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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 16 December 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 16 December 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 16 December of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 16 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 16 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the £600 million efficiency savings referred to on page 110 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, Cm 7747, will be found by (a) the Higher Education Funding Council for England and (b) each Research Council; and whether efficiency savings from the Research Councils will be re-allocated to the Research Councils. | | (307607) | 2
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has contributed to the development of the Government's proposed feed-in tariffs scheme. | | (307972) | 3
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in the City of York Council have received Government guarantees on bank loans under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee; which businesses received such guarantees; and what the monetary value of the loan or loans guaranteed was in each case. | | (307386) | 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage business investment in the West Midlands. | | (307312) | 5
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to maintain a high skills level in the West Midlands. | | (307313) | 6
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage innovation in the West Midlands. | | (307314) | 7
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average size was of grants made under the Enterprise Guarantee Scheme to small and medium-sized enterprises in the West Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (307315) | 8
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1241W, on students: finance, which stakeholders his Department will consult. | | (308009) | 9
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre of 15 July 2009, Official Report, column 507W, on students: radicalism, which institutions will receive further targeted support in the new academic year. | | (307744) | 10
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department and its predecessor since 1 May 2008. | | (307806) | 11
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students resident in the Milton Keynes area (a) attended university courses and (b) received student loans to attend university courses in each year since 1997. | | (308089) | 12
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what percentage of 16 to 19 year olds resident in Milton Keynes were (a) in education, training or employment and (b) registered as unemployed in each year since 1997. | | (308090) | 13
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 607W, on estate agents: registration, how many estate agents who have registered with the Office of Fair Trading under the provisions of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 have registered (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine and (j) 10 premises. | | (308008) | 14
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of young people who have started (a) a paid and (b) an unpaid internship in each of the last 12 months. | | (307779) | 15
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent from the public purse on the (a) creation and (b) screening of television advertisements for apprenticeships in each of the last three years. | | (307780) | 16
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many organisations have signed the Skills Pledge in each month since it was announced. | | (307781) | 17
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) the Skills Pledge and (b) the Our future. It's in our hands campaign to date. | | (307782) | 18
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms have claimed their weekly entitlement towards the cost of providing an internship since September 2009. | | (307786) | 19
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) projects and (b) companies have received funding from the Technology Strategy Board in each month since its creation; and how much funding was provided for each. | | (307911) | 20
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307953) | Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 21
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by her Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307789) | 22
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many different intrusion detection systems operate across Government departments in guarding against computer hacking. | | (307920) | 23
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in respect of technical attacks through the internet on the computer systems of Government departments in each of the last three years. | | (307943) | 24
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died of smoking-related diseases in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes in each year since 2000. | | (308083) | 25
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people between (a) 35 and 45, (b) 46 and 55 and (c) 56 and 65 years old died of diseases related to obesity in (i) England and (ii) Milton Keynes in each year since 2000. | | (308084) | 26
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the invoices submitted to (a) her Department and (b) the Prime Minister's Office have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (308014) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 27
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK residents with qualifying furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) in the European Economic Area have submitted claims under the FHLs rules since the extension of the rules to such properties in April 2009. | | (307776) | 28
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been of claims made under the furnished holiday letting rules up to 1 December 2009 by UK residents with qualifying lettings in the European Economic Area. | | (307777) | 29
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence must be provided by UK residents with qualifying furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) in the European Economic Area when they submit claims under the FHLs rules since the extension of the rules to such properties in April 2009. | | (307778) | 30
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many calls an interpreter was provided on (a) the tax credits public helpline, (b) the tax credits intermediaries helpline, (c) the child benefit public helpline and (d) all other HM Revenue and Customs helplines in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308104) | 31
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the largest sum of tax credits paid retrospectively to an individual or couple was (a) in 2009, (b) in 2008 and (c) since tax credits were introduced. | | (308105) | 32
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the longest time has been between a tax credit claim being made and payment being started for (a) a UK national (b) all non-UK EEA nationals, (c) a A8 EEA national, (d) a A2 EEA national and (e) a non-European national in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308106) | 33
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests to expedite individuals' child benefit claims were made (a) by (i) local authorities, (ii) voluntary agencies, (iii) Jobcentre Plus office, (iv) hospitals, (v) hon. Members, (vi) local councillors and (vii) claimants and (b) in total in (A) 2005-06, (B) 2006-07, (C) 2007-08 and (D) 2008-09. | | (308107) | 34
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child tax credit applications were contested with two or more individuals asserting claims for the same child in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09. | | (308108) | 35
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases two or more individuals asserted child benefit claims for the same child in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09. | | (308109) | 36
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals relating to tax credits were lodged by (a) UK nationals, (b) non-UK EEA nationals, (c) A8 EEA nationals, (d) A2 EEA nationals and (e) non-European nationals in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308110) | 37
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) longest time to resolve a tax credits complaint by a member of the public was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308111) | 38
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the longest time was for payment of a child benefit claim to be started for (a) UK nationals, (b) non-UK EEA nationals, (c) A8 EEA nationals, (d) A2 EEA nationals and (e) non-European nationals in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308112) | 39
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the largest sum of child benefit paid retrospectively to an individual or couple was in (a) 2009, (b) 2008 and (c) the last five years. | | (308114) | 40
