Session 2009-10
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 23 March 2010

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 22 March 2010
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 23 March 2010

For Written Questions for answer on the day of issue of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

TUESDAY 23 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

*1	David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of short custodial sentences in reducing re-offending.
	(323384)

*2	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): What criteria apply to the selection of jury members; and if he will make a statement.
	(323385)

*3	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): How many people have been prosecuted for offences related to retail crime in the last 12 months.
	(323386)

*4	Sandra Gidley (Romsey): What recent representations he has received on policies to reduce levels of re-offending.
	(323387)

*5	James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that service personnel serving abroad will be able to vote in the forthcoming general election.
	(323388)

*6	Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): What recent representations he has received on proposals for a system for constituents to recall hon. Members.
	(323389)

*7	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): How many court orders were not executed as a result of a settlement out of court in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(323390)

*8	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): Whether he plans to take steps to reduce the incidence of libel tourism; and if he will make a statement.
	(323391)

*9	Christine Russell (City of Chester): What steps his Department is taking to assist victims of domestic violence.
	(323392)

*10	Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of short custodial sentences in reducing re-offending.
	(323393)

*11	Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that service personnel serving abroad will be able to vote in the forthcoming general election.
	(323394)

*12	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What recent assessment he has made of the extent of the operation of Muslim gangs in prisons.
	(323395)

*13	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): What recent discussions he has had with the governments of the Crown Dependencies on their relationship with Government departments; and if he will make a statement.
	(323396)

*14	Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison accommodation in Wales.
	(323397)

*15	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): How many Republic of Ireland nationals are serving sentences in prisons in England and Wales.
	(323398)

*16	Norman Baker (Lewes): When his Department plans to respond to the freedom of information request submitted to it by the hon. member for Lewes in January 2010.
	(323399)

*17	Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What assessment he has made of the effects on the size of the prison population of ending the End of Custody Licence scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(323400)

*18	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that service personnel serving abroad will be able to vote in the forthcoming general election.
	(323401)

*19	Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): What steps he plans to take to reduce the number of prisoners released in error.
	(323402)

*20	Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of youth offending.
	(323403)

*21	Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What progress has been made on plans to review the operation of indeterminate sentences for public protection.
	(323404)

*22	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): What plans he has to increase levels of literacy and numeracy among the prison population.
	(323405)

*23	Derek Twigg (Halton): What recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Children, Schools and Families on policy to prevent children and young people entering the criminal justice system.
	(323406)

*24	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What steps have been taken to improve witness protection arrangements in magistrates' courts in the last three years.
	(323407)

*25	Mr John Baron (Billericay): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of prison in reducing re-offending.
	(323408)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

*1	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(323409)

*2	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):
	(323410)

*3	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):
	(323411)

*4	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):
	(323412)

*5	Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell):
	(323413)

*6	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):
	(323414)

*7	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):
	(323415)

*8	James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):
	(323416)

*9	Norman Baker (Lewes):
	(323417)

*10	John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):
	(323418)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 16 March

1 N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to discuss providing more funding for the boiler scrappage scheme.
	(323176)

2 N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects funding allocated to the boiler scrappage scheme to be exhausted; whether he plans to provide additional funding for the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(323175)

3 N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the request made on 1 February 2010 by the hon. Member for Torbay under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, on George Kelly, reference FOI/63308/10.
	(323026)

Notices given on Thursday 18 March

1 N	Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to answer Question (a) 315627 and (b) 315628, on debt recovery agencies, tabled on 1 February 2010 by the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
	(323439)

2 N	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent reports he has received on (a) anti-Semitic and (b) anti-Israel speeches made by speakers at British university campuses; and if he will make a statement.
	(323656)

3
N

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what methodology his Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if he will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Member's constituency the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if he will make a statement.

(323856)

4
N

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what methodology her Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if she will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Member's constituency the effects on that constituency of her Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if she will make a statement.

