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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 3 December 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 December 2009


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 3 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 Thursday 3 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 3 December see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies there have been in (a) England and Wales, (b) Sussex and (c) Lewes constituency in each of the last five years.
(304275)
2
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of broadband coverage in (a) Lewes constituency, (b) East Sussex and (c) the South East.
(304277)
3
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations to meet obligations arising from EU law his Department has brought forward in the 2005 Parliament.
(304171)
4
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the aims and objectives are of his Department's Climate Change Projects Office.
(304472)
5
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the aims and objectives are of his Department's Energy and Climate Change Unit.
(304473)
6
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding is available to low carbon innovative companies through the UK Innovation Investment Fund.
(304474)
7
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on its decision to continue multiparty trade agreement negotiations with Peru; and if he will make a statement.
(304480)
8
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what process was involved in procuring the installation of video conferencing and telepresence facilities in Kingsgate House; and which companies were invited to take part in that process.
(304481)
9
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many video conferencing screens there are as part of the telepresence facilities in Kingsgate House.
(304482)
10
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost was of the technical support team required to run the videoconferencing and telepresence facilities in Kingsgate House in the last 12 months.
(304483)
11
Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will issue a letter of intent to repay capped funds withheld by the Learning and Skills Council to the training providers of apprenticeships for those aged 19 years or more.
(304263)
12
Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements his Department has put in place for funding for apprenticeships for those aged 19 or more during the transition period between the winding down of the Learning and Skills Council and the creation of the Skills Funding Agency.
(304321)
13
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were in receipt of education maintenance grants in each London local authority area in each of the last 10 years.
(304517)
14
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to protect the rights of employees who are likely to be made redundant; and what plans he has for the future of such mechanisms.
(303867)
15
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Legislative Reform Orders have come into force since the entry into force of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.
(303751)
16
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average period between the laying before the House of a proposal for a Legislative Reform Order and the enactment of the order has been since the entry into force of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.
(303752)
17
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants from his Department are based in (a) Basra, (b) Baghdad and (c) other locations in Iraq.
(304371)
18
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships in accounting were awarded by each awarding body in the last 12 months.
(304504)
19
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were awarded in each subject sector in the last 12 months.
(304505)
20
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship schemes in green jobs have been established since 1997.
(304528)
21
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many school leavers did not achieve GCSE Grade A* in (a) English language and (b) mathematics in each year since 1997.
(304543)
22
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the functional literacy rate of school leavers were in each year since 1997.
(304544)
23
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what Union Learning Fund courses his Department and its predecessor has funded in the last five years.
(304545)
24
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places at further education colleges were unfilled due to last minute cancellations in the last year for which figures are available; and what the cost to his Department or its predecessor was.
(304546)
25
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department allocated in respect of Union Learning representatives in the last 12 months; and how many such posts in his Department were full-time.
(304548)
26
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage holders of Government contracts to develop skills among their workforce.
(304556)
27
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many English language schools have been found to be operating below standard upon inspection in the last 12 months; what estimate he has made of the number to have closed as a result of such inspection findings; and if he will make a statement.
(304557)
28
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what training his Department makes available to its officials immediately prior to an overseas posting; and if he will make a statement.
(304558)
29
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many courses relating to health and safety were funded by his Department in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.
(304559)
30
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which five training courses funded by his Department had the highest per diem rates in the last five years.
(304560)
31
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department undertook media skills training in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.
(304561)
32
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many English language schools provide language training to a standard sufficient for students to meet language criteria in visa applications.
(304562)
33
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have been certified by English language schools in the period between being deemed to fall below acceptable standards and his Department taking remedial action in the last 12 months.
(304563)
34
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on advertising in the last 12 months; and for what purposes.
(304564)
35
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what expenditure his Department expects to incur on advertising in the next 12 months; and for what purposes.
(304565)
36
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department funds any training courses which are undertaken overseas; and if he will make a statement.
(304566)
37
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of participants in the Learning and Skills Council's Golden Hello scheme his Department estimates have not completed their training in the last 12 months.
(304567)
38
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria the Learning and Skills Council applies for the selection of participants in its Golden Hello scheme.
(304568)
39
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what modifications there have been to skills courses relating to financial services funded by his Department as a result of the economic situation.
(304569)
40
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Government (a) departments, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies have been certified by Investors in People to date.
(304570)
41
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Investors in People scheme to date; and if he will make a statement.
(304571)
42
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of the Investors in People scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(304572)
43
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the public purse was of the review of employee engagement commissioned by his Department and conducted by David MacLeod and Nita Clarke.
(304573)
44
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which 10 parliamentary constituencies have received the most funding from his Department in respect of vocational training in the last 12 months.
(304575)
45
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the affordability of broadband of the proposed levy on fixed telephone lines.
(303874)
46
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adult apprenticeships have been completed at the Tamworth campus of South Staffordshire College in each of the last five years; and how many he expects will be completed in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
(304169)
47
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): 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 (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes.
(304345)
48
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of people in Milton Keynes aged (a) 16 to 18 and (b) 19 to 24 years were not in education, training or employment in each quarter of the last 10 years.
(304346)
49
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of high street shops which have closed in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes since 1 January 2008.
(304485)
50
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations his Department has received on the skills and training requirements of people with autism.
(304204)
51
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each age group (a) started and (b) completed an apprenticeship in each quarter of the last five years.
(304159)
52
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship vacancies have been (a) advertised and (b) filled through the National Apprenticeship Service online vacancy system in each month since it was established.
(304160)
53
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people withdrew from apprenticeship schemes before completing them in each quarter of the last five years.
(304161)
54
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessor has been spent on advertising apprenticeship schemes and services in each of the last five years.
(304162)
55
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Secretary of State has met Lord Sugar on official business in each of the last six months.
(304163)
56
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been raised through helpline charges by the Student Loans Company in each year between 2004-05 and 2009-10; and what proportion of such funds was raised from calls which were (a) answered by a person and (b) unanswered in each such year.
(304453)
57
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions representatives of his Department have had with the Student Loans Company (SLC) during 2009 on a geographical telephone number for enquiries to the SLC.
(304454)
58
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.
(303992)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
59
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average age of mortality was (a) in 1996 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
(304530)
60
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the names are of each member of her Department's Food Strategy Task Force group on (a) vision and strategy, (b) joint research strategy, (c) healthier food mark, (d) integrated consumer advice, (e) global foods market and (f) food communications and campaigns; in which Government department or agency each group member works; and if she will make a statement.
(304267)
61
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths of (a) males and (b) females in each age group in each region were attributed wholly or in part to abdominal aortic aneurysms in the last 10 years.
(302398)
62
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are participating in each Government-supported training scheme and employment programme classified as employment for the purpose of the monthly labour market statistics.
(304383)
63
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what schemes are classified as Government-supported training and employment programmes for the purpose of the monthly labour market statistics.
(304384)
64
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will request the Information Commissioner to list those information notices issued in respect of delays in supplying information by her Department, specifying the subject matter of the information in each case.
(303804)
65
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of graduates were unemployed six months after obtaining their degree in each year since 1997.
(304164)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
66
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward in the 2005 Parliament to meet obligations arising from EU law.
(304180)
67
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which accrued to the Exchequer in value added tax (VAT) from VAT-registered businesses in each constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
(304266)
68
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual additional revenue to the Exchequer that would arise from the removal of the payment of tax credits to households with incomes above £50,000.