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has responded to the Social Security Advisory Committee's Occasional Paper Number 7 recommendation (a) call-backs should be offered by DWP and HMRC contact centre staff when a customer is calling from a mobile phone, (b) HMRC helpline numbers should be transferred from 0845 to 0800 numbers and (c) the information about the cost of calling HRMC should be improved significantly; and if he will make a statement. | | (308115) | 41
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken to improve the service of the tax credits public helpline to people from ethnic minorities under the race equality duty in the last 12 months; and what improvements are planned for the next 12 months. | | (308116) | 42
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken to improve the service of the child benefit public helpline to people from ethnic minorities under the race equality duty in the last 12 months; and what improvements are planned for the next 12 months. | | (308117) | 43
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken to improve the service of the child benefit public helpline to disabled people under the disability equality duty in the last 12 months; and what improvements are planned for the next 12 months. | | (308118) | 44
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals in child benefit cases were lodged by (a) UK nationals, (b) non-UK EEA nationals, (c) A8 EEA nationals, (d) A2 EEA nationals and (e) non-European nationals in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308119) | 45
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average, (b) upper quartile and (c) lower quartile length of time was taken to obtain confirmation that family benefits were not in payment in another EEA member state for EEA national child benefit claimants in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08 and (iv) 2008-09. | | (308120) | 46
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 983W, on welfare tax credits: telephone services, what the evidential basis is that some customers will pay more, others will pay less and for others there will be no change in relation to a charge from 0845 numbers to 0300. | | (308133) | 47
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in City of York have had their tax credits increased in the last 12 months as a result of their earned income falling; and by what average weekly amount such tax credits rose. | | (307403) | 48
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the suitability of the West Midlands as an area to which civil service posts could be relocated. | | (307311) | 49
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307793) | 50
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) highest non-consolidated performance related payment in cash terms was for senior civil servants in HM Revenue and Customs, in each of the last five years. | | (308054) | 51
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Office of Government Commerce Gateway Reviews HM Revenue and Customs has performed since 2006; what the title of each such review is; and at which gate each such review is. | | (308082) | 52
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public opinion surveys HM Revenue and Customs has performed since 2006; and what the title of each such survey was. | | (308094) | 53
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff are directly employed and (b) consultants there are in each department of HM Revenue and Customs. | | (308098) | 54
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Statement of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 365W, on the Pre-Budget Report, when the boiler scrappage scheme will become operational; what the (a) eligibility criteria and (b) application process will be for the scheme; whether the scheme will be open to applications from Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (307914) | 55
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department and HM Revenue and Customs have received from operators of long-term residential lets (a) on the equity of the system of furnished holiday lettings relief extended to operators of self-catering holiday properties and (b) seeking the abolition of such relief. | | (307292) | 56
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what field research and site visits to self-catering properties were conducted by HM Revenue and Customs prior to the publication of its technical note, Withdrawing the Furnished Holiday Lettings Rules from 2010-11, published on 9 December 2009. | | (307293) | 57
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs took to determine the range of services characteristically offered by providers of self-contained accommodation prior to reaching the conclusion that the services and facilities provided by self-catering operators in receipt of furnished holiday lettings relief are not appropriate to secure classification as a trade. | | (307294) | 58
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307965) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 59
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on early intervention; and if he will make a statement. | | (307947) | 60
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assistance his Department is providing for the expansion of the Co-operative Schools network; by what mechanism schools become Co-operative Schools; and what target he has set for the number of Co-operative Schools. | | (307656) | 61
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list for each local authority those Co-operative Schools registered with his Department; and if he will indicate what steps his Department has taken to encourage local authorities to expand this number. | | (307657) | 62
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307803) | 63
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) average and (b) highest non-consolidated performance-related payment in cash terms was for senior civil servants in his Department and its predecessor, in each of the last five years. | | (308056) | 64
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what communication there has been between the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit and the Independent Safeguarding Authority since July 2009. | | (307852) | 65
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to ensure that local authorities comply with the judgment of the House of Lords in the case of R (G) v Southwark LBC [2009] UKHL 26; and if he will make a statement. | | (307948) | 66
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what dates his Department received drafts of Ofsted reports into Haringey children's services in November and December 2008. | | (308100) | 67
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what dates his Department received drafts of the Social Work Task Force's final report before it was finalised. | | (308102) | 68
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the outcome was of the time recording exercise undertaken in 2004 on the time being spent on public and private family law cases. | | (308103) | 69
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will produce an action plan to improve the results achieved at school by children with epilepsy. | | (307918) | 70
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions he has had with epilepsy representative groups to improve educational outcomes for children with epilepsy. | | (307919) | 71
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307957) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 72
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in City of York Council area have participated in the Government's temporary scheme to reduce the number of mortgage repossessions during the economic downturn. | | (307384) | 73
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty commercial properties in City of York Council area were exempt from commercial rates under the Government's temporary exemption scheme in 2009; what the monetary value was of the rate income foregone; and what the financial effects of such relief on City of York Council were. | | (307385) | 74
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes in (a) City of York constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber region and (c) the UK were repossessed in each year since 1979. | | (307387) | 75
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307805) | 76
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the write off of local authority housing debt. | | (307946) | 77
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2009, Official Report, column 38WS, on departmental expenditure limit (2009-10), what unfunded legal challenges on planning in relation to which legal proceedings have concluded required funding from the £400,000 for West Northamptonshire Development Corporation. | | (307949) | 78
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the provision of support for sheltered housing wardens. | | (307950) | 79
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release of 14 October 2009, on Connecting communities, whether an assessment was made by his Department of the political results of recent local elections when allocating the funding to chosen wards. | | (308005) | 80