(323857)

5 N	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people with a BT postcode paying income tax as part of the Pay As You Earn system in 2009 had more than one income stream.
	(323591)

6 N	Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the dates of publication of any regular statistics or reports by his Department have been affected by planning for the forthcoming general election.
	(323661)

7
N

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what methodology his Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if he will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Member's constituency the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if he will make a statement.

(323858)

8
N

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology his Department used to determine whether answers to Questions in the formulation if he will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Members' constituency the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if he will make a statement.

(323859)

9 N	Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households with at least one disabled person were on the social housing waiting list in each of the last three years.
	(323813)

10 N	Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new (a) low cost home ownership and (b) social homes had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three and (iv) four or more bedrooms in each local authority area in each year since 1997.
	(323814)

11 N	Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2010, Official Report, column 671W, on tenancy deposit schemes, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contracts between his Department and tenancy deposit scheme providers, with the commercially sensitive information redacted.
	(323920)

12 N	Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010 to date (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department met each of the tenancy deposit scheme providers; who was present at each such meeting; and what items were disucussed.
	(323921)

13 N	Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's contracts with tenancy deposit scheme providers provide for it to intervene to prevent an increase in the level of fees charged by a provider.
	(323922)

14
N

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an estimate of the (a) total financial contribution made by foreign national visitors to national museums and galleries in each year since 1997 and (b) proportion of the turnover of those museums attributable to such contributions in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.

(323664)

15 N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign nationals who have visited national museums and galleries in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(323665)

16 N	Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces from the Government Art Collection have been reported missing in each year since 1997; and what the monetary value of each such piece was.
	(323709)

17 N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the applicability of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 to widows who remarry and are subsequently divorced (a) under Scottish law and (b) in the rest of the UK.
	(323589)

18 N	Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers at each rank at or above the rank of colonel there were in the British Army, including the Territorial Army and Reserve, in (a) 1990, (b) 1997, (c) 2005 and (d) the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(323708)

19 N	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Talisman project is fully operational in Afghanistan.
	(323638)

20 N	Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company has been awarded the contract to supply 200 vehicles as part of the light protected patrol vehicle programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(323639)

21 N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what procedures his Department has put in place to evaluate the effectiveness of the Act on Carbon Dioxide advertising campaign; and if he will make a statement.
	(323816)

22 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to businesses in the North West under the Rural Development Programme for England to date; and how many businesses in that region have participated in the programme.
	(323815)

23 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect fish stocks in UK waters; and if he will make a statement.
	(323850)

24 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in Togo following the recent elections in that country.
	(323852)

25 N	Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 years (i) have been treated for and (ii) have died as a result of skin cancer in each London primary care trust in each year since 2000.
	(323848)

26 N	Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults on NHS (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) ambulance personnel and (d) non-clinical staff have been reported in each London primary care trust in each year since 2000; and how many criminal sanctions resulted in each such case.
	(323977)

27 N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) distinction awards and (b) clinical excellence awards were made to hospital consultants in each of the last five years; and what the (i) monetary value per grade and (ii) total monetary value of each such award was in each of those years.
	(323811)

28 N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information each primary care trust is required to provide to his Department each (a) month and (b) year.
	(323812)

29
N

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistics each NHS organisation reported to his Department in Estates Returns Information Collection on (a) the number of car parking spaces it provided for (i) staff, (ii) patients and (iii) visitors, (b) the average fee charged per hour for (A) patient, (B) visitor and (C) staff parking and (c) the number of parking spaces for disabled people provided in each year from 1997-98 to 2008-09.