(303864)
69
N
Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the level of second income threshold for tax withdrawal required to reduce annual expenditure on tax credits by £400 million.
(303878)
70
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in Hampstead and Highgate constituency (a) have been and (b) are currently in households in receipt of (i) working families tax credit and (ii) child tax credit.
(304130)
71
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the average retail price of a pint of beer comprised tax in each of the last three years.
(304167)
72
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to minimise counterfeiting of the coinage.
(303978)
73
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) other enterprises which have made Time to Pay arrangements with HM Revenue and Customs to defer tax through the Business Payment Support Service HM Revenue and Customs forecasts will be unable to meet their tax liabilities in (i) January 2010, (ii) February 2010, (iii) March 2010, (iv) April 2010, (v) May 2010, (vi) June 2010, (vii) July 2010, (viii) August 2010 and (ix) September 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(304409)
74
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) small and medium-sized and (b) other enterprises have made Time to Pay arrangements with HM Revenue and Customs to defer tax through the Business Payment Support Service to date; how much tax liability has been deferred as a result of such arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
(304410)
75
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax HM Revenue and Customs forecasts will be written off as bad debts as a result of (a) small and medium-sized and (b) other enterprises which have made Time to Pay arrangements with HM Revenue and Customs to defer tax through the Business Payment Support Service not being able to meet their tax liabilities in (i) January 2010, (ii) February 2010, (iii) March 2010, (iv) April 2010, (v) May 2010, (vi) June 2010, (vii) July 2010, (viii) August 2010 and (ix) September 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(304411)
76
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) small and medium-sized and (b) other enterprises which made Time to Pay arrangements with HM Revenue and Customs to defer tax through the Business Payment Support Service have (i) not met their tax liabilities when they became due and (ii) extended their Time to Pay arrangement period to date; and if he will make a statement.
(304412)
77
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) small and medium-sized and (b) other enterprises which have made Time to Pay arrangements with HM Revenue and Customs to defer tax through the Business Payment Support Service are scheduled to pay their tax liability in (i) January 2010, (ii) February 2010, (iii) March 2010, (iv) April 2010, (v) May 2010, (vi) June 2010, (vii) July 2010, (viii) August 2010 and (ix) September 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(304413)
78
N
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to accrue to the Exchequer from taxes on gaming machines in the 12 months following the introduction of a gross profits tax.
(303747)
79
N
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been collected in amusement machine licence duty from (a) bingo halls, (b) social clubs and (c) public houses in the last 12 months.
(303748)
80
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of (a) providing a two year grant to local authorities worth 2.5 per cent. of council tax, on condition that those authorities do not increase council tax bills for those years and (b) providing ongoing compensation for local authorities for the resulting permanent reduction in their council tax receipts.
(304448)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
81
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many registered childminders there were in each local authority area in the South East in each quarter of each year since 2003.
(304283)
82
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward in this Parliament to meet obligations arising from EU law.
(304172)
83
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) key stage 2 pupils reached level 4 in English and mathematics and (b) GCSE pupils achieved at least five A* to C grades, including English and mathematics in each London local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2008.
(304518)
84
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether education about homosexual relationships is a compulsory part of the school curriculum for (a) primary school and (b) secondary school pupils.
(304224)
85
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what measures are in place to encourage schools to use their allocation of devolved capital in the Devolved Financial Management to Schools Scheme.
(303443)
86
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) schools and (b) schools in Coventry used all their allocation from the Devolved Financial Management to Schools Scheme in academic year 2008-09.
(303444)
87
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Devolved Financial Management to Schools Scheme.
(303445)
88
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidelines have been issued to schools on the use of devolved capital by them under the Devolved Financial Management to Schools Scheme.
(303446)
89
N
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, from which line of Table 8.4 in his Department's 2009 annual report the £300 million funding for new primary school places announced on 30 November 2009 has been taken.
(303981)
90
N
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much of his Department's capital budget for 2010-11 was brought forward to 2009-10; and how much of this budget he estimates will be spent in 2009-10.
(303982)
91
N
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to establish the mechanism for applying for capital project support funding for sixth form colleges through the Learning and Skills Council; and if he will make a statement.
(303755)
92
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) three and (b) four years old are receiving 15 hours a week of free nursery education in Hampstead and Highgate constituency.
(304127)
93
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children attend (a) Sure Start facilities and (b) children's centres in Hampstead and Highgate constituency; and how much such facilities cost in the last 12 months for which information is available.
(304128)
94
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 827, on Radcliffe School, whether the decision on Academy status for the Radcliffe School is the responsibility of Milton Keynes Council; what involvement he has in such decisions; and if he will make a statement.
(303970)
95
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the value for money of public funding for school-based learning about international development.
(304431)
96
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will estimate the cost of extending the pre-school entitlement for three to five year olds to 48 weeks a year; and if he will make a statement.
(304201)
97
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on extending the pre-school entitlement to two year-olds in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(304202)
98
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what specialist schools have been established in North East Lincolnshire since 1997.
(304423)
99
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) Sure Start centres and (b) children's centres have been opened in North East Lincolnshire since 1997; and what funding his Department has provided for such centres in that period.
(304424)
100
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants were employed in maintained schools in North East Lincolnshire (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available.
(304427)
101
N
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools use biometric data collected from their students; and if he will make a statement.
(303862)
102
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve and (b) encourage information sharing between (i) local authorities, (ii) police forces, (iii) the Probation Service and (iv) NHS services when assessing risks to children.
(304153)
103
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what criteria local authorities use to determine whether families should be referred to family group conferences.
(304154)
104
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what measures are in place to ensure that assessments of risk to children undertaken by local authorities assess all close family members.
(304155)
105
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on when to initiate child protection procedures.
(304156)
106
N
Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of biomass boilers installed in schools and (b) the reliability and efficacy of such boilers.
(303754)
107
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.
(303993)
108
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the objectives of the Home Access grant for children are; what the (a) average and (b) maximum amount disbursed to each student will be; how many students he expects to receive the grant in each year of its operation; what may be purchased with monies from the grant; what the unit cost of each model of laptop from the chosen suppliers is; and whether the home access package will include free broadband.
(303865)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
109
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Re-mapping the future for Ordnance Survey - making public data public consultation, how much funding the Government plans to provide to Ordnance Survey for the provision of free mapping.
(304098)
110
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each district council in East Sussex spent on sheltered housing in each of the last three years.
(304279)
111
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward to meet obligations arising from EU law in the 2005 Parliament.
(304174)
112
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of households in (a) owner-occupier, (b) private rented and (c) social rented accommodation was estimated to be overcrowded in (i) England and (ii) each English region in (A) 1997 and (B) 2008.
(304515)
113
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of all households were in (a) private owner-occupied, (b) private rented and (c) social rented accommodation in each London local authority area in each of the last five years.
(304516)
114
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2009, Official Report, columns 312-3W, on non-domestic rates, what the estimated net collectable debt in respect of non-domestic rates was for each local authority in the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 tax year.
(304232)
115
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by Lichfield District Council in each of the last four financial years; and what revenue the authority received from (a) Government grants, (b) council tax, (c) non-domestic rates, (d) the sale of assets and (e) other sources in each of those years.
(304166)
116
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many sheltered housing tenants there are in Tamworth Borough Council area.
(304168)
117
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the implementation of Planning Policy Statement 22 on the number of schools, charities and voluntary organisations which generate renewable energy.
(304489)
118
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much historic housing debt remains a local authority responsibility.
