), what steps he plans to take to ensure that the programme to bring Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust back into surplus is not undertaken at the expense of staff, with particular reference to the level of car parking charges paid by staff of that trust.

(302388)

189
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Siemens or its subsidiaries since February 2009.

(303761)

190
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303945)

191
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding on average his Department provides for a four year dietetics degree which allows the holder to register as a registered dietician with the Health Profession Council.

(303777)

192
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent studies his Department has carried out on the effect of wi-fi on the health of (a) people who are electro-sensitive and (b) others.

(303441)

193
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to the NHS research and development budget in each of the last five years; and how much such funding had not been disbursed at the end of each such financial year.

(303702)

194
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the General Social Care Council's report for 2008-09 to be published.

(303704)

195
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions he has been informed by (a) strategic health authorities and (b) non-departmental public bodies of (i) patient safety concerns and (ii) management failings relating to NHS trusts in the last 12 months.

(303813)

196
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from the East of England Strategic Health Authority on the performance of NHS trusts in its area.

(303814)

197
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when (a) Basildon and Thurrock NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Colchester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust received visits from (i) the East of England Strategic Health Authority, (ii) the Health Protection Agency, (iii) the NHS Patient Safety Agency, (iv) the Care Quality Commission, (v) Monitor, (vi) the Health and Safety Executive and (vii) the NHS Litigation Authority in the last 12 months.

(303855)

198
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he was first informed of the high standardised mortality rates at Basildon and Thurrock NHS Foundation Trust; and if he will make a statement.

(303856)

199
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Monitor in assessing clinical performance at NHS hospitals.

(303857)

200
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he was first informed by Monitor of changes to its assessment of the quality of governance at Basildon and Thurrock NHS Foundation Trust.

(303858)

201
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports he has received of high standardised mortality rates in the last 12 months; and to which hospitals such reports related.

(303859)

202
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he was first informed of the Care Quality Commission's concerns about the (a) Basildon and Thurrock NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Colchester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

(303860)

203
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his Department's response to its consultation on the statutory regulation of practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and other traditional medicine systems practised in the UK.

(304008)

204
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Care Quality Commission has spent on (a) public relations, (b) public affairs and (c) surveys of hon. Members since its creation.

(303923)

205
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a national programme to co-ordinate the provision of prevention and control services for tuberculosis.

(303794)

206
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) criteria and (b) methodology his Department uses to determine the effectiveness of the port of entry system in the monitoring of tuberculosis.

(303795)

207
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will modify his Department's policy in respect of vaccination against tuberculosis to classify all of inner London as high risk.

(303796)

208
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other medical staff, (c) nurses, (d) other professional staff, (e) administrative and clerical staff and (f) auxiliary staff were employed by (i) Pontefract and Pinderfields NHS Trust and (ii) Dewsbury NHS Trust between 1996 and 2002.

(303935)

209
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

(303998)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

210
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the future (a) governance and (b) funding of the National Policing Improvement Agency; and if he will make a statement.

(303902)

211
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department allocated to the National Policing Improvement Agency in each of the last five years; what agreements are in place between his Department and that agency in relation to the use of such funding; under what statutory powers such funding was allocated; and if he will make a statement.

(303903)

212
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of forms police officers are required to complete in respect of each prosecution; what recent discussions he has had with the Police Federation on that matter; and if he will make a statement.

(303906)

213
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the recommendations of the Flanagan Review of Policing have (a) been implemented (i) in full and (ii) in part and (b) not been implemented; on which date each such recommendation was implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(303907)

214
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Chief Executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency was appointed; by whom he was appointed; whether he is eligible to receive a bonus; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (304012)

215
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department plans to provide to each police authority in 2010-11; and what mechanism is used to determine the allocation of funding to police authorities.

[R] (304013)

216
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to (a) police authorities and (b) police forces on police performance targets; and if he will make a statement.

(304014)

217
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of credit card fraud relating to remote gambling websites have been recorded in each of the last 10 years.

(303707)

218
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects his Department's White Paper on policing to be published.