(323754)

30 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle age discrimination in mental health services for older people.
	(323853)

31 N	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which powers of entry have been subject to a liberty test since October 2007.
	(323806)

32 N	Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the United Kingdom has bilateral agreements on exchanging criminal records information for employment vetting purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	(323590)

33 N	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Identity and Passport Service has had discussions with (i) the Local Government Association, (ii) London councils, (iii) passenger transport executives and (iv) local authorities on the use of identity cards to help administer the concessionary bus fare scheme.
	(323808)

34 N	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether local authorities will have access to the National Identity Register for the purposes of the administration of free bus travel for those aged 60 years and over.
	(323809)

35 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) staff and (b) hon. Members are on the waiting list for a place in the proposed House of Commons day nursery for one or more of those children.
	(323705)

36 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when an application was made to (a) English Heritage and (b) Westminster City Council to make changes to 1 Parliament Street in connection with the creation of a day nursery; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the application.
	(323706)

37 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the financial implications of creating a new post of Special Adviser to the Speaker were (a) discussed by the House of Commons Commission and (b) referred to the Finance and Services Committee.
	(323707)

38 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the House of Commons Commission met to discuss the public petition against the closure of facilities at the Astor Suite, Bellamy's Bar and Bellamy's Club Room.
	(323854)

39 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Gainsborough of 11 March 2010, Official Report, column 428, on Bellamy's bar, for what reasons 1 Parliament Street was preferred to the North Curtain corridor for the location of a day nursery.
	(323978)

40 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle poppy farming in Afghanistan.
	(323851)

41 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of World Bank (a) funding and (b) technical advice for development projects in Burma.
	(323755)

42 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding he plans to allocate to the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thailand-Burma border in each of the next three years.
	(323756)

43
N

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that implementation of the provisions proposed in Clause 90 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill does not result in the (a) ending of next-day counts in constituencies in which such counts are a long established practice and (b) counting of votes cast in several constituencies in a central location at the forthcoming general election.

(323662)

44 N	Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2010, Official Report, column 703W, on Youth Justice: finance, how much expenditure was re-charged from the Youth Justice Board by the National Offender Management Service Service Development Group in respect of administration costs in 2009-10.
	(323660)

45 N	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Bolton West of 17 March 2010, Official Report, column 853W, on children in care: Child Trust Fund, from which provider child trust funds managed by the Official Solicitor or Accountant of Court on behalf of looked-after children have been re-allocated.
	(323710)

46 N	Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether employees of the National Offender Management Service are remunerated through his Department's Pay and Pensions Service.
	(323807)

47 N	Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects his Department to receive the report of the working group on the voting rights of members of the armed forces.
	(323657)

48 N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Intelligence and Security Committee has received the report of Sir David Omand referred to in paragraph 177 of the annual report of that Committee for 2007-08; what the reasons are for the time taken to disclose that report to the Committee; and if he will make a statement.
	(323749)

49
N

Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 6W, on political parties: finance, from which (a) legal firms, (b) Queen's Counsel and (c) other sources the Electoral Commission sought advice in connection with its investigation into Mr Michael Brown and Fifth Avenue Partners; how much was paid for such advice in each case; and what the total cost was to the Electoral Commission of the investigation.

(323601)

50
N

Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission's press release of 7 May 2009, on the Crown Prosecution Service decision on Labour Party donations, whether the Electoral Commission made an assessment of the merits of initiating its own investigation into the donations after the Crown Prosecution Service decision.

(323704)

51
N

Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidence from the loading records (a) referred to in the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 24 February 2010, Official Report, column 132WH on Hastings Rail Service and (b) used to determine that running eight-car trains on the Maidstone East line, as proposed in the Kent route utilisation strategy, would be sustainable.