(304426)
119
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which 10 (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords have sold the largest number of dwellings in the last five years; how many dwellings each sold in that period; and what the monetary value of such dwellings was.
(304456)
120
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on quality of management and level of property maintenance of rent reductions by registered social landlords in the last three years.
(304458)
121
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) black and minority ethnic people and (b) women have served on the boards of registered social landlords in the last five years; how many (i) black and minority ethnic people and (ii) women have served (A) as chair of the board and (B) on the boards of the 50 largest registered social landlords in that period; what proportion of board membership each group represented in that period; and what remuneration the chair of each such board received in each year.
(304491)
122
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will increase the number of council tax bands.
(304216)
123
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations on measures to improve fire safety his Department has received from coroners in each of the last three years.
(304157)
124
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.
(303994)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
125
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely legacy from the London 2012 Olympics for participation in sport in East Sussex (a) in general and (b) by children under 14 years old.
(304280)
126
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward in the 2005 Parliament to meet obligations arising from EU law.
(304173)
127
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial assistance (a) the Government and (b) the National Lottery has given to (i) amateur sports clubs, (ii) sport in schools and (iii) professional sports clubs in York since 1996-97.
(304509)
128
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has allocated for tourism promotion in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1996-97.
(304510)
129
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on sport in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) City of York local authority area in each year since 1996-97.
(304511)
130
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) national and (b) local museums in (i) Yorkshire and the Humber and (ii) the City of York received in Government grants in each year since 1996-97.
(304512)
131
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people visited each of the national museums in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1996-97.
(304513)
132
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the consultation on entertainment licences for public venues with capacity for under 100 persons to be published.
(303753)
133
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to take steps to prevent (a) playing fields, (b) other sports facilities and (c) libraries being disposed of in the Government's proposed sale of public assets.
(304486)
134
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) destination and (b) purpose was of each overseas visit by officials of his Department in 2008-09.
(303869)
135
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials of his Department were employed on the recent inquiry into the provision of library services on the Wirral.
(303974)
136
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department on the recent inquiry into the provision of library services on the Wirral.
(303975)
137
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of pubs which have closed in each local authority area in England since 1 January 2008.
(304190)
138
N
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to ask national museums to undertake a valuation of their collections.
(304029)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
139
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward to meet obligations arising from EU law in this parliament.
(304175)
140
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of his Climate and Energy Security Envoy.
(304475)
141
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to improve the energy efficiency of forward operating bases in Afghanistan.
(304477)
142
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to develop smart power grids for UK military bases.
(304478)
143
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount of energy consumed by HM forces in the last year.
(304479)
144
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 7 July 2009, Official Report, columns 662-3W, on the Territorial Army, when he expects to place the information in the Library.
(304322)
145
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Statement of 30 November 2009, Official Report, columns 831-54, on Afghanistan and Pakistan, how many of the extra 10,000 Afghan army troops will be deployed in Helmand province for (a) training and (b) offensive and manoeuvre operations.
(304324)
146
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Statement of 30 November 2009, Official Report, columns 831-54, on Afghanistan and Pakistan, whether it is planned that the extra 10,000 Afghan army troops will be permanently based in Helmand province after their training is completed.
(304325)
147
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned in-service dates are for the two new aircraft carriers.
(304348)
148
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 657W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, how many helicopters have been deployed to Afghanistan as a direct result of the UK-French helicopter initiative.
(304349)
149
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of British service personnel who have been killed by improvised explosive devices was (a) on foot patrol, (b) in a vehicle and (c) killed in other circumstances.
(304350)
150
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to form local auxiliary forces outside the Afghan National Security Forces in Helmand province.
(304351)
151
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many population censuses have been carried out in Britain's area of responsibility in Helmand province since 2005.
(304352)
152
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the latest copy of Unclassified Metrics by the Strategic Advisory Group HQ ISAF.
(304354)
153
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to increase the number of its (a) military personnel and (b) civilian staff attached to (i) the EU military staff and (ii) the European Defence Agency.
(304355)
154
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) military personnel and (b) civilian staff were attached to (i) EU military staff, (ii) the European Defence Agency, (iii) the EU Military Committee and (iv) other EU institutions in each month since May 2008.
(304356)
155
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which unit forms the Spearhead Land Element (SLE); whether it is presently fully equipped; whether the present SLE is deployed; and when the future SLE will take over from the present SLE.
(304357)
156
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which unit forms the Small Scale Contingent Battle Group; whether it is presently fully equipped; whether the present group is deployed; and when the future Small Scale Contingent Battle Group will take over from the current group.
(304358)
157
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what units form the British commitment to the NATO Response Force in 2010.
(304359)
158
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects HMS Endurance to be (a) repaired and (b) back on operations.
(304360)
159
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on sourcing the requirement for ISAF's Operational Reserve Force; and what progress has been made in these discussions.
(304361)
160
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which brigade forms the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF); whether it is presently fully equipped; whether the present JRRF is deployed; and when the future JRRF will take over from the present JRRF.
(304362)
161
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of theft of British military supplies during transit from the port of debarkation in Pakistan to the final destination in Afghanistan have been reported since 2 February 2009.
(304363)
162
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many commercial (a) aeroplanes and (b) ships were hired to assist with the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq; and at what cost.
(304364)
163
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent assessment is of the strength and capabilities of the (a) Afghan National Army and (b) Afghan National Police.
(304365)
164
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been absent without leave in each month of 2009 to date.
(304366)
165
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many insurgents have been captured by British forces in each month in 2009 to date; and how many of them (a) were subsequently released, (b) were transferred to Afghan authorities and (c) remain in British custody.
(304367)
166
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Pakistani military personnel are (a) assigned, (b) attached and (c) embedded with coalition military forces in Regional Command South.
(304368)
167
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are to implement the Afghan Public Protection Programme in Helmand province.
(304369)
168
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what unit will form the UK's commitment to the EU battle group in the first half of 2010.
(304370)
169
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel are (a) embedded with Pakistani military units and (b) based in Pakistan to co-ordinate military operations in support of British military operations in Regional Command South.
(304372)
170
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many equipment failure reports (a) were filed in each year since 2003 and (b) have been filed for each armoured vehicle type in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.
(304373)
171
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average unit tour interval was for each (a) aircraft and (b) helicopter crew type in the Royal Air Force in the latest period for which figures are available.
(304374)
172
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average unit tour interval of each Royal Air Force regiment was at the latest date for which information is available.
(304375)
173
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings or efficiency measures are being made from the (a) Royal Naval Reserve and (b) Royal Auxiliary Air Force budgets in 2009-10.
(304376)
174
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) actual number of each officer training corps unit is.
(304433)
175
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) actual number of Officer Training Corps members has been in each month of 2009 to date.
(304434)
176
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow of cadet forces staff has been in each month of 2009 to date.
(304435)
177
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow has been of each cadet and combined cadet force in each month of 2009 to date.
(304436)
178
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of cadet staff has been in each month of 2009 to date.
(304437)
179
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons £100 million has been transferred from Capital Resource to Direct Resource within RfR 1 in his Department's Winter Supplementary Estimates.
(304442)
180
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what treaty obligations the UK has to provide military forces overseas.
(304451)
181
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department applies in determining when to issue a D notice regarding troop movements; and if he will make a statement.
(304550)
182
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of oil leakage from his Department's facilities in the vicinity of St Kilda have been recorded in each of the last three years.
(304186)
183
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to prevent the leakage of oil into seawater from his Department's facilities in the vicinity of St Kilda.