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued any recent guidance to local authorities in respect of indirectly elected local authority leaders continuing in office following a change in the political composition of a local authority. | | (308011) | 81
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what single conservation areas the Homes and Communities Agency has established; and which local authorities each area covers. | | (308052) | 82
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the latest timetable is for completion of the proposed eco-town developments. | | (308063) | 83
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average (a) current and (b) potential energy efficiency rating band is for homes in each local authority area. | | (308065) | 84
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria are used to determine the designation of designated green space or common recreational area as a village green; and what information his Department holds on the number of areas registered as village greens. | | (307828) | 85
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the variation between mortgage rates offered to homebuyers who wish to purchase a new-build home and those who wish to buy homes which have previously been owned and occupied. | | (307829) | 86
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made in his Department's review of permitted development rights for telecommunications. | | (307830) | 87
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the average deposit paid by a first-time home-buyer. | | (307831) | 88
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of dwellings have been assigned a (a) dwellinghouse code and (b) value significant code by the Valuation Office Agency. | | (307832) | 89
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the monetary value is of the area-based grant to be allocated in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and what criteria are used to allocate that grant to local authorities. | | (307833) | 90
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which regeneration schemes funded by his Department are delivered through the regional development agencies. | | (307834) | 91
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings have been demolished in each Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder area since 2002-03; and at what cost. | | (307835) | 92
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the cost of transitional relief in the (a) 2005 and (b) 2010 business rate revaluations is not being met from the public purse. | | (307836) | 93
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the net cost to the public purse after the application of downward phasing was of providing transitional relief in respect of business rate revaluation in each year of the 2005 to 2010 rating cycle. | | (307837) | 94
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the take-up rate of the 2009 business rate deferral scheme in respect of the (a) five per cent. rise in business rates in April 2009 and (b) end of the 2005 rating cycle transitional relief. | | (307838) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued by (a) his Department, (b) Firebuy and (c) the Fire Service College on actions which contingency staff are permitted to take in circumstances in which fire services are affected by industrial action to train on fire appliances currently used by fire-fighters. | | (307839) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on proposals to levy a higher rate of council tax on second homes under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. | | (307840) | 97
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allocate funding to local authorities in respect of their new duties consequent on the creation of the Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (307841) | 98
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment was made by his Department's predecessor of the effectiveness of its Open Door scheme to promote home ownership. | | (307842) | 99
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to privatise the Planning Portal. | | (307843) | 100
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what mechanisms local authorities approve the salary awarded to their chief executives. | | (307844) | 101
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average business rate bill was in (a) cash and (b) real terms based on 2009 prices in each year since 1997-98. | | (307845) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of gross revenue from non-domestic rates was not redistributed to local authorities in each year since 1997-98. | | (307846) | 103
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the New Dimension programme; and what budget was set for that programme at its inception. | | (307847) | 104
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account the Infrastructure Planning Commission will take of a local development framework in considering a planning application. | | (307848) | 105
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the terms are of the agreement between the Homes and Communities Agency and the South East England Development Agency on the establishment of a special purpose vehicle. | | (307849) | 106
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable he has set for the introduction of a national register of landlords; and whether legislation will be required to establish such a register. | | (307850) | 107
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to Lord Hanningfield of 18 December 2007, Official Report, House of Lords, column 117W, and to the Answer to the hon. Member for Copeland of 2 November 2009, Official Report, column 764W, on fire services: finance, what his most recent estimate is of the total cost to the public purse of regional fire control rooms over 15 years; and on what estimate of the time taken to implement the FiReControl project the estimated cost of £420 million was based. | | (307851) | 108
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the monetary value of council tax receipts was in each Government office region in each year since 2006-07. | | (307880) | 109
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) changing of council tax banding multipliers and (b) creation of new council tax bands would require (i) primary and (ii) secondary legislation. | | (307881) | 110
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether re-banding of properties for the purpose of levying council tax would require a partial or full council tax revaluation. | | (307882) | 111
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made, other than by means of his Department's consultation on transitional relief, of the effects on businesses of the 2010 rating revaluation; and what estimate he has made of the likely level of non-payment of rates owing to business closures in 2010. | | (307883) | 112
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) gross cost before and (b) net cost after the application of downward phasing of providing transitional relief in respect of business rate revaluation in each year of the 2010-2015 rating cycle. | | (307884) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he expects the 2010 rates revaluation to be revenue-neutral across (a) the five year cycle and (b) in each year of that cycle. | | (307885) | 114
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of the level of availability of mortgages to first-time home-buyers who are unable to provide a substantive deposit. | | (307886) | 115
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of building a home which meets the (a) Lifetime Home Standard and (b) Code for Sustainable Homes Level (i) four, (ii) five and (iii) six. | | (307887) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of eligible businesses of each rateable value he expects to claim small business rate relief in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (307908) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 4 November 2009, Official Report, column 1060W, on council housing, what the size of the local authority housing stock was in each year since 1997. | | (307994) | 118
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2009, Official Report, columns 519-20W, on departmental public expenditure, which of his Department's capital programmes are expected to underspend their funding allocation for 2009-10. | | (308019) | 119
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Putney of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 283W, on non-domestic rates: valuation, how many hereditaments in each billing authority or closest administrative unit there are in each special category code on the draft 2010 Rating List. | | (308020) | 120
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Putney of 10 November 2009, Official Report, columns 281-3W, on non-domestic rates: valuation, how many hereditaments on the 1995 Rating List were in each special category code in 1997. | | (308021) | 121
