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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 4 June 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 4 June 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 4 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 4 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 4 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what definition his Department uses for a participant in a trading scheme in its publication The Trading Scheme Guide; what the basis in legislation is for (a) the description of a participant contained in the guide, (b) the key test as to who is not a participant applied in the guide and (c) the test of independence of a participant applied in the guide; and if he will make a statement. | | (278138) | 2
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will estimate the (a) number of British companies which build wind turbines and (b) size of the workforce of each such company. | | (278379) | 3
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 17 March 2009 on problems with a business. | | (278094) | 4
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) the Chief Executive and (b) each board member of each regional development agency in each of the last three years. | | (277992) | 5
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was paid in employer pension contributions to (a) the Chief Executive and (b) each board member of each regional development agency in each of the last three years. | | (277993) | 6
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was paid in remuneration to (a) the Chief Executive and (b) each board member of each regional development agency, including benefits in kind in each of the last three years. | | (277994) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 7
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal measures his Department has put in place to reduce the unemployment rate for 18 to 24 year olds. | | (278330) | 8
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate 0300 telephone prefixes to (a) the Tax Credit Helpline and (b) the Child Benefit Helpline; and if he will estimate the likely level of savings to (a) his Department and (b service users of introducing such a change. | | (278375) | 9
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received from the Financial Services Authority on the results of its stress testing of British banks; and if he will make a statement. | | (278297) | 10
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Chairman and Chief Executive of UK Financial Investments in respect of bonuses planned to be awarded to senior bankers at Royal Bank of Scotland. | | (278383) | 11
N | Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely effects on levels of (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) revenue which would accrue to the Exchequer arising from a change in rates of motorcycle vehicle excise duty to the same carbon dioxide emission scales as private cars. | | (278003) | 12
N | Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent consideration he has given to the merits of setting vehicle excise duty bands for motorcycles on the same carbon dioxide emissions scale as that applying to private cars. | | (278004) | 13
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of using his power under section 2(4)(b) of the Inner Urban Areas Act 1978 to alter the interest rates for loans obtained from local authorities under section 2 of that Act. | | (278241) | 14
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the banks in which the Government owns a shareholding offer mortgages for purchases of properties under shared ownership schemes. | | (277997) | 15
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses for 2009. | | (278273) | 16
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average cost to households of Exchequer funding and allowances schemes provided for the nuclear industry in respect of (a) the production of nuclear energy and (b) nuclear waste disposal in each of the last three years. | | (278405) | 17
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to publish a report on the outcomes of the consultation on proposed changes to landfill tax; and if he will make a statement. | | (278338) | 18
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which individuals and organisations have been invited to respond to his Department's consultation on proposed changes to landfill tax. | | (278339) | 19
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) median and (b) mean gross household income was for a household comprising (i) two working age adults and two children, (ii) one working age adult and two children, (iii) one working age adult and one child, (iv) two working age adults and four children, (v) two working age adults and (vi) one working age adult in the latest 12 month period for which information is available. | | (278272) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 20
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) recent discussions he has had and (b) discussions he has planned with the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service on ensuring that family court proceedings include the examination of the relationship between grandparents and children. | | (278456) | 21
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster of 30 March 2009, Official Report, columns 956-7W, on child birth, if he will estimate the number of school places which will be required in the state sector in each year between 2008 and 2031 assuming (a) the principal national population projection of the Office for National Statistics, (b) a rate of migration of six per cent. below the principal national population projection and (c) net inward migration of 60,000 in each year to 2031. | | (278228) | 22
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training and professional development is provided for teachers of physical education to ensure that children classified as overweight and obese receive appropriate assistance to participate in physical activity at school. | | (278301) | 23
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much and what proportion of Ofsted's budget was used to fund the inspection of schools in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (278406) | 24
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what budget Ofsted has set for each of its divisions and directorates for 2009-10. | | (278407) | 25
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the Joint Advisory Committee for Qualifications Approval to announce its recommendation on the eligibility of Cambridge International Certificate qualifications for state funding. | | (278452) | 26