(323663)

52 N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what representations he has received on recent changes to the motorcycle test procedures.
	(323659)

53 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which sites within a 50 mile radius of Amersham have been identified as possible residential sites for workers on High Speed Two.
	(323711)

54 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of construction jobs that were created by High Speed One; and how many and what proportion of those employed were (a) UK nationals, (b) nationals of other EU countries and (c) non-EU nationals.
	(323713)

55 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will publish the hydrogeological risk assessment commissioned by his Department on the effect on the (a) ground water and (b) aquifir in the Chilterns of the construction of High Speed Two.
	(323750)

56 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the protection of boreholes and springs in the Chilterns region against contaminants as a result of the construction of High Speed Two.
	(323751)

57 N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will estimate the likely cost of mitigation of any damage to aquifirs in the Chilterns resulting from the construction of High Speed Two.
	(323752)

58 N	Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what the punctuality rating was of each rail route serving London in each year from 2005 to 2010; and which company operated each such route in each year.
	(323849)

59 N	Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, with reference to the Statement of 11 March 2010, Official Report, columns 446-50, on high speed rail, if he will place in the Library a copy of the remit that has been given to Lord Mawhinney to advise the Government on a high speed station at Heathrow Airport.
	(323810)

60 N	Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve airport security.
	(323979)

61 N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received from small companies on the recent changes to the Pensions Protection Fund levy.
	(323658)

62 N	Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 50 and (c) over 50 years old (i) claimed jobseeker's allowance and (ii) were helped into employment by Jobcentre Plus in each Jobcentre Plus district in each month from January 2008.
	(323819)

Notices given on Friday 19 March

1	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued to the Central Office of Information on Government advertising and marketing in (a) the period immediately before the general election and (b) during the general election campaign.
	(324021)

2	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, over what geographic area the estimated £482 million expenditure on the 2011 Census is to be incurred.
	(324022)

3	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average rateable value of a property used for war games courses in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(324001)

4	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average rateable value of a municipal lavatory in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(324029)

5	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average rateable value of a lap dancing club in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(324031)

6	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average ratable value of a zoo in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
	(324035)

7	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with (a) pensioner groups and (b) other representatives of vulnerable people on proposals to end the cheque clearing system.
	(324041)

8	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Payments Council on plans for alternative payment methods for cheque users in circumstances in which the cheque clearing system is ended.
	(324042)

Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2010, Official Report, column 902W, on the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework: finance, whether planned expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the Skills Funding Agency on the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework (QCF) includes the estimated £40 million for IT costs in the LSC QCF Business Change Strategy referred to in footnote 2 of the paper prepared for the LSC National Council meeting on 10 September 2008, number LSC 52/2008; and if he will make a statement.

(323992)

10	Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were purchased through (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) new Build HomeBuy, (c) Open Market HomeBuy, (d) the First Time Buyer's initiative, (e) Social HomeBuy and (f) Rent to HomeBuy schemes in each year from the inception of that scheme to 2006.
	(324026)

11	Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) households and (b) people in the (i) private and (ii) social rented sector classified as living in overcrowded conditions there were in each London borough in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(324027)

12	Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homes and (b) affordable homes were built in each London borough in each year from 1997 to 2009.
	(324028)

13	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of each issue of his Department's in-house staff magazine distributed in the last 12 months.
	(323983)

14	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authority area has had the lowest Band D outturn bill, including all precepts, in each year since 1997-98.
	(323984)

15	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much had been paid in fines consequent on irregularities relating to the European Regional Development Fund programme since 1997 on the latest date for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the contingent liabilities in respect of such irregularities.
	(323985)

16	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the speaking notes and accompanying materials used by the Audit Commission speaker at the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee Conference 2008.
	(323986)

17	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to provide funding to local authorities for the purpose of assisting them to meet the new Warm Homes standard; what methodology will be used to assess compliance with that standard; and what timetable he has set for that standard to be met.
	(323987)

18	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities offer community kitties to local residents.
	(323988)

19	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 1 March 2010, Official Report, column 953W, on departmental legislation, for what reasons each substantive piece of uncommenced legislation has not been commenced.
	(323989)

20	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 1 March 2010, Official Report, column 956W, on departmental pay, what the average annual salary is of special advisers in his Department.
	(323990)

21	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1139W, on the green belt, in respect of which broad locations each regional spatial strategy recommends a review of green belt designation.
	(323996)