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307966) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 122
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307802) | 123
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criminal offences have been (a) abolished and (b) created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307944) | 124
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the guidelines issued to Arts Council England staff who (a) accept secondary jobs and (b) hold contracts which provide a secondary income. | | (307888) | 125
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what freedom of information requests have been received by Arts Council England in each of the last three years. | | (307889) | 126
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what private members' clubs used by (a) staff and (b) board members of Arts Council England that organisation pays membership (i) subscription and (ii) part-subscription. | | (307890) | 127
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what overseas conferences were attended by Arts Council England (a) staff and (b) board members in each of the last three years. | | (307891) | 128
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish all reports produced for the Arts Council England board by Moss Cooper on The Public arts centre in West Bromwich. | | (307892) | 129
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when responsibility for the Public Arts Centre in West Bromwich was transferred from the Capital Projects Office at Arts Council England to Arts Council England West Midlands. | | (307893) | 130
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions a representative of Arts Council England (a) attended and (b) sent apologies to a meeting of the board of (i) The Public Building Limited, (ii) The Public Charity and (iii) the Building Sub-Committee of The Public Building Limited between 2003 and 2006. | | (307894) | 131
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Mr Julian Ravest of Robin and Gorringe was contracted to provide services in respect of Arts Council England's monitoring of the Public Arts building project in West Bromwich; and when that contract ended. | | (307895) | 132
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the reports produced by Robin And Gorringe for Arts Council England on The Public arts centre in West Bromwich. | | (307896) | 133
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid to Robin and Gorringe by Arts Council England in each year between 2002 and 2006. | | (307897) | 134
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates meetings were held between Arts Council England and Advantage West Midlands to discuss The Public building in West Bromwich between 2003 and 2006. | | (307898) | 135
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish all reports made to the Capital Projects Board of the Arts Council on the construction of The Public arts centre in West Bromwich between 1995 and 2006. | | (307899) | 136
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the minutes of all discussions the board of Arts Council England has had on The Public arts centre in West Bromwich. | | (307900) | 137
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consultants were contracted by Arts Council England in relation to The Public arts centre in West Bromwich. | | (307901) | 138
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish all correspondence between Sylvia King of The Public arts centre and Sally Luton of Arts Council England between July 2005 and November 2006. | | (307902) | 139
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the reports produced by PriceWaterhouseCoopers on the funding of The Public arts centre in West Bromwich before The Public Building Limited went into adminstration. | | (307903) | 140
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Graham Devlin's term of employment at Arts Council England (a) commenced and (b) ended. | | (307904) | 141
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in which of the last 10 financial years Graham Devlin was employed as a consultant by Arts Council England. | | (307905) | 142
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the date was of the first grant payment made to C/plex Limited by Arts Council England. | | (307906) | 143
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter from Arts Council England to C/plex Limited on approval of the process of appointment of the architect to design The Public arts centre in West Bromwich. | | (307907) | 144
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on (a) furnishing and (b) decoration of the Office of the (i) Chief Executive and (ii) Chair of Arts Council England in each of the last three years. | | (307921) | 145
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on (a) maintenance and (b) redecoration by Arts Council England in each of its regional offices in each of the last three years. | | (307922) | 146
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on carpets by Arts Council England for its (a) head office and (b) regional offices in each of the last three years. | | (307923) | 147
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) desktop and (b) laptop computers have been lost by staff employed by Arts Council England in each of the last three years. | | (307924) | 148
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) desktop and (b) laptop computers have been purchased for use at Arts Council England's (i) head office and (ii) regional offices in each of the last three years. | | (307925) | 149
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what hospitality was received by (a) senior managers and (b) board members of Arts Council England in each of the last three years. | | (307926) | 150
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on (a) taxi, (b) bus and (c) train journeys undertaken by staff employed at Arts Council England's head office in each of the last three years. | | (307927) | 151
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent on purchasing (a) newspapers and (b) magazines at its head office in each of the last three years. | | (307928) | 152
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much external training provided to Arts Council England staff cost in each of the last three years. | | (307929) | 153
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) internal and (b) external training courses were undertaken by Arts Council England staff in each of the last three years. | | (307930) | 154
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) lowest and (b) highest level of salary is of those staff members working for Arts Council England whose primary role is liaising with the press. | | (307931) | 155
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many press officers are employed by Arts Council England at (a) its head office and (b) each regional office. | | (307932) | 156
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many working days have been lost at Arts Council England due to sickness in each of the last five years. | | (307933) | 157
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed by Arts Council England; and how many were employed at 1 April in each of the last five years. | | (307934) | 158
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many domestic flights were taken by Arts Council England (a) staff and (b) board members in each of the last three years. | | (307935) | 159
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent on overnight (a) accommodation and (b) expenses for (i) its staff and (ii) its board members in each of the last three years. | | (307936) | 160
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by Arts Council England at its head office on (a) cut flowers and (b) pot plants in each of the last three years. | | (307937) | 161
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent on car parking costs in each of the last three years. | | (307938) | 162
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who the members are of Arts Council England's audit committee. | | (307939) | 163
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the addresses are of each property that Arts Council England (a) owns and (b) leases. | | (307942) | 164
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the equal opportunities policy of Arts Council England. | | (308032) | 165
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the hospitality guidelines issued to Arts Council England staff. | | (308033) | 166
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff currently employed by Arts Council England have Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment agreements. | | (308034) | 167
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the standard redundancy agreements used by Arts Council England. | | (308035) | 168
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the standard contract used by Arts Council England for employing staff. | | (308036) | 169
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many mobile telephone devices are used by Arts Council England where the cost of calls is (a) fully and (b) partially paid for by the organisation. | | (308037) | 170