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academies have taken (a) less than one year, (b) between one and two years, (c) between two and three years and (d) more than three years to open following (i) the initiation of the brokering phase and (ii) the statement of interest. | | (278081) | 27
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teaching assistants in each (a) primary and (b) secondary school have attained Higher Level Teaching Assistant status. | | (278082) | 28
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many members of staff in his Department and its predecessor and their agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (278393) | 29
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school pupils were educated in class sizes of between (a) 20 and 25 and (b) 26 and 30 pupils in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (278337) | 30
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were taught in classes of more than 30 pupils in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years. | | (278341) | 31
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the area of land used for school playing fields (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (278032) | 32
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools have sold land which had been used as playing fields in each year since 1997. | | (278033) | 33
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure that school pupils eat healthy meals at school lunchtimes. | | (278034) | 34
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which official of his Department minuted the meeting of 17 June 2008 between the Minister of State for Schools and David Gee about national curriculum tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (278089) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 35
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much on average the reduction in council tax liability for Surrey residents will be following the capping of the Surrey police precept for 2009-10. | | (278027) | 36
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council tax payers were resident in each English county in each of the last five years. | | (278028) | 37
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average cost to council tax payers in Surrey of council tax rebilling for 2009-10 arising from the capping of the Surrey police precept. | | (278097) | 38
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings her Department has had with business rates software providers to local authorities to discuss the system requirements and costs in relation to implementation of the business rates deferral scheme announced on 31 March 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (278083) | 39
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the administrative cost to (a) the Valuation Office Agency, (b) local authorities and (c) her Department of the (i) 2005 ratings list revaluation and (ii) 2010 ratings list revaluation. | | (278336) | 40
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which were the groups described as representing ratepayers who expect significant rises in their rate bills and who are pressing for a five-year scheme on page 15 of the document NNDR Transitional Arrangements: Consultation, published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in August 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (278453) | 41
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 202W, on Local Government Finance Act 1988, whether she expects July 2009 to be the first billing month for companies using the business rates deferral scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (278454) | 42
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legal costs were incurred in the Court of Appeal by (a) her Department, (b) the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and (c) the Board of Medical Referees in defending the appeals brought by Martin Marrion, Neil Burke and Andrew Scott, case number C1/2008/1332. | | (277999) | 43
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes for social rent were (a) built and (b) acquired in each year since 1980. | | (277995) | 44
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many preserved Right to Buy sales there have been in each local authority area in each year since 1997. | | (277996) | 45
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on capital expenditure on housing in each year since 1997. | | (277998) | 46
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many registered social landlords requested section 9 consent to dispose in each of the last three years; and how many of those requests were granted. | | (278023) | 47
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department owns the (a) trademark, (b) copyright and (c) patent for the HomeBuy brand. | | (278347) | 48
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken to assist local councils to reduce the levels of rent charged to their tenants. | | (278227) | 49
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average change in the level of Band D council tax was in (a) England, (b) Devon and (c) East Devon in each year since 1997. | | (278345) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 50
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which representatives of the programme making and special events industry were consulted by the independent Spectrum Broker during his review of the sale of the radio spectrum; by what methodology such representatives were selected; and if he will make a statement. | | (278305) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 51
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army (a) guns and (b) other weapons have (i) been stolen and (ii) otherwise gone missing in each year since 1997. | | (278451) | 52
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations contained in the Pitt Report on flooding regarding the Met Office's forecasting and flood prediction methodology; what research he has commissioned to support such implementation; and when he expects such research to be completed. | | (278326) | 53
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of personnel in each regiment of the Army were Commonwealth soldiers at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (278243) | 54
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to keep Royal Navy warships at sea for longer periods when required operationally by allocating two crews to each vessel. | | (278245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 55
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much and what proportion of the UK electricity supply came from renewable sources in each year since 2006. | | (278277) | 56