22	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1144W, on housing: regeneration, how much was spent on demolitions in each pathfinder area in each year since 2003-04.
	(323997)

23	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1160W, on social rented housing: rents, whether an impact assessment has been prepared for his Department's policy on the convergence of social rents.
	(323998)

24	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1162W, on Tesco: planning permission, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the rulings of the Planning Inspectorate relating to Tesco.
	(323999)

25	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2010, Official Report, column 1239W, on local government, if he will issue guidance to local authority monitoring officers on visits by hon. Members to local authority-owned premises and facilities (a) outside and (b) inside election purdah periods.
	(324000)

26	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will end the density targets in Planning Policy Statement 3.
	(324002)

27	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what mechanisms he plans to make efficiency savings in local government in the next three years; what targets he has set local authorities on efficiency savings; and whether he has plans to change the level of funding provided by his Department to local authorities.
	(324003)

28	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 26 February 2010, Official Report, column 778W, on the Standards Board for England: procurement, how much was spent with each supplier of the (a) Standards Board for England and (b) Homes and Communities Agency in 2008-09.
	(324004)

29	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 Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 307W, on Arc Manche, what bids have been made for funding for the Arc Manche Network and Assembly under the Interreg IV round.
	(324005)

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 Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 307W, on Arc Manche, if he will place in the Library a copy of the documentation associated with the bid and award of the £1.1 million grant to support the Arc Manche Network and Regional Assembly.

(324006)

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2009, Official Report, columns 1292-3W, on local government: per capita costs, what the average central Government grant per capita was to (a) district councils, (b) unitary councils, (c) county councils, (d) metropolitan councils, (e) London boroughs, (f) police authorities and (g) fire authorities in each year since 1997-98 in real terms in 2009 prices.

(324007)

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 16 December 2009, Official Report, columns 1291-2W, on local government: pensions, what the cash value was of the payment made to local authorities to compensate for the effects of the abolition of advanced corporation tax relief on the Local Government Pension Scheme in each year since 1998; and what measure of inflation has been used to index such funding.

(324008)

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stroud of 16 December 2009, Official Report, columns 1269-70W, on fire services: risk assessment, what the risks identified on the FiReControl risk register are; what level of risk is assigned to each; and what steps are being taken to mitigate each risk.

(324009)

34	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication, Warm homes, greener homes: a strategy for household energy management, whether a privacy impact assessment will be prepared in respect of plans to increase the number of public bodies with access to the Energy Performance Certificate Register.
	(324010)

35	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 561W, on the Audit Commission: procurement, who attended the Audit Commission's function held at the Reform Club.
	(324011)

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 561W, on the Audit Commission: procurement, what the purpose was of the extra driver tuition from the AA Driving School procured by the Audit Commission; and what the jobs were of those who received the training.

(324012)

37	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely effect of the March 2010 revaluation on the level of employer contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme from March 2011.
	(324013)

38	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the monetary value of the potential frauds identified by the Audit Commission in its National Fraud Initiative since the inception of that initiative.
	(324014)

39	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authority areas parallel place reviews are being undertaken.
	(324015)

40	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of households affected by (a) yellow line and (b) controlled parking zone restrictions in each year since 1997.
	(324016)

41	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's guidance to staff on records management and filing for private offices.
	(324017)

42	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what programme expenditure was of the Government Office for London in each year since 1996-97.
	(324018)

43	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what administration costs were of the Government Offices for the Regions in each year since 1996-97.
	(324019)

44	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average level of parish council precepts on council tax was in 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of that level in 2010-11.
	(324020)

45	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what cap he plans to put in place in respect of council tax increases in 2010-11.
	(324030)

46	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department and its agencies sent representatives to each of the last three MIPIM international property conferences.
	(324032)

47	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on average what the council tax band was of a (a) two, (b) three and (c) four bedroom house in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(324033)

48	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of (a) private rented, (b) social rented and (c) owner-occupied households with access to a garden in each year since 1997.
	(324034)