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) white and (b) black and minority ethnic members of staff are employed by Arts Council England. | | (308038) | 171
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the policy used to guide board members of Arts Council England on what issues should be discussed in (a) public and (b) private. | | (308039) | 172
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) industrial and (b) employment tribunal cases have been taken out against Arts Council England in each of the last three years. | | (308040) | 173
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which solicitors' partnerships have been used by Arts Council England in each of the last three years. | | (308041) | 174
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what catering facilities are provided for staff at Arts Council England's head office in London. | | (308042) | 175
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many former Arts Council England national council members have subsequently been employed (a) by Arts Council England and (b) on projects that have received Arts Council England-approved funding in each of the last five years. | | (308043) | 176
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the names and addresses are of the (a) accountancy firms and (b) auditors currently used by Arts Council England. | | (308044) | 177
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the size in square feet is of the Arts Council England offices in Birmingham. | | (308045) | 178
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the annual rental costs of the Arts Council England offices in Birmingham were in each of the last five years. | | (308046) | 179
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who the (a) internal and (b) external trustees are of Arts Council England's pension fund; and in which capacity each serves. | | (308047) | 180
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which trade unions are given facility agreements by Arts Council England; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such agreements. | | (308048) | 181
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which job vacancies there were at Arts Council England as of 11 December 2009. | | (308049) | 182
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which council members of Arts Council England have served since January 2005. | | (308051) | 183
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 184
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2009, Official Report, column 22W, on defence: procurement, by what mechanism lessons learned from the procurement of the new sniper rifle sight will be applied to future procurement exercises. | | (307773) | 185
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to privatise the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if he will make a statement. | | (307856) | 186
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential cost savings consequent on the proposed reduction of service at SAR Chivenor from 24 hours to 12 hours. | | (307995) | 187
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make his announcement on the decision on the initial gate of the approval process for a replacement for Trident submarines. | | (308057) | 188
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which overseas nationalities are permitted to serve in the UK Combined Cadet Force. | | (307404) | 189
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what efficiency savings have been achieved by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and how much of those savings has been spent on defence. | | (307406) | 190
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Christmas cards and gifts sent to British troops in Afghanistan are expected to reach the troops in time for Christmas. | | (307741) | 191
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307804) | 192
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criminal offences have been (a) abolished and (b) created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307945) | 193
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time employees of his Department with 25 years or more service and (b) full-time employees of his Department earn £15,000 per annum or less. | | (307909) | 194
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average and (b) highest non-consolidated performance related payment in cash terms was for senior civil servants in his Department, in each of the last five years. | | (308055) | 195
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307961) | 196
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish his Department's review of the work undertaken by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; and if he will make a statement. | | (307745) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 197
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his Department's proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme on the development of the UK's renewable industry sector. | | (307973) | 198
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his Department's proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme on (a) energy sector competition and (b) supplier diversity by (i) 2020 and (ii) 2030. | | (307974) | 199
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the interim metering arrangements will be in place for installations claiming feed-in-tariffs prior to the roll-out of smart meters. | | (307975) | 200
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultative meetings he has had with (a) representatives of the renewables industry and (b) energy supply companies to discuss his Department's proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme. | | (307976) | 201
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely TWh levels of power from sub-5MW renewables supported by his Department's proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme produced in 2020 under the (a) 10 per cent. return on investment (ROI) scenario, (b) eight per cent. ROI scenario and (c) lead scenario. | | (307977) | 202
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of electricity prices in 2020, excluding the cost of his Department's proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme. | | (307978) | 203
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what levels of (a) commercial sector and (b) energy service companies sector investment his Department estimates will be made under its proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme. | | (307979) | 204
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what 2020 standard electricity price assumption Element Energy were asked to use for his Department's proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme modelling; and what the rationale was for this price assumption. | | (307980) | 205
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has used a range of standard electricity price scenarios in the Element Energy model for his Department's proposed feed-in-tariffs scheme; and what range of price assumptions has been used to 2020. | | (307981) | 206
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely differential cost to domestic consumers under his Department's proposed feed-in tariffs scheme in (a) 2015 and (b) 2020 under a 10 per cent. return on investment scenario, if the modelling includes future electricity price scenarios consistent with the trajectory of electricity price increases over the last 10 years. | | (307982) | 207
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his estimate is of the likely differential cost to domestic consumers under his Department's proposed feed-in tariffs scheme in (a) 2015 and (b) 2020 under a 10 per cent. return on investment scenario if the modelling includes future electricity price scenarios consistent with Ofgem's price projections, including the 60 per cent. increase by 2020 scenario. | | (307983) | 208
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the financial effects upon participants in the Carbon Reduction Commitment of participation in his Department's proposed feed-in tariffs scheme. | | (307984) | 209
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Carbon Reduction Commitment methodology under the energy efficiency league table will treat emissions from onsite renewables as equivalent in emissions to standard grid electricity if feed-in tariffs are claimed. | | (307985) | 210
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the effect of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (Energy Efficiency Scheme) on the large public and commercial sector take-up of renewables under his Department's proposed feed-in tariffs scheme. | | (307986) | 211
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the inflation treatment will be of payments under his Department's proposed feed-in tariffs in relation to (a) the production tariff paid for all energy generated and (b) the export bonus where a minimum floor price of 5p kWh is proposed for power exported to the grid. | | (307987) | 212