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK energy demand that was met by energy from (a) fossil fuel sources in (i) each year from 1987 to 1989 and (ii) 2008 and (b) nuclear sources in each year since 1987. | | (278278) | 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of UK (a) carbon dioxide and (b) other greenhouse gas emissions arising from (i) road travel, (ii) rail travel, (iii) domestic energy use, (iv) agriculture, (v) shipping and (vi) hovercraft in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (278447) | 58
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Co-operation (IPEEC) was launched; what resources the UK has committed in support of the IPEEC; where the IPEEC secretariat will be based; what plans he has to invite other prospective IPEEC partners to join; how the output of IPEEC will be disseminated; and what plans he has to report to Parliament on the work of the IPEEC. | | (278384) | 59
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with Vincent De Rivaz, Chief Executive of EDF UK, in respect of his statement on 26 May 2009 that EDF UK will be seeking subsidies from public funds to support new nuclear plants developed by EDF UK at sites in England and Wales. | | (278385) | 60
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with the Vesta turbine company the future of its factories in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight. | | (278380) | 61
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an estimate of likely levels of retention of the skilled workforce at the Vesta turbine plants in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight in the next five years. | | (278381) | 62
N | Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the establishment of plants to demonstrate carbon capture and storage technology; and if he will make a statement. | | (277930) | 63
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many complaints he has received about the operation of the Warm Front scheme in 2009. | | (277934) | 64
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on the simplification and standardisation of energy bills for the purposes of assisting consumers. | | (278340) | 65
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what timetable he has set for completion of his Department's consultation on the term carbon neutral; how many responses to that consultation have been received to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (278274) | 66
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the effect on the average annual household energy bill of the operation of (a) the climate change levy and climate change agreements, (b) the renewables obligation, (c) the energy efficiency commitment/carbon emissions reduction target, (d) the EU emissions trading scheme and (e) other environmental mechanisms in each of the last three years. | | (278404) | 67
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress has been made in the development of carbon capture and storage technology; and if he will make a statement. | | (278349) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 68
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the vaccination of animals kept as pets. | | (278267) | 69
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Council for the Protection of Rural England on its Keep Britain Tidy Day initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | (278290) | 70
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many outstanding projects for maintenance works on waterways (a) British Waterways and (b) the Environment Agency had in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to each organisation of clearing the backlog of projects; and if he will make a statement. | | (278291) | 71
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) street cleanliness, (b) the welfare of wildlife and (c) the incidence of crime and anti-social behaviour of levels of littering. | | (278292) | 72
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in establishing a natural hazards team; and if he will make a statement. | | (278293) | 73
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to increase the minimum amount of water that water supply companies are required to provide through emergency contingency arrangements in the event of normal supplies being contaminated by flooding. | | (278296) | 74
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist dairy farmers during the economic downturn. | | (278322) | 75
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of poaching in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England have been reported to his Department in each of the last five years. | | (278323) | 76
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to prevent automatic connection of surface water drainage facilities to new developments since the publication of the Pitt Report on flooding. | | (278325) | 77
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Minister of State plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 30 March 2009 on the dumping of industrial waste in Roston. | | (278095) | 78
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 4 March 2009 on charges on compost. | | (278096) | 79
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department has issued to local authorities on the control of wild deer. | | (278026) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 80
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on anti-Semitism in Poland; and if he will make a statement. | | (278236) | 81
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on anti-Semitism in Austria; and if he will make a statement. | | (278237) | 82
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of an attack on Holocaust survivors in Ebensee, Austria on 9 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (278238) | 83
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received regarding the detention by the Indian authorities of Dr Binayak Sen; and what steps he has taken as a result. | | (278334) | 84
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on whether the plutonium production reactor at Yonbyong in North Korea was based on the published blueprints of the first generation Magnox reactors developed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority; what recent discussions he has had with the International Atomic Energy Agency on that reactor; and what representations he has made to the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on its announcement on the testing of a nuclear device. | | (278418) | 85
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in discussions with his Belarusian counterpart on arrangements for visits to the UK by children who grew up near Chernobyl. | | (278169) | 86
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Government has not concluded a bilateral agreement with Belarus on safeguarding the status of children connected with Chernobyl. | | (278170) | 87