49	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the average additional capital value attributed by the Valuation Office Agency to the presence of a conservatory in a dwelling when conducting (a) council tax, (b) Right to Buy and (c) inheritance tax valuations and revaluations.
	(324036)

50	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average pay and pension cost, including employer National Insurance contributions, is for a press officer in his Department.
	(324037)

51	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1129W, on bullying: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, what posts were held by those against whom the complaints were made.
	(324038)

52	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether new requirements on licensed premises will be considered a material change of circumstances by the Valuation Office Agency for the purposes of business rate valuations and revaluations.
	(324039)

Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2010, Official Report, column 939W, on domestic appliances: carbon emissions, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of domestic consumer electronics products which qualify for the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and (b) likely effect on the level of carbon dioxide emissions of the inclusion of those products in that scheme.

(323991)

54	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department undertakes surveys of cliff and coastal erosion.
	(323994)

55	Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for a successor strategy to the teenage pregnancy strategy.
	(324023)

56	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the capability of the UK to repair and recover from damage inflicted on critical infrastructure by an electromagnetic pulse attack.
	(323995)

57	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what budgets proceeds of crime recovered as a result of Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions are allocated to (a) local Crime Reduction Partnership budgets, (b) other local budgets and (c) central government budgets.
	(324040)

58	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the likely level of resilience of critical infrastructure to the effects of an electromagnetic pulse.
	(324043)

59	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mechanisms are in place to counter the effects of an electromagnetic pulse affecting critical infrastruture.
	(324044)

60	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of an (a) natural and (b) deliberately initiated electromagnetic pulse affecting critical infrastructure; and what systems are in place to mitigate the effects of such an event.
	(324045)

WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

*1	Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What recent assessment he has made of the level of paramilitary activity by Republican groups in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(322973)

*2	Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect on savers in Northern Ireland of the collapse of the Presbyterian Mutual Society.
	(322974)

*3	Ann Winterton (Congleton): What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.
	(322975)

*4	Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): What recent assessment he has made of the activities of dissident Republicans in Northern Ireland.
	(322976)

*5	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): What recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the national security protocols to be used after the devolution of policing and justice matters.
	(322977)

*6	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on steps to tackle fuel smuggling in Northern Ireland.
	(322978)

*7	David Simpson (Upper Bann): When he expects to receive the final report of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning.
	(322979)

*8	Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on trends in per capita expenditure in Northern Ireland on matters for which he is responsible.
	(322980)

*9	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): When he next expects the final report from the Saville Inquiry to be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(322981)

*11	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on proposals to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Northern Ireland in 2012.
	(322983)

*12	Angela Watkinson (Upminster): When he expects the final report from the Saville Inquiry to be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(322984)

*13	Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(322985)

*14	Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): How much was spent on employing press and communications officers in his Department in the financial year 2008-09.
	(322986)

*15	Dr William McCrea (South Antrim): What steps his Department is taking to counter the threat from dissident paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.
	(322987)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.

*1	Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 24 March.
	(323602)

*2	Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):
	(323603)

*3	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):
	(323604)

*4	Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):
	(323605)

*5	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):
	(323606)

*6	Bob Spink (Castle Point):
	(323607)

*7	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What the Government's policy is on the provision of modern in-patient mental health units.
	(323608)

*8	Mr David Amess (Southend West):
	(323609)

*9	Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):
	(323610)

*10	Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):
	(323611)

*11	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):
	(323612)

*12	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):
	(323613)

*13	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):
	(323614)

*14	Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):
	(323615)

*15	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):
	(323616)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 16 March

1 N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of young people who have left their family home without having in place arrangements to live independently in the last 12 months.
	(323177)

2 N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of homeless people in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England.
	(323178)

3 N	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much freight has been transported by water to the main Olympic site to date.
	(323338)

4 N	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the cost was of building the freight facility at the main Olympic site.
	(323339)