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the tax treatment of income under his Department's proposed feed-in tariffs scheme is for the (a) domestic sector, (b) commercial sector and (c) public sector. | | (307988) | 213
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 October 2008. | | (307801) | 214
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has funded on wave generated power in the last three years. | | (307257) | 215
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to section 3.3.12 of the Energy National Policy Statement, what proportion of the 20.5 gigawatt capacity (a) has recently been constructed, (b) is under construction and (c) has both planning consent and agreement to connect to the National Grid; and what proportion is renewable under the definition given in that section. | | (307771) | 216
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many gigawatts of (a) renewable and (b) non-renewable energy in applications receiving consideration under (i) section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 and (ii) the Transport and Works Act 2002 relate to offshore wind farms in English waters. | | (307772) | 217
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307968) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 218
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies plan to provide financial assistance to Lichfield District Council to meet its statutory obligations for the repair and maintenance in the earth embankment retaining the Chasewater Reservoir; and if he will make a statement. | | (307774) | 219
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an assessment of the effect on the local environment if the earth embankment constructed to retain the Chasewater Reservoir in Lichfield district were to be breached; and if he will make a statement. | | (307775) | 220
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307800) | 221
N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will delay the entering into force of the Environmental Protection Flood Risk Regulations 2009 due to enter into force on 10 December 2009 until (a) all interested parties have been consulted and (b) both Houses of Parliament have scrutinised the Statutory Instrument. | | (307383) | 222
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of (a) wheat, (b) barley, (c) fresh vegetables, (d) potatoes, (e) fresh fruit, (f) beef and veal, (g) pork, (h) bacon and ham, (i) mutton and lamb, (j) poultry meat, (k) eggs and (l) liquid milk was produced in England in each year since 1997. | | (308079) | 223
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) volume of imports of (i) wheat, (ii) barley, (iii) fresh vegetables, (iv) potatoes, (v) fresh fruit, (vi) beef and veal, (vii) pork, (viii) bacon and ham, (ix) mutton and lamb, (x) poultry meat, (xi) eggs and (xii) liquid milk from each country of dispatch in each year since 1997. | | (308080) | 224
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) monetary value and (b) volume of exports of (i) wheat, (ii) barley, (iii) fresh vegetables, (iv) potatoes, (v) fresh fruit, (vi) beef and veal, (vii) pork, (viii) bacon and ham, (ix) mutton and lamb, (x) poultry meat, (xi) eggs and (xii) liquid milk to each country of destination in each year since 1997. | | (308081) | 225
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of zero exemption fees and small scale activities relating to environmental permit exemptions and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (307989) | 226
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307960) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 227
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what countries the Lords Resistance Army is active; and what recent representations he has made to try to effect a ceasefire in those areas. | | (307658) | 228
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the International Criminal Court's citation of Sudan's President al-Bashir. | | (307659) | 229
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Sudan consequent on the North-South agreement on progress towards the forthcoming referendum; and if he will make a statement. | | (308064) | 230
N | 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 Afghanistan and other Ministers in the Pakistani government in each year since 2001. | | (307743) | 231
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307799) | 232
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps at the United Nations to seek the establishment of a commission of inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity in North Korea. | | (307783) | 233
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that concerns over human rights violations in North Korea are reflected in the next EU Common Position on North Korea. | | (307784) | 234
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that concerns over human rights violations in North Korea are raised in to bilateral (a) negotiations and (b) discussions with representatives of that country. | | (307785) | 235
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqi locally employed civilians have been killed as a result of their association with the Government since 9 October 2009. | | (307855) | 236
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on proposals for a free trade agreement between Colombia and the EU. | | (307910) | 237
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to draw attention to the human rights situation in North Korea in the United Nations. | | (308015) | 238
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will urge the government of the People's Republic of China to create a corridor of access to allow the United Nations to assist North Korean refugees in China. | | (308016) | 239
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the government of the People's Republic of China to take steps to prevent North Korean agents abducting North Korean refugees from China. | | (308017) | 240
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the appointment of an EU special representative for human rights and security in East Asia, with particular reference to China and North Korea. | | (308018) | 241
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of representations made by hon. Members and legislators in other EU national parliaments requesting ratification of an EU-Colombia free trade agreement to be withheld until there have been an internationally-ratified improvement in (a) human rights, (b) trades union rights and (c) prosecutions against offences of organised crime, narcotic crime and corruption; and if he will make a statement. | | (308060) | 242
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in securing an internationally-agreed definition of the crime of aggression; what the Government's proposed definition is; and if he will make a statement. | | (307787) | 243
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Kosovo's declaration of independence; and if he will make a statement. | | (307788) | 244
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2009, Official Report, column 498W, on the Horn of Africa: EU, what progress has been made on the appointment of a European Union special representative to the Horn of Africa. | | (307915) | 245
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) European Union and (b) African Union counterparts on the implementation of the International Court of Justice ruling on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement. | | (307916) | 246
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 497W, on Eritrea, what the outcome was of the meeting of European Union heads of Mission and the Eritrean government; what progress has been made in the dialogue on human rights issues; what reports he has received of the number of political prisoners in Eritrea; and if he will make a statement. | | (307917) | 247
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the Sri Lankan government's progress towards establishing an accountability mechanism for allegations of war crimes which took place during the military conflict in the north of the country; and if he will make a statement. | | (307996) | 248
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the Sri Lankan government's progress towards political reconciliation in the country since the end of the military conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (307998) | 249
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with UN counterparts on securing a replacement for Mr Ibrahim Gambari as the UN Special Envoy to Burma; and if he will make a statement. | | (307999) | 250
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what initiatives on Sudan the Government has put forward under the recently re-established troika mechanism; and if he will make a statement. | | (308000) | 251
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the security situation in South Sudan following violent incidents in December 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (308001) | 252
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of the human rights situation in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (308002) | 253