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart on when (a) the agenda and (b) supporting papers for the G8 Summit in July 2009 will become available. | | (278001) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 88
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will allocate an 0300 telephone prefix to the NHS Direct service in order to reduce the cost of telephone calls to mobile telephone users; and if he will estimate the likely level of savings to (a) his Department and (b) service users of introducing such a change. | | (278373) | 89
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fully-trained (a) psychiatrists, (b) psychologists, (c) psychiatric nurses and (d) social workers there were in the NHS in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2008. | | (278084) | 90
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consult the National Federation of Retail Newsagents on the provisions contained in Part 3 of the Health Bill [Lords]. | | (278303) | 91
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 112W, on chlamydia: prisoners, how many positive results for sexually transmitted infections of tests taken by prisoners were reported by the Health Protection Agency in each of the last five years. | | (278276) | 92
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how much of the £150 million allocated to primary care trusts for the purposes of carers' breaks and respite care has been spent on such assistance for carers. | | (278302) | 93
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) companies, (b) consultancies and (c) other external firms have been contracted to review his Department's advertising in the last 10 years; and at what cost in each case. | | (278265) | 94
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 114W, on departmental marketing, when he expects his Department to complete its review of its advertising expenditure in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (278270) | 95
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how frequently his Department reviews its expenditure on advertising. | | (278271) | 96
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported cases of (a) mumps, (b) measles and (c) rubella there were in each year since 1997. | | (277107) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 97
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allocate an 0300 telephone prefix to the UK Border Agency's telephone numbers in order to reduce the cost of telephone calls to mobile telephone users; and if she will estimate the likely level of savings to (a) her Department and (b) service users of introducing such a change. | | (278374) | 98
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to monitor the safety of asylum seekers returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (278005) | 99
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received reports on the activities of Freedomain Radio in the last two years; and if she will make a statement. | | (278289) | 100
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of data loss by the Serious Organised Crime Agency have been recorded in each month of the last two years. | | (278306) | 101
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the average street price of (a) cocaine and (b) heroin per gramme. | | (278428) | 102
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 669W, on police: procurement, what the findings were of the review of police service spending on goods and services; and whether she plans to publish the review. | | (278429) | 103
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 595W, on G20: Greater London, what accommodation was used by the 329 police officers from other forces while they were in London. | | (278430) | 104
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many websites were closed down by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency's E-Crime Unit in 2008-09. | | (278431) | 105
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal firearms were seized as a result of operations by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2008-09. | | (278432) | 106
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed in the E-Crime Unit of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. | | (278433) | 107
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been made consequent on investigations by the E-Crime Unit of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. | | (278434) | 108
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff were directly employed by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency on 31 March (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (278435) | 109
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases relating to (a) drugs, (b) firearms and (c) counterfeit currency have been referred to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) by HM Revenue and Customs; and how many such cases have been investigated by SOCA. | | (278436) | 110
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Serious and Organised Crime Agency's proceeds of crime targets were in respect of (a) cash seizure, (b) cash forfeiture, (c) restraint orders, (d) confiscation orders and (e) civil recovery in 2008-09. | | (278437) | 111
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested on suspicion and (b) convicted of offences relating to organised immigration crime as a result of operations by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (278438) | 112
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency Annual Report 2008-09, what the offences were for which the 266 convictions were secured by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2008-09. | | (278439) | 113
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency Annual Report 2008-09, how many of the 5,000 criminals on record with the Serious and Organised Crime Agency as a result of its operational activity have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of offences as a result of the Agency's activity. | | (278440) | 114
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on travel and accommodation by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in each of the last three years. | | (278441) | 115
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on marketing and advertising by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in each of the last three years. | | (278442) | 116
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff resigned from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in each of the last four quarters. | | (278443) | 117
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were deported in each of the last 10 years. | | (278444) | 118