Notices given on Wednesday 17 March

1 N	Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received on Loyalist decommissioning; and if he will make a statement.
	(322982)

2 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the recent changes to criteria for value for money audits of town and parish councils; and whether such changes were introduced on the initiative of (a) his Department and (b) the Audit Commission.
	(323359)

3 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of claims that the incidence of (a) birth defects and (b) cancer has increased amongst residents of Fallujah as a result of the use of depleted uranium; and if he will make a statement.
	(323358)

4
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the letter from the Minister of State of 3 September 2009 on depleted uranium and (b) other material held by his Department relevant to a possible connection between the use of depleted uranium and alleged increases in the incidence of (i) birth defects and (ii) cancer in Fallujah.

(323357)

Notices given on Thursday 18 March

1 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department to publish guidance to primary care trusts on the use of local tenders and product formularies for products and services covered by Part IX of the Drug Tariff.
	(323855)

2 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whom his Department has consulted in its recent discussions on the use of tenders and formularies for products and services covered by Part IX of the Drug Tariff.
	(323923)

3 N	Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Part IX Guidance and Assurance Framework for the Drug Tariff arrangements to enter into force on 1 April 2010.
	(323924)

Notices given on Friday 19 March

1 N	Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many schools in each local authority fewer than 50 per cent. of pupils attained Key Stage 2 at level 4 or above in both English and mathematics in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(323993)

2
N

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated for expenditure on advertising for the anti-terrorist hotline in the financial year 2009-10; what payments it has made to each media outlet in respect of such advertisement; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such advertisement in meeting the objectives set for it; and if he will make a statement.

(324025)

3 N	John Howell (Henley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what correspondence his Department has had with Reading Borough Council on its bid for funds from the Transport Innovation Fund in each month of 2010.
	(324024)

THURSDAY 25 MARCH Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Tuesday 16 March

1 N	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much freight is planned to be transferred by water to the main Olympic site in each of the next 12 months.
	(323340)

2 N	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans she has for development of the wharf at the main Olympic site.
	(323341)

Notices given on Wednesday 17 March

1 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to each research council of fluctuations in the sterling exchange rate in the financial year 2009-10; and how much his Department has allocated to compensate research councils for such fluctuations.
	(323383)

Notices given on Thursday 18 March

1 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proprotion of young people in (a) each Sheffield constituency and (b) the City of Sheffield have entered higher education in each year since 1998.
	(323761)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of Manganese Bronze in Coventry on its decision to transfer the manufacture of key components to China.
	(323640)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial assistance his Department provided to Manganese Bronze between 2007 and 2009.
	(323641)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will meet representatives of Manganese Bronze to discuss the future of the company's manufacturing operations in Coventry.
	(323642)

5 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of 11 year olds achieved Level 4 at Key Stage 2 in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) English and mathematics in each Sheffield constituency in each year since 1998.
	(323757)

6 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each Sheffield constituency there were in which fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in each year since 1998.
	(323758)

7 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C in each Sheffield constituency in each year since 1998.
	(323759)

8 N	Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) out patient and (b) in patient waiting time was for each hospital in Sheffield for each speciality in each year since 1998.
	(323760)

MONDAY 29 MARCH Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 18 March

1 N	Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Government funding has been allocated to research into myasthenia gravis in each year since 1997.
	[R] (323762)

TUESDAY 30 MARCH Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Thursday 18 March

1 N	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of illicit mobile telephones in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months; how many of those telephones were found in the possession of (a) staff and (b) prisoners; and how many were found in communal areas in each such month.
	(323925)

2 N	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the level of serious organised crime in prisons in England and Wales involving drug trafficking.
	(323926)

3 N	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of serious organised crime activities being carried out in prisons in England and Wales.
	(323980)

4 N	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court enforcement officers HM Courts Service have employed in each financial year since April 2005.
	(323981)

5 N	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court enforcement officers HM Courts Service employed in each HM Court Service region in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009.
	(323982)


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