Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Tuesday 6 April 2010

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WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

*1
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): What assessment he has made of the prospects for the economy of the Highlands and Islands in the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
(325086)
*2
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): When he last met the Advocate General to discuss devolution issues.
(325087)
*3
Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): When he last discussed with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions the benefits provided for disabled children and their families in Scotland.
(325088)
*4
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): What recent progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the Calman Commission.
(325089)
*5
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): How much Future Jobs Fund money has been spent in (a) Scotland and (b) Aberdeen.
(325090)
*6
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of the total block grant to the Scottish Executive for 2010-11.
(325091)
*7
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the level of economic inactivity in Scotland.
(325092)
*8
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on levels of employment in Scotland.
(325093)
*9
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on levels of contraband in immigration removal centres in Scotland.
(325094)
*10
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the method for determining the level of grant to be allocated to the Scottish Consolidated Fund in 2010-11.
(325095)
*11
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): What his most recent assessment is of the state of the economy in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
(325096)
*12
John Howell (Henley): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on measures to promote employment in Scotland.
(325097)
*13
John Mason (Glasgow East): What recent discussions he has had on levels of employment in Glasgow.
(325098)
*14
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): Pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 961W, if he will seek the consent of the Scottish Parliament to extending the provisions of the Anti-Slavery Day Bill to Scotland.
(325099)
*15
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on measures to increase the rate of growth of the Scottish economy.
(325100)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

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

*1
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7 April.
(325639)
*2
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):
(325640)
*3
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):
(325641)
*4
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):
(325642)
*5
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):
(325643)
*6
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):
(325644)
*7
Damian Green (Ashford):
(325645)
*8
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):
(325646)
*9
John Mason (Glasgow East):
(325647)
*10
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):
(325648)
*11
Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole):
(325649)
*12
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):
(325650)
*13
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):
(325651)
*14
Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):
(325652)
*15
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):
(325653)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Monday 29 March
1
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Croydon Central constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325586)
2
N
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely contribution to the effectiveness of his Department's bovine tuberculosis policy of eliminating that disease in wildlife; and if he will make a statement.
(325570)
3
N
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in (a) the South West and (b) Torridge and West Devon constituency were under bovine tuberculosis restrictions on the latest date for which figures are available.
(325571)
4
N
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to (a) eliminate and (b) reduce the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in wildlife.
(325572)
5
N
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle in (a) the South West and (b) Torridge and West Devon constituency have been slaughtered under his Department's bovine tuberculosis prevention policy in the last 12 months.
(325573)
6
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Croydon Central constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325587)
7
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Croydon Central constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325590)
8
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Croydon Central constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325588)
9
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Croydon Central constituency, the effects on that constituency of her Department's policies since 2005.
(325589)