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 373W, on terrorism, whether counter-terrorism security advisers maintain a record of the names and contact details of those that have received Project Argus training. | | (278445) | 119
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 373W, on terrorism, how many people have been trained under Project Argus; and what the cost of the Project has been to date. | | (278446) | 120
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are unlawfully at large having been removed from prison to an immigration removal centre and subsequently released into the community. | | (278329) | 121
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 262469, tabled on 5 March 2009, on fines imposed on those selling alcohol to underage people. | | (278298) | 122
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bicycle thefts were reported in each police authority area in each year since 1997. | | (278299) | 123
| Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many generic licences issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are in operation; how many designated establishments hold such licences; how many generic licences were extant in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; how many procedures were conducted under those licences in each of those years; and if she will make a statement. | | (278252) | 124
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on water coolers in each year of the last five years. | | (278230) | 125
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on the maintenance of its website in each year since 1997. | | (278231) | 126
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2009, Official Report, column 275W, on deportation: children, whether a race impact study has been undertaken of the expulsion from the UK of British citizen children accompanying a foreign parent subject to a removal enforcement process. | | (278387) | 127
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of accommodating British citizen children accompanying a foreign parent subject to a removal enforcement process in immigration removal centres in each of the last three years. | | (278388) | 128
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent guidance issued by her Department to police forces on policing unauthorised traveller camps. | | (278358) | 129
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's guidance on the management of covert human intelligence sources with any elements which would prohibit disclosure redacted. | | (278359) | 130
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the property searches in the home information pack procured in respect of the sale of 62 South Eaton Place were undertaken; and for how long that property has been on the market. | | (278360) | 131
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, column 688W, on police: surveillance, whether she has completed her consideration of the publication of a non-restricted version of the guidance on the lawful and effective use of covert techniques. | | (278462) | 132
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target time is for the processing of an application to the UK Border Agency for a sponsor licence; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken to process an application for such a licence was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278275) | 133
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects UK Border Agency Sponsor Licence application reference SPL336000079X to be determined. | | (278416) | 134
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports the UK Border Agency has lost in each of the last five years. | | (278348) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 135
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what allowances were available to hon. Members in each Session since 1983-84; what conditions were imposed on payments made under each such allowance in each Session; what the maximum amount claimable by an hon. Member under each such allowance was in each Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (278449) | 136
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Commission expects publication by the House of information relating to hon. Members' allowances between 2004 and 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (278002) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 137
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase skills levels amongst 18 to 24 year-olds. | | (278331) | 138
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the functions of the Data Service are in relation to the provision of information for further education; and if he will make a statement. | | (278246) | 139
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to adapt to climate change in 2009 to date. | | (278295) | 140
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) applicants and (b) accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses in England there were in each year between 1979 and 1997; and how many such applicants were domiciled in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland. | | (278342) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 141
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) reconstruction and (b) development projects are being funded in Gaza (i) by his Department, (ii) through the European Union and (iii) through the United Nations; how much funding his Department is providing for projects in Gaza in 2009-10; and how much he plans to provide for such projects in (A) 2010-11 and (B) 2011-12. | | (278386) | 142
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what percentage of development aid was spent on projects related to population growth and reproductive and sexual health and rights in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07, (e) 2007-08 and (f) 2008-09. | | (277894) | 143
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what bilateral aid his Department provided for projects concerned with sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV/AIDS in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07, (e) 2007-08 and (f) 2008-09. | | (277895) | 144
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what payments his Department made to (a) United Nations Population Fund, (b) World Health Organisation, (c) UNICEF, (d) UNAIDS, (e) International Planned Parenthood Federation, (f) Marie Stopes International, (g) Interact Worldwide and (h) Women and Children First UK in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07, (v) 2007-08 and (vi) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (277896) | 145
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what expenditure his Department incurred on reproductive health commodities in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07, (e) 2007-08 and (f) 2008-09. | | (277897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 146