(304187)
184
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the environmental policy for bird protection on his Department's land in Cyprus.
(304188)
185
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of bird trapping through (a) liming and (b) mist netting on his Department's land in Cyprus in the last five years.
(304189)
186
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account his Department's policy on the trapping of wild birds on its land in Cyprus takes of the provisions of the EU environmental legislation.
(304191)
187
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what legislative provisions of the EU Birds Directive apply to the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) in Cyprus; and what steps are being taken to reduce levels of trapping and killing of wild birds in the SBAs.
(304487)
188
N
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen on service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan sustained (i) injuries to, (ii) partial loss of and (iii) complete loss of their genitalia in each year since 2003.
[R] (303977)
189
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding will be provided to the British Forces Post Office in Germany in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012.
(304327)
190
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent assessment is of the future of the British Forces Post Office in Germany.
(304328)
191
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries the (a) arming, fusing and firing system components, (b) neutron generators and (c) gas reservoirs of Trident nuclear warheads are manufactured; and if he will make a statement.
(303890)
192
N
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which country the gas reservoirs for Trident nuclear warheads are filled with tritium; and if he will make a statement.
(303891)
193
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to modify the gas transfer system of the Trident warhead as part of the Mk4A refurbishment programme; and in which country the gas transfer system will be manufactured.
(304340)
194
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected cost is of the Mk4A refurbishment programme for Trident warheads; and what proportion of this expenditure he expects to be incurred in the United States.
(304341)
195
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.
(303995)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
196
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what agreements were made at the IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Istanbul on energy and climate change-related matters.
(304466)
197
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what agreements were made at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila on energy and climate change related matters.
(304467)
198
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what agreements were made at the G20 London Summit on energy and climate change related matters.
(304468)
199
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the first pilots of the new Pay As You Save scheme.
(304469)
200
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps have been taken in relation to the possibility to exercise the reserve powers provided under the Energy Act 2008 for the Government rather than Ofgem to set the grid access regime.
(304470)
201
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what work he is undertaking with the International Atomic Energy Agency to assist states to develop a civil nuclear energy industry while minimising the risk of nuclear weapons proliferating.
(304471)
202
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings he has had with the Government's Chief Sustainability Officer in the last 12 months.
(304484)
203
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much central government funding has been spent on energy efficiency measures in (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private homes in City of York local authority area in each year since 1996.
(304507)
204
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for how many on-shore wind turbines planning permission has been (a) sought and (b) granted in (i) England, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) the City of York since 1996; and how many turbines have been constructed in that period.
(304508)
205
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost has been of each regional hearing organised by his Department since publication of the National Nuclear Policy Statement on 9 November 2009 inviting residents to have their say on proposals to build a new nuclear power station in their area; how many departmental officials attended each meeting; how many incurred overnight stays in each case, and at what cost; and whether provision has been made to defray the costs of interested parties in travelling to and staying overnight to enable attendance at such meetings.
(304415)
206
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to (a) inform interested parties of and (b) distribute his Department's publication The arrangements for the management and disposal of waste from new nuclear power stations: a summary of evidence; and how many copies of the document have been printed.
(304416)
207
N
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the safety of (i) emissions from and (ii) ash by-products of energy from waste incinerators in the last 10 years.
(303976)
208
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of fuel poverty on health.
(304338)
209
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many domestic energy customers in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area use pre-payment meters.
(304492)
210
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) pre-payment meter and (b) billed energy customers have been disconnected by their supplier in each quarter in the last three years.
(304493)
211
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many energy customers were disconnected in error by their provider in each quarter of the last three years.
(304494)
212
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how long on average energy customers disconnected by their provider were without a connection in each quarter of the last three years.
(304495)
213
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to encourage energy suppliers to assist their customers in avoiding arrears.
(304496)
214
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what requirement the Government puts on energy supply companies to include a benefits health check in their fuel poverty reduction programmes.
(304497)
215
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the extent to which greater use of recovered fuel oil for incineration by industry could reduce the use of fossil fuels.
(304301)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
216
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will provide a clear time line for amending the Environmental Permitting Regulations to reflect the adoption of the end of waste concept; and if he will make a statement.
(304326)
217
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward in the 2005 Parliament to meet obligations arising from EU law.
(304176)
218
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the levying of a tax on the use of recovered fuel oil on the volume of fuel oils dumped illegally; and if he will make a statement.
(303979)
219
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of oils was consigned for processing as waste in each year since 2001; to which (a) facilities and (b) companies such oils were consigned for processing in each such year; and if he will make a statement.
(303980)
220
Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of offences under the provisions of the (i) Badgers Act 1991, (ii) Deer Act 1991 and (iii) Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 in 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(304217)
221
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the economic viability of re-refining waste oils into base lubricating oils in the UK.
(303973)
222
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reasons for trends in the number of cases of people attacked by dogs in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(304118)
223
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many arrests have been made for offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in (a) Merseyside and (b) England since the Act came into force.
(304119)
224
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) genetic and (b) other factors affecting the likelihood of different breeds of dogs being involved in attacks on people.
(304120)
225
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been convicted for offences related to attacks by their dogs on (a) children and (b) other people in the last five years.
(304121)
226
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been seized and put down in (a) Southport constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in the last 12 months.
(304122)
227
N
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.
(303996)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
228
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prepare for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
(304465)
229
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Kenya on the non-payment of pensions to retired Kenyan civil servants with British citizenship who are resident in that country.
(303876)
230
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 July 2009, Official Report, column 336W, on Western Sahara: natural resources, what account he has taken in the formulation of his policy of the statement by the former legal counsel to the United Nations on (a) the legality of exploitation of natural resources in Western Sahara and (b) the interests and wishes of the people of Western Sahara.
(304058)
231
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Moroccan counterpart the deportation of Aminatou Haidar, with particular reference to Article 12(4) of the International Convention on Civil and Human Rights.
(304261)
232
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October 2009, Official Report, column 228W, on Morocco: mining, what recent steps the Government has taken to seek to ensure that Morocco fulfils its obligations under international law to ensure that the extraction and exploitation of phosphates do not adversely affect the interests of the people of Western Sahara.
(304262)
233
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Moroccan government on (a) ending the movement of members of the Moroccan civilian population into the occupied Western Sahara and (b) the application of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention until the status of Western Sahara is determined.
(304414)
234
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 1969W, on Western Sahara: human rights, whether the matter of human rights abuses in the Non-Self Governing Territory of Western Sahara related to calls for a referendum was raised with Morocco by EU officials in the meeting of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, Democratisation and Governance on 24 July 2009.
(304417)
235
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether EU defence attachés or military representatives are planned to form part of the EU's External Action Service; and if he will make a statement.
(304347)
236
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's estimate is of the population of (a) Britain's area of responsibility in Helmand province and (b) each district in Helmand province.
(304353)
237
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has received from representatives of Overseas Territories on the laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph on their behalf.
(304408)
238
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions each UK mission has raised the question of persecution or discrimination in relation to (a) the Christian faith, (b) the Islamic faith, (c) Judaism, (d) Sikhism, (e) Hinduism, (f) Buddhism and (g) other religious faiths in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(304445)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
239
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward in the 2005 Parliament to meet obligations arising from EU law.
(304177)
240
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2009, Official Report, column 653W, on departmental scientists, how many (a) scientific advisers and (b) civil servants in scientific posts work at (i) Richmond House, (ii) Quarry House and (iii) other of his Department's offices.