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the implementation of the border ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration for the area of Abyei in Sudan in July 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (308003) | 254
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the new ASEAN inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights. | | (308004) | 255
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1154-5W, on Sri Lanka, when the next visit to Sri Lanka by a cross-party delegation of hon. Members sponsored by his Department will take place; and if he will make a statement. | | (308006) | 256
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the UK China Taskforce has met since August 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (308007) | 257
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307964) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 258
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department issues guidance to NHS hospitals on the admission of overweight women to maternity units. | | (308012) | 259
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of providing free personal care for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (308022) | 260
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of local authorities to deliver free personal care to people with (a) disabilities and (b) the highest need. | | (308024) | 261
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) capacity and (b) capability of local authorities to provide free personal care to all people who need it; and if he will make a statement. | | (308025) | 262
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307798) | 263
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department was of developing the NHS Drinks Counter application for the iPhone. | | (307254) | 264
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) managers and (b) senior managers were in post in each NHS trust in each of the last five years. | | (308029) | 265
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what websites that are within his Department's responsibility. | | (308030) | 266
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects to receive any further recommendations or reports from the Northern Burn Care review relating to the provision of burn care services in Merseyside; and if he will make a statement. | | (308031) | 267
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures to treat obesity were carried out on the NHS in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority area in each year since 1997. | | (308091) | 268
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there have been for (a) paediatric and (b) adolescent obesity treatment in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. | | (308092) | 269
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the risk-adjusted backlog maintenance cost for the NHS in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority has been in each year since 1997; and what the maintenance backlog to reach estate code condition B was in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health authority in each such year. | | (308093) | 270
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people (a) under the age of 18 years old, (b) between 18 and 24 years old and (c) over the age of 24 years smoked in England in each year since 2000. | | (308085) | 271
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of children between (a) five and 10 and (b) 11 and 16 years old have been diagnosed as clinically overweight in (i) England and (ii) Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. | | (308086) | 272
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time in accident and emergency departments in hospitals in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes was in each year since 1997. | | (308087) | 273
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to Question 300313, on commissioning of elective health service treatments, tabled on 18 November for answer on 25 November 2009. | | (307608) | 274
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 497W, on social services, what the figure for personal care funded from the public purse in (a) 2015, (b) 2020, (c) 2025 and (d) 2030 for each year is if the assumptions of the impact assessment of the Personal Care at Home Bill are applied regardless of uncertainty. | | (307725) | 275
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 498W, on social services, from which of his Department's budgets he plans to fund the transition costs. | | (307726) | 276
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of maintaining NHS websites was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (307940) | 277
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many websites have the suffix nhs.uk in their web address. | | (307941) | 278
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projects in the NHS involve use of customer journey mapping to improve services. | | (307951) | 279
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of use of customer journey mapping to improve services in the NHS. | | (307952) | 280
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what key efficiency gains are under consideration in the National Health Service in order to provide resources for front line services. | | (308050) | 281
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307959) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 282
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much police forces have paid to release private vehicles to their owners from local authority compounds in each of the last five years. | | (308013) | 283
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the official threat level in respect of the New Year celebrations in London. | | (307742) | 284
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307807) | 285
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policy is in force in the Metropolitan Police in respect of facial piercing for police officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (307255) | 286
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest time taken to process an asylum application from a former Iraqi locally employed civilian awaiting an asylum decision has been since the inception of the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme. | | (307853) | 287
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to expedite the asylum process for those Iraqi locally employed civilians who are awaiting a decision on an asylum application; and if he will make a statement. | | (307854) | 288
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many units within his Department are developing interventions and programmes for extremist offenders following their release from a custodial sentence. | | (308121) | 289
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 304490, on visa requirements, tabled on 1 December 2009. | | (307610) | 290
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those arrested in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006, (d) 2007 and (e) 2008 and subsequently convicted of an offence in circumstances where there was a match with the National DNA Database were persons who had never previously been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence. | | (306652) | 291
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307956) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 292
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307808) | 293
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 497, on Eritrea: overseas aid, what steps his Department is taking to increase the access of non-governmental organisations to assist in the development of Eritrea. | | (307912) | 294
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his latest assessment is of the food security situation in Eritrea; what steps his Department is taking in this regard; and if he will make a statement. | | (307913) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 295
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) were convicted and (b) received a caution for offences of (i) perverting the course of justice, (ii) attempting to pervert the course of justice and (iii) wasting police time in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; and how many and what proportion in each such category were convicted or cautioned as a result of having been found to have made false complaints of rape or other sexual assault. | | (307767) | 296
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307797) | 297
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people there are in (a) the Josephine Butler Unit at Downview Young Offender Institution (YOI), (b) the Mary Carpenter Unit at Eastwood Park YOI, (c) the Rivendell Unit at New Hall YOI and (d) the Toscana Unit at Foston Hall YOI; and how much it cost to keep a person in each of those units in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (308026) | 298
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many section 47 Children's Act 1989 referrals were made of 18 to 21 year old prisoners to adult social services by (a) the Prison Service and (b) the Probation Service in the last 12 months. | | (308027) | 299