(303710)

219
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on anti-social behaviour, which 62 areas have been identified as Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership priorities.

(303781)

220
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, column 946W, on identity cards, what proportion of the 1,000 applications received has come from (a) Identity and Passport Service and the Home Department staff and (b) airport operator staff at Manchester and London City airports.

(303782)

221
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on anti-social behaviour, how much additional funding his Department is providing to the 62 priority areas to tackle anti-social behaviour.

(303783)

222
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on anti-social behaviour, what the names are of the expert practitioners on the action squad.

(303784)

223
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 283W, on anti-social behaviour orders, how many anti-social behaviour orders were breached following the imposition of a parenting order in the latest period for which figures are available.

(303785)

224
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Twickenham of 16 October 2009, Official Report, column 1175W, on crime, what the equivalent figures are for each year from 1998-99 to 2001-02.

(303786)

225
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Putney of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 856W, on IT systems, on what projects under what budget headings the £86 million on the Next Generation IST Transformation Programme will be spent; and what timetable has been set for that expenditure.

(303787)

226
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Putney of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 856W, on IT systems, on what projects under what budget headings the £3.12 million on the Next Generation IST Transformation Programme has been spent.

(303788)

227
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the personal information of British citizens applying for identity cards in Greater Manchester from 30 November will be stored on the National Identity Register.

(303791)

228
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on informing people in Greater Manchester that they may apply for identity cards from 30 November 2009.

(303792)

229
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, column 948W, on immigration controls, for what reasons the verification service's management information system was not operating in February, March and April 2009; and what the operational cost of that service has been since November 2008.

(303839)

230
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, column 957W, on passports, what fee will be charged for an application for a fingerprint biometric passport; and whether holders of existing passports will be required to obtain a fingerprint biometric passport.

(303840)

231
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations were accredited under the Identity Cards Act 2006 to access data on the National Identity Register on 1 October 2009.

(303816)

232
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations were able to access data on the National DNA Database on 1 October 2009.

(303817)

233
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each (a) age group and (b) nationality passed the British citizenship test in each month of 2009.

(303820)

234
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts with a monetary value of over £5 million the UK Border Agency and its predecessors have signed in each of the last five years.

(303821)

235
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what UK Border Agency (a) outsourced services with an annual monetary value of over £250,000 and (b) information technology systems with an annual monetary value of over £250,000 are due to (i) be re-procured and (ii) become unsupported in the next four years.

(303822)

236
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on information technology in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.

(303823)

237
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the UK Border Agency were classified as having non-jobs on (a) 1 April 2008, (b) 1 October 2008, (c) 1 April 2009 and (d) 1 October 2009.

(303824)

238
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance targets the UK Border Agency has set for its Senior Civil Service members in 2009.

(303825)

239
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of UK Border Agency staff have financial targets in their performance management objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(303826)

240
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were working at each grade in the UK Border Agency on 1 November 2009.

(303827)

241
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many projects in progress at the UK Border Agency on 1 November 2009 did not have (a) signed-off business cases and (b) end dates; and what the total budget is of the programmes in each category.

(303828)

242
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there has been any nugatory cost to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies arising from tendered procurement in circumstances where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last five years.

(303713)

243
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in each of the last three financial years.

(303767)

244
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (i) cards, (ii) parties and (iii) decorations in the last 12 months.

(303846)

245
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303944)

246
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have given their nationality as Palestinian have been deported to each country in each year since 1997.

(303938)

247
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 October 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Omer Farooq and Hassan Akhtar.

(304031)

248
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have (a) been subject to a control order and (b) absconded (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad while subject to a control order since the implementation of such orders.

(304022)

249
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people stopped and searched under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 have a record on the National DNA Database.

(304024)

250
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any Government Ministers have a record on the National DNA Database.

(304025)

251
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) hon. Members, (b) police officers, (c) children, (d) old age pensioners, (e) members of the House of Lords and (f) judges have records on the National DNA Database.

(304026)

252
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report of the Human Genetics Commission entitled Nothing to hide, nothing to fear, whether he has received evidence of people being arrested for the purposes of adding their DNA samples to the National DNA Database; and if he will make a statement.