(304452)
241
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the capitation cost was of (a) the Director and (b) other staff in Communications and Engagement of the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority in the latest year for which information is available.
(304300)
242
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the capitation cost of the Chairman of the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority was in the last year for which figures are available; and how many days she spent working for the authority in that year.
(304337)
243
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority paid to public relations companies in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and what budget has been set for such expenditure in 2009-10.
(304532)
244
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the recent independent survey of the regional stakeholders of the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority undertaken as part of the Healthier people, excellent care programme.
(304533)
245
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority spent on gathering public opinion and opinion polling in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and what budget has been set for such expenditure in 2009-10.
(304534)
246
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many senior managers were employed in the Wigan and Bolton Health Authority in the final year of its operation; and how many were employed by Bolton Primary Care Trust at the latest date for which figures are available.
(304449)
247
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health coordinators there are in England.
(304459)
248
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the mental health coordinator network was in the last 12 months.
(304460)
249
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what mechanisms NHS patients may choose homeopathic treatments.
(303749)
250
N
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the operating cost of the Hospice in the Weald was met from public funds in 2008-09; and if he will take steps to increase it.
(303805)
251
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office on Services for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis, to work with primary care trusts to promote early treatment of and employment-focused support for people with inflammatory arthritis.
(304419)
252
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the NHS Indicators for Quality Improvement include greater reference to the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, with reference to the recommendations of the National Audit Office report on Service for People with rheumatoid arthritis.
(304420)
253
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the performance of the NHS University against its objectives.
(304421)
254
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS University has cost in each year since its establishment.
(304422)
255
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies in each primary care trust area have (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last five years.
(304498)
256
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many redundancies there were in each hospital trust in the South East in each of the last 12 months.
(304107)
257
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent per capita in each primary care trust in England in each of the last three years.
(304457)
258
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) staff, (b) doctors other than general practitioners, (c) medical and dental health services staff other than doctors and nurses, (d) general practitioners, (e) qualified nursing staff other than practice nurses and (f) practice nurses worked in Derbyshire Primary Care Trust in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009.
(303875)
259
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors have been employed in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each year since 1997.
(303972)
260
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of regular exercise on the health of people aged (a) 18 to 25, (b) 26 to 49, (c) 50 to 69 and (d) 70 years old and more.
(304219)
261
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate has been made of the percentage of (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 18 to 25, (ii) 26 to 49, (iii) 50 to 69 and (iv) over 70 years old who undertake recommended levels of physical activity; and if he will make a statement.
(304220)
262
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospitalisations and (b) deaths in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area related to (i) swine influenza and (ii) seasonal influenza there were in the 12 months to 1 December 2009.
(304123)
263
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area to whom it plans to offer the seasonal influenza vaccination.
(304124)
264
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of seasonal influenza vaccine had been distributed to health centres in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area in the 12 months to 1 December 2009.
(304125)
265
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people to whom it plans to offer the swine influenza vaccination (a) in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area and (b) nationally.
(304126)
266
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of swine influenza vaccine had been distributed to health centres (a) in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area and (b) nationally by 1 December 2009.
(304192)
267
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies for registered dieticians at band 5 were advertised by NHS trusts in each of the last 10 years.
(304165)
268
N
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts use the (a) 2001, (b) 2003 and (c) 2007 cleaning specifications as a basis for contracts with (i) cleaning contractors and (ii) in-house cleaning staff.
(303703)
269
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has issued on patient access to treatment by extended choice network providers; and what recent assessment he has made of the range of conditions for which patients are being treated by extended choice network providers.
(304108)
270
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were refused a referral to an extended choice network provider by such a provider in each of the last three years.
(304109)
271
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the extended choice network rules.
(304110)
272
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which psychiatric disorders are included in the list of conditions in relation to which providers in the extended choice network may refuse a patient referral.
(304111)
273
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what criteria providers in the extended choice network are permitted to refuse referrals relating to (a) patients with psychiatric disorders and (b) other patients.
(304112)
274
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS trusts will be the preferred provider under the proposed patient entitlement to treatment if a patient cannot be seen within the relevant period and desires an alternative provider.
(304264)
275
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were issued with parking fines following parking in hospital car parks in Milton Keynes in each of the last five years.
(304344)
276
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of supplies of the H1N1 vaccine to GP practices in order to meet the initial prioritisation of at-risk groups.
(304151)
277
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 909W, on aortic aneurysm, what the precise locations are of the early implementation sites of ultrasound screening facilities for aortic aneurysm at (a) West Sussex, (b) Leicester, (c) Gloucester, (d) South Manchester, (e) South Devon and Exeter and (f) South West London; and how many patients have been screened at each such location to date.
(302396)
278
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 909W, on aortic aneurysm, for what reasons the number of hospital sites with abdominal aortic aneurysm ultra sound screening facilities has not been increased since the initial six early implementation sites announced in January 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(302399)
279
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 909W, on aortic aneurysm, what criteria will apply to the next provision and allocation of ultra sound screening facilities for aortic aneurysms; and if he will make a statement.
(302400)
280
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) provision and installation of the technology for ultrasound screening in respect of aortic aneurysms and (b) staffing at the level required for optimal use of such technology at each location; and if he will make a statement.
(303078)
281
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects Basildon and Thurrock to be included in the next round of provision of funding for ultrasound screening for aortic aneurysms; and if he will make a statement.
(303079)
282
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which (a) countries, (b) overseas territories and (c) other jurisdictions the National Health Service has reciprocal agreements comparable to the agreement between the NHS and the Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement.
(304444)
283
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what statutory basis he cancelled the reciprocal agreement between the NHS and (a) Jersey and (b) Guernsey in respect of (i) Scotland, (ii) Northern Ireland and (c) Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(304549)
284
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase knowledge of fibromyalgia amongst (a) the medical profession and (b) the wider public.
(304296)
285
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in the last three years.
(304297)
286
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what help his Department provides to people diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
(304298)
287
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 702W, on departmental publications, if he will publish each detailed model for the proposals outlined in the Green Paper Shaping the Future of Care Together apart from that relating to the provision of free personal homecare to certain users.
(304212)
288
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal firms his Department used to draft the contracts for the National Programme for IT; and for what period each was contracted.
(304238)
289
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has decided whether BT and CSC have met the criteria published by Connecting for Health on 29 October 2009 for delivery of IT solutions to the NHS through the National Programme for IT.
(304240)
290
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason he did not publish the economic modelling for the Shaping the Future of Care Together consultation before the consultation was concluded.
(304241)
291
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Connecting for Health spent on each of its consultancies in each financial year since 2003-04.
(304242)
292
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what breaches of data protection legislation have been recorded in the NHS in each of the last five years; and how many formal undertakings from the Information Commissioner have been signed by NHS organisations consequent on a breach of the legislation.
(304243)
293
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding under the Dignity in Care Campaign each local authority has received; which care homes in each local authority area were awarded extra funding from this allocation to improve dignity; how much each such home received; what the funding was proposed to be used for in each case; and what monitoring was undertaken to ensure the funding was spent on the objectives of the campaign.
(304244)
294
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days each hospital started at a (a) level three, (b) level four and (c) level five bed state in accident and emergency in each of the last five years; and how many days each hospital issued a red alert concerning accident and emergency in each of the last five years.
(304245)
295
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter sent by the Minister of State for Care Services to the hon. Member for Eddisbury of 4 November 2009, ref MS(CS)500124, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board to date.