Notices given on Tuesday 30 March
1
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department issues on the criteria to be applied to assess whether a battery is easily removable from an appliance under the requirements of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009; and what guidance his Department has issued on whether models of the Apple iPhone on sale in the UK meet such requirements.
(325745)
2
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider the provision of support for retaining the (a) jobs and (b) skills of the workforce of Jarvis plc.
(325783)
3
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Office of Rail Regulation on the entry into administration of Jarvis plc.
(325784)
4
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Croydon Central constituency, the effects of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325823)
5
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point made exports in each year since 1997.
(325787)
6
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of (a) the monetary value of foreign client investment in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each year since 2003 and (b) the number of jobs created as a consequence in each such year.
(325788)
7
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been collected in import duty on mephadrone in each of the last three years.
(325798)
8
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the loans made by Royal Bank of England to Liverpool United Football Club are guaranteed under the Government's asset protection guarantee scheme.
(325740)
9
N
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the remissions and write-offs included in the HM Revenue and Customs Trust Statement (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 including (i) the amounts not collected and (ii) the reasons for the remissions and write-offs.
(325747)
10
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the full evaluation of the Money Guidance Pathfinder.
(325792)
11
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people took part in the Money Guidance Pathfinder.
(325793)
12
N
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he takes to ensure that his Department's funding for County Youth Parliaments represents good value for money; and if he will a statement.
(325681)
13
N
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has provided to the Surrey Youth Parliament in each of the last three years.
(325682)
14
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the operational cost to the public purse of the office of the Children's Commissioner for England was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(325746)
15
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many incidents of (a) bullying between pupils and (b) verbal and physical abuse of school staff by pupils have been recorded in schools in each of the last six months.
(325799)
16
N
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has given any undertaking to write off the sum provided to Oldham Council to achieve the Decent Homes Standard in the event that it is successful in its stock transfer initiative.
(325800)
17
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Croydon Central constituency, the effects of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325821)
18
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Croydon Central constituency, the effects of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325820)
19
N
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects to sign (a) a contract and (b) any other agreement with the preferred bidder for the provision of search and rescue helicopter services from 2012 before the dissolution of Parliament.
(325816)
20
N
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the details of the contract he has signed with Boeing in respect of the acquisition of additional Chinook helicopters; and whether (a) the contract will provide for the provision of the Julius cockpit design and (b) the helicopters will be acquired under the US foreign military sales.
(325790)
21
N
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out details of the transitional arrangements to provide (a) a long range maritime search and rescue capability and (b) a long range anti-submarine warfare capability between the time the Nimrod MR2 was withdrawn from service and the entering into full operational capability of the MRA4; and how long he expects that transitional period to last.
(325791)
22
N
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the applications guidelines of the Armed Forces Careers Office, Form 5, June 2007, how many people have been refused entry into the British Army on the grounds of an allergic disorder in each of the last five years; and how many such refusals were the subject of an appeal supported by medical evidence.
(325762)
23
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2010, Official Report, column 1117W, on armed forces: housing, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife.
(325678)
24
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future provision of services to war pensioners; whether he plans to close any war pensions offices; and if he will make a statement.
(325697)
25
N
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many homes in Great Britain had cavity walls and no cavity wall insulation at the end of (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and if he will make a statement.
(325683)
26
N
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how (a) the UK and (b) the EU voted on each agenda item at the recent CITES conference of parties in Doha.
(325680)
27
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Rural Payments Agency expects to make the payment outstanding to the constituent of the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes, Mr R. A. Sawbridge, registered with SBI number 106253911 and holding number 0315736.
(325748)
28
N
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his counterparts in devolved administrations, (b) the European Commission and (c) the government of Morocco on the recent impounding of seed potatoes exported from the UK to Morocco and the rejection of consignments due to contamination with common scab and silver scurf; and if he will make a statement.
(325765)
29
N
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the dispute between the EU and Morocco on the import of tomatoes and the imposition by Morocco of trade restrictions on the export of seed potatoes to that country.
(325766)
30
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brough for breaches of slaughterhouse regulations in each of the last five years.
(325806)
31
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports his Department received of breaches of regulations governing slaughtering practices in each of the last five years.
(325807)
32
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent reviews his Department has undertaken of the effectiveness of regulations governing slaughtering practices.
(325808)
33
N
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will replace Wightlink as the competent authority in the Lymington River for the purposes of constructing an impact assessment of the new ferries; and if he will make a statement.
(325679)
34
N
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the email from Michael Derrick of the Lymington River Association regarding the position of Wightlink as the competent authority for ferry operations.
(325701)
35