(304027)

253
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to increase the maximum period for pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects; and if he will make a statement.

(304030)

254
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) black, (b) Asian and (c) white males aged between 18 and 35 years have records on the National DNA Database.

(304060)

255
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of former foreign heads of government who are resident in the UK; and whether any cost arising from their residence is borne by the public purse.

(303937)

256
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits to migrants to the UK of the use of citizenship tests.

(303810)

257
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

(304000)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

258
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303967)

259
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303943)

260
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's aid to Afghanistan in the last 18 months; and if he will make a statement.

(304028)

261
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken (a) in the UK and (b) in the Council of Ministers in respect of (i) leaders and (ii) members of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda based in European countries; and if he will make a statement.

(303706)

262
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role his Department is playing in the implementation of the Nile Basin Initiative.

(303799)

263
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will hold discussions with his (a) Egyptian, (b) Sudanese and (c) Ethiopian counterpart to seek progress on re-negotiating the terms of the Nile Basin Initiative.

(303800)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

264
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions he has met the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303882)

265
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amendments have been made to the Access to Justice Act 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(303893)

266
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued since 1999 and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequent on the provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(303894)

267
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the operation of the Access to Justice Act 1999; what assessment he has made of the effects of the provisions of that Act on people accused of a criminal offence; and if he will make a statement.

(303905)

268
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, columns 482-3W, on offensive weapons, how many of the six offences receiving the maximum sentence relate specifically to possession of an article with a blade or point.

(303789)

269
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many asylum seekers were in receipt of legal aid on 1 November 2009.

(303818)

270
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department budgeted for legal aid to asylum seekers in 2009-10.

(303819)

271
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were discharged from a sentence of imprisonment in (a) 2008 and (b) each month in 2009 for which figures are available.

(303833)

272
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions on the order of succession he has had with his Commonwealth counterparts.

(303835)

273
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much income local authorities have received from the sale of electoral register details to (a) businesses and (b) charities in each of the last seven years.

(303904)

274
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what Henry VIII powers were enacted in legislation passed in the 2008-09 Parliamentary Session.

(303908)

275
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in each prison establishment participated in each type of offender behaviour programme in the latest 12 months for which figures are available.

(303933)

276
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the timeliness of the delivery of (a) internet sex offender programmes and (b) community sex offender programmes against scheduled delivery timetables in each probation area in each of the last three years.

(303934)

277
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303942)

278
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the provision of educational courses for offenders serving custodial sentences in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available.

(303775)

279
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what language courses are offered to offenders serving custodial sentences.

(303776)

280
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what projects under what budget headings were funded by the £324,000 plus value added tax spent on due diligence work in connection with the proposed prison site at Caernarfon.

(303836)

281
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce his decision on the site of a new prison in North Wales.

(303837)

282
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sites for a new prison in North Wales his Department is considering.

(303838)

283
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) custodial and (b) community sentences for people under the age of 18 years resident in each Youth Offending Team area in the last five years for which figures are available.

(303589)

284
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents appeared in court in relation to their children's truancy in (a) England and (b) North East Cambridgeshire in each of the last 10 years.

(303716)

285
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) operating costs and (b) figures for (i) funding, (ii) operational capacity and (iii) certified nominal accommodation were for each prison in 2008-09; and what the average (A) cost of a prisoner place and (B) prison population was in 2008-09.

(303926)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

286
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers currently assigned to uniformed response policing duties in each district command unit were so assigned immediately following an assignment to administrative duties observing normal office hours.

(303264)

287
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many foreign national prisoners were discharged from a sentence of imprisonment in Northern Ireland in (a) 2008 and (b) each month in 2009 for which figures are available.

(303832)

288
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months.

(303841)

289
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303941)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

290
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will make an assessment of the economic effects on businesses of the closure of sections of the River Thames for the duration of the rowing events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

(303925)

Questions to the Prime Minister

291
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303940)

292
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of the merger of the Departments for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Innovation, Universities and Skills.

