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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 15 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 15 December 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 15 December 2009


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 15 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 Tuesday 15 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 15 December see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
1
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Reporting Council on the regulation of audit firms.
(306843)
2
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many individual applications for disabled students allowance have been made in the academic year 2009-10; and how many and what proportion of the received applications have (a) been processed and (b) resulted in an award being paid to the applicant on time.
(307710)
3
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of applications for disabled students allowance made in the 2009-10 academic year which (a) had not been reviewed and (b) were still pending a decision about an award on 1 December 2009.
(307711)
4
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Addington of 5 November 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 372, on disabled people: student loans, what arrangements the Government has with universities and colleges to ensure that there is financial support for disabled students in the event of delays in the assessment or payments of support; how many individual students have been supported using these arrangements in the academic year 2009-10; what the average period of support for disabled students has been; and what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the financial support given under such arrangements.
(307712)
5
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of applications for disabled students allowance in the academic year 2009-10 which were refused have been appealed against; and what proportion of appeals were upheld.
(307713)
6
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Addington of 5 November 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column 372, on disabled people: student loans, when he expects the Student Loans Company to complete its review into delays in providing financial support to disabled students in the academic year 2009-10; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the completed review.
(307714)
7
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 513W, on Lord Sugar, on what dates Lord Sugar visited his Department; and what small business representatives he has met since his appointment.
(307652)
8
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 513W, on Lord Sugar, on what dates those meetings took place.
(307655)
9
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of university students who graduated in 2009 and who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) England, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West.
(307764)
10
N
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to review the operation of company law in respect of the sale and purchase of shares for the purposes of restricting voting rights in respect of public companies.
(306848)
11
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of businesses in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency which are involved in manufacturing.
(307598)
12
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding under the (a) Train to Gain and (b) Skills for Life programme was provided to each college in the East of England in 2008-09; and how much such funding has been allocated under each such programme for 2009-10.
(307599)
13
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many vacancies have been (a) advertised and (b) filled via the Graduate Talent Pool website in each month since it was created.
(307759)
14
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years have not been in education, employment or training for (a) more than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years and (d) more than two years.
(307768)
15
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many unique visitors there have been to the (a) Graduate Talent Pool and (b) Our future, its in our hands website in each month since each was created.
(307769)
16
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent creating and maintaining the (a) Graduate Talent Pool and (b) Our future, its in our hands website.
(307770)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
17
N
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what percentage of economically inactive working age people would like a job; and how many and what percentage of economically inactive working age people would have liked a job in each year that the relevant dataset has been produced.
(307062)
18
N
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many discouraged workers there are; and how many discouraged workers there were in each year that the relevant dataset has been produced.
(307064)
19
N
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death certificates included the words pressure sores in each of the last two years.
(307727)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
20
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the energy efficiency rating is of each of his Department's buildings in London.
(307420)
21
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has budgeted for Christmas trees in 2009.
(307654)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
22
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on employing agency workers in each of the last five years.
(307596)
23
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what provision is made in the training of teachers to enable them to recognise and support children with Tourette syndrome.
(306530)
24
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support is provided by local authorities for children who have been excluded from school as a result of their Tourette syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
(306531)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
25
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will limit the free release of Ordnance Survey data to that in respect of which the Government is a monopoly supplier.
(307755)
26
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the average length of private sector tenancies in each London borough; and what plans he has to improve the security of tenure for private sector tenants.
(307251)
27
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has allocated to each group in receipt of funding under the Prevent Partnership area-based grant in each local area since 2008.
(307749)
28
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments (a) the Fire Service College and (b) his Department have made to ICE Ltd in each of the last five years; and to which projects these payments relate.
(306651)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
29
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the review by English Heritage on the proposed listing of Coventry Market to be concluded; what representations his Department has received on the matter; what discussions his Department has had with Coventry City Council on the matter; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed listing on wider regeneration plans for Coventry.
(307168)
30
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent reports he has received on Arts Council England hiring outgoing senior employees as consultants.
(307380)
31
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what he expects the (a) final severance and (b) pension arrangements to be for the outgoing executive director of Arts Council England in (i) the South East and (ii) Yorkshire region; and if he will make a statement.
(307381)
32
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to answer Question 301896 on restructuring of Arts Council England, tabled on 26 November 2009.
(307600)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
33
N
Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his letter of 28 August 2009 to the hon. Member for Keighley, ref: D/Min(AF)/BR MC03817/2009, on Trident replacement programme, when he expects to make the initial gate decision on the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system; and if he will make a statement.
(307605)
34
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place to ensure that Christmas cards and gifts reach British troops serving in Afghanistan in time for Christmas.
(307737)
35
N
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in searching for Osama bin Laden; and if he will make a statement.