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young offenders' institutions have (a) a resettlement officer and (b) a social worker. | | (308028) | 300
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of the Probation Service in England and Wales who have been diagnosed with a disability are currently subject to (a) informal and (b) formal capability proceedings. | | (308123) | 301
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of the Probation Service in England and Wales who have been diagnosed with a disability have been dismissed under the sickness attendance procedure since 1 April 2008. | | (308124) | 302
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials of his Department have responsiblity to tackle extremism by developing interventions and programmes for extremist offenders. | | (308125) | 303
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many units within his Department have responsibility to tackle extremism by developing interventions and programmes for extremist offenders. | | (308126) | 304
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of the Probation Service in England and Wales who have been diagnosed with a disability are currently subject to stage (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 of the formal sickness attendance process. | | (308127) | 305
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307958) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 306
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307796) | 307
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to respond to Question (a) 304525 and (b) 304526 on devolution of criminal justice and policing, tabled on 1 December 2009. | | (307611) | 308
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations the Government has received on the effects of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 on the powers of the Belfast International Airport Constabulary, with particular reference to that part of the Act which amends the Aviation Security Act 1982; and if he will make a statement. | | (308059) | 309
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with (a) the Irish government, (b) the Roman Catholic Bishop's Conference of Ireland and Primate of Ireland and (c) the Papal Nuncio on the implications of the report of the Irish Commission of Inquiry into sex abuse and related misconduct by members of the clergy and religious orders for clergy and members of religious orders transferred to dioceses or religious houses in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (308061) | 310
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what response he has made to the submission by Joe Rice, a solicitor acting on behalf of persons who when children were victims of abuse in Church and state institutions in Northern Ireland requesting that an inquiry be held on the same lines as that recently conducted in the Irish Republic; and if he will make a statement. | | (308062) | 311
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307955) | Questions to the Prime Minister 312
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether it is his policy not to make any substantive comment on Iraq until the Chilcot Inquiry on Iraq has completed its work. | | (308058) | 313
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to respond to Question 304527, on the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, tabled on 1 December 2009. | | (307609) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 314
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307967) | Questions to the Solicitor General 315
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Solicitor General, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by the Law Officers' Departments since 1 May 2008. | | (307795) | 316
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Solicitor General, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to the Law Officers' Departments have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (307971) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Transport 317
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what works are being undertaken between junctions 13 and 11 of the M5; when the work is expected to be completed; what the estimated cost of their work is; and which contractors have been commissioned to complete it. | | (307731) | 318
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307794) | 319
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many people the Humberside Road Safety Partnership employed (a) in each year since its establishment and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (307253) | 320
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much funding his Department provided for the Humberside Road Safety Partnership (a) in each year since its inception and (b) in 2009-10 to date. | | (307256) | 321
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether any section of the M4 in the London Borough of Hillingdon would fall within a public safety zone under the terms of his Department's Public Safety Zone policy as set out in circular 1/2002 on Control of Developments in Airport Public Safety Zones if a third runway is constructed at Heathrow Airport. | | (308122) | 322
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will visit Castle Point constituency to assess the potential impact on the local environment of a new £4 billion Thames Crossing as proposed by Metrotidal; and if he will make a statement. | | (307990) | 323
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress has been made on the dredge in the Thames estuary for the London Gateway Port channel; what safeguards against disturbances of munitions in the SS Richard Montgomery have been put in place; what recent discussions have been held with Dubai World Ports on the financing of the work; and if he will make a statement. | | (307991) | 324
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent representations he has received on amending the civil law on accident liability by any driver of a moving motorised vehicle in collision with a cyclist; and if he will make a statement. | | (307992) | 325
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he plans to publish the National Cycle Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (307993) | 326
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what recent research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned comparing the risks associated with drink driving with those associated with driving while using a hand-held mobile telephone. | | (307765) | 327
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307963) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 328
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307792) | 329
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to his Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (307962) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 330
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by the Government Equalities Office since 1 May 2008. | | (307790) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 331
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by her Department since 1 May 2008. | | (307791) | 332
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safety measures will be put in place by BP for the duration of its contract to lease the Oikos terminal on Canvey Island. | | (307405) | 333
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged over 60 years and actively seeking work found employment in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; and what proportion of the number of those actively seeking work this represented. | | (308010) | 334
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of invoices submitted to her Department have been paid within 10 days in each month since October 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (307970) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 335
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people in each youth offending team area were (a) assaulted with a knife and (b) killed in a knife attack in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (308099) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 336
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the Sri Lankan government's progress in resettling internally displaced persons in the north of the country; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (307997) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 337
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of young offenders under the age of 18 years who appeared in court in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes was convicted in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (308088) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 338
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of social tenants were receiving housing benefit on the latest date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (308053) |
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