(304246)
296
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter sent by the Minister of State for Care Services to the hon. Member for Eddisbury of 4 November 2009, ref MS(CS)500124, for what reasons Ministers need to consider the recommendations contained in the final report of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board before the final report is published.
(304247)
297
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people living with coeliac disease in England; what the evidential basis is for that estimate; and if he will make a statement.
(304248)
298
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many transplants were performed in private clinical practice using solid organs from living donors removed (a) in NHS facilities and (b) in other facilities in each of the last 10 years.
(304249)
299
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the result was of the Strategic Review of Collaborative Procurement in the NHS; and if he will publish the report of the review.
(304250)
300
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are of the joint OGC and NHS Purchasing Supply Review; when the review will be completed; and whether the results of the review will be published.
(304251)
301
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on medical supplies and equipment in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(304252)
302
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are being used to monitor the performance of DHL under its contract for NHS supply and delivery of medical supplies and equipment; and if he will make a statement.
(304253)
303
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations have received grants from his Department's Social Enterprise Investment Fund since July 2008; and how much each has received.
(304254)
304
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date each organisation in receipt of a grant from the Social Enterprise Investment Fund (a) applied for and (b) received its grant.
(304255)
305
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has assigned to the Social Enterprise Investment Fund for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
(304256)
306
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to assess applications to his Department's Social Enterprise Investment Fund.
(304257)
307
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used by primary care trusts to prioritise individuals for swine influenza vaccinations.
(304258)
308
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what directions the NHS issues to staff of (a) NHS trusts and (b) strategic health authorities on the (i) provision and (ii) timeliness of replies to correspondence from hon. Members.
(304152)
309
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been admitted to hospital after being attacked by dogs in (a) Southport constituency and (b) Merseyside in the last five years.
(304117)
310
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the prescribing of (a) dasatinib and (b) nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant and imatinib-intolerant chronic myeloid leukaemia; and if he will make a statement.
(303870)
311
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the use of (a) dasatinib and (b) nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant and imatinib-intolerant chronic myeloid leukaemia; and if he will make a statement.
(303871)
312
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of the likely total cost to the NHS of prescribing (a) dasatinib and (b) nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant and imatinib-intolerant chronic myeloid leukaemia; and if he will make a statement.
(303872)
313
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has issued guidance to primary care trusts on the prescribing of (a) dasatinib and (b) nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant and imatinib-intolerant chronic myeloid leukaemia; and if he will make a statement.
(303873)
314
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on advertising to encourage people to donate blood in each of the last 10 years.
(304099)
315
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of the umbilical cords of babies born alive in each of the last 10 years were donated for the harvesting of stem cells.
(304100)
316
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of poor hand hygiene on (a) infection and (b) mortality rates in hospitals.
(304101)
317
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to increase the number of blood donors who are bone marrow donors; and if he will make a statement.
(304102)
318
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people were on the (a) blood donor and (b) bone marrow donor register in each register area in each of the last 10 years.
(304103)
319
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on increasing the number of bone marrow donors.
(304104)
320
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients who received bone marrow and stem cell treatments in the last 12 months were administered cells from (a) UK donors and (b) foreign donors from each country.
(304105)
321
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stem cell donations from the NHS Cord Blood Bank were provided to patients in each year since 1996.
(304106)
322
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects on the rapidity of the spread of hospital-acquired infections of (a) the use of disposable blood pressure cuffs, (b) the practice of infusing hospital equipment with silver ion particles and (c) banning hospital staff from wearing neckties.
(304146)
323
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the level of hand hygiene among (i) doctors, (ii) nurses, (iii) other NHS staff, (iv) patients and (v) visitors to hospitals in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(304158)
324
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of each hand hygiene initiative undertaken in hospitals.
(304183)
325
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent to increase levels of compliance with hand hygiene procedures in hospitals in the last 12 months.
(304184)
326
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the unit cost of identifying the tissue type of a bone marrow or stem cell donor by samples taken from (a) a blood donor at the time of donation and (b) a DNA swab.
(304185)
327
N
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards implementation of his Department's White Paper on the regulation of health professionals; and if he will make a statement.
(302397)
328
N
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed nights patients who were ready for discharge spent in hospital in each primary care trust in the last 12 months.
(302553)
329
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the National Specialist Commissioning Group's document for designation of Grown-Ups with Congenital Heart Disease Specialist Centres; and if he will make a statement.
(304418)
330
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to seek to reduce the availability of cheap alcoholic drinks.
(304209)
331
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has undertaken on the likely effects on the level of alcohol consumption of a minimum unit price for alcohol in the last 10 years.
(304210)
332
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Medical Officer on restrictions on the price of alcohol.
(304211)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
333
Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State expects to provide a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen of 16 November 2009 sent on behalf of her constituent Miss Ashley Redmayne.
(304339)
334
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal raves which have taken place in each district council area in East Sussex in each of the last five years; and how many (a) crimes and (b) accidents arising from such events were reported in each such year.
(304278)
335
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bicycles have been reported stolen in each region in each year since since 1997.
(304284)
336
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward to meet obligations arising from EU law in this parliament.
(304178)
337
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers living in (a) the City of York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber received support from public funds in each year since 2002.
(304506)
338
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward proposals for a protocol for police officers dealing with people with learning difficulties.
(303983)
339
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints people with learning difficulties have made against police officers in each of the last five years.
(303984)
340
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from hon. Members on the conduct of police officers dealing with people with learning difficulties.
(303987)
341
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training police forces give to police officers on dealing with people with learning difficulties.
(303988)
342
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce numbers of crimes of violence with a homophobic motive in the North West.
(304221)
343
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person with a homophobic motive there have been in (a) Merseyside and (b) Wirral in the last (i) six months, (ii) 12 months, (iii) two years and (iv) five years.
(304228)
344
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) sent (i) from the UK to another EU member state and (ii) to the UK from another EU member state under the European arrest warrant, (b) extradited to the US under the UK/US extradition treaty and (c) extradited to the UK under the UK/US extradition treaty; and if he will make a statement.
(304114)
345
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) arrested, (c) charged and (d) convicted of offences related to the (i) possession and (ii) supply of anabolic steroids in each year since 2005.
(304097)
346
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the merits of systems to enable anonymous reporting of domestic abuse.
(304222)
347
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people reported incidents of domestic abuse in each of the last three years.
(304223)
348
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Irish Republic on the implications for the UK of the varying visa requirements of the UK and Irish jurisdictions in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(304490)
349
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of policing party political conferences in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.
(304215)
350
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the likely effects on the level of anti-social behaviour of a minimum unit price for alcohol.
(304206)
351
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of a link between alcohol misuse and the incidence of domestic violence.
(304207)
352
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with the devolved administrations on steps to reduce levels of crime by reducing the availability of cheap alcohol.
(304208)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
353
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support he is giving to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund to improve the energy infrastructure in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(304461)
354
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to improve public access to reliable electricity in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(304462)
355
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the refurbishment of the Gereshk hydropower plant in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(304463)
356
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the provision of electricity networks and supply throughout Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(304464)
357
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of access to antiretroviral treatments in developing countries.
(303986)
358
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Statement of 30 November 2009, Official Report, columns 831-54, on Afghanistan and Pakistan, what programmes funded by his Department are expected to (a) create 20,000 jobs in 2009 and (b) raise the incomes of 200,000 people by 2013; on what basis each estimate was arrived at; and if he will make a statement.