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal convictions have resulted from hit and run incidents in each year since 1997. | | (278333) | 147
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure the Legal Services Commission has incurred on family law legal aid in each of the last five years. | | (278455) | 148
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2009, Official Report, column 620W, on firearms: sentencing, how many people were convicted for firearms offences for which a mandatory minimum sentence was applicable in each year since 2004. | | (278425) | 149
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2009, Official Report, column 616W, on antisocial behaviour: fixed penalties, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued (a) in a police station and (b) on the street in (i) 2002, (ii) 2003, (iii) 2004, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2006. | | (278426) | 150
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were released from prisons in each of the last 10 years. | | (278427) | 151
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (278247) | 152
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were given indeterminate sentences for public protection in each year since 2005. | | (278248) | 153
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding will be allocated to the Youth Justice Board for expenditure on education in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (278249) | 154
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders serving indeterminate sentences for public protection were being held beyond the expiry of their tariff on the latest date for which information is available. | | (278250) | 155
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners given indeterminate sentences for public protection have been released in each year since 2005. | | (278251) | 156
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 76W, on departmental catering, what the level of subsidy for provision of food and drink to the Ministry of Justice headquarters estate was in financial year 2007-08. | | (278266) | 157
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken in response to the recent report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on HM Prison Parkhurst. | | (278328) | 158
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 478W, on misconduct in public office, when he plans to place in the Library a copy of his letter. | | (278335) | 159
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of (i) offences of violence against the person and (ii) sexual offences in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (278343) | 160
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average elapsed between prisoners' cells being unlocked in the morning and prisoners being returned to their cells in the evening in each month of the last two years. | | (278367) | 161
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the number of inaccurate records held on the (a) Delius, (b) CRAMS and (c) other Probation Service IT case management systems. | | (278368) | 162
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation offices have closed in each of the last five years. | | (278369) | 163
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases the Parole Board considered in 2007-08; how many and what proportion of offenders in such cases were granted oral hearings; and how many such offenders were granted parole. | | (278460) | 164
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of those offenders sentenced for violence against the person or sexual offences received (a) a custodial sentence and (b) a non-custodial sentence or other disposal in each of the last two years. | | (278461) | 165
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) restrictive physical intervention (RPI) and (b) removal from association were recorded in respect of those held in each institution in the juvenile secure estate in each month between January 2007 and the latest month for which figures are available; and what the ratio was of (i) RPIs and (ii) removals from association to the number of children and young people in each such institution in each such month. | | (278239) | 166
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) nose, rib and thumb distraction and (b) pain compliant techniques were used on those of each (i) sex, (ii) age group and (iii) ethnic group (A) with and (B) without a disability in each institution in the juvenile secure estate in each month between January 2007 and the most recent month for which figures are available. | | (278240) | 167
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many acts of (a) restrictive physical intervention and (b) removal from association recorded in respect of those of each (i) sex, (ii) age group and (iii) ethnic group (A) with and (B) without a disability held in each institution in the juvenile secure estate were carried out (1) for purposes of ensuring good order and discipline, (2) to prevent escape from custody, (3) to prevent a child or young person from injuring him or herself or others, (4) to prevent a child or young person from damaging property and (5) to prevent a child or young person from inciting others to break orders, escape, injure themselves or damage property in each month between January 2007 and the latest month for which figures are available. | | (278457) | 168
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 31 March 2009, Official Report, column 56WS, on Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, which bodies he has designated for the regular inspection of military barracks, training establishments and places of detention (a) in the UK and (b) overseas to satisfy the requirements of the Convention; and what plans he has for the designation of additional bodies. | | (278378) | 169
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received in support of decriminalising the offence of assisting suicide; and if he will make a statement. | | (278244) | 170
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) third party debt, (b) interim charging and (c) final charging orders were made by courts in each year between 1996 and 2003. | | (278350) | 171
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Land Registry is on course to meet its target of producing a complete Land Register for England and Wales by 2012. | | (278351) | 172
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of instances of property fraud involving fraudulent applications to the Land Registry for changes of address in the last 12 months. | | (278352) | 173
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many charging orders in relation to credit card debt have been issued since 1997-98. | | (278353) | 174