(307003)
36
N
Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are to continue the activities of those Army Cadet Force units which use the Browndown military accommodation following its planned closure.
(307606)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
37
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Vattenfall, (b) London Array Limited and (c) the Port of Ramsgate on the suitability of the local workforce for maintenance and support operations for Thanet Offshore and the London Array windfarms.
(305097)
38
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential employment opportunities represented by the maintenance and operation of Thanet Offshore and the London Array windfarms when completed; and what steps he has taken to put in place training arrangements for the local community to provide skills relevant to employment in windfarms.
(305098)
39
N
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his Department's press release of 26 June 2009, Make or break time for our climate, what research was used in the development of the policy to establish a $100 billion fund to assist developing countries reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 2020.
(307601)
40
N
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2009, Official Report, columns 819-20W, on fuel poverty: pensioners, what proportion of pensioner households in each local authority area were in fuel poverty (a) in 2003 and (b) at the latest date for which information if available.
(307603)
41
N
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2009, Official Report, columns 819-20W, on fuel poverty: pensioners, what proportion of pensioner households in each parliamentary constituency were in fuel poverty (a) in 2003 and (b) at the latest date for which information if available.
(307604)
42
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households living in fuel poverty in (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England.
(307167)
43
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households applied to receive grants under the Warm Front Scheme in (a) Chesterfield and (b) Derbyshire in each year since the inception of the scheme.
(307244)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
44
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Christmas trees which were recycled in each of the last three years; and whether his Department provides assistance to local authorities for the recycling of Christmas trees.
(307648)
45
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Christmas cards which were recycled in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(307649)
46
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of canned fish purchased by the public sector in each of the last five years.
(307650)
47
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's planned collaborative procurement framework for the purchase of canned fish in the public sector wil include sustainability criteria.
(307651)
48
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department allocated to (a) regional development agencies and (b) other bodies following the flooding in summer 2007 for flood prevention works; how much funding has been provided to each such body; and what criteria apply in respect of qualification for such funds.
(307753)
49
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) take-up and (b) geographic distribution has been of funding made available by his Department following the flooding of summer 2007 for flood prevention works; how much such funding has yet to be allocated; and if he will make a statement.
(307756)
50
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the licensing conditions relating to incinerator operators for the purposes of imposing requirements for more detailed reporting, with particular reference to (a) quarterly reports for incinerator bottom ash and (b) test results for H14 ecotoxicity.
(306738)
51
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the sampling of incinerator bottom ash for the purposes of classifying batches as hazardous or non-hazardous.
(306739)
52
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) national and (b) international standards there are in respect of the sampling of industrial waste or other materials to ensure that they are correctly classified as hazardous or non-hazardous.
(306740)
53
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will direct the Environment Agency to make available on its website the quarterly reports produced by incinerator operators on (a) discharges and (b) tests on incinerator bottom ash from their licensed facilities.
(306741)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
54
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the number of its personnel stationed in Afghanistan in the next 12 months.
(307733)
55
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official gifts he and his predecessors have received from the President of Pakistan and Ministers in the Pakistani government in each year since 2001.
(307735)
56
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans are in place to ensure that Christmas cards and gifts reach officials of his Department in Afghanistan in time for Christmas.
(307736)
57
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the annual entertainment budget is of the British Embassy in Kabul in 2009-10.
(307739)
58
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the (a) Another side to paradise campaign, (b) Don't be a Dick campaign, (c) Don't miss out campaign and (d) each other campaign co-ordinated by his Department aimed at Britons travelling abroad in each year since 2001.
(307750)
59
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, columns 1256-7W, on languages, whether more Dari and Pashto speakers will be required to accompany the recent troop surge.
(307758)
60
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the energy efficiency rating is of each of his Department's buildings in London.
(307421)
61
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Morocco on the human rights situation in Western Sahara.
(307760)
62
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the human rights situation within Western Sahara at the next meeting of the UN Security Council.
(307761)
63
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Spain's agenda for its forthcoming Presidency of the EU.
(307378)
64
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the recently-held Overseas Territories Consultative Council meeting.
(307379)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
65
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made in the training of general practitioners to enable them to recognise and support people with Tourette syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
(306532)
66
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 6.24, page 103 of the Pre-Budget Report, Cm 7747, what his Department's plans are for NHS (a) total, (b) resource, (c) capital and (d) near-cash resource expenditure in each year until 2012-13.
(307752)
67
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 6.24, page 103 of the Pre-Budget Report, Cm 7747, what his Department's planned (a) total, (b) resource, (c) capital and (d) near-cash resource expenditure is in each year until 2012-13.
(307754)
68
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 6.46, pages 109-10 of the Pre-Budget Report, Cm 7747, how the anticipated savings correlate with the estimate in the impact assessment for his Department's Personal Care at Home Bill that more people will be brought into the state-funded home care system.