(304323)
359
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding the Government has provided (a) as aid and (b) for reconstruction in Afghanistan in each year since 2007.
(304450)
360
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department provided to each overseas country in each of the last three years.
(304227)
361
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has provided for children and young people from each local authority area to visit developing countries in each of the last five years.
(304342)
362
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of providing public funding for children and young people from the UK to visit developing countries.
(304343)
363
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent in each local authority area on school-based learning about international development in each of the last five years.
(304430)
364
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts to provide publicly-funded visits for children and young people to developing countries his Department has funded in the last 12 months; what the monetary value of each contract is; when each such contract expires; what assessment has been made of their effectiveness and value for money; and if he will make a statement.
(304432)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
365
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what advice he has received on the compatibility with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 of (a) the rights of illegitimates in succession to the Crown and (b) the UK's interpretative declaration in respect of Articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock.
(304268)
366
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what advice was given to Ministers on the effect of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the rights of illegitimates in succession to the Crown (a) prior to and (b) during the passage of the legislation through Parliament.
(304269)
367
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government has taken in respect of the UK's interpretative declaration in respect of Articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock in order to secure the conformity in UK law required by Article 1 of the Convention.
(304270)
368
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority takes account of budgetary constraints in determining the level of awards it wishes to make.
(304273)
369
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been found guilty of offences of drug (a) possession and (b) dealing in (i) Sussex and (ii) Lewes constituency in each year since 1997.
(304276)
370
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Probation Service staff there were in each probation area in the South East in each of the last five years; and what the ratio of offenders to such staff was in each such year.
(304282)
371
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers convicted of driving without insurance in each police authority area in each year since 1997 had previous convictions for the same offence.
(304286)
372
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward to meet obligations arising from EU law in this Parliament.
(304182)
373
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department received from each other Government department from the legal aid impact test in each year since 1999.
(304499)
374
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of money received from other Government departments as a consequence of the legal aid impact test in the last 10 years has been allocated to the Legal Aid Fund.
(304500)
375
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the efficacy of the legal aid impact test.
(304501)
376
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to other departments on completing the legal aid impact test; and what models and analysis are used to assess the impact of proposed legislation on the legal aid budget.
(304502)
377
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has conducted into the effectiveness of the legal aid impact test.
(304503)
378
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of conviction rates for those accused of crimes of violence with homophobic motives in Merseyside.
(304226)
379
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members are of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council; and what the relevant qualifications are of each of them.
(304149)
380
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what remuneration the Chair of the Victims Advisory Panel receives.
(304308)
381
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people worked for the Victims Advisory Panel in each of the last three years.
(304309)
382
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the Victims Advisory Panel in each of the last three years.
(304310)
383
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the salary is of each person who sits on the Gender Recognition Panel.
(304311)
384
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people worked for the Gender Recognition Panel in each of the last three years.
(304312)
385
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Gender Recognition Panel cost in each of the last three years.
(304313)
386
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what remuneration the chair of the Pathogens Access Appeals Commission receives.
(304314)
387
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people worked for the Pathogens Access Appeals Commission in each of the last three years.
(304315)
388
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Pathogens Access Appeals Commission cost in each of the last three years.
(304316)
389
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much remuneration the Chair of the Correctional Services Accreditation Panel receives.
(304317)
390
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people worked for the Correctional Services Accreditation Panel in each of the last three years.
(304318)
391
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people worked for the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity in each of the last three years.
(304319)
392
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity cost in each of the last three years.
(304320)
393
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date.
(304574)
394
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Government has allocated to specialist domestic violence courts in England and Wales in each year since 2006.
(303971)
395
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations in the North West procurement area received funds from the Legal Services Commission in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and for each such organisation how many (i) asylum and (ii) non-asylum immigration cases they had in which Legal Services Commission funding started in each of those years.
(304225)
396
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases of (a) rape, (b) attempted rape and (c) domestic violence cautions have been issued in each of the last three years.
(304455)
397
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those convicted for offences related to domestic violence had been issued with at least one caution prior to conviction in the last three years.
(304476)
398
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward amendments to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill to make people who are non-domiciled for taxation purposes ineligible for election to the House of Commons.
(303803)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
399
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Annex B of the St Andrews Agreement of October 2006, what steps the Government plans to take to fulfil the commitment to introduce legislation on the Irish language reflecting on the experience of Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
(304265)
400
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2009, Official Report, column 1039W, on devolution, whether primary legislation would be required to provide for a reserve power to block the repatriation of foreign national prisoners from Northern Ireland following the devolution of criminal justice and policing; and if he will make a statement.
(304525)
401
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2009, Official Report, column 1039W, on devolution, what circumstances would constitute grounds of national security for the purpose of exercising a reserve power to block the repatriation of foreign national prisoners from Northern Ireland following the devolution of criminal justice and policing; and if he will make a statement.
(304526)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
402
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether the Government Olympic Executive has entered into any contracts with Siemens or its subsidiaries since February 2009.
(304259)
Questions to the Prime Minister
403
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 366W, on Members: surveillance, if he will provide the information requested in respect of unreported interceptions since 1975.
(304285)
404
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what protocols have been agreed between the Government and the Iraq Inquiry on the disclosure and publication of documents provided to the Committee.
(304131)
405
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) discussions he had and (b) conclusions were reached at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago in 2009.
(304527)
Questions to the Solicitor General
406
Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Attorney General has had recent discussions with Ministerial colleagues on the Serious Fraud Office's announcement that it intends to seek the Attorney General's consent for prosecution in relation to charges against BAE Systems.
(304096)
Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
407
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the salary or salary band of the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission is.
(304446)
408
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for how many days each year the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission is released or is entitled to take leave for service on the board of the Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Foundation Trust; and if he will make a statement.
(304447)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport
409
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether East Coast plans to continue to run direct passenger rail services from London to Glasgow via Edinburgh.
(304271)
410
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will exercise his option to order the remaining carriages for the Pendolino fleet before the end of 2009.
(304272)
411
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what bids for funding for new and enhanced bus services for local authorities and their partners he has received under the Kickstart Bus Funding Competition announced in January 2009; and when he plans to announce the successful schemes to be funded.
(304274)
412
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many speed cameras there were in East Sussex on the latest date for which information is available.
(304281)
413
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many lorry movements carrying waste from tunnelling as part of the Crossrail project he estimates will take place in each month in 2012.
(304287)
414
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, by what means (a) contaminated tunnel waste, (b) non-contaminated tunnel waste and (c) waste of indeterminate quality from the Crossrail project will be disposed of.
(304288)
415
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what requirements he has identified for the need to stockpile waste during the construction phase of the Crossrail project.
(304289)
416
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) carbon footprint and (b) environmental sustainability of (i) the construction of Crossrail and (ii) the completed scheme; and what benchmarking exercises his Department has carried out in this respect.
(304290)
417
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what preparations have been made to reduce the effect of lorry movements associated with Crossrail construction during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(304291)
418
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations his Department has brought forward in this Parliament to meet obligations arising from EU law.
(304179)
419
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department spent per capita on transport (a) revenue and (b) capital schemes in (i) England, (ii) each Government region and (iii) the City of York Council area in each year since 1996-97.
(304547)
420
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many children were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured whilst riding a bicycle in the latest year for which figures are available.
(303863)
421
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people renewed their vehicle excise duty online in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date.
(304531)
422
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many pilots licensed to fly aircraft in the UK have flown (a) a BAe 146 and (b) a BAe 146 RJ.