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adolescents who received treatment for addiction to each category of drug were drug-free for (a) their drug of choice and (b) all other intoxicating substances in the latest period for which figures are available.
(325782)
36
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2010, Official Report, column 57W, on drugs: rehabilitation, what medications are used as pharmacological treatments for drug dependency; and what drug dependency each is designed to treat.
(325786)
37
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of the adolescents identified by the National Treatment Agency as having a Class A drug dependency are using (a) more than one Class A drug and (b) one or more of (i) alcohol and (ii) cannabis.
(325796)
38
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what intervention is used in the treatment of (a) heroin dependency, (b) crack dependency and (c) cocaine dependency amongst the adolescents which the National Treatment Agency has identified as having a Class A drug dependency.
(325797)
39
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what offers Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust has made to Dr Kim Holt to resolve her grievance with the Trust; what agreement the Trust has sought from Dr Holt in return; and what guidance his Department has given to (a) NHS London and (b) the Trust on steps to resolve the grievance.
(325763)
40
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) the NHS has taken to date to implement the recommendations of the independent investigation undertaken on behalf of NHS London into the employment of Dr Kim Holt by Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust; and if he will take steps to ensure full implementation of all recommendations in the report.
(325764)
41
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the negotiations between his Department's officials and the government of the Isle of Man on the bilateral agreement on health services of 30 March 2010 included representatives of (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) health ministries of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(325817)
42
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the negotiations between his Department's officials and the government of the Isle of Man on the bilateral agreement on health services of 30 March 2010 relate to the whole of the United Kingdom or to England only; and if he will make a statement.
(325818)
43
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Croydon Central constituency, the effects of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325819)
44
N
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum under consideration by the UK Border Agency were received before the introduction of his Department's new asylum model.
(325785)
45
N
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2010, Official Report, columns 739-40W, on Sierra Leone: overseas aid, what estimate he has made of the effect of the programme funded by his Department to improve the reproductive health of women in Sierra Leone on the level of female genital mutilation of women aged between 15 and 49 years old in that country.
(325789)
46
N
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent contacts officials of his Department based in Sierra Leone have had with the Bundu Women's Organisation in that country.
(325794)
47
N
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2010, Official Report, columns 739-40W, on Sierra Leone: overseas aid, what proportion of the £16 million his Department is providing for women's reproductive health in Sierra Leone is spent on reducing the incidence of female genital mutilation.
(325795)
48
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will set a date beyond which no further invoices or accounts for legal work in connection with the Saville Inquiry will be accepted.
(325749)
49
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will make it his policy not to proceed with his Department's proposals for a third runway at Heathrow airport.
(325676)
50
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress has been made on the adoption of the 1998 European Convention on Driving Disqualifications; and what steps he has taken to promote mutual recognition of driving disqualifications in EU member states.
(325677)
51
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on (i) rail services and (ii) the energy consumption of trains of station stops aligned (A) horizontally and (B) vertically.
(325698)
52
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how long on average it takes to travel from (a) Glasgow, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Norwich, (d) Exeter, (e) Middlesbrough, (f) Liverpool and (g) Milton Keynes to (i) Brussels, (ii) Madrid, (iii) Chicago and (iv) Tokyo; and what the equivalent average travel times are expected to be following completion of the HS2 core network.
(325700)
53
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, whether the bringing into service of new Thameslink rolling stock is dependent on the provision of additional train maintenance depots.
[R] (325801)
54
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to announce his decision on the location of additional train maintenance depots for new Thameslink trains.
[R] (325802)
55
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, which locations are being considered for the construction of additional train maintenance depots to service new Thameslink trains.
[R] (325803)
56
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what plans he has to (a) establish new and (b) develop existing train maintenance depots to support the new fleet of Thameslink trains.
[R] (325804)
57
N
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of (i) Network Rail, (ii) train operating companies and (iii) local authorities on the provision of additional train maintenance depots for the new Thameslink rolling stock.
[R] (325805)
58
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reason the fire escape at Flamborough Head coastguard station is considered inadequate for its purpose.
(325742)
59
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what studies his Department has conducted on the likely effect on incident response times of the closure of Flamborough Head coastguard station.
(325743)
60
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many fires requiring evacuation there have been at Flamborough Head coastguard station in the last 30 years.
(325744)
61
N
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Croydon Central constituency, the effects of his Department's policies since 2005.
(325822)
62
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disruption there has been to her Department's (a) Fraud Referral and Intervention Management System, (b) electronic records management and (c) Customer Information System since 22 January 2010.
(325738)
63
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what testing of her Department's pensions uprating system was undertaken prior to its introduction on 26 March 2010; and what assessment she has made of the results.
(325739)
64
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has issued letters containing incorrect information to recipients of (a) basic state pension and (b) child benefit since 22 January 2010.
(325741)
65
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account Jobcentre Plus took of the legislative provisions on the national minimum wage in advertising a job for an apprentice administration assistant with Thurrock Borough Council, reference GRT 57556, for 37 hours a week at a weekly salary of £95; and if she will make a statement.
(325699)
 
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