(307757)
69
N
Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with patient representative groups about generic drug substitution.
(306527)
70
N
Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the scheduled dates are for (a) commencement and (b) completion of the mid-term review for the National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions.
(306528)
71
N
Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to prevent pharmacists from automatically substituting prescribed drugs with their generic equivalents until the proposed generic substitution scheme has been introduced.
(306529)
72
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the models his Department has produced on changing (a) disability benefits and (b) attendance allowance.
(307693)
73
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contributions of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on 8 December 2009, Official Report, column 154, whether the term (a) equivalent level of support and (b) no cash losers are equivalent.
(307694)
74
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect his policy of no cash losers has on the proposal for reform set out in the Government's Social Care Green Paper on Social Care.
(307722)
75
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the policy of no cash losers.
(307723)
76
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding streams he has identified for the reform of the social care system.
(307724)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
77
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to enable children to use the internet in a safe manner.
(306323)
78
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to educate children on best practices on internet usage.
(306324)
79
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to educate parents on best practices on the internet in order to protect their children.
(306325)
80
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to regulate online advertising.
(306326)
81
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) subject to deportation proceedings and (b) deported on national security grounds in each year since 2001.
(307732)
82
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the energy efficiency rating is of each of his Department's buildings in London.
(307419)
83
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what gender-sensitive policies and procedures his Department implements in respect of women held at immigration removal centres.
(307422)
84
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers of each ethnicity there were in Leeds North West constituency in each year since 2005; and what percentage of the total number of police officers was in each ethnic group in each such year.
(307763)
85
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, column 481W, on entry clearances: overseas students, how many and what percentage of administrative reviews have been completed within 28 days.
(307730)
86
N
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU IT contractors in the Tier 2 category (a) applied for permission to stay in the UK and (b) were granted permission to stay in the UK in each month since the inception of Tier 2 of the points-based system.
(307728)
87
N
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU IT contractors in the Tier 2 category have permission to stay in the UK.
(307729)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
88
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policy of the European Commission draft regulation on jurisdiction applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and authentic instruments of succession and the creation of a European certificate of succession; and if he will make a statement.
(307382)
89
N
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2009, Official Report, column 800W, on open prisons, how many prisoners convicted of murder are being held at each open prison.
(306327)
90
N
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on repair and reconstruction of HM Prison Ashwell since the riot of April 2009.
(306524)
91
N
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners committed suicide in each month of 2009.
(306525)
92
N
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons in England and Wales allow visits to inmates on Christmas Day.
(306526)
93
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells in the prison estate are not counted for the purposes of operational capacity; and for what reason each such cell is not counted.
(307424)
94
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish the National Offender Management Service staff diversity report for 2008-09; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish it.
(307734)
95
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West constituency in each of the last five years.
(307766)
96
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take in response to the recent Council of Europe Resolution on prisoner voting rights in the UK.
(307595)
Questions to the Prime Minister
97
N
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a list of all the documents the Government has made available to the Iraq Inquiry.
(306383)
98
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Prime Minister, what official gifts he and his predecessor have received from the President of Pakistan in each year since 2001.
(307738)
99
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Prime Minister, what official gifts he and his predecessor have received from the President of Afghanistan in each year since 2001.
(307751)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport
100
N
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the average level of carbon dioxide emissions was for new cars purchased by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in the last 12 months.
(307602)
101
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much his Department has budgeted for Christmas trees in 2009.
(307653)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
102
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects to publish her proposals on the future of housing benefit.
(307248)
103
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average amount of housing benefit was paid to claimants who are (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private sector tenants in the London Borough of Islington in each of the last three years.
(307249)
104
N
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the average amount of housing benefit paid to those in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in the London Borough of Islington.
(307250)
105
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments have been made in respect of households in (a) Chesterfield and (b) Derbyshire in 2008-09.
(306838)
106
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Chesterfield constituency and (b) Derbyshire received winter fuel payments in 2008-09.
(306839)
107
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England her Department estimated to be in absolute poverty at the latest date for which information is available.
(307166)
108
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision is made in the training of disability employment advisers to enable them to recognise and support people with Tourette syndrome seeking employment; and if she will make a statement.
(306533)
109
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of state benefit payments to residents of Castle Point constituency were paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years.
(307597)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
110
N
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the effects on the economy of the level of youth unemployment.
[Question Unstarred] (306862)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
111
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum volume of fuel is which is to be stored at the Oikos terminal for the duration of BP's leasehold contract.
[Transferred] (307252)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
112
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to enable British troops serving in Afghanistan to claim a rebate on their television licence fee for the time they are serving away from home.
[Transferred] (307740)
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Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of bullying of staff within the Serious and Organised Crime Agency have been brought in each year since 2006.
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