(303750)
423
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will encourage airport operators to provide airbridge facilities at all UK airports.
(303674)
424
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has paid in grants to North East Lincolnshire local authority to provide free bus travel for pensioners in the last 12 months.
(304428)
425
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much has been paid in kickstart grants to improve bus services in North East Lincolnshire.
(304429)
426
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many complaints National Express and its predecessors received in relation to rail services in East Anglia in each of the last 10 years.
(304213)
427
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department travelled on the Norwich to London railway line in the course of their official duties in each of the last 10 years.
(304214)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality
428
N
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the future of the rule on no recourse to public funds in respect of migrant women who have experienced domestic violence.
(303695)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
429
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) statutory instruments and (b) other regulations her Department has brought forward in this Parliament to meet obligations arising from EU law.
(304181)
430
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in a household in receipt of (a) pension credit and (b) winter fuel allowance in each London local authority area in 2008-09.
(304514)
431
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide financial assistance to relatives and friends who care for children who would otherwide have been taken into care.
(304113)
432
N
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, columns 298-9W, on industrial diseases: compensation, how many of the 858 former miners who have received an award of industrial disablement benefit for osteoarthritis of the knee have (a) had their level of disability assessed at 14 per cent. or more and (b) reached the 14 per cent. required for an award of industrial disablement benefit by aggregation with an earlier disablement assessment.
(302878)
433
N
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, columns 298-9W, on industrial diseases: compensation, how many of the 858 former miners awarded industrial disablement benefit there were (a) in each age group, (b) of each level of disability and (c) who received industrial injury benefit awards at each level; and in respect of how many of the remaining 2,552 claims a disablement assessment of less than 14 per cent. has been made.
(302879)
434
N
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, columns 298-9W, on industrial diseases: compensation, if she will make the guidance provided to ATOS Healthcare doctors available to the coal mining trade unions and their solicitors.
(302880)
435
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of an award of accident compensation on entitlement to (a) state benefits and (b) state pension; and if she will make a statement.
(304306)
436
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to protect employment rights (a) in Coventry and (b) nationally.
(303866)
437
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department holds information for benchmarking purposes on employment rights in other EU member states.
(303868)
438
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of unemployment.
(304302)
439
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote re-skilling initiatives in (a) Coventry and (b) the UK.
(304303)
440
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many re-skilling initiatives there are; and how much funding her Department has allocated in support of such schemes in 2009-10.
(304305)
441
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effects of the availability of legal aid funding on the ability of people to obtain benefits administered by her Department.
(304148)
442
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to publicise the rise in the savings disregard for pension credit to £10,000.
(304260)
443
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners applied for pension tax credit in Hampstead and Highgate constituency up to 2008; and how many such applications have been refused.
(304129)
444
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bids for Future Jobs Fund funding have been accepted in each parliamentary constituency; and how many jobs are expected to be created under bids in each such constituency.
(304377)
445
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of participants in the New Deal for Lone Parents have (a) undertaken a work trial and (b) undertaken a work trial for six weeks.
(304378)
446
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the milestones referred to in her Department's paper Transforming Britain's Labour Market: Ten years of the New Deal (a) has and (b) has not been met on time; and what progress has been made on those milestones which have not been met.
(304379)
447
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by her Department on providing translation services for its customers in each of the last 12 years.
(304380)
448
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many flexible New Deal phase 1 suppliers were fully operational on 6 October 2009.
(304381)
449
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of eligible lone parents have received the in-work credit since it was introduced.
(304382)
450
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure from the public purse on pensions was as a percentage of gross domestic product in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate has been made of the equivalent figure in (a) 2030, (b) 2040 and (c) 2050.
(304385)
451
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the total income of pensioners came from the (a) public purse and (b) private pension provision in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate has been made of the equivalent figures for (i) 2030, (ii) 2040 and (iii) 2050.
(304386)
452
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 95,000 Future Jobs Fund jobs announced to date will be in each local authority area; and how many are expected to start in each such area.
(304387)
453
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accepted Future Jobs Fund bids were initially rejected.
(304388)
454
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 95,000 jobs announced through the Future Jobs Fund will start between October 2009 and March 2010.
(304389)
455
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 95,000 jobs announced through the Future Jobs Fund have been granted funding.
(304390)
456
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accepted Future Jobs Fund bids are expected to create fewer than 30 jobs.
(304391)
457
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the number of jobs each accepted Future Jobs Fund bid will create.
(304392)
458
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of former Woolworth workers who (a) have received help through Jobcentre Plus, (b) are in employment and (c) are out of work.
(304393)
459
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants there were in each year since 1997; and how many of them (a) reached retirement age, (b) died and (c) found a job in each of those years.
(304394)
460
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made towards the target of 10,000 Future Jobs Fund jobs being green jobs.
(304395)
461
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made towards the target of 15,000 Future Jobs Fund jobs created by social enterprises.
(304396)
462
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people are participating in Future Jobs Fund jobs; and how many Future Jobs Fund job vacancies there are.
(304397)
463
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been referred to the flexible New Deal scheme since 6 October 2009.
(304398)
464
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people unemployed for 12 months or more since April 2009 have not been referred to a flexible New Deal provider in phase one areas.
(304399)
465
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres have undergone estates works to enable them to meet demand for their services in the last 12 months; and at what cost.
(304400)
466
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many Jobcentre Plus offices estates works are planned to enable them to meet demand; and what the total estimated cost is of all such works.
(304401)
467
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Jobcentre Plus offices which closed in each of the last six years have been re-opened; when each was re-opened; and what the cost was of (a) closing and (b) re-opening each.
(304402)
468
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Jobcentre Plus offices which closed in each of the last six years are under consideration for re-opening; and what estimate has been made of the cost of (a) the closure and (b) re-opening of each.
(304403)
469
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has carried out a disability equality impact assessment for the telephone script it uses for employment and support allowance applications.
(304150)
470
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Jobcentre Plus makes adequate provision to meet the requirements of people with autism who use its services.
(304203)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
471
N
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many respect zones there have been in each year since 2007; how much funding each zone has received in each year; and what funding they can expect to receive in each of the next three years, broken down by funding stream.
[Transferred] (303877)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
472
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the ventilation standards for vehicle garages attached to domestic properties with a view to reducing the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
[Transferred] (304115)
473
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authority housing debt has been removed following large-scale voluntary transfers since 1997.
[Transferred] (304425)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
474
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with the Environment Agency on hydrogeological risk assessments related to the proposed contaminated nuclear waste landfill site at King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (303985)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
475
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports the Prime Minister has received on levels of corruption in the Afghanistan government.
[Transferred] (304147)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
476
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) wounding or grievous bodily harm, (b) assault with injury and (c) robbery there were involving a knife in each month since May 1997.
[Transferred] (304304)
477
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop-and-searches were carried out under (a) section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and (b) section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each London borough in each month since May 2007; and how many searches resulted in (i) an arrest and (ii) a conviction for each type of search.
[Transferred] (304307)
Questions to the Solicitor General
478
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions there were for offences related to domestic abuse in each of the last three years.
[Transferred] (304218)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport
479
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans there are to build a bailey bridge capable of taking wheeled vehicles across the River Derwent in Workington, Cumbria.
[Transferred] (304488)
480
N
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he is taking to relieve congestion at the Dartford crossing; and if he will make a statement.
[Question Unstarred] (303673)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
481
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to assist young people with autism find long-term employment.
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