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what activities his Department determines fall within the definition of developing policies for the purposes of administering the policy development grant. | | (278354) | 175
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average house sale price recorded by the Land Registry was in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in England in (i) April 1991, (ii) May 1997 and (iii) the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (278355) | 176
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residential property transactions with a purchase price between £125,000 and £175,000 have been recorded by the Land Registry as being completed since the temporary increase in the stamp duty threshold. | | (278356) | 177
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on his Department's scoping exercise undertaken in relation to the enforcement provisions of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. | | (278357) | 178
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable his Department has established for introducing the requirement for signatures for the issuing of ballot papers in polling stations. | | (278362) | 179
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many commonhold residential developments in (a) England and (b) Wales have been recorded by the Land Registry since commonhold ownership was introduced. | | (278364) | 180
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data the Land Registry gathers on vacant (a) commercial and (b) industrial property. | | (278366) | 181
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons legal aid expenditure in the South West has decreased since 2004-05. | | (278346) | 182
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases which attracted legal aid were criminal cases in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (278408) | 183
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases which attracted legal aid were (a) housing and welfare and (b) human rights cases in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278409) | 184
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many solicitor's firms in (a) England, (b) the South West, (c) Devon and (d) East Devon provided legal aid services in each of the last 10 years. | | (278410) | 185
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has allocated for expenditure on legal aid in England in each of the next five years. | | (278411) | Questions to the Leader of the House 186
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to amend Standing Orders to provide that in respect of private members' Bills on Fridays no fewer than 20 hon. Members rising in their places, at or after the moment of interruption, shall be required to constitute objection to further proceeding; and if she will make a statement. | | (278448) | 187
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Leader of the House, how many members of staff in her office were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (278382) | 188
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will discuss with the Leader of the House of Lords the establishment of a Joint Committee to consider co-ordinated publication on the parliamentary intranet and website of details of the expenses of individual hon. Members and Peers. | | (277951) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 189
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what her most recent estimate is of the cost of hosting Olympic events in the Lower Lea Valley. | | (278344) | Questions to the Prime Minister 190
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects the Council for Constitutional Renewal to be established; how many members of the Council there will be; by what criteria its membership will be decided; what payment will be provided to Council members for their participation in the Council; what secretariat will be provided for the Council, and with what budget; whether all its deliberations will be held in public; and whether the Council will be a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (278370) | 191
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, who is responsible for determining the UK's strategy in Afghanistan. | | (278024) | 192
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent advice he has received from the Chief of the Afghan staff regarding future troop levels in Afghanistan. | | (278025) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 193
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars were registered to owners resident in each English county in each of the last five years. | | (278029) | 194
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much each English shire county has received in transport grant in each of the last five years. | | (278030) | 195
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on upgrading the rail track and bridges on the Southampton diversionary container route via Salisbury. | | (278371) | 196
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-registered cars entered the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (278361) | 197
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanism his Department uses to establish whether a foreign-registered car has been driven in the UK for a period of longer than six months. | | (278412) | 198
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many formerly foreign-registered cars were registered in the UK in each of the last three years. | | (278413) | 199
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign-registered cars using UK roads which did not re-register within six months in the latest period for which information is available. | | (278414) | 200
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the provisions of the Travel Concessions (Eligible Services) (Amendment) Order 2009. | | (278363) | 201
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have expressed an interest in levying workplace parking charges to date. | | (278365) | 202
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce his Department's decision on the cases of people wrongly notified of speeding offences as a result of the malfunctioning of the speed camera on the westbound A35 at Chideock, Dorset. | | (278226) | 203
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure his Department incurred on taxis in each of the last two years. | | (278229) | 204
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effect of the frequency of the re-siting of fixed speed cameras on road safety. | | (278233) | 205
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methodology is used by his Department and its contractors to monitor levels of congestion on rural, urban and inter-urban roads. | | (278234) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 206