(303932)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

293
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303954)

Questions to the Solicitor General

294
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Solicitor General, how many days off in lieu (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its agency granted to staff for working (i) during their lunch breaks and (ii) at other times outside contracted working hours in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

(303734)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport

295
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many times the Secretary of State has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of his official duties in the last 12 months.

(303912)

296
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of (a) aircraft movements and (b) passengers at London City Airport in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(303849)

297
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received on aircraft noise at London City Airport.

(303850)

298
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and (ii) the Civil Aviation Authority on the decision to modify the flight routings of aircraft using London City Airport; and for what reasons such revised routings did not form part of the further public consultation on the NATS Terminal Control North proposal.

(303851)

299
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the level of noise nuisance arising from aircraft using London City Airport; and what changes in that level have been recorded in the last 10 years.

(303852)

300
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many (a) jet and (b) propeller aircraft (i) arrivals and (ii) departures there have been at London City Airport in each of the last 10 years.

(303853)

301
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with the London Borough of Newham in connection with proposals to increase aircraft movements at London City Airport.

(303854)

302
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Siemens or its subsidiaries since February 2009.

(303762)

303
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 303W, on road traffic: Tyne and Wear and of 4 November 2009, Official Report, column 250W, on transport: Tyne and Wear, when he expects to receive the report of the Tyne and Wear Transport Innovation Fund's work and outcomes; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(303442)

304
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303955)

305
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what role his Department has in defining peak and off-peak times in respect of the calculation of rail fares.

(303922)

306
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to implement a temporary speed limit reduction on (a) the M1 motorway between junctions 30 and 31 and (b) on the M18 motorway between junction 1 and the junction with the M1 motorway; and if he will make a statement.

(303438)

307
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2009, Official Report, column 132W, on M5: cameras, how many automatic number plate recognition cameras are in use for the detection of traffic offences on the M5; and if he will list the offences so detected in the last 12 months.

(303439)

308
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many automatic number plate recognition cameras are in operation other than on the public highway; and what the (a) location and (b) purpose is of each.

(303440)

309
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the fuel efficiency of new cars.

(304054)

310
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

(304001)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

311
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(303766)

312
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303957)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

313
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many security passes her Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303958)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

314
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions she has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) her Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the course of her official duties in the last 12 months.

(304004)

315
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many security passes her Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months.

(303959)

316
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) persons were in receipt of winter fuel allowance in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(303739)

317
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the Work for Your Benefit scheme pilots.

(303807)

318
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review her Department's policy of excluding councillors' allowances from earnings in the calculation of child maintenance liabilities; and if she will make a statement.

(303773)

319
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 300W, on Jobcentre Plus: training, what qualifications and experience Atos Healthcare professionals are required to have before making medical assessments on individuals' fitness for work.

(303658)

320
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for home responsibilities protection have been refused on the grounds that the applicant was unmarried and caring for children while a partner worked in the last 12 months.

(303939)

321
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residential properties her Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

(304003)

Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

322
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's press release of 10 October 2007, what the outcome was of the most recent review of the Single Security and Intelligence Budget; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (304021)

323
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cinemas have closed in (a) England and (b) North East Cambridgeshire since 1 January 2008.

[Transferred] (303714)

324
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many high street shops which closed in (a) England and (b) North East Cambridgeshire since 1 January 2008.

[Transferred] (303715)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

325
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department provided to the Police Negotiating Board in each of the last five years; how much such funding it expects to provide in 2010-11; for what purposes such funding was allocated in each such year; under what statutory powers such funding was provided; what the membership is of the Police Negotiating Board; by whom that board is appointed; when each member of that board was appointed; what discussions he has had with the Police Negotiating Board since January 2009; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (303913)

326
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary is of the Chairman of the Police Negotiating Board; whether the Chairman of that board may receive a staff bonus; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (303914)

327
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Motoring Offence and Breath Test statistics for (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 will be published; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (303834)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

328
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure his Department incurred on its reintegration support scheme in 2008-09.

[Transferred] (303883)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

329
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse of winter fuel allowance was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

[Transferred] (303740)

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