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of access to freephone Government helplines in Jobcentre Plus offices for benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement. | | (278372) | 207
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations his Department has made to the Telephone Helplines Association on the inclusion of his Department's benefit helplines on their industry list; and what estimate he has made of the savings which would result to (a) his Department and (b) service users. | | (278376) | 208
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses to monitor the performance of its callbacks to telephone benefit claimants; and what percentage of customers who request a callback were contacted in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (278377) | 209
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for child support made to the Child Support Agency resulted in no maintenance calculation being made because one of the parents could not be identified in each year since 1993. | | (278458) | 210
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in cases where a private arrangement for child maintenance payments has been agreed between a non-resident parent and the parent with care, what requirement there is to notify the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC); and what mechanism there is for CMEC to ensure that the non-resident parent is paying an appropriate amount to the parent with care. | | (278459) | 211
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to stand behind the Pension Protection Fund in circumstances in which its assets and contributions are not sufficient to meet claims made on it. | | (278389) | 212
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of those formerly employed in Remploy factories which have been closed in the last three years have subsequently found alternative employment with Government assistance. | | (278035) | 213
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the money allocated by his Department to assist people unemployed for six months, as announced on 12 January 2009, will be classified as (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) employment programme spending for the purpose of his Department's three-year business plan. | | (278086) | 214
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Lichfield, Official Report, 11 May 2009, columns 545-6, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Lichfield. | | (278031) | 215
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to answer Question 275954, tabled by the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire on 15 May 2009, on 0845 telephone numbers. | | (278036) | 216
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to answer Question 274723, tabled on 12 May 2009, on child maintenance. | | (278037) | 217
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to answer Question 274721, tabled on 12 May 2009, on maintenance payments. | | (278038) | 218
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to answer Question 274722, tabled on 12 May 2009, on child maintenance arrears. | | (278039) | 219
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many firms his Department has made payments to under the employers' golden hello scheme since the scheme's inception; and how many employees have been recruited under the scheme. | | (278304) | 220
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 483W, on welfare state: EU enlargement, when he expects the report on the review of EEA nationals' access to benefits to be published. | | (278332) | 221
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 11 of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008, if he will update his estimate of the number of lone parents projected to be on out of work benefits. | | (278417) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 222
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in implementing a service level agreement to ensure co-ordination between the recovery operations of different authorities during a flood; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the agreement. | | [Transferred] (278294) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 223
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met his US counterpart to discuss climate change. | | [Question Unstarred] (277931) | 224
N | Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward measures to promote community ownership of wind energy generation. | | [Question Unstarred] (277926) | 225
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the effect of the operation of wind turbines on public health. | | [Question Unstarred] (277936) | 226
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects smart meters to have been installed in every home in North West Leicestershire constituency. | | [Question Unstarred] (277933) | Questions to the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 227
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many House of Commons staff have been recruited through employment agencies; and if he will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (277949) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 228
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions were issued for offences relating to fraud and forgery in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (278415) | 229
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 16 years have been issued with a penalty notice for disorder for each category of offence for which such notices are issued. | | [Transferred] (278450) | Questions to the Leader of the House 230
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to ensure the completeness of answers to Parliamentary Questions for written answer. | | [Question Unstarred] (277953) | 231
N | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Leader of the House, what arrangements she plans to make for consultation on the Government's draft legislative programme for the 2009-10 Session; and if she will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (277952) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 232
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers of heavy goods vehicles carrying hazardous liquid fuels have been security vetted in each of the last three years; what the nationalities were of such drivers; and how many such drivers were not given security clearance. | | [Transferred] (278288) | 233
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken by his Department to ensure adequate emergency welfare support is available to passengers stranded on the rail network in the event of flooding. | | [Transferred] (278324) |
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